Invigorating, Colorful, Inspired

Dickinson presents variety of exhibitions and performances this spring

The dead of winter is anything but at Dickinson, as the college鈥檚 art, music and theatre & dance departments gear up to welcome distinguished visiting artists to campus and present an invigorating array of exhibitions and performances.

Abstract artist Michael Wille infuses late January with layers of color, and fellow artist-in-residence Feng Weina re-imagines Chinese art traditions in February and March. Musical artist-in-residence returns to campus this spring to present 鈥渟trange, twisted, and wonderful鈥� (The New York Times) music, and Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Holland Cotter adds his vigorous voice to the campus conversation when he visits Dickinson to discuss his multifaceted career.

As 顿颈肠办颈苍蝉辞苍鈥檚 studio-art faculty conclude a showstopping joint exhibition, Elsewhere, faculty musicians electrify Rubendall Recital Hall with recitals and concerts. Contributing Faculty in Music Mary Hannigan (flute) and husband Barry Hannigan (piano), for example, celebrate the sounds of spring during their February concert, which closes with a musical work that mimics a cheery blackbird song.

顿颈肠办颈苍蝉辞苍鈥檚 music and theatre & dance departments break disciplinary boundaries when they kick off an eventful February with an antiwar fable set to the robust music of Igor Stravinsky; they also team up with the classical-studies department in March to stage musical settings of texts from Virgil鈥檚 Aeneid. March also sees the College Choir performing with the Hershey Symphony Orchestra鈥攖he choir鈥檚 first off-campus symphonic performance in decades.

As in years past, 顿颈肠办颈苍蝉辞苍鈥檚 theatre & dance department will present a spring play鈥攖his year鈥檚, Our Country's Good, earned the BBC鈥檚 Play of the Year award鈥攁nd the Dance Theatre Group will showcase student-choreographed works. The spring semester also traditionally marks the most important moments in art-history and studio-art majors鈥� undergraduate careers, as they put forward senior exhibitions. In the class of 2015鈥檚 art-history exhibition, Dickinson seniors will usher in the spirit of the '60s with bold vintage prints depicting that era鈥檚 sweeping social change.

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Published January 15, 2015

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