Monday morning arts news: November 16
EVENTS
Tuesday, November 17
• LAST DAY OF CLASSES
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• University Theatre: Strictly Speaking series. Anna and Paul Nugent, co-artistic directors of AboutFACE Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland. 6pm.
Wednesday, November 18
• EXAMS BEGIN
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• University Theatre: How to Theatre series. Advanced theatre production techniques. Join Dave Jensen and Mike White to learn how to use 3D printers, 3D scanners and water jet cutters to create theatre pieces. 4pm.
• NC State LIVE: A conversation between collaborators Regina Carter and Lakecia Benjamin. Two leading jazz musicians talk about (and play) some of Lakecia’s latest project Pursuance, which explores the music of Alice and John Coltrane. This free event will be moderated by NC State LIVE artist-in-residence Shana Tucker. Registration required (noon deadline). 5:30pm.
Thursday, November 19
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• Gregg Museum: Virtual guided tour of the Gregg. 4pm.
• University Theatre: Strictly Speaking series. Meet Ryan Moller, a UNC School of the Arts MFA grad and an award-winning New York-based costume designer. 6pm.
Friday, November 20
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
Saturday, November 21
• Football: Liberty (home). 7:30pm.
Tuesday, November 24
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
Wednesday, November 25
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• Women’s basketball: North Florida (Reynolds Coliseum). 1pm.
• Men’s basketball: Mako Medical Wolfpack Invitational (Reynolds Coliseum). 4:30pm, 7:30pm.
Thursday, November 26
• THANKSGIVING
Friday, November 27
• Men’s basketball: Mako Medical Wolfpack Invitational (Reynolds Coliseum). 2pm, 5:30pm.
Saturday, November 28
• Football: Syracuse (away). Time TBA.
Sunday, November 29
• Women’s basketball: Radford (Reynolds Coliseum). 2pm.
Monday, November 30
• Crafts Center: spring class registration opens for NC State students.
• Men’s basketball: William & Mary (home). 8pm.
CHECK. IT. OUT.
• Crafts Center: Our annual Crafts Fair can’t happen in 2020, but the Crafts Center has created a resource page with contact information for past vendors who have other ways to sell their work. Support your local craftspeople!
• There are two crafts classes still to come in fall semester that (might) have space left. Take a look!• Coming soon: The installation is underway for Daniel Johnson – A Thousand Throws at the Gregg Museum. You can visit the Gregg (free timed ticket required) to watch (and interrupt) the artist as he proceeds with the project, and gain insight into his thinking and decision-making process as the work develops. A wire-lattice structure resembling a two-story farmhouse is already taking shape in the Gregg’s largest gallery.
• Three extraordinary performances by NC State arts students have premiered in the last week. All are available online:
– Dance Program Virtual Fall Concert
– Brickyard Broadcast from the Department of Music
– Argo: A Virtual Journey of Jason and the Argonauts by University Theatre
IN THE NEWS
• Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education: Do Dance Majors Need Entrepreneurial Skills? By Tara Mullins, director of the NC State Dance Program, published in the flagship periodical of the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAEE).
• DASA News: Arts Programs Don’t Miss a Beat During COVID-19.
• CVNC review: NC State’s “Brickyard Broadcast” Contains Multitudes – a Personalized Soundscape in VR.
• ARPost: Brickyard Broadcast: A Musical Event with World Premier in Virtual Reality.
• Cary Citizen: Brickyard Broadcast: Art on the Cutting Edge.
• Technician: The Brickyard Broadcast: A virtual concert, the first of its kind.
• American Composers Forum: North Carolina State University Department of Music presents Brickyard Broadcast from acclaimed composer Lisa Bielawa.
• Windhover: Student Resources and Fundraisers for the Wolfpack Artist.
That’s it for this week, folks. Be safe, wear your face covering, wash your hands, support our students, and embrace our fall 2020 arts experiences at NC State!
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