This week, the University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance will debut a technology-fueled rendition of a Shakespearean classic in Hamlet: Fall of the Sparrow, which will begin its run this Thursday, February 13, with additional performances scheduled for February 14-15 and 20-22, Thursday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m.…
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This semester, Dr. Kevin Sanders joined the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music as director. Sanders is a Professor of Music and former Director for Graduate Studies with the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, as well as the former Dean’s Fellow for Research Development with the College of Communication…
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This Saturday, Art Museum of the University of Memphis will host opening reception for the 37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition from 3 to 6 p.m. The exhibition will host works of UofM students across a variety of media including paintings, sculpture and graphic design. 51 students submitted 169 works of…
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This Sunday, UofM Art Professor Earnestine Jenkins will deliver a lecture on Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage. “Augusta Savage was one of the first major African American sculptors,” Jenkins said. “She’s part of what used to be called ‘The New Negro Movement’, which is a term that scholars use to…
As part of a semester-long project under UofM Art Instructor Terry Lynn, eight students designed and painted a collaborative mural at the Shelby County Juvenile Court this past fall semester. “As part of a Mural and Public Art class I taught last semester, my students worked alongside detention center youth…
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One Word, Part II of the Fall 2019 BFA Thesis Exhibition, featuring the work of six graduating seniors of The University of Memphis Department of Art, debuted earlier this month at The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art. The exhibition is a compilation of works in a variety…
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This weekend, The Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) will present Masks: The Art of Disguise, an exhibition that presents a selection of face masks curated by Honors Forum students in consultation with their Dr. Leslie Luebbers and the AMUM staff. “I wanted the students to work with…
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The UofM Department of Theatre & Dance will present Falling/Up, an eight-part faculty and guest artist dance concert. “We have eight choreographers involved: myself, Dance Professor Michael Medcalf, five adjunct professors, Christina McKinney, and Amy Miller, who is our guest artist for this event,” said Jill Guyton Nee, head of…
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The University of Memphis will present a fresh musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma written by Stephen Karam in the Studio Theatre on Thursday through Saturday evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons November 14 through 17. “I saw a production of Emma in 2011 in New York City, where I was…
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The University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance will host a presentation by illustrator Brian Selznick and world-renowned Walt Whitman scholar Karen Karbeinar on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 1 to 2:20 p.m. at the University of Memphis Mainstage Theatre. Selznick is the creator of many beloved books, including The…
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