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ARTSVIEW March 2020
ARTSVIEW
Spring 2020
A publication of the Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State University
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MARCH 2020
February 5 – March 13
Awaken: Conjuring Our Tomorrow
March 6
Hip Hop Open Level Master Class with Shakia Johnson
3:05-4:20 pm Dance Studio 303, O’Keefe Complex
Join Hip Hop artist Shakia Johnson for this master class where all skill levels are welcome. Shakia Johnson has choreographed and directed more than 50 hip hop, modern, African and lyrical works that have been performed at Trenton Educational Dance Institute, Rider University, the Princeton School of Ballet and the Bates Dance Festival. Shakia has performed for numerous hip hop events and has opened for concerts by Fat Joe, Jadakiss, 112, Charlie Baltimore, Kima from “Total,” and Omarion. Shakia currently teaches Hip Hop culture and dance technique at Mount Holyoke College.
March 23 – April 17
Student Art Awards Exhibition
Winfisky Gallery, Ellison Campus Center Reception: April 1, 6-8 pm
This annual exhibition highlights the exceptional talent and work of our students. Every year, the Art + Design faculty selects students from the various artistic disciplines who have distinguished themselves by achieving and surpassing the expectations of the faculty that have mentored them. The work on display will range from the applied arts, such as graphic design, multimedia design, and photography to the fine arts, including painting, sculpture and printmaking. These students are given Awards of Excellence and are invited to attend our annual Student Awards Dinner in March.
March 26
Writers Series: Brian Brodeur and Javier Zamora
7:30 pm l MLK Room, Ellison Campus Center
Brian Brodeur is the author of five poetry collections, including Every Hour Is Late (Measure Press 2019) and the chapbook Local Fauna (Kent State University Press 2015). New poems and essays appear in Hopkins Review, Gettysburg Review, Kenyon Review, Pleiades, Times Literary Supplement, and The Writer’s Chronicle. Founder and Coordinator of the digital interview archive “How a Poem Happens,” as well as the Veterans Writing Workshop of Richmond, Indiana.
Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador and migrated to the United States in 1999 when he was nine—travelling unaccompanied 4,000 miles, across multiple borders, from El Salvador to the US to be reunited with his parents. Unaccompanied (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), his first poetry collection, explores how immigration and civil war have impacted his life and family. This collection won the 2018 North California Book Award, the 2018 Firecracker Award, and was a finalist for the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. He is also the author of the chapbook Nueve Años Inmigrantes/Nine Immigrant Years, which won the 2011 Organic Weapon Arts contest.
March 30
Fran Vielma Venezuelan Jazz Collective
7:30 pm l Recital Hall, Central Campus $20 general / $15 senior / under 18 free
This innovative jazz ensemble is comprised of worldclass musicians from Venezuela and Latin America who are based in the United States. Their shared musical background of Caribbean and South American genres blended with their knowledge of jazz traditions and music from the concert hall creates a unique synergy and masterful spontaneity at every performance.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Fran Vielma, born in Venezuela, is a critically acclaimed and award-winning multi-percussionist, composer, and educator. Vielma was recently awarded the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship and the Jazz Road Tour Grant by South Arts Foundation. Tendencias, his recent release with the start-studded Venezuelan Jazz Collective includes his original works and an arrangement of a piece by the laureate Venezuelan songwriter, Simon Díaz. It features some of the most important players of the jazz scene in the world and was included in the Best of 2018 lists by Downbeat, Latin Jazz Net, & NYC Jazz Record.
TICKETS
Ticketed events include: dance concerts, music guest artists and theatre productions.
Tickets: $20 general/$15 seniors and non-Salem State students 18 and above/under 18 admitted free.
• Admission is free to writers series events, student concerts and Winfisky Gallery.
• Salem State students are admitted free with their ID to all arts events.
• Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more.
SALEM NIGHTS! Salem Residents Admitted Free with ID
Spring 2020 Salem nights are:
March 30, 7:30 pm – Fran Vielma’s Venezuelan Jazz Collective (Recital Hall)
April 11, 7:30 pm – Much Ado About Nothing (Gordon Center)May 1, 7:30 pm – Salem Dance Ensemble (Gordon Center)Advance reservations may be made by calling the box office.
BOX OFFICE
Online: salemstatetickets.com | Phone: 978.542.6365
VENUES
Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Winfisky Gallery
356 Lafayette Street | North Campus
Hours: Monday through Friday from 10 am until 4 pm Ellison Campus Center (ECC) | 352 Lafayette Street | North Campus
O’Keefe Complex
Recital Hall
71 Loring Avenue | Central Campus (CC)
225 Canal Street
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Theatre Preludes
Join us for this free, pre-show series. Members of the production team, Salem State faculty and other guests will lead patrons in an enlightening discussion about the show you are about to see. Spring 2020 Preludes will take place on Thursday, February 20–Bedroom Farce and Thursday, April 16–Much Ado About Nothing at 6:30 pm in the Sophia Gordon Center.
PARKING
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