糖心少女Drama – 糖心少女News /news Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:49:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 ArtSci Roundup: Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Hafu 銉忋兗銉 film screening, and more! /news/2022/10/28/artsci-roundup-democracy-and-the-2022-midterm-elections-hafu-%e3%83%8f%e3%83%bc%e3%83%95-film-screening-and-more/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:08:58 +0000 /news/?p=79948 Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 糖心少女community every week!

Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions:听

October 27 – November 23 | / November 2, 5 – 8 PM: , Art Building

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to host Seattle artist Miha Sarani. This exhibition is a broad survey of Sarani’s work, focusing on portraiture while also reflecting his Slovenian heritage.

Until November 5 | , Koplin Del Rio (Georgetown, Seattle)

November 6 – April 16 | , Burke Museum听(Free admission for 糖心少女students, faculty and staff)

Until January 8 | , Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for 糖心少女students, faculty and staff)

November 1, 7:30 PM | , Meany Center

Faculty pianist Cristina Vald茅s performs music by Henri Dutilleux, Alexander Scriabin, Huck Hodge, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, and Gabriela Ortiz in this program of preludes and etudes. She is joined by Cuong Vu, trumpet, for the premiere of her work Sketches of an Anniversary Prelude, for trumpet and piano.

$20 tickets ($15 糖心少女Affiliate, $10 students and seniors). |

November 2, 12:30 PM | ,听Online Meany Hall – Studio Theatre

Join the Department of Dance to hear research presentations by second year MFA candidates in dance. This event is free and open to all 糖心少女and Seattle community members! Presentations will include:

Hip Hop Dance: A Multi-Referential Label with Controversial Considerations
Gary Champi, MFA Candidate 糖心少女Department of Dance

Party Environments and the Development of the Hustle: How Dance Party Spaces Foster Creativity and Community Connection Past and Present
Abdiel Jacobsen, MFA Candidate 糖心少女Department of Dance

Unlocking Creativity: Community Engaged Dance & Storytelling for Senior Adults
Jenn Pray, MFA Candidate 糖心少女Department of Dance

Free |

November 2, 6:30 PM| Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Part I, Kane Hall

Jake Grumbach is an associate professor of political science at the 糖心少女 who focuses on political economy of U.S. Democracy. In the first of a two- part series, he will discuss the current crisis in American democracy and how national conflicts of race, labor, and democracy are playing out in state governments.

Free | RSVP

, online

Collage showing historic images of Jews in lights robes and hats, with medieval map alongside

What did it mean to be a Jewish minority in an Arab-Islamic society? How did Judaism shape Islam and vice versa? What is the future of Jewish-Arab relations?

Today, Jews and Arabs sometimes seem to be entrenched in a timeless conflict. But for centuries, over 90% of the world鈥檚 Jews lived, worked, and thrived (or sometimes floundered) in the Arab Near East.

In four talks from scholars drawing on their original research, this series will explore interactions between Jews and Arabs across fifteen hundred years of history.

  • November 2, 3 PM | Lecture 3. Jews and Muslims in Colonial Algeria: Between Intimacy and Resentment
  • November 10, 3 PM | Coffeehouses, Parks, and Neighborhoods: Jews and Muslims
    in 20th-Century Cairo

Free |

November 3, 5:30 PM | , Thomson Hall听

Hafu (2013 Producer/Director/Videographer Megumi Nishikura) With an ever increasing movement of people between places in this transnational age, there is a mounting number of mixed-race people in Japan, some visible others not. 鈥淗afu鈥 is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experience in modern day Japan. The film follows the lives of five 鈥渉afus鈥濃搕he Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese鈥揳s they explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that once proudly proclaimed itself as the mono-ethnic nation.

Each quarter during the academic year the 糖心少女Japan Studies Program will host a film to include discussion.

Free |

November 4, 2 PM |, HUB

Featuring:
Shaunak Sen听(Director,听All That Breathes)
Vivek Bald听补苍诲听Alaudin Ullah听(Directors,听In Search of Bengali Harlem)

In conversation with:
Anand Yang听(Professor of History and International Studies)
Alka Kurian听(Associate Teaching Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences)

Identities are in flux today. How do individuals and groups make sense of their lives and beliefs in an ever-changing world increasingly in the throes of socioeconomic and religious conflict and environmental crises? Come join us in a conversation with the award-winning directors of the films 鈥淎ll That Breathes鈥 and 鈥淚n Search of Bengali Harlem鈥 which highlight the choices people make to keep hopes alive.

This event is part of the听.

Free |

November 7, 6 PM | , online or HUB

Our annual public event draws from different stories and areas of knowledge to collaboratively consider a problem that鈥檚 keeping students up at night. Honors students, staff and faculty invite our broader community on campus and beyond to join our conversation on the power (and politics) of place.

With passionate speakers from public health, sociology, ethnic studies, geography, and history, we鈥檒l explore how communities respond to systems and events that disrupt relationships to place (like colonialism, war, climate change, or global pandemics); explore how people and communities sustain themselves in the face of such displacements through creative adaptation and collective care; and find opportunities to honor the radical placemaking work of vulnerable communities and coalitions who are leading the way.

Free |

Autumn Quarter:

The College of Arts & Sciences is launching its initiative by inviting students, faculty, and staff to join a campus-wide reading experience, followed by conversations about how we can enhance teaching and learning at the 糖心少女.

(in person or Zoom).

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Lauren Williams: Wake Work*, Concert and Campus Bands, and More /news/2022/02/24/artsci-roundup-lauren-williams-wake-work-concert-and-campus-bands-and-more/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:13:16 +0000 /news/?p=77420 Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 糖心少女community every week!

Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 糖心少女faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听

Don’t Miss Before it Closes! Lauren Williams: Wake Work*

Through March 5 |

What happens in the wake of state violence, particularly against Black people in the United States? Absence and erasure challenge the imagination in听Lauren Williams: Wake Work*,听an exhibition created as part of Williams鈥 2022 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency.听

Drop by the听 this week between 10am-5pm to see听Wake Work* before it closes.

Free |

Stereotypes in Storytelling: 糖心少女Alumni Book Club Conversation

March 3, 5:00 PM |

In collaboration with 糖心少女Alumni Book Club鈥檚 reading of “Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu, join Professor of English Shawn Wong, Teaching Professor of English Michelle Liu, and Society of Scholars Fellow Xin Peng to share a conversation about how stereotypes are often used in storytelling. Our conversation will range from issues around identity, representation of Asian Americans in storytelling and challenging these stereotypes.

No spoilers! You don鈥檛 need to have read Charles Yu鈥檚听“Interior Chinatown”听to participate in this event.

Free |

Concert and Campus Bands

March 1, 7:30 PM |

The Campus Band (Corey Jahlas, conductor) and Concert Band (Roger Wu Fu, conductor) present works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Vincent Persichetti, and William Grant Still.

$10 |

Birthing Ideas in Ancient Greece and the Modern World: A Personal and听Professional Story听

March 4, 3:30 PM |

The Department of Classics presents a lecture by Yurie Hong, Professor and Chair in Classical Studies and Affiliated Faculty in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College and a 2007 PhD of the 糖心少女Department of Classics. Her research focuses on representations of pregnancy and childbirth in ancient Greek literature, including historical and medical texts. She is nationally active in discussion of and advocacy for issues of diversity and social justice in academe and within Classics as a profession.

Free |

Modern Band and 糖心少女Jazz Faculty

March 2, 7:30 PM |

The 糖心少女Jazz Studies program presents an evening of modern jazz featuring a set by the 糖心少女Modern Band (Cuong Vu, advisor) followed by a set by Jazz Studies faculty Marc Seales, piano; Ted Poor, drums and Steve Rodby, bass.

$10 |

Father Comes Home from the Wars Parts 1, 2 & 3

March 16 – 20 |

Offered his freedom if he joins his enslaver in the ranks of the Confederacy, Hero must choose whether to leave the woman and people he loves for what may be yet another empty promise. As his decision brings him face-to-face with a nation at war with itself, the loved ones Hero left behind debate whether to escape or wait for his return, only to discover that for Hero, free will may have come at a great spiritual cost. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Suzan-Lori Parks’听Father Comes Home From the Wars听is an explosively powerful drama about the mess of war, the cost of freedom, and the heartbreak of love, with all three parts seen in one night. Part 1 introduces us to Hero. In Part 2, a band of rebel soldiers test Hero鈥檚 loyalty as the cannons approach. Part 3 finds Hero鈥檚 loved ones anxiously awaiting his return. Faculty member Valerie Curtis-Newton (Fefu and Her Friends,听The Best of Everything), 2021 recipient of the 糖心少女 Faculty Lecture Award, directs.

$5-20 |

2022 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Anthony White

March 4, 12:00 PM |

The general public is invited to join degree-seeking individuals studying fine art in order to share ideas and raise questions about contemporary art. This week, for the final lecture in the series, Anthony White will speak. White鈥檚 work consists of intimate and intricate portraits, still-lifes, and objects meticulously spun from common PLA plastic. His work blurs the line between fact and fiction and disrupts hierarchies of status and wealth by framing figures, trivial souvenirs, and low-brow accouterments in luxurious environments.听

Free |

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: 糖心少女Museums Reopen, Uncharted Waters, 糖心少女Dance Presents, and More /news/2021/03/02/artsci-roundup-uw-museums-reopen-uncharted-waters-uw-dance-presents-and-more/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:56:54 +0000 /news/?p=73058 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities听to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.听

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 糖心少女faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听

2021 Scheidel Lecture: Horror Noire 鈥 Blacks in American Horror

March 10, 3:30 – 5:00 PM |听

The Department of Communication is thrilled to welcome acclaimed academic practitioner Dr. Robin Means Coleman to deliver the 2021 Scheidel Lecture. Dr. Coleman will expand on themes from her book听Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror from the 1890s to Present听and her eponymously titled 2019 documentary听Horror Noire, to engage the audience in conversation about Blacks鈥 contribution to the horror genre, the contributions of women, and what horror can teach us about social justice. This presentation is suitable for novice, intermediate, and expert participants.

Free |

Online: Uncharted Waters

March 11 – 14 |听

This winter, the Cornish College of the Arts Theater and Performance Production Departments, Seattle University Theatre, and the 糖心少女 School of Drama have come together for a cross-town theatrical collaboration the likes of which Seattle has never seen. Seattle University鈥檚 Rosa Joshi听directs William Shakespeare鈥檚 Twelfth Night, while Cornish College of the Arts鈥 Sheila Daniels听and 糖心少女Drama acting alum Porscha Shaw听co-direct Bodies of Water, a devised piece in response to themes in Shakespeare鈥檚 play. Both productions feature student casts from all three schools, and the artistic and production work of students, faculty, and staff from all three schools, and both will be rehearsed and performed entirely online.

Free |

Anne Searcy: “Understanding the Dance of Hamilton”

March 11, 2:00 PM |听

The Broadway show听Hamilton: An American Musical听has generated an astounding level of popular acclaim, critical success, and political discourse, most of it centered around the musical鈥檚 writer, composer, and star Lin-Manuel Miranda.听听Additionally impressive, but less examined so far, is the striking and unusually central role played by Andy Blankenbuehler鈥檚 choreography. In this talk, the first of this series, music history professor Dr. Anne Searcy discusses how dance works as a central part of听Hamilton听and explores the implications that the choreography has for the political discourse around the celebrated musical.

Free |

糖心少女Dance Presents

March 12 – 28 |听

The Department of Dance is excited to present new works from nationally and internationally recognized choreographers Rujeko Dumbutshena, Alana Isiguen, Rachael Lincoln, Juliet McMains, “Majinn” Mike O’Neal, and Jennifer Salk, with guest artists Alex Dugdale听and Alice Gosti.

Presented digitally, these explorations of dance on film examine themes ranging from human connection and identity to the joy of rhythm and music as movement. The new works, generated from a diverse range of movement styles, feature dancers set against local Seattle backdrops including Magnuson Park and on stage at Meany Center for the Performing Arts. The performances feature new collaborations and several original music compositions, including by Zimbabwean-born local Seattle artist Paul Mataruse and compositions by music students Griffin Becker and Lucas Zeiter performed by the Wind Ensemble.

Free |

ONLINE 鈥 Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble: Mozart Dances

March 12 – 19 |听

Mark Morris鈥 joyful and sublime听Mozart Dances听is a masterpiece of movement and music. Set to three exquisite Mozart piano works, the choreography is buoyant and exhilarating, exemplifying why Morris is revered as 鈥渢he most artfully musical choreographer alive鈥 (The New York Times). In this virtual, online听performance of the transcendent evening-length trilogy, the company鈥檚 own music ensemble provides live music for the lyricism and astounding precision of the Mark Morris Dance Group, with stunning scenic design by celebrated abstract painter Howard Hodgkin (Layla and Majnun).

Free |

糖心少女Museums Reopen听

Many of the UW’s on-campus museums, including the , the , and the have reopened for COVID-19 safe visitation from the public. New exhibits include the Henry Art Gallery’s听Bambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law and听Plural Possibilities & the Female Body. All students, faculty, and staff can attend these museums for free.

Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence

Through November 14 |听

糖心少女alum Barbara Earl Thomas鈥 new body of work at the Seattle Art Museum carries within it the sediments of history and grapples with race and the color line.听At the heart of her new work is a story of life and death, hope and resilience鈥攁 child鈥檚 survival. She takes us on a journey where she gives us clues, tracks and traces鈥攖he raw elements of the armor, like the one Black parents construct for their children at birth, to help them navigate the perilous landscape that is our country鈥檚 color problem.

$7.00 – $10.00 |

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Kim Van Someren at J. Rinehard Gallery, 糖心少女Alumni Book Club, Dance Graduate Symposium, and more /news/2020/08/06/artsci-roundup-kim-van-someren-at-j-rinehard-gallery-uw-alumni-book-club-dance-graduate-symposium-and-more/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:36:43 +0000 /news/?p=69786 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities听to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.听

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 糖心少女faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听

Kim Van Someren: The Slate of Line

View at your leisure, through Sept 12 |

Celebrate School of Art + Art History + Design Instructional Technician听Kim Van Someren‘s solo听show at J. Rinehard Gallery. View the recorded virtual opening for The Slant of Line at the gallery’s website and marvel in the prints delicately assembled by Van Someren online or in person.

 

 

 

糖心少女Alumni Book Club

Ongoing | Online

During these extraordinary times, it鈥檚 more important than ever to explore new ways of connecting with each other. We also might have more time to crack open a good book. Join the conversation and community of the 糖心少女Alumni Book Club,听a self-paced literary educational experience designed with the eclectic reader in mind.

Whether or not you read the book, UWAA welcomes you to participate in two events this month:

  • Cold War in Africa听August 10, 4:00 – 4:30 PM: Department of History Professor听Lynn Thomas gives us more context about the African front of the Cold War in a moderated online discussion.
  • Wrap-up Discussion听August 12,听5:00 – 6:00 PM: Get together online to talk about this gripping summer read with your fellow 糖心少女Alumni Book Club members.

Dance Graduate Student Research Symposium

August 14, 3:00 PM |

On August 14, the听Department of Dance’s Dance Graduate Research Symposium will cover topics ranging from influence on male dancers, to building better relationships in dance partnering, to gender expression in contemporary flamenco dance. This exciting symposium is open and accessible to all.

Free听|听

Drop-in Session: Staying Balanced Amid Uncertainties

View at your leisure |

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with no clear resolution in sight, we call upon resources to weather these uncertainties and challenges. This session, sponsored by the听Center for Child and Family Well-Being and presented by听Elizabeth H. B. Lin (MD, MPH),听will introduce the Mountain Meditation with compassion. With an open-minded and open-hearted approach, this practice can inspire us toward kindness for ourselves and others while staying balanced amidst uncertainties and chaos.

Free听|听

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View at your leisure |

Looking for a way to keep engaged in the Seattle art scene? Performing arts company听On the Boards‘ OnTheBoards.TV provides reasonably-priced full-length recordings of hundreds of On The Boards performances ranging in topic and medium and going back years.

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk, Pandemic Urbanism Symposium, and more /news/2020/05/19/artsci-roundup-former-prime-minister-of-italy-talk-pandemic-urbanism-symposium-and-more/ Tue, 19 May 2020 18:02:54 +0000 /news/?p=68231 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities听to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.听

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 糖心少女faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听

Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk

May 28, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | YouTube streaming

Join us for a virtual event addressing the European response to COVID-19 with former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, in conversation with Jackson School Director听Re艧at Kasaba.

Free听|

 

 

 

National Tap Dance Day Mini Lesson with Alex Dugdale

May 25, 12:00 PM | Live class

Celebrate National Tap Dance Day with a virtual mini-lesson with听the Department of Dance’s Tap Dance Professor听Alex Dugdale. The lesson is open to all 糖心少女students with our without tap dance experience.

Free听|

2020 Stephanie M.H. Camp Lecture: Recaptive African Women and the Body Politics of Survival in the Era of the ‘Last Slave Ships’

May 27, 3:30 PM | Zoom streaming

In the final decade of the transatlantic slave trade, recaptive Africans seized by U.S. patrols from illegal slave ships found themselves embarked on new and deadly journeys of forced migration to Liberia. To survive the catastrophe of their displacement, recaptive women asserted communal life in the midst of anonymous death through rival use of ship鈥檚 spaces and reclamation of their social bodies. This talk, given by Occidental College’s听Sharla M. Fett听and sponsored by the Department of History听merges the history of the body with more recent work on black intellectual history in the Atlantic World.

Free听|

Pandemic Urbanism Symposium

May 29, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM | Remote participation

What does COVID-19 mean for city life? What are the implications of this pandemic for urban mobility, sociability, politics, and density?听Organized by current and recent 糖心少女doctoral students and sponsored by the College of Built Environments, the听PhD Program in the Built Environment听and the听Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design and Planning, the symposium offers a full day of presentations and discussion from academics, researchers, practitioners, and activists sharing new ideas about cities during COVID-19.

Free with registration听|

Best Seat in the House

May 19 | Online streaming

Each week the听Department of Dance will be featuring one or two dance films or performance footage that faculty have been involved with. Check 听every Tuesday听to see the next video that you can watch from home.

Free听|

Labor On-line: Virtual seminar Series, Spring 2020

This Spring, the听Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies听has hosted weekly online seminars with a wide range of labor scholars and activists. These sessions are free and open to the public.

Free听|听

May 26 –听Strategies for Supporting Immigrant and Survival Sex Workers
1:30 PM |
Presented by: Kari Lerum,听professor, 糖心少女Bothell

School of Music Digital Series

Ongoing | School of Music and

The digital concert series continues! Don’t miss the 糖心少女Jazz Festival, with performances from the听School of Music faculty Cuong Vu & Ted Poor. See below for the full list of digital-only concerts, special for Spring 2020.

Upcoming Digital Series Events:

May 25 – Vocal Theatre Works: The Scarlet Letter
4:00 PM |

May 26 – Symphony Orchestra:听Beethoven Symphony no. 4, Mvt. 1
4:00 PM |

May 27 –听Vocal Theatre Works: A View From the Bridge
4:00 PM |

May 28 –听Vocal Theatre Works:听糖心少女Jazz Festival, Cuong Vu & Ted Poor
4:00 PM |

May 29 –听Vocal Theatre Works: Little Women
4:00 PM |

June 1 –听Vocal Theatre Works: Speed Dating Tonight
4:00 PM |

Zoom Backgrounds from Photo/Media

Ongoing听|听Virtual Gallery

The听School of Art + Art History + Design‘s Photo/Media students, faculty, and alum听has created images sized appropriately to be used as virtual backgrounds in Zoom. They can be downloaded and used for free.

Free, ongoing听|听

 

#BurkeFromHome Trivia Night

Every Friday, 7:00 PM听|听Virtual Event

Join the Burke Museum online on Fridays at 7 PM for #BurkeFromHome Trivia. The popular Burke Trivia Night is back鈥攖his time online to practice social distancing while having loads of fun! Get your nerd on with natural history and culture-themed trivia.

BYOB, snacks, and slippers!

Free, please register for access听|

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Faculty recital: 厂忙耻苍苍 Thorsteinsd贸ttir, ‘Developing Capacity Through Collaborative Action,’ and more /news/2020/05/15/artsci-roundup-faculty-recital-saeunn-thorsteinsdottir-developing-capacity-through-collaborative-action-and-more/ Fri, 15 May 2020 20:56:05 +0000 /news/?p=68059 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities听to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.听

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 糖心少女faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听

Faculty Recital: 厂忙耻苍苍 Thorsteinsd贸ttir, cello

May 21, 4:00 PM | Online streaming

School of Music听cello faculty听厂忙耻苍苍 Thorsteinsd贸ttir听performs some of Bach’s most famous cello suites from her living room. This premiere, available only during the live broadcast time, will showcase听Thorsteinsd贸ttir’s “riveting” (NYTimes) performance skills.

Free听|

“After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount Saint Helens” Book Talk

May 18, 6:00 PM | Online streaming

On the 40th anniversary of the eruption, biology alumni听Eric Wagner will launch his new book听. Join Eric, in partnership with the University Book Store, for a live Zoom presentation about the book, followed by an audience Q&A.

Free听|

Drop-In Session: A Yoga Practice for Restful Sleep

May 18, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Online via Zoom

The Center for Child & Family Well-Being听is offering weekly drop-in meditation sessions. This week, Robyn Long (MA, E-RYT) addresses the continual changes and uncertainty in our lives because of COVID-19 that have made it challenging for many of us to have restful sleep. In this session, participants will experience a gentle yoga sequence with postures that can soothe the nervous system and promote relaxation. At the end of the session, there will be a brief guided meditation. This session is based on the teachings of Sir Desikachar, who emphasized individualizing yoga to each person鈥檚 unique needs.

Free with registration听|

Best Seat in the House

May 19 | Online streaming

Each week the听Department of Dance will be featuring one or two dance films or performance footage that faculty have been involved with. Check 听every Tuesday听to see the next video that you can watch from home.

Free听|

Developing Capacity Through Collaborative Action

May 19, 1:00 PM | Virtual conference

From the College of the Environment,听The Third Environmental Justice Conference entails to bring awareness on environmental and climate justice initiatives, as well as to create a space for dialogue across scales, affiliations, and worldviews. Join faculty from the College of the Environment and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Department across all three campuses in presentations and interactive sessions to explore approaches to inclusive and meaningful engagement through innovation and collaboration.

Free听|听

Labor On-line: Virtual seminar Series, Spring 2020

Tuesdays at 1:15 PM and Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

This Spring,听Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies听hosts two weekly online seminars with a wide range of labor scholars and activists. These sessions are free and open to the public.

Free听|听

 

Upcoming听听seminars:
Hosted by the听糖心少女Tacoma Labor Solidarity Project

May 20 – The Evisceration of Civil Rights in the American Workplace

6:00 PM | Zoom:听

Presented by: Professor Michael McCann, 糖心少女Political Science

 

Upcoming听听seminar:
Hosted by Labor Studies faculty at 糖心少女Bothell

May 19 – Organizing LGBT Women

1:30 PM | Zoom:听

Presented by: Debbie Carlsen, Director LGBTQ Allyship, & Ching-in Chen, Professor, 糖心少女Bothell

May 26 –听Strategies for Supporting Immigrant and Survival Sex Workers

1:30 PM | Zoom:听

Presented by: Emi Koyama, Coalition for Rights and Safety & Kari Lerum听

School of Music Digital Series

Ongoing | School of Music and

Students and faculty of the School of Music performance studios present music from across the ages in this , special for Spring 2020:

Upcoming Digital Series Events:

May 18 – Vocal Theatre Works: Glory Denied

4:00 PM |

May 19 – 糖心少女Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6

4:00 PM |

May 20 –听Vocal Theatre Works: Starbird

4:00 PM |

May 22 –听Vocal Theatre Works: Dead Man Walking

4:00 PM |

May 25 –听Vocal Theatre Works: The Scarlet Letter

4:00 PM |

#BurkeFromHome Trivia Night

Every Friday, 7:00 PM听|听Virtual Event

Join the Burke Museum online on Fridays at 7 PM for #BurkeFromHome Trivia. The popular Burke Trivia Night is back鈥攖his time online to practice social distancing while having loads of fun! Get your nerd on with natural history and culture-themed trivia.

BYOB, snacks, and slippers!

Free, please register for access听|

School of Art + Art History + Design Student Work Galleries听

Ongoing听|听Virtual Gallery

Looking for a way to experience art while social distancing? Check out the听School of Art + Art History + Design‘s online collections of graduate and undergraduate student work to get your art fix from the comfort of your own home.

Free, ongoing听|

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.

]]> Arts糖心少女Roundup: Ted Poor debut album release show, The Women of Lockerbie opens, and more /news/2020/02/28/artsuw-roundup-ted-poor-debut-album-release-show-the-women-of-lockerbie-opens-and-more/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:08:18 +0000 /news/?p=66476 This week in the arts, Art History professor Foong Ping discusses the听reconceptualizing of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, four Native American Huskies share what 鈥渉ome鈥 means to them, the exhibition As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes opens at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and more! To learn about more events taking place,听.

Concert听鈥 H茅l猫ne Grimaud

March 4, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall

French pianist H茅l猫ne Grimaud brings a virtuosic program to Meany Center, performing music from her 2018 recording,听Memory. In exploring music鈥檚 ability to bring the past to life, she stirs profound emotions through the elegant simplicity of miniatures by Chopin, Debussy, Satie and Silvestrov which, in the pianist鈥檚 own words, 鈥渃onjure atmospheres of fragile reflection, a mirage of what was 鈥 or what could have been.鈥

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Colloquia Series 鈥 Foong Ping; An Asian Art Museum Transformed

March 4, 4:00 – 5:00 PM听| Art Building听

The Seattle Asian Art Museum has reopened after extensive modernization of its historic facility, and the original Art Deco architecture and interiors are renewed. These physical changes spurred a new curatorial direction that reenvisions how the permanent collection of Asian art is presented and interpreted. Foong Ping will discuss some concepts and processes behind this rare opportunity to reconceptualize the museum鈥檚 significant collections and the experiences it offers.

Foong Ping is the听Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art at the Seattle Art Museum and Affiliate Associate Professor of Art History at the 糖心少女. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Free听|听

Exhibition Opening 鈥 As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes

March 4, 5:00 – 8:00 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes听is an incomplete historical survey of work created by African-American graphic designers over the last century. These practitioners are absent in too many classroom lectures, and their methods are mostly invisible or uncredited in the field. This exhibition aims to promote the inclusion of neglected Black designers and their developed methodologies and challenge the ubiquity of White and anti-Black aesthetics in our designed world.

The exhibition is on view at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and Non-Breaking Space in Pioneer Square:

Jacob Lawrence Gallery
March 5 鈥 26, 2020
Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 4, 5鈥8pm
Workshop with curator Jerome Harris: Saturday, March 7, noon

Non-Breaking Space
March 5 鈥 April 23, 2020
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 6-8pm
Design Lecture Series: Friday, March 6, 7pm (sold out)

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Short Talks: Home听

March 5, 7:30 PM | KEXP Gathering Space

Finding place in your ancestral lands, your family, wherever you听are.听In celebration of the five-year anniversary of w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥 Intellectual House, four Native American Huskies share their personal stories of what 鈥渉ome鈥 means to them.

Apps and drinks included. Doors open at 7 p.m.; program begins at 7:30 p.m. with reception immediately following.

Tickets are $7 – $10|听More Info and Tickets

糖心少女Drama Presents: The Women of Lockerbie

March 3, 7:30 PM听to听March 15, 2:00 PM听| Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre

In 1988, Pan Am flight 103 was bombed mid-flight, and the fiery pieces rained down on the peaceful town of Lockerbie, Scotland. Two-hundred-and-seventy people lost their lives that day: 243 passengers, 16 crew members, and 11 people on the ground. The Women of Lockerbie tells the story of a group of women fighting U.S. government bureaucracy to accomplish a stunningly simple, humane goal: washing and returning the clothes of the crash victims to their families. Playwright Deborah Brevoort uses the structure of Greek tragedy to tell this story of grieving and healing, powerlessness and control, joy and darkness. Second-year MFA director Kristie Post Wallace directs.

Tickets are $10 – $20 ($5 with )听|

 

Press Corps Pop-Up at 糖心少女Drama for Teens

The TeenTix Press Corps is presenting a free Theater Criticism Workshop at听糖心少女Drama! This workshop is a two-day experience with meetings on March 7 and 8, 2020. Students will learn the basics of theater criticism, attend a performance of听The Women of Lockerbie, and try their hand at writing reviews.

Free, registration required听|

Ted Poor 鈥淵ou Already Know鈥 Album Release

March 7, 8:00 PM听| Columbia City Theater

Join School of Music faculty and acclaimed drummer Ted Poor in celebrating his debut album! This release show features听Cuong Vu听on trumpet and video projection by Abigail Portner.

From Earshot Jazz: Ted Poor鈥斺渁 trustworthy engine in countless modern-jazz settings鈥 (New York Times)鈥攊sn鈥檛 your typical jazz drummer鈥檚 recording, almost defiantly so. But if you鈥檙e at all familiar with the Seattle-based Poor鈥檚 explorative career this should come as no surprise.

Tickets are $10 – $21听|

]]> Arts糖心少女Roundup: the Orlando Consort performs at Meany Hall, The Best of Everything kicks-off, and more /news/2020/01/31/artsuw-roundup-the-orlando-consort-performs-at-meany-hall-the-best-of-everything-kicks-off-and-more/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:18:00 +0000 /news/?p=65878 This week in the arts, attend听Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident Marisa Williamson’s artist talk, join the Henry Art Gallery for a trumpet and American Sign Language performance, listen as听David Alexander Rahbee leads the 糖心少女Symphony, and more! To learn about more events taking place,听.

Open Rehearsal with the 糖心少女Symphony

February 3,听 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Meany Hall

Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsal process of the 糖心少女Symphony Orchestra on Monday, February 3. Under the direction of David Alexander Rahbee, the Symphony will rehearse pieces by Monteverdi, Stravinsky, and an arrangement of the suite from Bizet’s Carmen.

Free, RSVP required听|听

Orlando Consort: The Passion of Joan of Arc

February 4, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

Acclaimed as one of the finest films ever made, Carl Theodor Dreyer鈥檚 silent film,听La Passion de Jeanne d鈥橝rc听(1928), chronicles the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution. Actress Ren茅e Falconetti鈥檚 haunting face channels the agony and ecstasy of martyrdom in a legendary performance that remains a landmark in the history of cinema. Britain鈥檚 celebrated early music vocal ensemble, the Orlando Consort, transports us to Joan鈥檚 world, accompanying the film live with a deeply moving soundtrack of sacred and secular music from her lifetime.

$47 Tickets听|

The Best of Everything – Preview

February 4, 7:30 pm | Jones Playhouse

Adapted by Julie Kramer from the book by Rona Jaffe
Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton

A sensational career, thrilling adventures, and a husband and children (eventually)鈥攖hat鈥檚 what the women in the Fabian Publishing typing pool want: nothing less than the best of everything. 糖心少女Drama faculty member Valerie Curtis-Newton directs Julie Kramer鈥檚 adaptation of Rona Jaffe鈥檚 1958 novel. The play gives us a听funny, candid, clear-eyed glimpse into the lives of working women in听Mad Men-era New York, through the gaze of the women themselves (as well as fabulous costumes, of course).

Can’t make it to the preview? Showings are听February 6 through February 16 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. See the link below for exact dates and times.

$5 – $20 Tickets听|听
Artist Talk with Marisa Williamson

February 7, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Join us for a talk by Marisa Williamson,听this year’s Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident. An exhibition reception will follow.

In Walter Benjamin鈥檚 interpretation of the Paul Klee painting,听Angelus Novus听(New Angel) in his听Theses on the Philosophy of History, he explains Klee鈥檚 angel as moving away from something he is fixedly contemplating. Since 2013, Williamson has been fixedly contemplating the life, work, choices, and legacy of Sally Hemings, enslaved mother of four of Thomas Jefferson鈥檚 children. This exhibition moves out from that extended contemplation, engaging with questions of monument and memory.

The exhibition is on view through February 28.

Free, RSVP encouraged听|听

糖心少女Symphony: Re-Imagination

February 7, 7:30 pm| Meany Hall

David Alexander Rahbee leads the 糖心少女Symphony in a program of music by Claudio Monteverdi, Igor Stravinsky, and Bizet/Shchedrin.听David Alexander Rahbeeis currently Senior Artist in Residence at the 糖心少女 School of Music in Seattle, where he is Director of Orchestral Activities and听Chair of Orchestral听Conducting. He is Music Director and Conductor of the 糖心少女 Symphony Orchestra and founder of the 糖心少女Campus Philharmonia Orchestras. He is a recipient of the American-Austrian Foundation’s 2003 Herbert von Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors, the 2005 International Richard-Wagner-Verband Stipend, and a fellowship the Acanthes Centre in Paris in 2007.

$10 – $15 Tickets听|听

The Tuba Thieves Performance and Conversation

February 8, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Henry Art Gallery

Join us for an experimental trumpet and American Sign Language (ASL) performance directed by听In Plain Sight听artist Alison O鈥橠aniel. Echoing and engaging the themes and soundscapes of O鈥橠aniel鈥檚听The Tuba Thieves听video installation, the performers will echo both scripted and improvised visual, aural, and haptic vocabularies in an exploration of communication that tethers silences and sounds.

Directly after, join us in the auditorium for an informal discussion and reflection on听The Tuba Thieves听film听series and performance, featuring Alison O鈥橠aniel, the performers, and Patty Liang, Executive Director of Deaf Spotlight. ASL translation will be provided for this conversation.

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]]> Arts糖心少女Roundup: Olmstead in Seattle, the Music of Somalia’s Disco Era, Artist Talk with Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and more /news/2019/11/07/artsuw-roundup-olmstead-in-seattle-the-music-of-somalias-disco-era-artist-talk-with-kameelah-janan-rasheed-and-more/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:04:29 +0000 /news/?p=64742 This week in the arts, see a mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers at Meany Center, learn about Somali funk, disco, soul and reggae of the 1970s and 80s, and more!

Olmstead in Seattle

November 12, 7 pm | Center for Urban Horticulture

Seattle has one of the most extensively developed Olmsted park systems in the United States, yet the story of how it came into existence has never been fully explored or described 鈥 until now, that is.

Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City, by Jennifer Ott, traces the story of how, in the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle鈥檚 city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm. Their 1903 plan led to a supplemental plan, a playground plan, numerous park and boulevard designs, changes to park system management, and a ripple effect for the firm, as the Olmsted Brothers were subsequently hired to design public and private landscapes throughout the region.

Free with a suggested donation of $5听| More Info

Pilobolus: Come to Your Senses

November 14 – 16 | Meany Center

This 鈥渕ind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers鈥 (NY Newsday) tests the limits of human physicality. Performing for 300,000+ people each year, Pilobolus has been honored with a TED Fellowship, a Grammy nomination, a Primetime Emmy Award and several Cannes Lion Awards. In their new show, Come to Your Senses, the company unravels the mystery of the origin of life, explores the beauty and strength of human connection, and celebrates our orientation in the biosphere.

Tickets are $61听|

$10 tickets for 糖心少女students when you show your Husky ID in advance at the听or on the night of the show at the Box Office at Meany Hall.

Funky Mogadishu: The Music of Somalia’s Disco Era

November 15, 2:30 pm – 4 pm | Denny 221

In the 1970s and 1980s, Mogadishu’s airwaves were filled with Somali funk, disco, soul and reggae. Musicians rocking afros and bell-bottom trousers performed at the city’s trendiest nightclubs. But this era of creative fusion was short-lived. With the outbreak of war in the late 1980s, musicians fled to all corners of the world, and Somalia’s vibrant music scene fell apart. This presentation will explore the music and style of Somalia’s most popular bands during this era and the impact of their music elsewhere in East Africa and beyond.

Simon Okelo is the founder and executive director of One Vibe Africa, a non-profit which promotes African culture in the Pacific Northwest and runs arts and music education programs through its center in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city. Raised in the slums of Manyatta in Kisumu, Simon first encountered Somali music and musicians while working as a DJ and political activist in Kenya.

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Artist Talk w/ Kameelah Janan Rasheed

November 15, 6 – 7 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

The Black Embodiments Studio is bringing in Kameelah Janan Rasheed to give a talk about her practice. Rasheed is a Brooklyn-based learner from East Palo Alto, CA. In her work, she inquiries about the deeply intertwined spiritual, socio-political, ecological, and cognitive processes of learning/unlearning. She is interested in how proclamations of certainty, containment, and coherence assert themselves through language, institutional structures, and architecture.

Free听|

Three Sisters

November 16 – December 8 | Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre

In a room in a house in a provincial town, three sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina, wait for their lives to begin. This is the deceptively simple premise of Chekhov鈥檚 tragicomic masterpiece,听Three Sisters. 糖心少女Drama faculty member Jeffrey Frac茅, an expert in devised performance who spent 10 years as an Associate Artist of Anne Bogart鈥檚 SITI company, brings us a spare reimagining of this sublime study of human longing.

Tickets are $5 – $20听|听

MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora

November 16, 2:00 pm | Frye Museum, Auditorium

As a part of the Seattle presentation of MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora taking place across three institutions鈥擣rye Art Museum, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and Photographic Center Northwest鈥攃o-authors Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and Adama Delphine Fawundu will be joined by artist Berette Macaulay and photography specialist Michelle Dunn Marsh in a discussion about the global trajectories of the MFON project, and the works and practice of contemporary African diasporic women photographers.

Free听|

]]> Arts糖心少女Roundup: Opening of Rutherford and Son, Faculty Dance Concert, and more. /news/2019/01/22/artsuw-roundup-opening-of-rutherford-and-son-faculty-dance-concert-and-more/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:18:38 +0000 /news/?p=60641 This week in the arts, attend a lecture about Asian porcelain near the Red Sea in the early eighteenth century, catch the first night of Rutherford and Son, listen to the 糖心少女Symphony and Seattle Symphony together at Benaroya Hall, and experience the Faculty Dance Concert, featuring choreographers Brian Brooks and Etienne Cakpo,听plus four new works by 糖心少女dance faculty.

Opening: Rutherford and Son

January 23 to February 3 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

London, 1912:听Rutherford and Son, a new play by an unknown playwright, 鈥淜.G. Sowerby,鈥 has burst onto the scene, shattering box office records and drawing lofty accolades from critics, who are calling it the best play to premiere on the west end in 10 years, and comparing the author to theatrical titans like Ibsen. When it鈥檚 revealed that the play鈥檚 author is, shockingly, a woman named Githa Sowerby, she becomes the story, and her shattering tale of a tyrannical capitalist who loses his grip on his children is all but forgotten. As far as we can tell, 糖心少女Drama will only be the third theatre in the U.S. to ever present this transformational work of contemporary feminist drama. Be assured, time has only sharpened Sowerby’s withering excoriation of the golden age of patriarchy. The听New York Post听called a 2001 production “alive with human passions and tyrannies.鈥

$10 tickets are available to 糖心少女students. |

Nancy Um: Wrinkles in the Global Narrative of Porcelain – Coffee Cups in the Red Sea

January 24, 4 to 5:30 PM| Allen Library
Referred to as 鈥渢he first global brand,鈥 Chinese porcelain, and particularly blue and white wares, occupied an unprecedented place in early modern global markets, inspiring widespread demand, but also artisanal imitations across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Yet the historians, art historians, curators, and archaeologists who have taken up porcelain as a topic in recent years have endeavored to move beyond general perceptions of universal desirability to trace the specific contours of regional markets and to highlight the needs of regional spheres of consumption. This talk contributes to this effort by digging deeper on a smaller scale, looking closely at one market for Asian porcelain, the Red Sea in the early eighteenth century. It will rely on various types of evidence, textual, material, and archaeological (both land-based and underwater) to explore the diversity of porcelain and ceramic wares that circulated in that market. By looking closely at this one sphere of circulation, we may add dimension to the larger overarching narrative of porcelain, while considering the difficulty of working with varied types of sources for the study of early modern material culture around the edges of the Indian Ocean arena.

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糖心少女Symphony听 and Seattle Symphony Side by Side
January 25, 7:30 PM | Benaroya Hall

Ludovic Morlot and David Alexander Rahbee share conducting duties in this program of music by Haydn and Bernstein, performed by members of the Seattle Symphony side-by-side with members of the 糖心少女Symphony.
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Faculty Dance Concert

January 25 to 27 | Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater

This year’s concert features the Seattle debut of award-winning choreographer Brian Brooks and a collaborative new work for large ensemble by Kawasaki Guest Artist Etienne Cakpo. The evening also听includes four premieres from nationally and internationally recognized faculty members Alethea Alexander, Rachael Lincoln, Dr. Juliet McMains and Jeffery Frac茅.

Choreographer Brian Brooks听is a Creative Research Fellow听with the听听at Meany Center for the Performing Arts. His Seattle debut performance of听Division听is听sponsored听in full by the Floyd & Delores Jones Endowed Chair in the Arts.

Etienne Cakpo is sponsored in full by the Kawasaki Guest Artist Fund. Thank you to the Faculty Dance Concert’s media sponsor, .

$10 tickets for 糖心少女students |

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