Charly Lowry Program

Charly Lowry

ArtPower at UC San Diego presents performing arts that engage, energize, and transform the diverse cultural life of the university and San Diego.

Through vibrant, challenging, multi-disciplinary performances, ArtPower seeks to develop more empathetic students and community members who are better prepared to engage in the world around them through their participation in highquality artistic, educational, and engagement programs that broaden thinking and awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage new dialogues across UC San Diego and the community.

OUR IMPACT

• ArtPower brings artists from around the world into UC San Diego classrooms

• ArtPower provides students with free artist master classes

• ArtPower integrates artist-led discussions into on-campus curricula.

American Routes/ USA

ArtPower presents Charly Lowry

November 3, 2022 at 8 pm

The Loft

Charly Lowry, guitar and hand drum

Aaron Locklear, cajon

About the Artist

Charly Lowry, a musical powerhouse from Pembroke, NC, is proud to be an Indigenous woman belonging to the Lumbee/Tuscarora Tribes. She is passionate about telling stories and raising awareness around issues that plague underdeveloped and under-served communities. Since her teenage years, Charly has established a career as a professional singer-songwriter with unique passion and voice.

Among her community, Native women are traditionally barred from the hand-drum and relegated to singing behind the men’s drum and/or dancing instead. Lowry defies that norm, following in the footsteps of her mentor, an artist and heir to the Tuscarora Indian Nation, Pura Fé; choosing to battle with her songs, hand drum, and guitar to deliver songs that not only tell the plight of her people but all humankind that face oppression.

2022–23

CATALYST ($20,000+)

Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley Elaine Galinson Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation Bobbie and Jon Gilbert Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund  of the Jewish Community Foundation Patricia and Christopher Weil  of The Weil Family Foundation  The Parker Foundation

CREATOR ($10,000–19,999)

Phyllis and Daniel Epstein Ronald and Wynona Goldman Jack Lampl New England Foundation for the Arts Charles and Marilyn Perrin George Clement Perkins Endowment ADVOCATE ($2,500–9,999)

Joan J. Bernstein ArtPower Student Engagement Endowment Fund Maureen and C. Peter Brown Anne Marie Pleska and Luc Cayet Josephine Kiernan and Bjorn Bjerede In Memory of Jennifer A. Dennis Martha and Edward Dennis Renita Greenberg and Jim Allison Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore Barbara and Sam Takahashi Hamburger Chamber Music Series Endowment Fund

Jack Lampl Eva and Doug Richman Ruth S. Stern ArtPower  Student Engagement Fund

GUARDIAN ($1,000–2,499)

Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch Janice Steinberg and John Cassidy Marilyn Colby Beverly Freemont Kim Signoret-Paar CONTRIBUTOR ($500–999)

Janice Alper Janice and Nelson Byrne Consulate General of Israel Charles Kantor

Marilies Schoelflin

Connie Beardsley Phyllis and Edward Mirsky Sharon Perkowski Felize Levine

SPARK ($250–499)

James and Kathleen Stiven Jess and Meg Mandel Barry and Jennfer Greenberg Mary L. Beebe Charles Reilly K. Andrew Achterkirchen Paulyne D. Becerra Turea Z. Erwin Samuel and Theresa Buss Natalee C. Ellars

Maya Ridinger

YORK SOCIETY

Donors who make provisions for ArtPower in their estate

Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch

Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley Ruth Stern

Kathryn Sturch

ARTPOWER STAFF DONORS

Carolena Deutsch-Garcia Jordan Peimer

Kathryn Sturch

FOUNDATION/CORPORATE SPONSORS

CORPORATE SPONSORS

New England Foundation for the Arts The Parker Foundation Consulate General of Israel Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore

POWERPLAYERS

PowerPlayers are an exceptional group of donors that have made a three year commitment to support ArtPower.

Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch

Joan Bernstein

Marilyn Colby

Martha and Ed Dennis Phyllis and Daniel Epstein

Elaine Galinson

Bobbie and Jon Gilbert

Renita Greenberg and Jim Alison Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner

Sharon Perkowski

Kim Signoret-Paar Paul and Edith H. Sanchez

Pat Weil and Christopher Weil

A portion of funding for ArtPower is provided by the UC San Diego Student Services Fee Committee.

Donor list and PowerPlayer list reflecting gifts and pledges allocated for September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

ARTPOWER STAFF

Joanna Christian, Associate Director of Marketing & Communications, Campus Performance and Events Office

Carolena Deutsch-Garcia, Associate Director of Development Jennifer Mancano, Events & Performing Arts Business Manager

Jordan Peimer, Artistic Director Colleen Kollar Smith, Executive Director, Campus Performance and Events Office

Kathryn Sturch, Production Manager

Alyssa Villaseñor, Marketing Manager

Student Staff

Marketing and Graphic Design Assistants

Ashley Asadi ‘24 Holden Bailey ‘23 Yumei Feng ‘23 Tiffany Liang ‘23 Rachel Paner ‘24 Hieu Phan ‘25

Events Promotions Assistants

Paloma Diaz ‘24 Rain Dong ‘25 Ishiba Dube ‘26 Kathleen Hoang ‘25 Kellie Huang, ‘25 Kaylie Lam ‘25 Kristy Lee ‘23 Julie Li ‘25 Martica Manuel, ‘26 Alice Nguyen ‘26 Anne Nguyen ‘25 Niko Parker ‘24 Kadie Qi ‘25 Heidi Shin ‘25 Hao Wang ‘24 Angela Wu ‘24 Sasha Zabegalin ‘24

Media Assistants

Diego Pereya ‘26 Kieran Vu ‘25 Jules Yap ‘23

BECOME AN ARTPOWER SUPPORTER

TODAY & ENJOY VALUABLE BENEFITS!

As we move into the new ArtPower 2022–23 live arts season, the generosity of our donors quite literally helps make our performances possible. Our donors also get to enjoy valuable benefits, see more here: bit.ly/artpower-benefits. Make a gift today by easily scanning the QR code.

Thank you for making ArtPower performances possible! All inquiries can be directed to our Associate Director of Development, carolena@ucsd.edu.

UPCOMING EVENTS

JUST ADDED! Special Event / USA TERENCE BLANCHARD

Tuesday, January 17 More details to come!

Dance / USA

EPHRAT ASHERIE DANCE COMPANY: UNDERSCORED Thursday, January 19 – Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 8 pm Mandeville Auditorium Stage Co-commissioned by ArtPower, UnderScored is a multi-faceted project rooted in the intergenerational stories and memories of New York City underground club heads. Created in collaboration with legendary elders from the underground dance community, Archie Burnett, Michele Saunders, Louis (Loose) Kee, and Brahms (Bravo) LaFortune, the cast ranges in age from age 25–77. This project takes shape as a series of performances, community based events and an oral history archive.

American Routes / USA

CEDRIC WATSON & BIJOU CREOLE

Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 8 pm

The Loft

Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole resurrect the ancient sounds of the French and Spanish contra dance and bourré alongside the spiritual rhythms of the Congo tribes of West Africa, who were sold as slaves in the Caribbean and Louisiana by the French and Spanish. Moving with ease between fiddle and accordion, and adding his strong blues-inflected vocals, Watson’s albums are a tapestry of pulsing rhythms and Creole poetry, and his live performances are unforgettable, at once progressive and nostalgic.

Jazz / USA

JOEL ROSS ‘PARABLES’ Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8 pm

The Loft

Vibraphonist-composer Joel Ross continues refining an expression that’s true to his sound and his generation. He returns to ArtPower as bandleader with The Parable of the Poet, his third release for Blue Note Records. The album explores feelings self-awareness— confidence, doubt, regret and forgiveness—through storytellings and retellings.

EVENTS AT ARTPOWER

Jazz / France CYRILLE AIMÉE

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 8 pm The Loft

Winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition and a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition, Cyrille Aimée is a riveting performer of new world jazz. She is all about finding herself in each and every moment! Aimée returns to ArtPower to perform new, original songs and music from her roots around the world, always with a focus on groove. In three different languages and with an international band who met in New Orleans, this show is sure to make your heart dance!

Chamber Music / France and Scotland

QUATUOR VAN KUIJK AND SEAN SHIBE

Friday, February 17, 2023 at 8 pm

Dept. of Music's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall

The Van Kuijk Quartet’s international accolades boast First, Best Beethoven, and Best Haydn Prizes at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition; First Prize, and an Audience Award at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition; as well as becoming laureates of the Aix-enProvence Festival Academy. They join one of the most versatile guitarists performing today, Sean Shibe, to present a Spanish-inspired program, including two masterworks in the guitar quintet repertoire.

For more information and tickets, visit artpower.ucsd.edu.