 This Week at the Lewis CenterMay 4, 2014
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Photo by M. Teresa Simao
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A senior thesis exhibition by Julia Meng
Last day! Friday, May 2
The Program in Visual Arts is presenting a senior thesis exhibition about cultural identity and inheritance by visual arts major Julia Meng 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. The gallery is open on Friday until 4:30 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Still image by Jack Thornton
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Screening of new short videos by visual arts students
Today! Friday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m.
A screening of new short videos created by juniors in the Program in Visual Arts will be held on Friday, May 2 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The screening will be followed by a reception. Free and open to the public. Photo: Still from the video "Look," by Jack Thornton
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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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Exhibition of recent work by visual arts students
Through Friday, May 9
The Program in Visual Arts is presenting an exhibition of recent work by students in the spring course, "Ceramic Sculpture," taught by Adam Welch. The work is on view through May 9 with an opening reception planned for Friday, May 9 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at 701 Carnegie Center in Princeton. Gallery hours are weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
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Readings of thesis work by creative writing seniors
Monday, May 5 at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m.
Seniors in the Program in Creative Writing will present new work at two upcoming readings. Students 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. Both readings are free and open to the public, however seating is limited. Learn more
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Photo by Julie Lemberger
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End of semester student performances
Monday, May 5 at 3:15 & 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7 at 12:30 p.m.
The Program in Dance will present a series of showings of work created by and repertory works performed by students in spring semester dance courses. On Monday, May 5, students in "The American Dance Experience and Africanist Dance Practices" will perform at 3:15 p.m. followed by "Approaches to Ballet" at 5:30 p.m. On Wednesday, 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 courtesy Florent Masse
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Presentation of works by advanced theater students
Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m.
The Department of French and Italian and the Lewis Center will present "Travaux d'Acteurs III" on Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rockefeller College Common Room. The performance will feature thirteen scenes by students in the French/Theater course "Advanced French Theater Workshop," including works by the French playwrights Racine (Andromaque, Berenice, Phedre, and Britannicus), Feydeau (Feu la mere de Madame, Un fil a la patte, Le Dindon, and On purge bebe) and Joel Pommerat (La Reunification des deux Corees). Performances are in French. Reservations are advised by sending an email to ftw@princeton.edu / Subject line: Travaux.
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Graphic by Danielle Aubert
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A new work-in-progress by Lewis Center Fellows
Wednesday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m.
On May 7, 2013-15 Arts Fellows Jason Treuting and Danielle Aubert along with 2013-14 Hodder Fellow Katy Didden will present Continuously Festive, a collaborative work-in-progress about the erasure poetry style. By combining music by Treuting, graphic design and printing by Aubert, and poetry by Didden, the trio will present their take on "erasing" Double Music, a percussion ensemble work written by John Cage and Lou Harrison. Musicians Adam Sliwinski of So Percussion and Mika Godbole and Yumi Tamashiro of Mobius Percussion will also take part. The performance will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Room 301 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Catherine Mauger
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A reading of new work by C.K. Williams
Wednesday, May 7 at 6:00 p.m.
Labyrinth Books will host a reading by poet C.K. Williams on Wednesday, May 7. A recently retired member of the Program in Creative Writing faculty, Williams will read from his new collection of prose poems entitled All at Once: Poems. The reading will begin at 6:00 p.m. at Labyrinth Books at 122 Nassau Street in Princeton and is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Opening reception for the annual exhibition
Thursday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m.
Winners of the 2014 Art of Science competition will be announced at the opening reception for this year's exhibit on Thursday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. in the Friend Center Atrium on the Princeton campus. Exploring the interplay between science and art, the annual Art of Science exhibition consists of images produced during the course of scientific inquiry that have aesthetic merit. The Lewis Center is one of several cosponsors of this project led by the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Everyone from the Princeton community is invited to attend the reception and view the exhibition, which is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Performance by students from Princeton Atelier course led by Baby Wants Candy
Thursday, May 8 at 8:00 p.m.
On May 8, students in the spring Princeton Atelier course "Creating Musical Comedies" will present an excerpt from a new work entitled Camp Death (A Midsummer Night's Scream): The Musical, created with director Al Samuels and other professional artists from the acclaimed musical comedy improv group Baby Wants Candy. The Matthew McConaughey Summer Talent Initiative is one of the premier theater camps for young thespians in the Northeast. This year promises to be the best summer ever...or the deadliest. In addition to the new group piece, students will also present excerpts from musicals they developed individually over the course of the semester. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street, followed by a talkback and reception. Free and open to the public.
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Photo by Marcos Cisneros '15
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Workshop performance of a new play by senior Tadesh Inagaki
Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, May 10-11 at 4:30 & 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Theater will present a workshop reading of a new, one-person, documentary 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. All performances are free and open to the public.
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Student-designed collection of essays on "Myself, I Think We Should Keep Collecting Titles"
Tuesday, May 13 at 6:00 p.m.
Labyrinth Books will host a launch party celebrating the publication of the collections of essays on "Myself I Think We Should Keep Collecting Titles," an exhibition of work by Princeton's Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin presented last fall by the Program in Visual Arts. Students from David Reinfurt's fall 2013 advanced graphic design course designed the four books making up the collection of scholarly essays by Princeton faculty, staff, and former students. The books will be available to purchase at Labyrinth Books. The celebratory event will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo courtesy Princeton Atelier
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Featuring new student films and videos
Thursday, May 15 at 4:00 p.m.
On May 15, student work from four spring semester film/video courses offered by the Program in Visual Arts at the Lewis Center will be featured in a film screening. Students in Emily Abt's "Narrative Filmmaking" course, Keith Sanborn's course on "Introductory Video and Film Production", and Su Friedrich's courses in "Documentary Filmmaking and "Advanced Video and Film Production" will show their short films from 4:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The event is free and open to the public.
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Exhibition featuring artwork by graduating seniors
May 16 - June 3
The Program in Visual Arts will present the Senior All-Star Art Show, an exhibition of selected work in a wide range of media by Class of 2014 graduating seniors. The exhibition will be on view in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street from Friday, May 16 through Tuesday, June 3. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the exhibition is free and open to the public.
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(L) John Somers Fairchild, photo by Thomas Gonzalez Roberts; (C) Photo courtesy Yessica Martinez; (R) Tula Strong, photo by Jaclyn Sweet
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John Somers Fairchild '15, Yessica Martinez '15, and Tula B. Strong '15 have been selected by the Lewis Center as the 2014 recipients of the Alex Adam '07 Award. Established in memory of Alexander Jay Adam '07 and made possible by a generous gift from his family, the award provides support to Princeton undergraduates who will spend a summer pursuing a project that will result in the creation of new artistic work. Twenty-eight additional students received grants ranging from $250 to $7,000 for a total of $52,700 in funding through the Mary Quaintance '84 Fund for the Creative Arts Award, the Peter B. Lewis Summer Fund, and the Mellor Fund for Undergraduate Research. To read more about the winners and their projects, click here.
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Lighting Designer Jane Cox. Photo courtesy Jane Cox
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Program in Theater faculty member Jane Cox, who has taught lighting design at Princeton for many years, as well as designed lighting for many theater and dance productions at the Lewis Center, was nominated for Best Lighting Design for a Play for her work on Roundabout Theatre's production of Sophie Treadwell's Machinal. Class of 1980 alumnus Douglas McGrath's book for Beautiful - The Carole King Musical was nominated for Best Book of a Musical, while Jarrod Spector, a member of the Class of 2003, was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for the same show. The winners will be announced at the 2014 Tony Awards ceremony, which will be hosted by Hugh Jackman on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. For a full list of the 2014 Tony Award nominees, click here.
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Cover of "Episodes with Wayne Thiebaud"
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Abstract painter, draftsperson, and Lecturer in the Program in Visual Arts Eve Aschheim recently co-published an art book entitled Episodes with Wayne Thiebaud, in which she and artist Chris Daubert interview their former teacher, one of the last living painters of the Pop era. From 2009 to 2011, Aschheim and Daubert interviewed Thiebaud in his studio, discussing the iconic artist's influences, working methods, thoughts on painting, and his advice to young artists. Learn more
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Photo by Eric England
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Author and 2013-2014 Hodder Fellow Adam Ross has received a Berlin Prize Fellowship from The American Academy in Berlin. The highly competitive Prize is awarded each year to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields. Ross received the Prize for his current novel, Playworld, a story chronicling a really bad year in the life of a child actor. Ross has been using the past year as a Hodder Fellow at the Lewis Center to work on Playworld and will continue to do so during the fall of 2014 as a Berlin Prize Fellow. Other Princeton recipients include Beatriz Colomina, professor of architecture and co-director of the Program in Media and Modernity, and Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History. Learn more
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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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