Center Stage
Coming this Fall!
Spookah |
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Aug. 26-Sept. 26Gallery Talk: Sept. 26 | 4:30 p.m.Joan Derryberry Art Gallery |
In my creative journey, I delve into the depths of my subconscious, where gnarly dreams and vivid imagery intertwine. I'm captivated by the intricacies within these visions, each detail connected to a deeper truth, waiting to be unveiled. As I explore the context behind these images, they form a personal mythology, a narrative unique to my own experience. Driven by an innate need to share these revelations with the world, I seek to saturate my work with their identity and significance.
Rachel Meginnes |
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Sept. 27-Oct. 24Gallery Talk: Sept. 30 | 11 a.m.Joan Derryberry Art Gallery |
Rachel Meginnes lives in Bakersville, North Carolina where she first arrived for a 3-year residency at Penland School of Craft in 2012 and where she continues to be part of an interdependent community of artists connected by craft. Rachel received her BA from Earlham College, her MFA from the University of Washington, and studied textiles abroad in India, New Zealand and Japan. Her work can be found in the collection of the United States Art in Embassies Program in Amman, Jordan and in museum, corporate and private collections state-side.
An Evening with
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Sept. 19 | 7 p.m.Backdoor Playhouse |
Stacey Levine is the author of five books of uniquely original voice-driven fiction. Her novel MICE 1961, concerns a young woman bullied for her albinism during the Cold War era. Levine鈥檚 short fiction collectioncollection MY HORSE AND OTHER STORIES won a PEN Fiction Award; THE GIRL WITH BROWN FUR, longlisted for The Story Prize, was also shortlisted for the Washington State Book Award, and her novel FRANCES JOHNSON was also shortlisted for the Washington State Book Award.
Nick Zoulek, Saxophone |
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Sept. 23 | 7:30 p.m.Wattenbarger Auditorium |
A modern saxophonist of 鈥減ure mindfulness and talent鈥� (PopMatters), Dr. Nick Zoulek's focus on performance, collaboration, multimedia art, and improvisation, has led to a diverse portfolio of distinctive artistic ventures, performing across France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
Yael RosenstockSexuality & Self-Awareness:Knowledge is Power |
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October 2 | 7 p.m.Bell Hall Auditorium |
Yael Rosenstock is a queer, polyamorous Nuyorican (Puerto Rican New Yorker) Jewish pleasure activist who believes that sexual wellness and sexual liberation involve people's WHOLE selves. She's a sociological researcher who investigates the way women and gender minority's sexuality intersects with their racial backgrounds and cultural positioning. Her workshops center identity, values, and social positioning work alongside playful exploration to help her audience create intentional practices geared towards their specific needs because sexual wellness and pleasure are for anyone who seeks them.
One World Multicultural Evening |
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Oct. 9 | 6 p.m.Tech Pride Room |
Both events will feature international cuisine to expose students to cultures
through food that they may not have previously experienced. The hosts will provide
Chartwells with authentic recipes to ensure students have an authentic tasting experience.
For the Fall 2024 event, the program will be an International Talent Show. International
members of the campus and community will be invited to share music, stories, and dances
from their cultures with the audience.
Gwendolyn PoughCelebrating Trailblazing Women in Hip-Hop |
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Oct. 3 | 6 p.m.Stonecipher 113 |
Dr. Gwendolyn D. Pough explores the complex relationship between black women, hip-hop, and feminism. Examining a wide range of genres, including rap music, novels, spoken word poetry, hip-hop cinema, and hip-hop soul music, she traces the rhetoric of black women "bringing wreck." Pough demonstrates how influential women rappers such as Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot, and Lil' Kim are building on the legacy of earlier generations of women 鈥� from Sojourner Truth to sisters of the black power and civil rights movements 鈥� to disrupt and break into the dominant patriarchal public sphere.
