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 New Music New College's 14th season will showcase a brilliant array of international artists in its five-concert subscription series, and will offer more educational events and more free performances by New College students, faculty and alumnae/i than ever before. Kicking off the 2012-13 season will be Third Coast Percussion (Sept 22), a Chicago-based quartet that will perform music of the legendary John Cage in celebration of the composer's 100th birthday. Other guest artists for the season include improvisational pianist Marilyn Lerner  (January 19), vocalist/composer Toby Twining and his ensemble (April 20), and the JACK Quartet (Nov 17), which will perform compositions by New College graduates who have earned recognition in the world of contemporary music. Free Artist Conversations will be held the day before four of this year's performances.
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 New College of Florida student Lucas Ballestin is finishing up his summer internship at Robert Allen Law in Miami by coordinating the annual Miami-Dade Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. This summer, Ballestin worked as the Bates-Meyer Intern in Corporate Responsibility at the boutique international law firm owned by New College alumnus Robert Allen. Ballestin is a fourth-year student from Westin, Fla., working on a triple area of concentration in economics, history and philosophy.
Robert Allen Law has maintained a long-standing commitment to this regional cleanup effort, which is part of the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup initiative. For more than a decade, thousands of residents and visitors in the Miami-Dade area have volunteered each year on more than 40 beaches along the county's coast. For more information, visit miamidadecoastalcleanup.org or email lballestin@robertallenlaw.com. |
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TEDxSalon: Musical Collaboration Matters
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AUG 15, 2012
6:30-8:30 pm (Doors open at 6 pm for meeting and interacting)
New College Provost and Professor of Music Stephen Miles will speak on "Music's Many Voices and the Need for Collaboration." The program also includes performances from five local artists, an open discussion, videos and a collaborative "band" performance. Attendees must RSVP; space is limited. The TEDxSalons are monthly gatherings open to anyone interested in hearing and sharing big ideas that are locally relevant and globally scalable. For more information, visit TEDxSarasota.com.
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A Mighty Light Flight Exhibition
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Through OCT 5, 2012
Hours for July and August: Tues-Thurs, 10 am-3 pm
Durante Gallery, Longboat Key Center for the Arts
6860 Longboat Drive South, Longboat Key
Call 941.383.2345 for more information.
A Mighty Light Flight is an exhibition featuring work by Dustin Juengel and Mark Humphrey. Humphrey and Juengel's artwork defies restrictions. Humphrey's sculpture tackles the physical phenomenon of gravity. The sculptures, constructed out of steel are arranged to create precarious constellations of form and movement. Juengel's large scale oil paintings inspire flight from the prosaic and mundane. Dustin Juengel is the Studio Arts Shop Technician at New College of Florida.
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Exhibition of Ringling College and New College Student Works
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Through OCT 5, 2012
Hours for July and August: Tues-Thurs, 10 am-3 pm
6860 Longboat Drive South, Longboat Key
Exhibition of Ringling College and New College Student Works
Curated by Mark Humphrey & Dustin Juengel
Call 941.383.2345 for more information.Lighty Might Fly is a painting exhibition showcasing the work of promising young students from New College of Florida and Ringling College of Art and Design.
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Richard Herzog: Everything is Touching by Underground Wires
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 Through SEP 28, 2012
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat: 10 am-4 pm (closed Sun-Mon)
Everything is Touching by Underground Wires is a new installation by New College professor Richard Herzog on display in Gallery 3 at Art Center Sarasota, through September 28, 2012. Using non-traditional materials, Herzog constructs around the space to create a new environment inside the gallery. Herzog's goal as an artist is to make viewers look at things a bit differently and consider more closely the world that surrounds them. His recent work has been exploring the "artificialization" of nature. Richard Herzog is an assistant professor of sculpture at New College of Florida.
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