Students in Hanna Melnyczuk's Intro to Studio Art class learn about shapes and light as they work on their still life renderings in the Conlon Fine Arts building. The course emphasizes the fundamentals of each studio discipline, and will also explore the expressive potential of visual art: how the various elements of drawing, painting, and sculpture can be used to embody very different feelings and ideas. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.
Topics: Humanities, Fine Art, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
Director of Bands & Creative Arts Therapies Program Director, Professor Amy McGlothlin's Instrumental Skills class worked through a feedback session with unfamiliar instruments in the in Conlon Fine Arts building. Learn more about our Music Programs here.
Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
Theater Technical Director Jo Nazro, Fitchburg State University Industrial Technology/Technical Theater alum, discusses stage blocking with students in her Stage Management class. This course is a lecture/laboratory study of the professional union approach to stage management and personnel mediation in stage production. Students will apply knowledge and technique related to contract and union policy in various repertory scenarios. The aspects of prompt books, blocking documentation, call-sheets, rehearsal set-up and running and calling the show will be implemented. Learn more about our Theater Concentration here.
Topics: Communications/Media, Theater Program, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
Theater Professor Kelly Morgan teaches his course in Playwrighting in Weston Auditorium. This course will teach students the craft and art of Playwrighting for the Stage. The aim of the course is to foster and augment the motivated student to engage in the writing of new theater works in the professional arena.
Topics: Communications/Media, Theater Program, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
Yesterday afternoon at the Hammond Hall Art Gallery, local artist Romayne Dawnay discussed her artistic process at the opening of her show “Cosmic (Im)Modesty.” The exhibition is the first art exhibition of the academic year.
Topics: Humanities, Fine Art, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
The beat is back! The Fitchburg State University Drumline is officially back on campus and bringing the noise for the new semester. Our talented percussionists were back and outside of Landry Arena, putting in the work to set the cadence for an incredible upcoming season. Learn more about our Music Programs here.
Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
Yesterday, the J.A. Leonard Middle School, from Old Town, Maine performed in Weston Auditorium. The band visited Fitchburg State to perform selections where they received valuable feedback from Community Music Program Instructor & Musician Joseph Wright, spouse of Dr. Amy McGlothlin of our Music Department as part of their annual Band Festival Trip.
Topics: Community, Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
Earlier this month, the Communications Media Department in association with Rollstone Congregational Church, Work Inc., and the Making Opportunity Count (MOC) Youth Innovation Center presented "They, Them, Those." The play is a thought-provoking exhibit, asking the question, What is it in our nature that causes us to OTHER our fellow man? Conceived, sculpted, and performed by the artists themselves. Exhibit Tour, followed by a post-performance discussion, moderated by Paula Collins of Work Inc.
Topics: Communications/Media, Theater Program, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
Dr. Jonathan Harvey held practice for the Fitchburg State Chamber Choir in Weston Auditorium. Learn more about our music programs here.
Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise
On Friday, April. 24 @ 7pm, the Communications Media Department will begin the run of its Spring theatrical production of “Cabaret in the City” in the performance space at the Rollstone Congregational Church 199 Main Street Fitchburg, MA. Admission and refreshments are FREE and open to the public. “Cabaret in the City” is a collection of scenes, monologues, dances, and songs about life in the big city. Read more about the production, schedule, and venue here.
Topics: Communications/Media, Theater Program, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise