Williams Center for the Arts
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 [...]
Photo Gallery: College Theater Presents Rossum’s Universal Robots
Lafayette College Theater presented its production of R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots last weekend in the Williams Center for the Arts. Written in 1920 by Czech author Karel Capek, the play is an expressionistic journey into genetic engineering on a mass scale and predicted a mechanized world without emotions and without individual rights. It introduced the [...]
Pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn to Play All-Schumann Recital on 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11
The Williams Center for the Arts marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a return engagement by pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. The all-Schumann recital will feature Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 and Kreisleriana (Fantasien), Op. 16. Ignat Solzhenitsyn is the principal guest conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and [...]
Williams Center Is a Vital Part of Lafayette’s Vibrant Arts Scene
Since 1983, the Williams Center for the Arts has hosted the world’s finest performers in classical and world music, jazz, dance, theater, and more. It is home to the Williams Center Gallery, the art and music departments, the College Theater program, and the student-led Arts Society. In addition to professional performances, the College’s six student [...]
The Vase Project Comes to Lafayette April 1-May 21
The Vase Project: Made in China—Landscape in Blue consists of 101 porcelain vases painted by Qing Hua (blue-and-white) artists in Jingdezhen, China, from 2004 to 2006. The exhibition will be on display in the Williams Center Gallery, April 1-May 21. Although all the vases depict a landscape, which is traditionally found on vases, curator Barbara [...]
Viver Brasil’s Feet on the Ground Tour at Williams Center March 24
The Viver Brasil dance company will perform Feet on the Ground 8 p.m. Thursday, March 24 in the Williams Center for the Arts. Viver Brasil will take the audience on an inspiring cultural journey through Brazil, featuring a dazzling program of African orixás (deities), ceremonial celebrations, the Brazilian martial arts/dance form of capoeira, and Carnival. [...]
Indian Master Musicians Zakir Hussain and Niladri Kumar Perform March 22 at Williams Center
Zakir Hussain and Niladri Kumar will present an evening of sensuous Indian sounds on the tabla, sitar, and zitar 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Williams Center for the Arts. A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, Hussain’s consistently brilliant and exciting performances have not only established him as a national treasure in [...]
Dedication to the Arts: Lafayette Celebrates Various Forms of Visual Expression through its Four Galleries
The vibrant arts scene is a big part of campus life at Lafayette. Including the EPI (Experimental Printmaking Institute)/Riley Temple Gallery dedicated earlier this month, the College has four venues focusing on different aspects of visual art from photography to works by local artists and historically underrepresented groups. EPI/Riley Temple Gallery The inaugural exhibit of [...]
Renaissance Music and Culture at the Williams Center March 9
Philadelphia’s esteemed Renaissance wind band Piffaro joins with early music string ensemble King’s Noyse and singer Ellen Hargis for a performance at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Williams Center for the Arts. The concert will be a rare and insightful exploration of the music and cultural life of Ferrara, one of the great [...]
2011 Theodore Roethke Humanities Festival Celebrates the Spirit of the Renaissance
The College’s 11th biennial Roethke Humanities Festival will explore the theme of “The Renaissance Spirit” through art exhibits, musical performances, and discussions on various topics in early modern studies. The festival is anchored by the Revisiting the Italian Renaissance exhibit running Feb. 5-March 26 in the Williams Center Gallery. Paintings and sculpture, on loan from [...]
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