Clark University: Visual and Performing Arts

Ongoing Events

Trajectory - Valerie Claff and Timothy Nolan
Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 9/22/2009 - 11/25/2009 9:00 AM-9:00 PM
Traina Center for the Arts, Schiltkamp Gallery - Free and open to the public
Valerie Claff, who teaches in the Studio Art Program at Clark University, and Timothy Nolan met in the summer of 1987 at the Studio School of the Aegean on the island of Samos, Greece. For many years they continued to return to Samos to live and create art where they witnessed the growth and development of each other's work. Twenty-two years later they live and work on opposite ends of the United States, but they continue to share an artistic relationship and friendship. "Trajectory" is a show presenting the work of these two artists today. While the work may appear to be very different visually, it is rooted in shared aesthetics, influences and inspiration. Both artists look forward to tracking how the dialogue they shared early in their respective careers continues to manifest itself today.

The Schiltkamp Gallery is open Monday through Thursday 9 am to 9 pm, Friday 9 am to 4 pm, Saturday 12 to 4 pm and Sunday 12 to 9 pm
Call for hours: October 9th-14th
508-793-7113

All information is subject to change. Please call the Visual & Performing Arts Events Office at 508-793-7356 or email clarkarts@clarku.edu. Please look for us on the web at www.clarku.edu/departments/clarkarts to confirm all event information.
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7113.

November 2009

Sculptor and Rhode Island School of Design Professor, DEAN SNYDER, will be presenting a visual survey of his work in sculpture and drawing that spans nearly three decades.
Thursday, 11/12/2009 12:00 PM-1:15 PM
Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall
Sculptor and Rhode Island School of Design Professor, DEAN SNYDER, will be presenting a visual survey of his work in sculpture and drawing that spans nearly three decades.

Snyder received a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute, did postgraduate studies at Lancaster Polytechnic, Coventry, UK, and received an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has received Artists Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, Vermont State Council for the Arts, and Illinois Arts Council. Snyder is represented by Miller Block Gallery in Boston and Zolla-Lieberman Gallery in Chicago. He has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of California at Berkeley, and Bennington College and is currently the Graduate Coordinator in the Sculpture Department at Rhode Island School of Design. He says of his work, Biological forms that lure, seduce then snare are prime subjects in my sculpture. I am mining an aspect of eroticism in biology that is often dangerous, sometimes lethal and endlessly alluring.

For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu.

COLUMBINUS
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 11/12/2009 - 11/21/2009 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Little Center, Michelson Theater - $5.00 Admission or Free with College ID
A play sparked by the April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, columbinus is a meeting of fact and fiction that illuminates the realities of adolescent culture by exploring the events surrounding the shootings. The play weaves together excerpts from discussions with parents, survivors and community leaders in Littleton as well as police evidence to bring to light the dark recesses of American adolescence. When columbinus premiered in 2005 at the Round House Theatre, Peter Marks of the Washington Post called it, "An ambitious examination of the suburbanization of evil," and the play went on to receive five Helen Hayes Award nominations including the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play. Following the off-Broadway opening at New York Theatre Workshop one year later, Variety proclaimed, "This one comes straight from the gut, a wrenching return to the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in which 12 students and a teacher were killed when two senior classmates went on a shooting rampage. The United States Theatre Project's smart and sensitive treatment of the event, which traumatized a suburban Colorado community and shocked the entire country, stirs up thought and feeling in this clean ensemble production, drawn from interviews, public records and the private diaries of the shooters."
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7356.

Stephen Lynch: The 3 Balloons Tour
Saturday, 11/14/2009 8:00 PM-11:00 PM
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, MA - $27-$32
Swipe your WOO card to earn points!

Whether hes singing an ode to an ailing grandfather (and the inheritance that his death will bring), breaking up with a girlfriend because of her racial make-up (shes just too white), or opening the door to his mind to let the voices inside his head sing out, Lynch is a self-proclaimed "musician trapped in the body of a comedian." His unique blend of musical based comedy has earned him fiercely loyal fans around the world who live to experience his sold-out live shows.

PLEASE NOTE: This show contains adult content and mature language.
For more information, e-mail info@thehanovertheatre.org.

Dan Deacon: Live at Clark University
Saturday, 11/14/2009 8:30 PM-11:59 PM
Higgins University Center, The Grind - FREE and OPEN TO PUBLIC
DAN DEACON IS COMING TO CLARK!

A complete circus, transforming the audience into wildly frenetic participants more ably than any other artist-- Dan Deacon plays an all-out assault of Dadaist electronic cacophony and harmony, driven by steady pulses and looping beds of analog and early digital synthesizers. Imagine a version of London Bridge, the children's game of raising your arms to make an arch, but doing it in a nightclub with a thousand people forming an arch that extends from the floor of the club to the upper balcony. Dan Deacon has built his reputation on live shows: comically unpredictable messes of frenetic dancing, audience participation and theatrics, all powered by the Baltimore resident's wildly addictive electro-freak-pop. Deacon is a figurehead in the Baltimore electronic music scene. This show will be a night that you never forget, when Wham City invades The Woo. Living it to the maximum potential! COME!

DAN DEACON w/ NUCLEAR POWER PANTS
Saturday, November 14th 2009
Doors: 8:30 (first come first served)
Show: 9:00pm
Price: FREE!!! Open to Public
Sponsored by: Pub Entertainment Committee of Clark U
For more information, e-mail jnathan@clarku.edu or call 617-283-2460.

COLUMBINUS
Sunday, 11/15/2009 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Little Center, Michelson Theater - $5.00 Admission or Free with College ID
A play sparked by the April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, columbinus is a meeting of fact and fiction that illuminates the realities of adolescent culture by exploring the events surrounding the shootings. The play weaves together excerpts from discussions with parents, survivors and community leaders in Littleton as well as police evidence to bring to light the dark recesses of American adolescence. When columbinus premiered in 2005 at the Round House Theatre, Peter Marks of the Washington Post called it, "An ambitious examination of the suburbanization of evil," and the play went on to receive five Helen Hayes Award nominations including the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play. Following the off-Broadway opening at New York Theatre Workshop one year later, Variety proclaimed, "This one comes straight from the gut, a wrenching return to the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in which 12 students and a teacher were killed when two senior classmates went on a shooting rampage. The United States Theatre Project's smart and sensitive treatment of the event, which traumatized a suburban Colorado community and shocked the entire country, stirs up thought and feeling in this clean ensemble production, drawn from interviews, public records and the private diaries of the shooters."
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7356.

Clark Concert Choir
Friday, 11/20/2009 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
St. Peter's Church, 929 Main St., Worcester, MA - Free and open to the public
Directed by Christine Noel.

*Please take note that the concert time has changed from 7pm to 8pm.

All information is subject to change. Please call the Visual & Performing Arts Events Office at 508-793-7356 or email clarkarts@clarku.edu. Please look for us on the web at www.clarku.edu/departments/clarkarts to confirm all event information.
Sponsored by: Free and open to the public
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7356.

Clark University Jazz Workshop and Combo
Saturday, 11/21/2009 3:00 PM-6:00 PM
Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall - Free and open to the public
Directed by John Allard.

All information is subject to change. Please call the Visual & Performing Arts Events Office at 508-793-7356 or email clarkarts@clarku.edu. Please look for us on the web at www.clarku.edu/departments/clarkarts to confirm all event information.
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7356.

Clark University Sinfonia
Sunday, 11/22/2009 3:00 PM-6:00 PM
Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall - Free and open to the pubic
Directed by Peter Sulski.

All information is subject to change. Please call the Visual & Performing Arts Events Office at 508-793-7356 or email clarkarts@clarku.edu. Please look for us on the web at www.clarku.edu/departments/clarkarts to confirm all event information.
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7356.

December 2009

Clark University Concert Band
Saturday, 12/5/2009 3:00 PM-6:00 PM
Little Center, Michelson Theater - Free and open to the pubic
Directed by Richard Cain.

All information is subject to change. Please call the Visual & Performing Arts Events Office at 508-793-7356 or email clarkarts@clarku.edu. Please look for us on the web at www.clarku.edu/departments/clarkarts to confirm all event information.
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7356.

Student Recital
Friday, 12/11/2009 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall - Free and open to the public
Showcasing Clarks student musicians with an afternoon of concertos, sonatas, chamber works and jazz standards.
Sima Kustanovich, accompanist

All information is subject to change. Please call the Visual & Performing Arts Events Office at 508-793-7356 or email clarkarts@clarku.edu. Please look for us on the web at www.clarku.edu/departments/clarkarts to confirm all event information.
For more information, e-mail clarkarts@clarku.edu or call 508-793-7356.

February 2010

Groovaloo - Superstars of Dance
Tuesday, 2/9/2010 7:30 PM-10:00 PM
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, MA - $27-$38
WOO Card/Student Discounts available. Swipe your WOO card to earn points!

Co-creators Bradley "Shooz" Rapier and Danny Cistone have collaborated with members of the award winning Groovaloos to create the hip hop sensation, GROOVALOO. Cistone, who also directs the production, worked with Rapier and The Groovaloos over a period of years exploring actual experiences of individual members and of the group as a whole. The process was challenging to say the least as various members were pushed to the limit, revealing their deepest fears and personal secrets along the way. Based on these true-to-life stories of The Groovaloos themselves, and told by the dancers who lived them, GROOVALOO combines the authenticity of A CHORUS LINE with the energy of STOMP as it embarks on a journey through the diverse world of hip hop dance. Driven by jaw-dropping displays of physical ability, a vibrant musical score and powerful spoken word poetry, the show's intertwined stories chronicle the struggles, hopes and triumphs of the 14-member cast as they discover the true meaning of family and share what it's like to be "in the circle".

"LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS CHOREOGRAPHED, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FREESTYLE."

Whether one is a dancer or not, this line heard by BoogieMan in GROOVALOO is central to the shows theme. There are moments in your life when you simply have to trust and continue to move forward when you have absolutely nothing prepared or seemingly nothing to offer.

GROOVALOO has played to critical acclaim and sell out crowds, grabbing the attention of celebrities such as Madonna, Pink, Laurence Fishburne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaime Pressly, and Justin Timberlake, all who have come to see productions of GROOVALOO. From fear to freedom, choreography to freestyle, and ballerina's to b-boys, GROOVALOO has inspired audiences from all walks of life to celebrate their passion and purpose and in the process reveals the heart and soul behind this incredible art form.
For more information, e-mail info@thehanovertheatre.org.