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2008
August 8 2008 Interior Design Portfolio Showcase - Showcase and Senior Sendoff August 8 4-6pm room 206 William Johnston Building
July 18 - August 1 MoFA
Summer Graduating Artists (Upper Gallery)
Photocentric (Lower and Walmsley Galleries)
June 15 - June 30, 2008 MANCC hosts Dean Moss June 15 - June 30, 2008. Moss is the first recipient of our new partnership project with Dance Theater Workshop (NY), one of the leading contemporary dance presenters in the United States. Through this partnership Moss receives a two-week research and development residency at MANCC and then will be presented by Dance Theater Workshop in 2009. For more information visit mancc.org
June 16-17, 2008 MANCC Please join us for an informal showing of Nora Chipaumire's newest work-in-progress, “Zambezi/limpopo: anatomy of a revolution and the spirit of Zimbabwean resistance and survival”. Nora was at MANCC as part of the Urban Bush Women/Compagnie JANT-BI residency in Jun 2007 and the fundraiser performance in Jan 2008. She is now returning as a recipient of our Choreographic Fellowship program to develop her own work from May 18 - June 7. For more information about the residency and full bios on Nora Chipaumire and Thomas Mapfumo please visit www.mancc.org
May 21, 2008 Friends of Dance Wine Gala in honor of Nancy Smith Fichter, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Fresh Market - 1390-6 Village Square Blvd. For ticket information call 850-645-2449.
May 16-17, 2008 Dance Imprint - MFA Concert featuring Kim Jones and Andrew Noble.
May 16, 2008 Studio Art faculty exhibit work at The Gulf Coast Museum of Art [Read the St Petersberg Times Article]
April 4 - 25, 2008 MoFA Spring Graduating Artists (Second Floor Gallery, First Floor Museum, Walmsley Gallery)— Spring Semester mofa.fsu.edu
April 18, 2008 - June 5, 2008 Art History Spring 2008 Museum Object class announces the opening of their exhibit "Heaven or Hell: Choose Your Fate: An Exploration of Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles" at Strozier Library Special Collections. The exhibition is intended to reveal ideas of eternal fate through context and imagery in medieval manuscript facsimiles from FSU Libraries' Special Collections. It displays medieval images of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory and presents a medieval timeline for context. Facsimiles of the Gutenberg Bible, the Book of Kells, The Bury Bible and many others will be showcased.
April 25 2008 - FSU alumna and artist-in-residence Jawole Willa Jo Zollar -- celebrated choreographer and founder and director of the famed Urban Bush Women dance troupe -- spoke at Friday’s commencement ceremony.
April 10-12, 2008 An Evening of Dance – 8:00 p.m. For ticket information contact the Fine Arts Ticket Office 850.644.6500 tickets.fsu.edu
April 2-4 2008 Join the design and production students of the School of Theatre in presenting their year’s work at the annual Design / Tech Exhibit Wed, Thurs, & Fri afternoons from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm on the stage of the Fallon Theatre. Also, on Fri evening from 6:00 – 9:00 pm we will have a small reception, to which you are invited. At this time many of the students exhibiting work will be available to visit with you and answer any questions regarding their work. The Friday evening session is part of Tallahassee’s museum jaunt of “First Fridays.” So, we hope to share the fine work of our students with the public as well as with you, our FSU family.
April 3-6 and 9-13, 2008 New Horizons: Original Works Festival The Lab Theatre. For ticket information contact the Fine Arts Ticket Office 850.644.6500 tickets.fsu.edu
March 28-29, 2008 Dance Upside Out – 8:00 p.m. MFA concerts featuring A’Keitha Carey and Kristen Sholes.
March 9 - 23, 2008 MANCC Deborah Hay - Living Legacy March 20th from 7 – 8:30 PM Montgomery Hall, Black Box - Informal Showing of “If I Sing to You”: Deborah Hay and collaborators will present a showing of Hay’s latest work (see description in 2nd paragraph on website). Community/Artist discussion will follow. Open to public. Reservation required.
February 15 - March 23, 2008 MoFA 
‘Full & Spare’— Ceramics in the 21st Century (Second Floor Gallery)— Lectures by selected artists in the exhibition and walking tour by Professor Holly Hanessian, Department of Art.
Straus & Straus (First Floor Gallery)— Sculpture by Phyllis Straus and paintings by her son Adam.
www.mofa.fsu.edu www.sevendaysfestival.org
February 28 2008: MANCC Nami Yamamoto Choreographic Fellow
Forum. Wednesday, February 27 from 11:00am to 12:30pm. NSF Dance Theatre. Informal showing of “A Howling Flower”
Public showing. Thursday, February 28 from 7 – 8:30pm. Black Box Studio. Discussion let by Nami and her collaborators in residence.
February 22 - March 2, 2008 Theatre The Tamer Tamed - The Fallon Theatre
February 10 - 28, 2008 Seven Days of Opening Nights. Back for a landmark 10th anniversary season.
February 8-24, 2008 School of Theatre The Rocky Horror Show - LIVE ON STAGE! The Lab Theatre
February 13 2008 Visiting Artist Jeanne Quinn
Jeanne Quinn received her undergraduate degree in art history from Oberlin College; she received her M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Washington. She has exhibited widely, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; Grimmerhus Museum, Denmark; Formargruppen Gallery, Malmö, Sweden; Sculpturens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado, and Brooklyn, New York. More info at jeannequinnstudio.com.
February 3 - 16, 2008 MANCC Limón Dance Company - Free to Rep
February 6, 2008 - Technology Fair
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
FSU Union Ballroom
The event is open to all faculty, staff, and students. Learn more.
February 8-9, 2008 Dance MFA Concert Featuring Kathleen Byrne and Michelle Fletcher 8:00 p.m. Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre, Montgomery Hall
January 11 - February 3 2008 MoFA This exhibition is a showcase for artists of the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance. A really vigorous Art Department is a magnet for permanent faculty and visiting artists known for their individual accomplishments. The artists who will exhibit works in many different media confront traditional notions of art, push boundaries and expectations, and make contemporary points with humor and passion.
January 24 2008 Visiting Scholar Geoffrey Batchen “Snapshots: Art History and the Ethnographic Turn”
Geoffrey Batchen is Professor of the History of Photography and Contemporary Art in the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. He has curated exhibitions around the world, including most recently Forget-Me-Not: Photography and Remembrance, a survey of vernacular photographs at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
January 12, 2008 MANCC - Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory), a new work by Jawole Zollar with Urban Bush Women (NY) and Germaine Acogny with JANT-BI (Senegal) on January 12, 2008 at 8 PM. This event is a fundraiser for the The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography Student Scholarship Fund. Click here for more details.
2007
December 15 2007 The School of Theatre with the Patrons Association will present the 1st Annual Holiday Benefit Concert on with the live performance of Man of La Mancha, featuring FSU alumni Davis Gaines. Joining Mr. Gaines on stage will be School of Theatre alumni Susan Russell in the role of Aldonza / Dulcinea, along with current students from the School of Theatre.
November 13 2007 Visiting Scholar Frederick Bohrer "Photography, Worldliness, and the Middle East: Then and Now"
October 13 - November 18 2007 A Tale of Two Cities playing at Sarasota's Asolo Repertory Theatre. See an article by broadwayworld.com A Photo Preview: 'A Tale of Two Cities' in Pre-Broadway Debut. Visit the Asolo site.
October 12 2007 - November 18 2007 MoFA Running Around the Pool, Prof. Terri Lindbloom, Guest Curator. In the Museum of Fine Arts at FSU.
October 1 2007 - November 11 200 MoFA Locating Secret Psychological Space, Guest Curator Joelle Dietrick, Department of Art. Pictured above "How Deep Is Your”, Julianne Swartz, 2003, Site Specific Installation with Sound. PS1, Queens, NY. Downstairs in the Museum of Fine Arts at FSU.
November 8 - November 16 2007 Days of Dance - Featuring dance works by FSU faculty and students at the Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre in Montgomery Hall.
October 26 NYC's Dance Theater Workshop and The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography Launch a New Partnership. "This is another pilot initiative of MANCC designed to bring nationally significant choreographers from around the country to conduct research at FSU in the dance department. Students are exposed to these artists and their research in Tallahassee and then see the work presented in final form in NY while participating in the FSU in NY semester offered through the American Dance Studies program," said director Jennifer Calienes. [Learn more]
October 19-21 and 23-28, 2007 Theatre Into the Woods, the Tony Award-winning musical, explores the consequences of what happens after the 'happily ever after.' The Fallon Theatre
October 26 2007 Dean McRorie and Fred Salancy escort Maggie Allesee in the homecoming parade.
October 17 2007 Department of Dance major CJ Perry to perform on the BET awards.
October 13 2007 Master Craftsman Fire Arts Festival - Event starts at 2pm, Blacksmithing by ATL artist Corrina Mensoff, Raku pottery by Mitch Kimball, and iron sculpture by James F Davis. craft.fsu.edu
October 16 2007 In the Works 6:30 p.m. Dance Department MFA Concert Information: dance.fsu.edu Tickets: tickets.fsu.edu
October 13 2007 Dance Explore & Evolve - Dance Department MFA Concert featuring Blythe Barton and Kristen Tucker
Information: dance.fsu.edu Tickets: tickets.fsu.edu
August 31 - September 23 2007 MoFA
Combined Talents: The Florida International. Juried by Holly Hanessian and Joe Sanders, Art faculty, the only consistent feature of the selection is the overall quality. Artists chosen demonstrate that humor is an indispensable coping mechanism for surviving contemporary life and humor and witty commentary share the museum space with works of bold statement as well as introspective thought.
India — Festival of Light, B&W photography of Giraud Foster.
Police and Street Encounters: International Perspectives, Photography by Cecil Greek, Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
September 16 & 17 2007 ART&DESIGN for Social Justice Symposium. While conference papers address numerous aspects of how art and design interface with social justice needs, the symposium theme this year is on “Issues of Aging”. The keynote speaker Sunday evening will be Douglas Beach, Florida State Secretary for Elder Affairs. Sunday night will also feature a dance piece performed by Gerri Houlihan and choreographed by Dan Wagoner along with a reception. Monday activities include papers from presenters from six different states, a featured presenter (Robyn Flowers) and a luncheon.
September 14, 2007 - A Slipping Glimpse, the latest work by legendary choreographer, performer and educator Margaret Jenkins. 7:00 - 8:30 PM; Dialog & Reception will follow to kick off U.S. tour Grande Studio, Montgomery Hall.
Jenkins, from San Francisco, will be in residence at MANCC from September 2 - September 14 with her company members and members of the Tanusree Shankar Dance Company from Calcutta, India. Jenkins' latest work which originally premiered in 2006 in San Francisco, reflects her interest about how dancers from diverse cultures generate movement from a specific idea and how one’s aesthetic, and specifically the movement, is transformed by intercultural exchange. At MANCC, Jenkins will re-design the set, which partly consists of 8 platforms of varying heights, so that it can sustain a touring life at various sized theaters. www.mancc.org
July 13 - August 3 2007 MoFA Summer Graduating Artists in the Museum of Fine Arts at FSU.
Graduating Artists (pictured above) : Danielle Ross, Kati Luczynski, Kathleen Hill, Andrew Curran, John Andrew Yaden, Jennifer Kahn, Whitney Blount, Maggie Willman, Nicole Milchak
July 13 2007 FSU Hedadlines Story Listen to Tom Block's story on the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance.
July 20 - 23 2007 Interior Design Arches - Arches constructed by Summer Design Fundamentals II students are on display in front of the William Johnston Building.
June 15 - June 30 2007 MANCC - The Artistic Directors of Urban Bush Women and Compagnie JANT-BI, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Germaine Acogny, are collaborating on The Beauty of Little Things, a dance work that includes both companies – the seven women of Urban Bush Women and the seven men of JANT-BI. Visit mancc.org.
June 8 - 18 2007 Department of Art - Opening this week at the Ningbo Museum of Art in Zhejiang, People's Republic of China -- three solo exhibitions by Florida State University professors Holly Hanessian and Carrie Ann Baade and MFA student Andrew Ross. It will be the first exhibition ever of American art at the museum. [learn more] [view the article in florida trend magazine]
June 8 - July 6 2007 MoFA The Artists' League -- Annual Summer Salon + "St. Marks Wildlife Refugees: The Triumph of Plein Air" Public Opening Reception: Friday, June 8, 2007 7:00-9:00pm
June 1-2, 2007 Dance: MFA Concert – When the Delta Speaks Millicent Johnnie and Lawrence Jackson 8:00 pm Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre. When the Delta Speaks, a contemporary dance concert, is the unique collaboration of two young artists who grew up steeped in the Black southern culture of the Mississippi Delta area. Their concert showcases their individual artistry, their diversity as choreographers, and their versatility as performers, while simultaneously reflecting how their differences compliment each other. Their aim is to represent the possibilities of the human spirit through dance. Together, their repertoire melds contemporary dance and the rich heritage of African-American inspired dance and music to form a powerful concert. Music for the performances includes guest appearances by Antonio Cuyler, Dromatala, Kwame Ross, and Saddi Khali, as well as original compositions by the Department’s own, Alex Davis.
April 16, 2007 - May 25, 2007 Got Herb? A Special Collection of Botanicals and Herbals Exhibition room, first floor, Strozier Library, FSU Campus Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.Got Herb? addresses the historical and contemporary uses of plants by humans. This is done through an examination of texts and images, which are categorized into the four themes of culinary, medicinal, decorative , and recreational uses. The students working together in The Museum Object class, an undergraduate seminar offered by the Art History Department, bring this exhibition to you.
May 4-7 2007 FSU in NYC: Sight, Sound & Motion. Florida State University students and faculty will showcase their academic and artistic talents when it presents a series for music, theatre, dance and film lovers in New York City the first weekend of May 2007.
April 6-27 2007 MoFA Spring Graduating Artists. BFA and MFA graduating artists exhibit a range of media and styles for their joyous exit show. BFA's: Tiffany Peters, Shannon Mahler, Jessica Tosoc, Jane King, Cristine Brache, Benjamin Pannell, Silvana Perolini, Marisa Yow, Matt Larner, Ian Dudley, Mary Vande Riet, Gina Riano, Sunita Martini, Kevin Moore. MFA's: Todd Stapleford, A.Light, Kazuyo Hira, Resa Groff.
April 20, 2007 Dance: Dance on Camera in the NSFDT in Montgomery Hall. Dance on Camera celebrates the art of combining dance and film. The evening will feature four films. A small art exhibit featuring work by Department of Dance Professor, Rick McCullough will also be on display in the lobby during the event. This event is free and open to the public. Showing: BARE – HANDED, MINOTAUR-EX, AFTERNOON OF THE CHIMERAS, ONE FLAT THING, REPRODUCED
April 13 - 22 2007 Theatre: The Philadelphia Story The comedy hit of the upper class society beauty that slipped and fell – IN LOVE! Two years after getting a divorce from C.K. Dexter Haven, Tracy Lord prepared to marry again. However, in the days before her wedding, Haven and a reporter, Macaulay Connor, show up at her doorstep. What follows is a rapid-fire war of words as the two men try to help Tracy discover for herself that the time to make up your mind about people is never.
April 12 - 14 2007 Dance: An Evening of Dance The evening will feature dynamic choreography from four FSU Professors; Lynda Davis, Gerri Houlihan, Wallie Wolfgrubber and Jawole Zollar. Sunset, an excerpt from Walking With Pearl…African Diaries, won Zollar her second BESSIE award and was supported by the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography housed within the Department. Davis’ modern piece, Sound Vessel, is set to the music of Mark Wingate, a Professor in the FSU College of Music while Wolfgrubber sets a modern pointe piece to the music of Michael Wall. Houlihan’s heartfelt duet, Morango, is set to a string quartet by Thomas Oboe Lee.
April 7 2007 A new mural, "The Arts Bridge the Community”, was created this saturday by local children and artists participating in the Florida Arts and Community Enrichment program. Visit the FACE website. Read the Tallahassee Democrat Article. View the Photo Archive.
March 22 - 31 2007 Theatre: The New Horizons: Original Works Festival debuts six original works over a two-week period. The original works are written by the Master of Fine Arts Professional Writing students and directed by the Master of Fine Arts Directing students. The Festival is a whirlwind of excitement, not only exploring a new level of creativity, but exposing the talent of FSU students to the community.
March 29 2007 Art: The 25th Semiannual UnFair at the Club Downunder starting at 8:30pm.Sponsored by the FSU Art Students League. To have your work displayed in this semester’s one-night-only show, drop off artwork at the Club Downunder, between 3:30 and 8 pm, the day of the show.
March 26 2007 Student Awards Ceremony As part of our recognition of student achievements in the visual arts, theatre and dance, we will sponsor our annual College Student Awards Ceremony in the Nancy Smith Fichter Theatre in Montgomery Hall. Please join us in honoring student achievement in the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance, and recognizing those in our community who generously support our programs.
March 25 2007 Theatre: The History of Cardenio The School of Theatre will present a special staged reading of The History of Cardenio. The reading will feature a number of guest artists including Jay Thomas, Orson Bean, Brian Smiar, and Jim Frangione. The visiting artists will be rehearsing and working side by side with current School of Theatre students, faculty and alumni under the direction of visiting guest director, Joe Cacaci.
March 23 & 24 2007 Dance: Passage. Produced by Seiji Gammage, Meg Griffin, and Carol L. McCoy. Passage, a contemporary dance concert, is unique because these three, young artists come from different backgrounds and have different choreographic styles. The works show their diversity as choreographers and versatility as performers, as well as showcasing how well their differences compliment each other. From love and celebration, to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, this concert deals with life issues and the human condition—the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the painful. Music for the performances includes songs by Stevie Wonder, Radiohead, and Yo-Yo Ma, as well as original compositions by the Department’s own, Alex Davis.
March 22 2007 Visiting Artist: Michael Oliveri - Ultraviolet Acquiescence & Deep Space Drip Culture. Michael Oliveri lives in Athens, Georgia and is Chair of the Digital Media program at the University of Georgia. Oliveri received his BFA in sculpture from San Francisco Art Institute and MFA in New Genres from the University of California, Los Angeles. His works have been shown throughout the U.S. at venues including the Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh PA; The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Ga; and Scope, Art Basil, Miami, FL. Reviews of his work have been published in Art Papers, Art Issues and the Los Angeles Times.
February 16 2007- March 25, 2007 MoFA Upper Gallery: More Is More – Maximalist Tendencies in Recent American Painting, Dr. Tatiana Flores, Curator Lower Gallery: Ray Burggraf Retrospective. Contrasting the points of view of artists for whom “more is more” with the lush color abstractions of a minimalist painter, the Museum of Fine Arts premieres two exhibitions that confirm that opposites attract. From the super-charged imageries of maximalism – characterized by an abundance of narrative, gesture, chroma and exuberance – to the jewel tones of Ray Burggraf’s asymmetrical and coolly beautiful paintings, the Museum of Fine Arts debuts a fresh pairing of styles and philosophies during Seven Days 2007.
March 19 - 20 2007 Arches built by Interior Design students will span the sidewalks of Landis Green. "There is an excitement and energy from students learning the principles of design and the design process that is catching," said Interior Design Chair Eric Wiedegreen. "This project is ideal in that it weaves a multitude of learning experiences from basic research to real-world construction requirements." Read the Full Article.
March 13, 2007 FSU Headlines Interview: Tom Anderson - Art Educator of the Year
March 1 - 14 2007 MANCC: Monica Bill Barnes
During her residency, Barnes will examine the way in which she uses context to create meaning in her work by re-defining the collaborative nature of her relationship with dramaturg and designer Kelly Hanson. This type of collaboration is typically defined by the parameters of a new work, and limited by the timeframe and number of hours inside a theater prior to premiere. Barnes, Hanson and dancer Anna Smith Bass will work collaboratively from the beginning on the research and development of this new work, engaging community throughout the process. Barnes has three entrypoints designed to invite the community to sample multiple versions of staging, lighting, costuming, design, and musical options for the new duet, well in advance of the premiere in 2007 at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church. For more information visit mancc.org.
February 27, 2007 FSU Headlines Interview: Dance Master Class - FSU dance students learn new moves from Paul Taylor Dance memeber.
February 12 - 27, 2007 Seven Days Festival Seven Days of Opening Nights Since its inception, the festival has brought world-renowned artists and performers to Tallahassee, including Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winners, dance companies and musical ensembles, musical theatre and films being premiered in Tallahassee. Many of those who’ve participated in the festival are graduates of Florida State University.
February 24, 2007 Theatre: Open House Join the School of Theatre at Florida State as we throw open our doors for a behind the scenes look. Throughout the Open House, we will be giving guided tours of the Fine Arts Building, including our dressing room spaces, costume shop, rehearsal rooms, and our Fallon Mainstage. You will also get to see the set for Sweeney Todd up close and personal on stage. We’ll be concluding our day with the grand opening of the state-of-the-art Degen Resource Room.
February 23-24, 2007 Art History Symposium Twenty-Fifth Annual Symposium for Graduate Students in the History of Art Michael Leja, Professor of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, will present the keynote address, 'Winslow Homer and the Composite Image.' The lecture examines Homer's illustrations for Harper's Weekly and their impact upon 19th century visual culture. During the two-day symposium twelve graduate students, coming from Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Washington University, and six other top-ranked art history programs, will deliver papers on various topics in the history of art.
February 23-24, 2007 Dance: Awaken and Shift MFA Concert Awaken and Shift Emily Mlot and Kathleen Wessel
February 23, 2007 MANCC: Yanira Castro 
Symposium and Showing. The symposium will include research presentations and dialogue from: Yanira Castro, Dr. Curtis Altmann, FSU Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine, Dr. Jamila Horabin, FSU Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, Joelle Dietrick, FSU Assistant Professor in the Visual Art Department, and Terri Lindbloom, FSU Associate Professor in the Visual Art Department. For more information visit mancc.org.
February 16-25, 2007 Theatre - "Sweeney Todd" Conspiracy, intrigue, dark humor, and murderous mayhem blend wickedly to tell the tale of "Sweeney Todd." Fallon Mainstage Theatre.
February 9, 2007 A Tribute to Balanchine and Béjart The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and legendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell present A Tribute to Balanchine and Béjart Sponsored in part by: The Florida State University College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance, the Department of Dance, & the Thomasville Cultural Center
February 10th & 11th, 2007 Workshop for Young Dancers The Department of Dance hosts its annual Workshop for Young Dancers in Montgomery Hall. Visit dance.fsu.edu to download a brochure and registration form.
February 2-3, 2007 DANCE REPERTORY THEATRE is the performing ensemble of the FSU Department of Dance. The company’s prime efforts are directed toward the study and production of repertory and community outreach programs. The activities serve to enhance the departmental mission as a regional repertory center by introducing the works of well known choreographers in its program offerings. DRT presents annual formal concerts both on and off campus as well as lecture demonstrations in non-traditional performing spaces. The company performs regularly in the public schools, for churches and citizens groups, for VSA / Florida projects and in collaboration with community and state arts organizations. A typical DRT season also includes residencies for community colleges, cultural centers, museums and other community consortium collaborations throughout the southeast.
January 12-4th, 2007 MoFA: The New Art Department Faculty A really vigorous Art Department is a magnet for permanent faculty and visiting artists known for their individual accomplishments. The artists who will exhibit works in many different media confront traditional notions of art, push boundaries and expectations, and make contemporary points with humor and passion. Wayne Vonada, Co-ordinator. Mary Stewart, John Mann, Holly Hanessian, Joelle Dietrich, Chad Eby and Joe Sanders.
January 17, 2007 Art - Read a Tallahassee Democrat article published January 17, 2007 about the Department of Art.
2006
November 17, 2006 - December 8, 2006 MoFA Exhibition: Fall Graduating Artists As is the tradition at the close of each semester, the Museum provides the locus for students who are graduating FSU's Department of Art with BFA degrees. The artists install their works in a summary exhibition that allows them to fulfill graduating requirements while providing a lively, irreverent, ambitious and frequently larger-than-life statement about whatever is the driving force of their work—aesthetics, politics, narrative—any or none of the above.
Top Row (L to R): Jesselisa Moretti, Philip Salvagni, Megan Millett, Gregory Kalliche, Kyle Pace, Joseph Faura. Bottom Row (L to R): Lauria Lovestrand, Chris Cameron, Cari Bernard.
December 1, 2006 MoFA Art & Antiques Fair : For two days the Museum turns into the most amazing and colorful marketplace of unique handmade fine crafts, antiques of every description, fine art prints, exotic apparel (such as imported Japanese kimono) and unusual inventions by contemporary artists as well as wonderful discoveries of antiques dealers. We hope you will stop by, have tea and cookies and patronize this annual event that contributes to the Museum Foundation for programming throughout the year.
Department of Art Professor Mark Messersmith and Associate Professor Lilian Garcia-Roig -- both known for their lush landscapes -- both join this year's handful of emerging American artists who have garnered a coveted Joan Mitchell Award for artistic merit and the accompanying Painters and Sculptors Grant to help further their promising careers. [full press release]
November 16, 2006 - November 19, 2006 Theatre "Still Life with Iris" By Steven Dietz Directed by James Larsen - "Still Life with Iris" weaves the ageless enchantment of magic into the fabric of a dramatic fantasy. The play chronicles a young girl’s quest to regain her memory, her past, and with it her home. She succeeds in finding herself, the power of faith, and the courage of persistence. A Sue and Richard G. Fallon Theatre for Young Audiences Production. Showing at the Fallon Mainstage Theatre.
November 15, 2006 - November 21, 2006 Days of Dance features works by FSU faculty and students and will take place in the Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre. Admission is $12 Adults; $10 Seniors; $8 Children and Non-FSU Students; and $6 for FSU Students. Call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at 850-644-6500 for ticket information or visit us online at dance.fsu.edu.
October 27 & 28, 2006 Department of Dance “And Then There Were Two…” is a Master of Fine Arts Thesis Concert featuring Jennifer K. Lent and Carla Y. Lester. The concert features choreography by Lent and Lester as well as other guest choreographers, including FSU alumni Kevin Veiga, and Dance Department co-chair, Patty Phillips. With music that ranges from classical to gospel jazz, the concert is an eclectic evening of celebration, reflection and Broadway inspired fun.
October 20-22 & 24-29 Theatre Six Degrees of Separation Directed by C. Cameron Jackson “I believe that the imagination is the passport we create to take us into the real world.” October 20-21, 24-28 at 8:00 PM & October 21, 22, 28 & 29 at 2:00 PM. The Fallon Mainstage Theatre [map]
October 2, 2006 - January 30, 2007 MoFA Coptic Textiles from the Early Christian Period - The textiles displayed represent a small sampling of the Florida State University's historic textile holdings. These fragments are part of a set bound in Belgium at the turn of the twentieth century. The textiles were gathered from tombs and tapestries in Egypt that dated from the fourth to eight century and are decorated with figural and vegetative motifs. Special Collections Reading Room
June 9th, 7-9pm: Artists' League Summer Annual Description: Reception Oil paintings, acrylic pieces, bronze sculpture, wood figures, fused glass plates and bowls, jewelry, stitchery, black and white photography, digital color imagery, mixed-media shadow boxes, prints, pen and ink drawings, watercolors, pottery, wood-turning, and finely crafted tables are among the many and various works produced by members of the FSU Museum of Fine Arts Artists' League.
FSU MUSIC THEATRE STUDENTS ON CBS NEWS’ ‘THE EARLY SHOW’ Aspiring stars could win Broadway musical role during six-day series ‘My Broadway Debut’ "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway – but next week, live, on national television, two 19-year-old Florida State University music theatre majors [Justin Bowen of Lynchburg, Va., and Junior Mendez of Weston, Fla.] will find out first-hand. During a Big Apple showdown with eight other college students from across the nation, they will sing their hearts out in hopes of winning a coveted walk-on role in a Broadway musical..." [view full article].
'Green' interior design by FSU undergrad Bridget Dunn wins International Interior Design Association (IIDA) honor. Dunn beat out entries from across the United States and Europe for the top prize in the "Best of Competition" 2006 Student Sustainable Design Competition. [view article]
May 1st - 3rd: FSU in NYC Monday, May 1 ( Musical Theatre Showcase ) 4:00 & 7:30 p.m. & Tuesday, May 2 ( Acting Showcase ) 4:00 & 7:30 p.m.
April 27th, 2006: FSU School of Theatre auditions for "My Broadway Debut on CBS" The Early Show.
April 20th, 21st, and 22nd 8:00pm: FSU Department of Dance - Evening of Dance. "See works by such internationally known choreographers as Suzanne Farrell and Dan Wagoner during the Florida State University dance department's "An Evening of Dance" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the Nancy Fichter Dance Theatre in Montgomery Hall, off Landis Green on the FSU campus. Tickets are $16 general public; $14 seniors; $12 non-FSU students and $10 FSU students. Call 644-4425." - The Tallahassee Democrat
April 10th, 2006 6:00pm: The College of Visual Arts Theatre and Dance - Student Awards Ceremony.
April 9th, 2006 7:00pm: FSU School of Theatre - Richard Fallon... A Tribute
April 7th - 24th, 2006: FSU Department of Art - BFA and MFA Graduating Artists Exhibition at the FSU Museum of F ine Arts.
Emilie Woodbridge was recognized by the University as an Outstanding Teaching Assistant. Over 50 individuals were nominated and 12 were recognized with the honor. The Program for Instructional Excellence (PIE), under the auspices of Academic & Professional Program Services, and the Office of Graduate Studies seeks to recognize graduate students for excellence in teaching. This program recognizes graduate students who are considered by their faculty and students to be excellent teachers.
April 7th - 8th & 12th-15th at 8:00pm and April 8th & 16th at 2:30pm: FSU Fallon Theatre - Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.
April 7th -10th, 2006: FSU School of Theatre - Informal Alumni Reunion Weekend. A chance to reconnect with old friends, classmates & teachers and to honor Richard Fallon.
April 6th, 2006, 5-6pm: Please join the faculty of the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance as we bestow the honor of Professor Emeritus to our esteemed colleague Robert Fichter.
March 23-26, 2006 Art Department Faculty attend and participate in the Society for Photographic Education 43rd National Conference.
Professor George Blakely at the SPE National Conference in Chicago
March 10th - 27th, 2006: FSU Department of Dance - MANCC Living Legacy Residency - Eiko & Koma
February 17th - March 26th, 2006: FSU Museum of Fine Arts - 'High Roads & Low Roads: anthems, dirges and myths'.