COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
SPRING 2017
A Field Guide to:
SELECT PERFORMANCES EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
Cover photo by: James Adamson, still from the dance film Shift.
EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE EVENT LISTING FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
We have never discovered a culture on this planet — past or present — that doesn’t have music, art and dance. — David Sousa, noted author and consultant in educational neuroscience
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Photo courtesy of the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University; Gift of Bliss M. and Mildred A. Wiant Photo: Aubrey Elder
THE LEGACY OF IMPERIAL BEIJING:
SELECTIONS FROM THE BLISS M. AND MILDRED A. WIANT COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Tuesday, Jan. 10 — Wednesday, Feb. 1 Reception: Jan. 21, 5-7 p.m. Urban Arts Space 50 W. Town St. Organized by Christina Burke Mathison, lecturer in the Department of History of Art, and curated by Professor Julia Andrews, Guggenheim Fellow and professor, History of Art, this exhibition offers an in-depth look at selected works from the extraordinary Bliss M. and Mildred A. Wiant Collection of Chinese Art at Ohio State. Featuring painting and calligraphy, seals, textiles, musical instruments and more, it’s a fascinating glimpse at an Ohio State treasure. 3
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WINTER AND SPRING DANCE CONCERTS Thursday, Feb. 2 - Saturday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 6 - Saturday, April 8 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 8 at 3 p.m. Barnett Theatre, Sullivant Hall Undergraduate and graduate students present solo and group works that highlight a range of ideas and concepts they’ve explored throughout the year. Tickets through the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office (614) 292-2295 or visit theatre.osu.edu For information, visit dance.osu.edu.
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Photo by: James Adamson, still from the dance film Shift.
DANCE @ 30FPS Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871 N High St. Free Organized by Mitchell Rose, associate professor in the Department of Dance, this program of vibrant, award-winning shorts showcases the latest fusions of filmmaking and dance from around the world. Among the selections is Timecode, winner of the Palme d’Or award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which is Spanish director Juanjo Jimenez’ story of two parking lot attendants’ flirtation via security cameras. Watch Rose’s own Exquisite Corps, the viral phenomenon in which 42 American contemporary choreographers link together on a chain love letter to dance. In all, 14 films will be screened. Co-sponsored by the Department of Dance and Wexner Center for the Arts 5
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MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION The College of Arts and Sciences will offer a new major in Moving Image Production (MIP) starting in autumn 2017.* This interdisciplinary major will be administered by the Film Studies Program, with partners in the Departments of Theatre, Art and Design; Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD); and the Wexner Center for the Arts, according to Ryan Friedman, director of Film Studies.
through the MIP program together, whereas currently students who cobble together a videoarts minor essentially take an unstructured series of electives from various majors, finding their own way through the maze of film and video offerings around the college,” explained Roger Beebe, associate professor in the Department of Art, who has screened his films around the world. “The difference is night and day — centralizing the curriculum to take full advantage of the collective wisdom of our faculty in various departments will give students a broad exposure to film and video practice and history that will serve them well when they go out into the world.”
“It will explore film production through studio courses in the animation, documentary, experimental and narrative areas,” he said. “Incoming students will take two pre-major courses their first year, and will undergo a portfolio review process before being admitted to the MIP major their second year. We expect to admit 30 to 35 students each year.” “The new major will offer a structured four-year experience for a cohort of students moving
The program will be hands-on, where students learn all aspects of filmmaking and find their voices as independent image makers. For more details about the Moving Image Production major, visit film-studies.osu.edu.
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DEPARTMENT OF ART UNDERGRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION Monday, Feb. 27– Thursday, March 30 Reception: Friday, March 3, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Hopkins Hall Gallery
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THESIS:
DEPARTMENT OF ART MFA THIRDYEAR THESIS EXHIBITION Tuesday, Feb. 14– Saturday, March 18 Reception: Saturday, March 4, 5–7 p.m. Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St.
Presenting the work of graduating master of fine arts (MFA) candidates. The product of three years of intensive studio work, research and experimentation, the exhibition highlights the accomplishments of a diverse group of emerging artists. Exhibition funded in part by the John Fergus Family Fund.
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SENIOR DANCE CONCERT Thursday, March 2 - Saturday, March 4 at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at 3 p.m. Barnett Theatre, Sullivant Hall BFA students in the graduating class of 2017 share their culminating senior projects, crafted through a diverse lens of voices and styles. Tickets through the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office (614) 292-2295 or visit theatre.osu.edu For information, visit dance.osu.edu. dance.osu.edu 9
ANNUAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERTO CONCERT Tuesday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Weigel Hall Featuring winners of the annual student concerto competition. Winners will perform concerto works with the Ohio State Symphony Orchestra. Free.Â
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This little booklet is just a sampling of open-to-the-public events the College of Arts and Sciences has to offer! You can also enjoy...
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BARNETT CENTER SPEAKER SERIES: SUPERHEROES EN VOGUE FEATURING VISUAL AND COMIC ARTISTS FROM CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK AND OHIO
Amana Harris, professor at the California College of the Arts, is a leader in community arts and and well-respected advocate for the arts in K-12 education. Her book, Self as Super Hero: Handbook on the Creation of the Life-Size Self-Portrait, is used widely in California public schools.
New York-based Ronald Wimberly is creative in numerous visual art forms and media. His multifaceted work addresses a range of contemporary social issues. He has done work for Marvel and DC Comics, as well as animation for the Cartoon Network.
This event is part of the national 2017 Will Eisner Week Celebration
Co-sponsored by the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, the Popular Culture Studies Program and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
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Wednesday, March 8 4:30-6:30 p.m. Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise Collaboratory 141 Sullivant Hall
DIGIEYE:
ANNUAL STUDENT FILM/ VIDEO SCREENING Wednesday, March 8 7 p.m. Wexner Center for the Arts Film/ Video Theatre The 6th annual screening will present an evening of original live action and animated moving image shorts created by students from the Departments of Theatre and Art, and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD). Free.
Cleveland born Michael Watson is a veteran independent comics creator and entrepreneur who is trying to fill the medium’s void of strong black heroes. Victor Dandridge is the creator/owner of the Vantage: Inhouse Productions comics imprint, as well as an educator. He is best known for his comic narratives, The Samaritan and Origins Unknown.
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ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY PARTNERSHIP  Through an unprecedented seven-year partnership, Ohio State and Great Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) brought Shakespeare to schoolchildren and their teachers across Ohio and supported international touring productions by the RSC to cities across the U.S. This collaboration has had a profound impact on the educational experiences of children in Ohio, as evidenced by research and stories gathered during the course of the partnership. The program was made possible by a lead gift from the Abigail and Les Wexner Family Foundation, with additional support from organizations and individuals in Ohio and New York.
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OUTCOMES • 940,000+ people reached through the Royal Shakespeare Company partnership through various programs • 103 Ohio teachers trained in the Stand Up for Shakespeare initiative • 7 summer professional development residencies in Stratford-upon-Avon, England • 4,000 scholars, schoolchildren and teachers attended two Ohio festivals focused on Shakespeare • 71% of K-12 students in the program said Shakespeare is not hard to understand • 18,000+ schoolchildren attended performances from schools across Ohio • 51 Ohio State students trained in Stratford residencies • 1,900+ Ohio State students attended performances, classes, workshops and trips • 9 classes developed and taught to more than 590 Ohio State students • 200+ Ohio State students attended RSC performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in NYC in 2016 • 1 six-week, seven-play residency by the RSC at Park Avenue Armory in NYC, presented by Ohio State, and called “the theatrical event of the summer” by the New York Times shakespeare.osu.edu 15
40TH ANNUAL OHIO STATE JAZZ FESTIVAL Wednesday, March 22 – Sunday, March 26 Weigel Hall
This five-day festival celebrates America’s musical art form with concerts, workshops, master classes and the annual high school jazz band invitational. Byron Stripling, trumpet virtuoso and musical director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, will be featured guest artist-in-residence and will perform with the Ohio State Jazz Ensemble on Saturday night. Other performances include The Bobby Floyd Trio with saxophonist Bryan Olsheski, the new Ohio Show Band, directed by Shawn Wallace, Jazz Studies area head; Ohio State big bands and jazz combos; the Ohio Jaztet with guest artist Vincent Chandler, trombone. All events are free. For full details, visit music.osu.edu music.osu.edu 16
FORBIDDEN ZONES: THE GREAT WAR Wednesday, March 29 – Sunday, April 9 Roy Bowen Theatre, Drake Performance and Event Center A devised new work, conceived and directed by Lesley Ferris, codirected by Jeanine Thompson, with the MFA actors and designers.
Source material is drawn from archives, contemporary documents, letters, memoirs, commissioned art and popular music with a focus on Britain and France and their famous Somme Offensive, the largest battle on the Western Front.
During the centenary of the United States’ 1917 entry into World War I, the Department of Theatre marks this occasion by creating a new work employing verbatim theatre.
Tickets through the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office (614) 2922295 or visit theatre.osu.edu
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DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN SPRING EXHIBITION
This annual exhibition showcases work by students in the undergraduate programs in industrial design, interior design and visual communication design. Work from graduate students in the design research and development track as well as digital animation and interactive media tracks also will be featured.
Wednesday, March 29 – Saturday, April 8 Professionals Night: Thursday April 6, 5–7 p.m. Family Night: Saturday, April 8, 5–7 p.m. Urban Arts Space 50 W. Town St. design.osu.edu uas.osu.edu 18
LA RONDINE
A LYRIC COMEDY IN THREE ACTS Presented by Ohio State’s Opera and Lyric Theatre Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami Directed by A. Scott Parry In collaboration with the Ohio State Symphony Orchestra Performed in Italian with English Surtitles Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 2 at 3 p.m. Mershon Auditorium 1871 N. High St.
Will Magda, a starry-eyed Parisian courtesan, finally find true love, or will her sordid past return to consume her? Ohio State’s Opera and Lyric Theatre presents Puccini’s sparkling attempt to cross the boundary between opera and operetta with this rarely heard genre-pushing gem, La rondine (The Swallow). Image: Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907, oil, silver, and gold on canvas. Neue Galerie, New York
In collaboration with the Ohio State Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Mark Lane Swanson. Reserved Seating; advance tickets sales available through the Wexner Center for the Arts (614) 292-3535 or wexarts.org.
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ACCAD OPEN HOUSE Friday, April 7, 3-6 p.m. 331 Sullivant Hall Join the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) for its 2017 open house. Guests have the opportunity to meet the researchers working at our center and to explore, observe, ask questions and interact with projects at their own pace. ACCAD projects creatively engage technologies such as computer animation, video games, visualization, digital media performance, sonic arts, virtual worlds, motion capture and more. ACCAD is a research center dedicated to creative, scholarly exploration in the integration of the arts and technology. Free.
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HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL Thursday, April 13-Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18-Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
From the writers of Reefer Madness and Batboy: The Musical comes Heathers: The Musical, based on the cult-classic movie. This laugh-out-loud comedy is an unflinching look at the joys and anguish of high school.
Thurber Theatre, Drake Performance and Event Center Book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe based on the original motion picture screenplay by Daniel Waters.
Tickets through the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office (614) 292-2295 or visit theatre.osu.edu
Directed by Mandy Fox. Heathers: The Musical is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. Heathers the Musical was originally directed Off-Broadway by Andy Fickman and choreographed by Marguerite Derricks.
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HIGH ST
19TH AVE
18TH AVE
Hopkins Hall Hopkins Hall Gallery
COLLEGE RD
ARPS GARAGE
17TH AVE
PARKING GARAGES
Weigel Hall Weigel Hall Auditorium Mershon Auditorium
SURFACE LOTS PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS
HAYES HALL
Wexner Film Video Theater
WEXNER CENTER
Sullivant Hall
Drake Performance and Event Center 1849 Cannon Dr Hopkins Hall 128 North Oval Mall
HAGERTY HALL
Weigel Hall 1866 College Rd
OHIO UNION NORTH GARAGE
Mershon Auditorium 1871 N High St
OHIO UNION SOUTH GARAGE
Wexner Film/Video Theater 1871 N High St Sullivant Hall 1813 N High St
DOWNTOWN OHIO STATEHOUSE RIFFE CENTER
Riffe Center
Riffe Center 77 S High St Urban Arts Space 50 W Town St., Suite 130
OHIO THEATER
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