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Reception for 2019 Prague Quadrennial USA Exhibition, currently on display in Miller Theater

A reception for the Miller Theater’s exhibition of the 2019 Prague Quadrennial USA Exhibition will be held at 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Scenography Gallery of the Theater building, one story below the theater.


A reception for the Miller Theater’s exhibition of the 2019 Prague Quadrennial USA Exhibition will be held at 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Scenography Gallery of the Theater building, one story below the theater. The reception will follow an 8 p.m. performance by Alfred University Dance Theater.

The 2019 Prague Quadrennial USA Exhibition opened recently in the Miller Theater building and represents some of the finest artistic achievement presented in the United States between 2015 and 2019. Curated and produced by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, the exhibition brings the work of 50 established designers and more than 30 emerging designer together digitally and presents them through touch screen displays.

The exhibition celebrates the rich, complex cultural and ethnic make-up of the Unites States. According to USITT,  “The curators … recognize that the United States is a nation of immigrants, and celebrates our diversity.… This rich cultural diversity and wisdom contributes to the creativity, ingenuity, and knowledge that we find inspirational.”

The (masked) public is welcome to attend the exhibit and the Feb. 17 exhibit.