 This Week at the Lewis CenterApril 27, 2014
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Photo by Brady Valashinas '14
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Senior art show by Pew Natthamon Wutilertcharoenwong
Last day! Friday, April 25
The Program in Visual Arts is presenting a senior thesis exhibition by visual arts major Pew Natthamon Wutilertcharoenwong through Friday, April 25 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Pew's web and printed materials and sculptural works explore the intersection of the artist's interests in formalism, materials and process, and the economies of the female body. The gallery is open on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and the exhibition is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo by Derek Speirs
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Fiddler and guitarist next in Fund for Irish Studies series
Today! Friday, April 25 at 4:30 p.m.
World-renowned violinist Martin Hayes and master guitarist Dennis Cahill will play traditional Irish music in a Fund for Irish Studies performance on Friday, April 25. Two of the world's leading artists in traditional Irish tunes, the duo has toured internationally for almost twenty years. The concert will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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A new play by senior Rachel Alter
Final performances! Friday and Saturday,
April 25 & 26 at 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Theater is presenting Margo in Margoland, a new play written by senior certificate student Rachel Alter and directed by senior Caroline Slutsky. Inspired by the Greek myth Medea, Margoland is a magical realist adaptation in which Margo falls into her imagination and discovers that the pain and betrayal of her past are much more alive and real than she could have ever imagined. Click here to watch a short video trailer about the production. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, in the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for students/seniors and are available through University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or at the Frist Campus Center Ticket Office.
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Photo of Emily Mann by Merri Cyr
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A new play reading and symposium
Tomorrow! Saturday, April 26, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
On April 26, the Program in Theater will present Hoodwinked, a documentary-style play created by McCarter Theatre's award-winning Artistic Director Emily Mann inspired by questions, confusion, and misinformation that circulated in the media after the 2009 Fort Hood massacre. A related symposium will explore radical Islam/Islamism and the dangers that ideology can pose not only to western nations but also to moderate/traditional Muslims around the world. Beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street, the event will open with a public reading of Hoodwinked by a renowned cast including Bill Pullman, David Morse, Donnie Keshawarz, Heather Raffo, Bhavesh Patel, Melissa Miller, Sanjit De Silva, and Zainab Jah. The reading will be followed by a variety of opportunities for dialogue and learning. The event is free and open to the public, and limited seating is available. Learn more
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Annual town/gown festival of the arts
Sunday, April 27 from 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
On Sunday, April 27, the Lewis Center will have a booth at Communiversity, the annual festival of the arts. Stop by and join in the celebrations in honor of Shakespeare's 450th birthday! We'll have a costume trunk for kids, ticket and prize giveaways, plus a unique chance to take a snapshot with the Bard himself! We are at booth #64B, located in front of Nassau Hall. Learn more
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Photo by Denise Applewhite
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Exhibition of new work by visual arts students
Through Friday, May 9
The Program in Visual Arts is presenting an exhibition of recent work by juniors in the program through Friday, May 9 in the James S. Hall '34 Memorial Gallery at Butler College. Gallery hours are weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
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Photo by M. Teresa Simao
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A senior thesis exhibition by Julia Meng
Monday, April 28 - Friday, May 2
The Program in Visual Arts will present a senior thesis exhibition about cultural identity and inheritance by visual arts major Julia Meng from April 28 through May 2 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Meng's work consists of figurative oil paintings executed in a pseudo-academic, pre-modern style and sculptural assemblages of painted cardboard monuments propped up by bamboo scaffolding. An opening reception will be held in the Lucas Gallery on Thursday, May 1st at 7:00 p.m. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo by Denise Applewhite
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Performance of original songs by students
Monday, April 28 at 4:30 p.m.
Students from the Program in Creative Writing and the Department of Music's spring course on "How to Write a Song" will perform their new, original songs on Monday, April 28. Led by poet and Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities Paul Muldoon and songwriter Wesley Stace, the course introduces students to the art of writing words for music. The performance will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Frist Theater at Frist Campus Center and is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo courtesy Dessie Moynihan
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A conversation about art and commerce in American theatre
Tuesday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m.
The Shubert Organization's Dessie Moynihan will discuss art and commerce in American theatre in a conversation with Professor Jill Dolan on Tuesday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. Moynihan is the organization's Vice President of Creative Projects and has been involved in such productions as Strindberg's Dance of Death and Michael Legrand's musical Amour. The Q&A session will take place in the Katzenbach Room 207 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Readings of new work by creative writing students
Wednesday, April 30 at 5:15 p.m.
Monday, May 5 at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m.
Students in the Program in Creative Writing will present new work in a series of readings. Select students from spring workshops in fiction, poetry, screenwriting and literary translation will read from their work on Wednesday, April 30 at 5:15 p.m. at Chancellor Green Rotunda. Seniors in the Program will read from their thesis work in poetry, screenwriting, and translation on Monday, May 5 at 4:30 p.m. at the Palmer House at 1 Bayard Lane in Princeton. On Wednesday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m. also at the Palmer House, seniors will read from their thesis work in fiction. All three readings are free and open to the public, however seating is limited.
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Photo by M. Teresa Simao
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Exhibition of recent work by visual arts students
Thursday, May 1 - Friday, May 9
The Program in Visual Arts will present an exhibition of recent work by students in the spring course, "Ceramic Sculpture," taught by Adam Welch. The work will be on view from May 1 through May 9 with an opening reception planned for Friday, May 9 at 3:00 p.m. at 701 Carnegie Center in Princeton. Gallery hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the exhibition is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Kip Malon
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Performance of new works by students
Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Students from Brian Herrera's theater course "Autobiographical Storytelling" will present original, solo works developed during the spring semester in a performance on Wednesday, April 30. In the course students learned how to use different storytelling modes such as stand-up comedy and slam poetics to remake raw material drawn from their life experiences into compelling autobiographical performances. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Katzenbach Room 207 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public.
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Image by Brady Valashinas '14
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Showing of senior thesis work by film students
Wednesday, April 30 at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 1 at 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Visual Arts will present two screenings of senior thesis work by film/video certificate students Nick Ellis, Dayna Li, and Brady Valashinas on Wednesday, April 30 and Thursday, May 1. The screening on April 30 will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street; the 8:00 p.m. screening on May 1 will be held outdoors on the south lawn at Frist Campus Center (rain location is Frist 302). Both events are free and open to the public. Photo: Still from Brady Valashinas' film, "Unchained: A Life Beyond the Stage". Learn more
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Photo by Julie Lemberger
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End of semester student performances
Thursday, May 1 at 1:00 & 3:00 p.m.
Monday, May 5 at 3:15 & 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7 at 12:30 p.m.
The Program in Dance will present a series of showings of recent work created by and repertory works performed by students. On May 1, students from "Introduction to Movement and Dance" will perform at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.; on May 5, "The American Dance Experience and Africanist Dance Practices" will show their work at 3:15 p.m. followed by "Approaches to Ballet" at 5:15 p.m.; on May 7, students from modern and contemporary dance courses will perform at 12:30 p.m. All performances will be held in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street and are free and open to the public.
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Photo by Intstitut Mathildenhohe Darmstadt
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Cross-disciplinary performances by students
Thursday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m.
Students in the spring course, "Body/Object/Sound: Translation and the Making of Performance," will show their work in a performance on Thursday, May 1. Led by percussionist and 2013-15 Arts Fellow Jason Treuting, visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra, and choreographer and Director of Dance Susan Marshall, the course encourages students to engage in playful, cross-disciplinary collaboration in order to construct new works involving bodies, objects and sounds. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Workshop performance of a new play
by senior Tadesh Inagaki
Friday - Sunday, May 9, 10 & 11
The Program in Theater will present a workshop reading of a new play written and performed by senior certificate student Tadesh Inagaki and directed by R.N. Sandberg. Based on interviews Inagaki conducted with men in the process of re-entering society after incarceration, Inside/Out is a portrait of individuals struggling to escape the prison world and rediscover life 'on the outside'. Performances will be held Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, May 10 at 4:30 and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, May 11 at 4:30 and 8:00 p.m. in the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street and are free and open to the public.
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(L) Meghan O'Rourke by Sarah Shatz; (R) Claire Vaye Watkins by Lily Glass
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Two current faculty in the Lewis Center's Program in Creative Writing have been named 2014 Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Lecturer Meghan O'Rourke has been selected as a Guggenheim Fellow for General Nonfiction, while Visiting Assistant Professor Claire Vaye Watkins has been named for Fiction. Guggenheim Fellowships are annually awarded to men and women who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
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Image courtesy Schiede Library
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In honor of the Bard's 450th birthday on April 23, University Communications has created a special feature showing some of the ways in which Shakespeare's timeless embrace of the human condition continues to inspire students at Princeton. Watch the video
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The Lewis Center for the Arts encompasses Princeton University's academic programs in creative writing, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier. The Center represents a major initiative of the University to fully embrace the arts as an essential part of the educational experience for all who study and teach at Princeton. Over 100 diverse public performances, exhibitions, readings, screenings and lectures are offered each year, most of them free or at a nominal ticket price. The programs of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts are made possible through the generous support of many alumni and other donors. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts, including a complete list of supporters, please visit arts.princeton.edu.
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