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Mar 21, 2014

Operation Breadbasket: Teaching Civil Rights History Through Dance

Throughout the 2013-2014 school year, Panoramic Dance Project developed Operation Breadbasket, a mixed media modern dance honoring its namesake Civil Rights movement. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference launched Operation Breadbasket in 1962 to create economic opportunities in African American communities by calling on ministers of black churches to persuade their congregations to limit their patronage…

Mar 11, 2014

‘From left:’ earns national recognition at American College Dance Festival Association

Fourteen NCSU Dance Company members and directors Robin Harris and Tara Z. Mullins attended the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA) Mid-Atlantic Conference at George Mason University March 8-12, 2014. The company performed two works for adjudication: From left: by director Robin Harris and Debate by students Katy Lund and Jessica Mattie. Robin Harris’ From…

Nov 6, 2013

Video Series from The Game’s Afoot

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the video series that Philipp Lindemann created with the students in the cast and crew of The Game’s Afoot. It’s interesting to hear from the students themselves about their experiences and about the show. The whole series is posted on our youTube site.  They are short and very…

Oct 23, 2013

Final Bamboo Sculpture Takes Flight at the Future Gregg Museum of Art & Design

NC State professor of horticultural science Will Hooker to install student-built ephemeral bamboo sculpture at the future site of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. Project Photos and Video: http://go.ncsu.edu/mv1f89 Will Hooker, a professor in the NC State University Department of Horticultural Science, will retire in December after 34 1/2 years of service to the University. A key component…

Oct 23, 2013

Final Bamboo Sculpture Takes Flight at the Future Gregg Museum of Art & Design

NC State professor of horticultural science Will Hooker to install student-built ephemeral bamboo sculpture at the future site of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. Project Photos and Video: http://go.ncsu.edu/mv1f89 Will Hooker, a professor in the NC State University Department of Horticultural Science, will retire in December after 34 1/2 years of service to the University. A key component…

Sep 15, 2013

Students Bring Entrepreneurial Energy to the Arts

by Kate Dobbs Ariail This kind of thing may be common among technogeeks, but it’s not so common in the arts. Dr. Gary Beckman and his students in the NC State Arts Entrepreneurship Minor are changing that. The idea of wedding entrepreneurship with the arts is a young one, but as old arts funding models collapse…

Sep 15, 2013

Shaping Arts and Minds

by Orla Swift Sophomore Brian Haidet turns a glass bead over a flame, embellishing it with bands of color. Katie Allen saws a wooden shelf for a jewelry box she designed. A group of women talk quietly with instructor Naomi Profesorsky as they weave beaded pendants. Down the hall, the Twisted Thread Fiber Arts Guild…

Sep 15, 2013

Students Bring Entrepreneurial Energy to the Arts

by Kate Dobbs Ariail This kind of thing may be common among technogeeks, but it’s not so common in the arts. Dr. Gary Beckman and his students in the NC State Arts Entrepreneurship Minor are changing that. The idea of wedding entrepreneurship with the arts is a young one, but as old arts funding models collapse…

Sep 15, 2013

Shaping Arts and Minds

by Orla Swift Sophomore Brian Haidet turns a glass bead over a flame, embellishing it with bands of color. Katie Allen saws a wooden shelf for a jewelry box she designed. A group of women talk quietly with instructor Naomi Profesorsky as they weave beaded pendants. Down the hall, the Twisted Thread Fiber Arts Guild…

Sep 1, 2013

‘The Spyglass Seven’ Features Ghost of Edgar Allen Poe

Michael Seebold won the ARTS NC STATE Creative Artist Award for 2011-2012 for his play The Spyglass Seven. Seebold’s work was produced and performed by NC State University Theatre in September 2013. The Spyglass Seven is a one-act play of intriguing simplicity and strong melodrama that features the ghost of famed poet and author Edgar…