Miscellanea: BU students show their stuff

Ten Bloomsburg University music students give an Honors Recital Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. The students were top performers at last semester's juries and include performances with guitar, oboe, euphonium, trumpet, piano, and voice.


Reminder: Sculptor Michael Donovan will have a reception is Thursday from noon to -2, with an artist lecutre at 1:15 p.m.


BU's Department of Art and Art History is hosting its 15th Annual Student Symposium in Art History this Friday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kehr Union, Hideaway. Seven art history majors and minors will present their research papers. Refreshments will be served.
Presentations include:

• The Oddity of Piero della Francesca's Flagellation of Christ by Marissa Weinger 
• Artemisia Gentileschi: Proto-Feminism in Italian Baroque Painting by Sarah Halter 
• Embracing Diego as her Son: A study of the relationship between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera through their Art by Deanna Barnes 
• The Culture of Sex and Beauty by Rachel Etzweiler 
• A Female Language: Judy Chicago and her Art by Gunilla Bjerkman-Geise 
• Deaf, the De'VIA, and Discussion by Ralph Hinkle 
• Cake: Delectable Art by Shonda Cobb

Get a Taste of the Arts

Experience a sampling of the arts Saturday, Feb. 4, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Moose Exchange, 203 W. Main St., Bloomsburg

A Taste of the Arts is Bloomsburg University’s College of Liberal Arts introduction of the new Center for Visual and Performing Arts. Students and faculty in the art and art history, English, and music, theatre and dance departments will show artwork, give a short theatrical show, read poetry and perform music and dance. Featured performances will include the Jazz Ensemble, Dance Ensemble, Pep Band, Husky Singers and BU Players.

For more information, contact Nawal Bonomo, assistant to the dean, College of Liberal Arts, (570) 389-4725 or nbonomo@bloomu.edu.

More events at the Moose

An intriguing Black & White exhibit opens Friday, Jan. 27, at Gallery 102 with an artists' reception from 6 to 8 p.m.  Also coming to the Exchange on Friday: Starving Artist/Moose Exchange t-shirts. For $15 show your love and support for the Exchange. 

This weekend, the Community Market returns to the Grille Room on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  There will also be bowling Saturday from 10 to 2 for $5 per person, balls and shoes included.

Et tu?

Quick reminder: The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble will stage Julius Caesar Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. at Alvina Krause Theatre, Center Street. General admission tickets are $12. Adapted and directed by Ensemble member James Goode, Shakespeare's play has reset to a 19th-century milieu.

Guitar with a classic twist

Bloomsburg University's Guitar Ensemble will give a free concert Monday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. The show is free and open to the public.

The 13-member ensemble's director Matthew Slotkin, has scheduled a program that will feature solos, small groups and the entire ensemble. Works being performed are Renaissance dances by Michael Praetorius, a trio by 20th-century German master Paul Hindemith, music from film scores by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, a quartet, "Oyun," by guitarist/composer Carlo Domeniconi and Brazilian dances by Celso Machado. For information, contact Slotkin.

More guitar photos on my sister blog bloomufocus.

BU seniors exhibiting in December

Works by five student artists will be featured in the Fall Senior Exit Show in Bloomsburg University's Haas Gallery of Art from Tuesday, Dec. 6, to Saturday, Dec. 17. The show will open with a reception Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., where the seniors will talk briefly about their work.

This event is free and open to the public. Seniors presenting their works are: Kelly Geist, Coal Township; Kristen Griesacker, Littlestown; Ralph Hinkle, Bloomsburg; Natalie Nickol, Yardley; and Keith Seaman, Newport. Haas Gallery of Art is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 2 p.m. For more information contact Rebecca Rugg, gallery associate.

Unusual galleries

The Haas Gallery of Art may be the most prominent of the exhibition spaces at Bloomsburg University, but there's plenty of art to be seen elsewhere on campus.
Professors typically have their students exhibit in the lobby of Old Science Hall. At right, Erica LoPresti's Raggedy Ann was one of the many works shown from art professor Jason Godeke's class. LoPresti's work caught my eye because the lines are strong and confident and with pencil, it's easy to go soft and tentative.

Some other cool places to catch some art on campus: 

• The main entrance lobby of Kehr Union has cases of pottery from acclaimed masters Shiho Kanzaki and Toshiko Takaezu. Area printmaker Alden Schwarz has a very large print of sunflowers in one of the stairwell. 
• Of course Andruss Library has priceless Tiffany windows on the second floor facing west. 
• And though not exactly art, there is a fantastic collection of stuffed birds of prey in the lobby of Hartline Science Center.

Do you have a favorite piece of art on campus? Send me a line.

BU students exhibiting digital work

If you can make it to campus, Bloomsburg University students in the advanced digital art class are exhibiting their work Old Science Hall's Mezzanine (upper floor). Here's the schedule of exhibits:

• Kelly Geist, "Paths" - Oct. 5 to 15 (looks we we missed that one).
• Padraig Doherty-Peterson, "Creative Demise" - Oct. 24 to Nov. 2.
• Julie Farnan, "Into the Blue" - Oct. 24 to Nov. 2
• Erin Mills, "The Nightmare" - Nov. 14 to 21
• Lena Kurtz, "The Power of Words" - Nov. 14 to 21
• Brittney Logan, "The Grass is Greener" - Nov. 14 to 21
• Matt Decker, "dilettantism" - Dec. 5 to 13
• Victoria Sauers, "Lost to the World" - Dec. 5 to 13

BU Players plan 2011-2012 season

Here's what's on stage with the Bloomsburg University Players in 2011-2012.

Proof by David Auburn: August 31 ­to September 2, Theatre Lab (rear of the University Store Building; Sept. 9-10, location TBA.

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, Proof tells the story of a twenty-five ­year-old college drop-out who cared for her college-professor father, looking at the fine line between genius and madness. Limited Seating. Advance Ticket Purchase Recommended.

The Burial at Thebes by Seamus Heaney: Nov. 9-13, Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center St., Downtown Bloomsburg.

A new version of the timeless Greek story of Antigone, the heroic young woman who placed her life on the line against the state to express her loyalty to family and the gods.

Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl: Feb. 22-26, Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center
St., Downtown Bloomsburg.

What's it like to be an answering service for a dead man? MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Sarah Ruhl, asks that question in a play that delivers a fresh and humorous look at the times we live in (Variety). This performance subject to change based on availability of rights.

The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute: April 15-22, Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center
St., Downtown Bloomsburg

Challenging our deepest ideas about love and art, Neil LaBute explores seductive and dangerous territory in the love affair between an aggressive artist and an insecure student.

All performances: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m.
Tickets Adults $6; Seniors and non-BU Students $4; BU Students and Community Card Holders Free.
Tickets available at the Haas Center for the Arts Box Office or at the door on performance days.

BU student artists show their work

BU students are showing their art in the Haas Gallery of Art.
The annual Student Art Show is up through Wednesday, April 20. Best of show went to Nemi Moyer and honorable mentions to Jessica Chappell, Megan Combs and Keith Seaman. (My personal fav was the diner check - EGF.)

The senior exit show runs Tuesday, April 26, through Saturday, May 7. Featured artists will include: Kyle Ale, Jessica Chappell, Dominique Filiziani, Mary Griffin, Kristin Hein, Courtney Martin, Nemi Moyer, Devon Oberkircher, Lauren Robinson, Kristin Stephens, Hilary Trainer, Ashley Willis and Annamarie Wojton.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.

Students to perform Dance Thursday

The BU Dance Ensemble (a student run and organized group) will have it's 13th Annual Recital on Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15, at 7 p.m. in Haas Center for the Arts. The recital typically fills, or nearly fills the lower section of the hall. Students choreograph the pieces in a range of styles. 
This year expect hip-hop, jazz, ballet, musical theatre, traditional African, urban African, Irish soft/hard shoe, Latin, tap, country, lyrical and acrobatics. Admission is free, but they welcome donations. The photo is from last year's show. Another photo can be found on the BU Facebook page.