Calendar of events
ONGOING FESTIVAL EVENTS
Student Research and Creative Displays
Location: Center for the Arts, Centennial Hall, Murphy Library
Throughout the festival, posters, art, and other work created by students in the School of Arts & Communication will be on display in multiple locations-- the lobby of the Center for the Arts, the Hall of Nations, and the windows of Murphy Library and the ICE Center. Some of the projects are culminating class projects and others the result of undergraduate research.
Before I Die, I...
Location: Center for the Arts
Candy Chang created this interactive art project as a single installation to provide a place for herself and other to “share their personal aspirations in a public space.” Since the first wall was built in 2011, over sixty countries have created similar installations in over thirty languages. Inspired by these walls, UWL began collecting responses in February-- now on display in the Dialogue Space in the Center for the Arts. View the installation and add your own thoughts! For more information about the project Before I Die.
UWL Art Gallery: All Students Juried Art Exhibition
Location: Center for the Arts, First floor
An exhibition of art works by UWL students. The art works in this exhibition were selected by jurors Carolyn Payne, executive director of the Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis and Phillip Ahnen, exhibition preparator at the Rochester Art Center. For more information, visit the Art Gallery website.
THEATRE: Performance
Catch Me If You Can
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts
Ticket Prices: $18 adults; $16 seniors/non UWL students; $5 UWL students
Teenager, Frank W. Abagnale Jr., runs away from home in search of a glamorous life. With nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer - living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams. But when Frank's lies catch the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, Carl pursues Frank across the country. Along the way, though, both Frank and Carl forge an unlikely friendship and discover a way to ultimately work together. (courtesy of Music Theatre International)
Book by Terrance McNally, Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, Based on the DreamWorks Motion Picture and produced with the permission of Music Theatre International. THIS EVENT IS NOT FREE. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m. by calling 608.785.8522 or in person at the Fine Arts Box Office. For more information visit UWL Theatre.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Performance
Chicken Soup for the Chicken
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Annett Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
Featured Guest: Kevin Kling
Kevin Kling is a Minnesota-based storyteller who has been featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, and has performed his stories about growing up in the Midwest across the country and globe. His stories are filled with humor and poignancy. He has performed at the La Crosse Storytelling Festival and has published three books including “The Dog Says How”, “Holiday Inn” and “Big Little Brother.”
ONGOING FESTIVAL EVENTS
Student Research and Creative Displays
Location: Center for the Arts, Centennial Hall, Murphy Library
Throughout the festival, posters, art, and other work created by students in the School of Arts & Communication will be on display in multiple locations-- the lobby of the Center for the Arts, the Hall of Nations, and the windows of Murphy Library and the ICE Center. Some of the projects are culminating class projects and others the result of undergraduate research.
Before I Die, I...
Location: Center for the Arts
Candy Chang created this interactive art project as a single installation to provide a place for herself and other to “share their personal aspirations in a public space.” Since the first wall was built in 2011, over sixty countries have created similar installations in over thirty languages. Inspired by these walls, UWL began collecting responses in February-- now on display in the Dialogue Space in the Center for the Arts. View the installation and add your own thoughts! For more information about the project Before I Die.
UWL Art Gallery: All Students Juried Art Exhibition
Location: Center for the Arts, First floor
An exhibition of art works by UWL students. The art works in this exhibition were selected by jurors Carolyn Payne, executive director of the Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis and Phillip Ahnen, exhibition preparator at the Rochester Art Center. For more information, visit the Art Gallery website.
ART: Watch Them Work
Printmaking
Time: 8:50 -11:20 AM
Location: Room 334, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Joel Elgin
UWL printmakers will perform live, death-defying acts of printmaking prowess. You are invited to bring an article of clothing and have it freshly printed with a UWL “Printfool” original artwork. This session will be repeated at 1:00 pm.
ART: Watch Them Work
Photography
Time: 8:50 -11:20 AM
Location: Room 26, WING Technology Center
Instructor: Linda Levinson
The Photography Area is welcoming visitors to attend a hands-on demonstration of camera-less images, otherwise known as Photograms, in the Wing 26 Darkroom. Participants will leave with a creation or two of their own.
MUSIC: Lecture
Stories in Modern Music
Time: 9:55 -10:50 AM
Location: Annett Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Chris Frye
Professor Chris Frye shares insights into the creation of modern music, and how choices of instrumentation, melody, and rhythm help communicate to audiences.
THEATRE: Performance
Senior Showcase
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Frederick Theatre, Morris Hall
Instructor: Mary Leonard
Graduating seniors in performance and music theatre share highlights from their capstone performances, showcasing their training and versatility.
LIBRARY: Event
Book Poetry
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Murphy Library
Facilitator: Teri Talpe
Select some book titles that jump out at you when you read the spines. Stack them up, change the order, replace one with another. Voila! Book spine poetry! You come, you choose, you stack. We take the photo.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Presentation
Study Abroad Stories
Time: 12:05 - 1:00 PM
Location: Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Facilitator: Scott Dickmeyer
Students who have made international education part of their UWL experience will relate stories of culture shock, spontaneous learning in another country, and how they have changed and grown through summers and semesters abroad as college students. Additionally, instructors of faculty-led programs will tell about the learning opportunities that come with teaching students in international contexts.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Presentation
We Are All Related: Understanding Lakota Perspectives of Communication through their Stories
Time: 1:10 - 2:05 PM
Location: Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Instructor: Dan Modaff
In this multimedia presentation, Lakota elders share stories of their origin and value system that reveal their communication philosophy and practices.
ART: Watch Them Work
Printmaking
Time: 1:10 - 3:40 PM
Location: Room 334, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Joel Elgin
UWL printmakers will perform live, death-defying acts of printmaking prowess. You are invited to bring an article of clothing and have it freshly printed with a UWL “Printfool” original artwork.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Lecture
The Media Story of Donald Sterling
Time: 2:15 - 3:10 PM
Location: Room 1404, Centennial Hall
Instructor: Kate Lavelle
This presentation will use the reaction to Donald Sterling's public racist comments as a jumping off point for a broader discussion about the responsibility of public figures in sports to promote practices in diversity. This presentation will encourage audience dialogue.
THEATRE: Demonstration
Makeup
Time: 2:15 - 3:10 PM
Location: Costume Shop, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Joe Anderson
Professor Joe Anderson demonstrates the techniques actors use to help transform themselves into different ages and states of being to reinforce the story of their character in plays, musicals and film.
MUSIC: Watch Them Work
Choir
Time: 3:20 - 4:15 PM
Location: Room 58, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Dr. Gary Walth
Peek inside the preparations for Wednesday night’s closing concert to see Featured Guest Dr. Chen Yi work with the students in the UWL Concert Choir.
ART: Artists in Conversation
Femme Gold
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Location: Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Featured Guest: Amaryllis Dejesus Moleski
Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski talks about her use of culturally “classed” materials to create visual and performative artwork that explores how we might be programming our future in relationship to systems of marginalization. She will also share her specific concerns with the futuristic femme myth as it applies to queer and of color communities.
MUSIC: Watch Them Work
Wind Ensemble
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Location: Room 56, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Dr. Tom Seddon
Peek inside the preparations for Wednesday night’s closing concert to see Featured Guest Dr. Chen Yi work with the students in the UWL Wind Ensemble.
THEATRE: Artists in Conversation (POSTPONED)
Dulé Hill
Due to a delay on his current filming project Dulé Hill has postponed his trip to UWL. We hope to have him on campus in April.
ONGOING FESTIVAL EVENTS
Student Research and Creative Displays
Location: Center for the Arts, Centennial Hall, Murphy Library
Throughout the festival, posters, art, and other work created by students in the School of Arts & Communication will be on display in multiple locations-- the lobby of the Center for the Arts, the Hall of Nations, and the windows of Murphy Library and the ICE Center. Some of the projects are culminating class projects and others the result of undergraduate research.
Before I Die, I...
Location: Center for the Arts
Candy Chang created this interactive art project as a single installation to provide a place for herself and other to “share their personal aspirations in a public space.” Since the first wall was built in 2011, over sixty countries have created similar installations in over thirty languages. Inspired by these walls, UWL began collecting responses in February-- now on display in the Dialogue Space in the Center for the Arts. View the installation and add your own thoughts! For more information about the project Before I Die.
UWL Art Gallery: All Students Juried Art Exhibition
Location: Center for the Arts, First floor
An exhibition of art works by UWL students. The art works in this exhibition were selected by jurors Carolyn Payne, executive director of the Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis and Phillip Ahnen, exhibition preparator at the Rochester Art Center. For more information, visit the Art Gallery website
ART: Watch Them Work
Painting
Time: 9:25 - 11:55 AM
Location: Room 204, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Jennifer Terpstra
Roll up your sleeves and turn up the heat. Painting students will demonstrate monotype prints using heated paints. This is a great way to integrate drawing and painting. Text can be combined in order to add to the visual narrative and create your own one-of-a kind, colorful and expressive works on paper.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Panel
Creating News Stories
Time: 9:25 - 10:50 AM
Location: ICE Center, Murphy Library
Facilitator: Scott Dickmeyer
Local news anchors and staff will tell stories and facts about developing, producing, and delivering good local news stories. Guests will discuss story crafting for a variety of media outlets.
ART: Watch Them Work
The Visual Storytelling Elements of Comics
Time: 9:25 - 11:55 AM
Location: Room 203, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Moxie Stoermer
Explore the graphic conventions that are used to tell stories visually using the medium of a comics; basic tools that let the artist create a sense of time and continuity.
THEATRE: Open Class
Improvisation
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Location: Frederick Theatre, Morris Hall
Instructor: Mary Leonard
Students in UWL’s improvisation class will be given scenarios to act out without any rules besides going along with the given circumstances. Come see where these engaging scenes will end up!
THEATRE: Open Class
Lighting Design
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Location: Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Amanda Kolbe
Students enrolled in the Lighting Design class will present Still Life project installations. Attendees can walk through the theatre to view each work, and ask questions about the process of recreating photos in 3-D through choices of instrumentation, color, intensity, and quality of light.
MUSIC: Lecture
Chen Yi: My Story in Words and Music
Time: 12:05 - 1:00 PM
Location: Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Prolific composer Dr. Chen Yi will share the story of her upbringing in China and subsequent relocation to the United States, and how that duality of influences is represented in her music-- hailed as a blend of Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Workshop
Bookmaking Made Easy
Time: 1:10 - 2:05 PM
Location: Room 203, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Susan Schuyler
Every book will tell a story for participants in this fun, hands-on bookmaking session. All participants will leave with their own handmade book to fill with their unique story.
MUSIC: Lecture
Stories in Song
Time: 1:10 - 2:05 PM
Location: Annett Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Dr. Gary Walth
Dr. Gary Walth of the Department of Music will share insights into the storytelling power of song, including observations from his own compositions.
LIBRARY: Event
Book Poetry
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 PM
Location: Murphy Library
Instructor: Teri Talpe
Select some book titles that jump out at you when you read the spines. Stack them up, change the order, replace one with another. Voila! Book spine poetry! You come, you choose, you stack. We take the photo.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Workshop
Telling Your Story to Employers
Time: 2:15 - 3:40 PM
Location: Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Panelists: Karolyn Bald, UWL Career Services; Heather Casper, Curator of Education- Minnesota Marine Art Museum; Emily Kurash, Director of Marketing- Great River Shakespeare Festival; Steve Michaels, Supervisor of Fine Arts-La Crosse School District
A panel of experts will provide tips on successfully applying for professional positions in arts and communication-related fields.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Public Speaking Competition
Time: 4:00 - 5:15 PM
Location: Room 1309, Centennial Hall
Facilitator: Tony Docan-Morgan
The Public Speaking Competition promotes and showcases student excellence in public speaking. Five finalists, narrowed down from a pool of over 1,000 students enrolled in CST 110 during Fall 2014, will present their persuasive speeches to an audience of community members and UWL students, instructors, and staff. Finalists will be awarded cash prizes ranging from $75 to $300. This event is organized and supported by the Department of Communication Studies and Public Speaking Center.
MUSIC: Watch Them Work
Orchestra
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Location: Room 56, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Dr. Tom Seddon
Peek inside the preparations for Wednesday night’s closing concert to see Featured Guest Dr. Chen Yi work with the students in the UWL Orchestra.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Screening and Discussion
Adoptees in the Wild: Season 1
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Location: Room 1400, Centennial Hall
Facilitator: Sara Docan-Morgan and Kevin Haebeom Vollmers
Join Dr. Sara Docan-Morgan, adoption researcher and associate professor of Communication Studies, in viewing John Sanvidge's documentary, Adoptees in the Wild: Season 1. The film follows several adoptees who have made their lives in New York City and share their stories of identity and family. An interactive discussion will follow. A discussion will follow with Dr. Morgan and film researcher Kevin Haebeom Vollmers, the Executive Director of Gazillion Strong and also the founder of Land of Gazillion Adoptees, LLC (LGA), a multimedia company based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
THEATRE: Artists in Conversation
Robert Rosen
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts
Featured Guest: Robert Rosen
Theatre performer and director Robert Rosen reflects on his career, including stories about the street theatre and circus in Europe which provided important early influences and his association with Theatre de Jeune Leune in Minneapolis Minnesota-- the internationally-acclaimed company he helped to found and where he served as the co-artistic director for twenty years.
MUSIC and ENGLISH: Performance
Tales and Tunes
Time: 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Location: The Root Note 115 4th Street South, La Crosse
Instructor: Karyn Quinn and Matt Cashion
Jazz faculty and students from the Department of Music trade sets with a cadre of creative writers from the Department of English in an evening showcasing improvisation and original work.
ONGOING FESTIVAL EVENTS
Student Research and Creative Displays
Location: Center for the Arts, Centennial Hall, Murphy Library
Throughout the festival, posters, art, and other work created by students in the School of Arts & Communication will be on display in multiple locations-- the lobby of the Center for the Arts, the Hall of Nations, and the windows of Murphy Library and the ICE Center. Some of the projects are culminating class projects and others the result of undergraduate research.
Before I Die, I...
Location: Center for the Arts
Candy Chang created this interactive art project as a single installation to provide a place for herself and other to “share their personal aspirations in a public space.” Since the first wall was built in 2011, over sixty countries have created similar installations in over thirty languages. Inspired by these walls, UWL began collecting responses in February-- now on display in the Dialogue Space in the Center for the Arts. View the installation and add your own thoughts! For more information about the project Before I Die.
UWL Art Gallery: All Students Juried Art Exhibition
Location: Center for the Arts, First floor
An exhibition of art works by UWL students. The art works in this exhibition were selected by jurors Carolyn Payne, executive director of the Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis and Phillip Ahnen, exhibition preparator at the Rochester Art Center. For more information, visit the Art Gallery website.
ART: Watch Them Work
Metalsmithing
Time: 8:50 - 11:20 AM
Location: Room 20, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Bradley Nichols
Art majors will demonstrate non-ferrous metal working skills they developed through the UWL Metalsmithing curriculum. Students will be available to answer technical questions, discuss creative influences, as well as guide spectators through the well-equipped Metalsmithing studio.
ART: Watch Them Work
Blacksmithing
Time: 8:50 - 11:20 AM
Location: Room 23, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Bradley Nichols
Art majors will demonstrate traditional Blacksmithing techniques. Students will be available to answer technical questions, discuss creative influences, as well as guide spectators through the Blacksmithing studio.
ART: Watch Them Work
Ceramics
Time: 8:50 - 11:20 AM
Location: Room 25, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Karen Terpstra
The Ceramics Area in the Department of Art at UWL welcomes visitors to attend a hands-on demonstration of ceramics-making techniques. After observing the process, participants will have an opportunity to try the techniques themselves.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: Workshop/Performance
Bluff County Tale Spinners
Time: 9:55 - 10:50 AM
Location: Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Guest Facilitator: Sara Slayton
Members of the Bluff Country Tale Spinners, a local storytelling guild, will be performing fiction and non-fiction stories. The Guild meets monthly for the purpose of developing storytelling skills among its members and is open to the public.
THEATRE: Workshop and Demonstration
Stage Combat
Time: 11:00 - 11:55 AM
Location: Frederick Theatre, Morris Hall
Instructor: Walter Elder
See hand-to-hand stage combat fight scenes performed by several members of last semester's Stage Combat class and then learn part of it yourselves with assistance from faculty and current Theatre Arts students.
THEATRE: Performance
Musical Theatre Storytelling
Time: 12:05 - 1:00 PM
Location: Annett Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
Instructor: Kathryn Moran
Students from UWL Theatre Department's musical theater vocal studio will present songs in a masterclass style, focusing on text, context, subtext, musical devices, song interpretation and overall delivery.
THEATRE: Watch Them Work
Creating Catch Me If You Can
Time: 2:15 - 3:10 PM
Location: Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts
Production Team: Mary Leonard, Kathryn Skemp Moran, Amanda Kolbe, Joe Anderson, Ron Stoffregan, Megan Morey
The production team from the UWL Theatre production of Catch Me If You Can offer an inside look at how a theatrical production evolves from an idea to a fully realized design onstage. Hear from the director and designers, and see finished design pieces and process photos.
LIBRARY: Event
Book Poetry
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Murphy Library
Facilitator: Teri Talpe
Select some book titles that jump out at you when you read the spines. Stack them up, change the order, replace one with another. Voila! Book spine poetry! You come, you choose, you stack. We take the photo.
HISTORY: Presentation
Hear, Here
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Instructor: Ariel Beaujot
Listen to a preview of Hear, Here, a location-based mobile phone operated project, located in downtown La Crosse, aimed at presenting the known and widely unknown stories of downtown’s people and places. On April 12th 2015 Hear, Here will install street-level signs at thirty locations so the people and visitors of the downtown area can hear and connect with these stories. People will also have the option of sharing their own stories of downtown La Crosse, which will be added to the project as it develops. Professor Beaujot will share details about the project and some of the stories collected to date.
MUSIC: Performance
The Music of Chen Yi
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Stage: 920 Jackson Street, La Crosse
Featured Guest: Dr. Chen Yi
The final celebration of the Arts for 2015 will be a celebration of Chen Yi's music, including her compositions Celebration, Let’s Reach a New Height, and Dragon Rhyme. This concert will feature performances by the UWL Orchestra, Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble and Dr. Mary Tollefson.