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小蓝视频 Arts

The arts have a prominent role at 小蓝视频. Rotating exhibitions at the 小蓝视频 Museum in the state-of-the-art Katzen Arts Center emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art. The Department of Performing Arts, comprised of Arts Management, Audio Technology, Dance, Music, and Theatre/Musical Theatre, provides dynamic, connected, expressive, and fulfilling experiences for all of our majors, minors, and participating students. The Department of Art encompasses Studio Art, Art History, Photography, and Graphic Design.

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Featured Events

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Design Show
March 21 鈥 April 4, 2025
Katzen Arts Center Rotunda

Reception: March 28, 5:30 p.m. 鈥 8:30 p.m.

Graphic Design program students proudly show their best work.
Come see where our paths cross! 听

9 to 5, the Musical.

9-5, the Musical
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton 听
Book by Patricia Resnick 听
Based on the 20th Century Fox Picture 听
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt, April 2009
Directed by Nikki Mirza
March 27-29 | Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre

Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Featuring the iconic music of Dolly Parton, it explores the struggles women faced within a frustrating workplace culture in the 1970s. It portrays their journey towards empowerment as they challenge the status quo, seize control of their destinies, and forge deep bonds of friendship and community along the way.听

鈥9 to 5, The Musical鈥 is presented through special arrangement with (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

Welcom Writers! sign at conference entrance with alien doll.

Annual Writers ConferenceBarrelhouse Conversation & Connections: Practical Advice on Writing April 12, 9:00鈥6:00 | Kerwin Hall

Presented by the Creative Writing MFA Program:
Conversations and Connections is a one-day writer's conference that annually brings together writers, editors, and publishers in a friendly, supportive environment.


All Events

Tickets to Department of Performing Arts events are free for 小蓝视频 students with ID; $10 for 小蓝视频 alumni, faculty, and staff, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older); $15 for the general public.

小蓝视频 Chamber Singers Haydn Mass for Troubled Times (Missa in Angustiis/Lord Nelson Massdirected by Dan Abraham; illustration of a fleet of ships with tattered sails小蓝视频 Chamber Singers听
Haydn: Mass for Troubled Times (Missa in angustiis) 鈥 "Lord Nelson Mass"听
April 5, 7:30 p.m., April 6, 3:00 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Daniel Abraham, director

Joseph Haydn's Missa in angustiis (Mass for troubled times), commonly known as the 鈥淟ord Nelson Mass鈥 was hailed by scholar H.C. Robbins Landon as "arguably Haydn's greatest single composition.鈥 Hear this incredible program by the 小蓝视频 Chamber Singers and a band of period instruments in preparation for the singers鈥 May 2025 tour to Colombia. Bach's monumental motet Der Geist hilft and Arvo P盲rt's stirring Salve Regina will lead off the program.听

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. 小蓝视频 Chorus. Casey Cook, Director小蓝视频 Chorus
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
April 11, 7:30 p.m.
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Casey Cook, director
Barbara Wilkinson and Dana Scott, pianists

While most requiems mourn the loss of a loved one, Brahms specifically wrote this piece to give comfort to those left behind. Join the 小蓝视频 Chorus and friends for a performance of Brahms' choral masterpiece, Ein Deutsches Requiem.

小蓝视频 Symphonic Band Spring Concert. Matthew Brown and Aidan Dixon, conductors. Wide angle and close-ups of the 小蓝视频 symphonic band performing小蓝视频 Symphonic Band
Spring Concert
April 13, 3 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Matthew Brown, conductor

The 小蓝视频 Symphonic Band plays an eclectic mix of concert band selections, ranging from established classics of the standard repertoire to new works.听听

小蓝视频 Symphony Orchestra
Classical Collage
April 26, 7:30 p.m., April 27, 3 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Matthew Brown, conductor

The 小蓝视频 Symphony Orchestra plays a wide variety of time-tested classical hits that are sure to please. Featuring the student winner of the 2025 Concerto and Aria Competition as soloist.听听

to Department of Performing Arts events are free for 小蓝视频 students with ID; $10 for 小蓝视频 alumni, faculty, and staff, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older); $15 for the general public.

9-5, the Musical
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton 听
Book by Patricia Resnick 听
Based on the 20th Century Fox Picture 听
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt, April 2009
Directed by Nikki Mirza
March 27-29 | Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre

9 to 5, the MusicalSet in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Featuring the iconic music of Dolly Parton, it explores the struggles women faced within a frustrating workplace culture in the 1970s. It portrays their journey towards empowerment as they challenge the status quo, seize control of their destinies, and forge deep bonds of friendship and community along the way.听

鈥9 to 5, The Musical鈥 is presented through special arrangement with (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

Danceworks 2025; a dancer leaps as three others lean awayDANCEWORKS 2025
April 11-12, 7:30 p.m. | Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre

Rediscover the power of live dance. The 小蓝视频 Dance Company brings DANCEWORKS 2025 to the Greenberg Theatre stage with new works by Dance faculty, as well as guest choreographers Tarik O鈥橫eally and haus of bambi鈥檚 Robert Woofter.听听听

to Department of Performing Arts events are free for 小蓝视频 students with ID; $10 for 小蓝视频 alumni, faculty, and staff, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older); $15 for the general public.

小蓝视频 MFA Studio Art thesis exhibition: paper or textile draped from ceiling and curved orange sculpture arrangement installed on wallMFA Spring Exhibition 2025
January 31 - March 3
Katzen Arts Center, First Floor Rotunda

Opening Reception:
February 8, 6:00鈥9:00 p.m.

This exhibition features a range of artwork from first- and second-year MFA students in 小蓝视频's MFA Studio Art Program.

Artists: Andres Izquierdo, Austin Remetta, Brenay Spencer, Connor Gagne, Julia Fouser, Michael Dodson, Kelvin He Hao Low, Lexi Moser, Patricia Edwine-Poku, Phaedra Askarinam, Pooja Campbell, Quyen Nguyen, Rob Balsewich, Ryan Kennedy, Sarah Wilson, Julia Zhang

Melissa Joseph.Visiting Artists Series

Spring Art Department Series features

  • Elisa Harkins, January 17
  • Melissa Joseph, February 6
  • Linnea Poole, February 20
  • , March 27, 6:00,
    Katzen Arts Center 246
  • , April 10, 6:00,
    Katzen Arts Center 201

Illustration of road map with cars, buses, and trucks, with caption 'where our paths cross'Design Show
March 21 鈥 April 4, 2025
Katzen Arts Center Rotunda

Reception: March 28, 5:30 p.m. 鈥 8:30 p.m.

Graphic Design program students proudly show their best work. Come see where our paths cross! .听

小蓝视频 Museum Spring Exhibitions & EventsThrough May 18, 2025
Wednesday鈥揝unday, 11:00鈥4:00
with associated artists talks and special events

  • Arpad Pulai,The Army of Felt Dreamers. A stout and spiky figure made of white felt; a bird is drawn on its torso in red thread and the tips of its spikes or tentacles are red. LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS:
    Bruce and Jean Conner in Mexico, 1961-62
  • Monumental Washington
  • Otho Branson: Paintings
  • #SerbiaInRealLife
  • Fred Folsom: Women Smoking and Last Call
  • A Sight to Behold

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