The Arts
Photo Gallery: Student Ensembles Present Spring Performances
The Music Department celebrated the end of the school year with spring concerts by its student ensembles. Students from any major can perform in a variety of ensembles including Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band, Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Marquis Consort, and Percussion Ensemble. Below is a photo gallery from the [...]
Mellon Grant Supports Yearlong Arts Series with Composer Gabriela Lena Frank
Continuing the College’s vision of infusing the arts throughout the curriculum, Jennifer Kelly, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, is leading a yearlong series of arts-related events and activities beginning next fall. The programming is supported in large part by a portion of the grant the College received in 2011 from The [...]
CaPA Students Contribute to Vibrancy of Campus Arts Community
If anyone wonders whether the arts are alive and well in higher education, they need look no further than the College’s Creative and Performing Arts (CaPA) Fellowship program. This year, there are 27 students from diverse academic backgrounds pursuing projects that range from writing to studio art to theater to music. “We find an increasingly [...]
Photo Galleries: Student Ensembles Celebrate the Holidays with Winter Performances
The Music Department celebrated the holidays with winter concerts by its student ensembles. Students from any major can perform in a variety of ensembles including Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band, Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Marquis Consort, and Percussion Ensemble. Check out photo galleries from two of the performances. View and [...]
Photos and Video: Art Professor Nestor Gil Presents Pan (Myotopia)
Nestor Armando Gil, assistant professor of art, presented the multimedia installation Pan (Myotopia) this fall in the Williams Visual Arts Building’s Grossman Gallery. The exhibit consisted of hundreds of cement boats with sails of homemade bread arranged across the floor on beds of granulated salt. All the boats were oriented toward a barren land mass [...]
Media Features Franz Kline Exhibit Curated by Professor Robert Mattison
Franz Kline: Coal and Steel, a major exhibit at the Allentown Art Museum curated by Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History, has received significant coverage in the media. Reviews and interviews have appeared in ArtDaily, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Morning Call, WFMZ TV Channel 69 (Lehigh Valley), and WVIA-FM radio (Wilkes-Barre, [...]
Lafayette Receives NEA Grant to Support Jazz Programming at Williams Center
Lafayette received a $15,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support up to five jazz performances by award-winning Cuban musicians during the 2013-14 season at the College’s Williams Center for the Arts. The competitive grant will also fund educational outreach activities associated with the performances. Artists under consideration for the “Decoding [...]
Lafayette Community Helps Theater Director Michael O’Neill Prepare New Play
In the world of theater, growth equals success, says Michael O’Neill, associate professor of English and director of theater. That’s why he is always looking for new ways to stretch his boundaries as a playwright and director. O’Neill’s newest play, “Seven Around the Square,” got its start in 2005, when he discovered a number of [...]
Photo Gallery: College Theater Presents Dog Eat Dog
Lafayette College Theater presented its production of Dog Eat Dog last weekend in the Williams Center for the Arts. Written by Mary Gallagher, the play is a sharp satire of the elite one percent of Americans faced with financial ruin as the national economy slides from recession to depression. Gallagher served as Lafayette’s 2012-13 Closs [...]
Photo Gallery: College Celebrates Creativity at 11th Annual Block pARTy
Lafayette had a blast over the weekend during the 11th annual Block pARTy. Hosted by the Arts Society and Student Government, the event offered pre-game fun before the football took on Penn. Dozens of student organizations presented art exhibits, music and dance performances, and interactive arts activities while local restaurants provided food. View and share [...]
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