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Aug 28, 2014

Guest Artists Visit ‘Music of Asia’ Course

Sitar player Viswas Chitnis and tabla player Rahim Zalal presented a lecture-demonstration on North Indian Classical Music to students and visitors in Dr. Alison Arnold’s MUS 350 Music of Asia. Coming in only the second week of the semester, the presentation was an early highlight of the class, as many students were seeing Indian classical…

May 19, 2014

NC State Chorale tours Italy, joins guest choir at St. Peter’s Basilica

The North Carolina State University Chorale returned on May 19, 2014 from its highly-praised concert tour through central Italy, including performances in Rome, Florence and Assisi. The highlight of the 9-day tour was the Chorale’s unique opportunity, on Saturday, May 17 to serve as the guest choir at Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in The…

May 19, 2014

NC State Chorale tours Italy, joins guest choir at St. Peter’s Basilica

The North Carolina State University Chorale returned on May 19, 2014 from its highly-praised concert tour through central Italy, including

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…

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 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…

Jul 16, 2013

Why the Gregg?

Photographer Caroline Hickman Vaughan explains why she chose to give her life’s work and the gift of a lifetime to the Gregg Museum of Art & Design More than a decade ago, photographer Caroline Hickman Vaughan, the Durham and North Carolina native,  committed her life’s work to the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. In…

May 16, 2013

“Theatre, when mixed with science, creates leaders.”

Alumnus and successful entrepreneur Kristopher Tyra ’86 explains why every student at NC State should participate in ARTS NC STATE’s University Theatre. Kristopher Tyra ’86 is a person of seemingly boundless energy, who at once embodies the competitive spirit of an entrepreneur and the bravado and personal connection of an actor. And with good reason.…