Students in Andrea Olmstead's Ceramics class worked on pinch pot vessels during this morning's ceramics class in Conlon Fine Arts. . A pinch pot is a simple form of hand-made pottery produced from ancient times to the present, a great starting point for the beginning of the semester. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

Theater Professor Kelly Morgan teaches students how to utilize the sword as an extension of the character and a a vehicle by which the actor propels the story in his Stage Movement: Combat in Weston Auditorium. In this particular class, students move from sabre to broad sword. This workshop-oriented course utilizes the basic techniques of movement with emphasis on developing each student's potential for effective physicalization of a character on stage.

Director of Bands & Creative Arts Therapies Program Director, Professor Amy McGlothlin's Jazz Band class worked on a piece the in Conlon Fine Arts building. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

Theater Professor Kelly Morgan teaches students how to utilize the sword as an extension of the character and a a vehicle by which the actor propels the story in his
Advanced Stage Movement course in Weston Auditorium. The finger will soon be replaced with a sword, after all, this is day one. This workshop-oriented course utilizes the basis techniques of movement with emphasis on developing each student's potential for effective physicalization of a character on stage.

Earlier this week, the Humanities Department and the Dean of Arts and Sciences sponsored the third and final open figure drawing session offered this fall. This was an open figure drawing session with no instruction. Newsprint, vine charcoal, and basic supplies were available and no experience required.

Fitchburg State University’s Fitchbyrds Modern Jazz Band practices for this evening's Winter Concert at the Kent Recital Hall. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

Students in Humanities Professor Sarah Bromberg's Drawing class work on their grid drawing projects. The grid method is a drawing technique that involves overlaying a grid on a reference image and a blank surface, then drawing one section of the image at a time by copying the contents of each corresponding square. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

Yesterday afternoon, the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library hosted an opening reception for local artist Ricardo Barros whose work is  featured in the  exhibition “Off the Hill: Portraits from within the Fitchburg Community.” Barros is a photographer, writer, curator, and filmmaker. His works are in the permanent collections of eleven museums, including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Museum of Art of São Paulo, and the Fitchburg Art Museum. Ricardo was awarded a Fellowship in Photography by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in 1984 and 2021, and the Marlene and David Persky Present Tense Prize by ArtsWorcester in 2024. He recently moved to Fitchburg with his wife, artist Heather Barros. The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library is in Hammond Hall, located at 160 Pearl St. where the exhibit will run through March 31 in the library.

Theater Professor Kelly Morgan enlisted the help of the  Drawbridge Puppet Theater in conjunction with the The Humanities and Education Departments to transform the Ellis White lecture Hall for a performance of Pinocchio. Professor Morgan's classes, Professor Joann Nichols' Arts Integration class as well as three classes from our McKay Campus Elementary School attended. 

On Wednesday, Nov. 12 @ 7pm, the Communications Media Department will begin the run of  its Fall theatrical production of  the timely romantic drama, “Stop Kiss” by Diana Son at theTheater for the Performing Arts in the McKay Complex at 67 Rindge Road. Admission is FREE and open to the public. “Stop Kiss” is set in New York City in 1998. Callie is a traffic reporter who has grown tired of New York City. Sara is a fresh face from St. Louis, hoping to make a difference as a school teacher in the Bronx. Both women have boyfriends, but as their friendship develops into something more, they begin to question what they really want in life. Their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in surprising ways. Read more about the production here.