THINGS TO DO
Daily
• Crafts Center: Dominick Rapone: Nature’s Whispers. The exhibition runs through April 22.
Monday, March 4
• University Theatre Studio Series: Reading of the Creative Artist Award-winning play Teletype by Wyat Hamilton. Learn more and register. 7:30 p.m. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.
Tuesday, March 5
• University Theatre Workshop Series: Costume Crafting Night. Learn more and register. Two sessions: 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 5 through Saturday, March 9
Tuesday, March 12 through Saturday, March 16
• Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Three exhibitions are open. Leading by Design celebrates the 75th anniversary of the NC State College of Design. Selections from the Collections features a sampling of the many different kinds of pieces in the Gregg collection. The Art of John Mark Hall is an exhibition of photographs drawn from some of Hall’s favorite works. Galleries are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 6
• University Theatre Workshop Series: Acting for Commercials (intro workshop) with Gus Allen. 6 p.m. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.
• Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Wind Ensemble in concert. 7:30 p.m. Stewart Theatre.
Thursday, March 7
• NC State LIVE and Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Free dance master class (creative movement/partnering with Gaspard Louis). Open to NC State students, faculty and staff. Carmichael Gym, Dance Studio 2307. 5:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, March 11-15
• SPRING BREAK.
Saturday, March 16
• University Theatre Workshop Series: Backstage sewing essentials. Learn more and register. 1 p.m.
CHECK. IT. OUT.
• Student Travel Spotlight: Arts intern John Craven shares his wonderful art-filled study abroad experience in Italy.
• NC State University Libraries presents an author event with fantasy novelist Holly Black. Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. in Witherspoon Student Center. NOTE: This event is sold-out.
• Student artists: The application to participate in the annual Student Art Sale is now live. The deadline for registration is Sunday, March 31. The sale is open to all NC State students and takes place April 12.
IN THE NEWS
• Triangle Sings: NCSU Theater’s Vivid Jekyll and Hyde. Another lovely review of University Theatre’s February production of Jekyll & Hyde.
• Walter Magazine: Pattern Play: Assemblage Artist Davis Choun. Walter interviews Raleigh-based artist and NC State alum Davis Choun. The first piece he sold was at our Student Art Sale in 2012, and it hangs in the arts suite (3140 Talley). It’s nice to see that detail in the article.
• Academic and Student Affairs News: NC State LIVE Enjoying Strong Run of Sold-Out Shows. Arts institutions around the country are struggling, but NC State programs are having a great year.
• WUNC: How artist Dare Coulter makes history tangible to young readers. NC State alum and artist Dare Coulter was interviewed on the WUNC radio program Due South.
• Her Campus: The Glowing Artwork at NC State’s Small Campus Museum. Thanks to Google Alerts, we discovered this nice post from a student exploring the Gregg Museum.
• Science.org: ‘Kangaroo Time’ hops into top spot of Science’s latest ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest. Runners-up in Science’s annual competition include dances of streambank erosion and moth mating. NC State doctoral student (and State Dance Company member) Layla El-Khoury won the physics category.
• Technician: NC State hosts Mia Mask for Black Westerns lecture. Technician writer Mark Mikhail recaps a campus presentation by a professor of African American cinema at Vassar College.
See a two-month list of campus arts events and exhibitions, posted on the first day of each month.
