Been a busy week. Didn’t have time to post until now, but Tuesday was truly awe inspiring. I love technology! I was able to watch the all inauguration coverage via CNN/Facebook in one window while doing work in another. (Actually several others.) I think everyone in our office was doing the same thing. The people I work with are both foreign and domestic. Represented in our group are Kenya, Ghana, India, Pennsylvania, and the WV counties of Grant, Harrison, Marion, Mingo and Preston. (I’ll leave it to you to determine which of those places is the most foreign.) From all appearances, everyone in the group was happy on Tuesday.
Among the projects I’m working on right now are some cool online courses—most recently, an companion animal science course. What a fun project for an animal lover like me! (One of those talented graphic designers I work with has created the cutest graphics for it!) Another cool course is an intro to film which also has stellar graphics thanks to another of our wonderful graphic designers. The historical geology course has been going on for a while. It’s a little different that most—the course content is the textbook for the course. The illustrations that are included were all drawn by the author and are outstanding! Interesting and diverse subject each with their own design challenges. This is why i love my work!
Outside of that, I managed to design a poster for our upcoming ACT 2 Theatre Co. show, SYLVIA by A.R. Gurney. Director Rex Kelch will let me know today whether it’s a go or not. We have auditions today at 2:00 and again tomorrow at the same time. Information about all that is at the ACT 2 website. (Yes. I’m auditioning.)
The Landmark Studio has in interesting show scheduled early in February—THIEF RIVER by Lee Blessing. More information about that is at the Landmark website.
RENT, school edition, is playing now at Fairmont State University. Performed by the Fairmont Town and Gown Youth Company. Director Charlie Dillon has once again managed to inspire a group of talented kids to give it their all. The cast came from 7 different high schools from 3 counties. A note in the program from Dean of the School of Fine Arts, Peter Lach, says that this program is a part of an initiative called the Center of Arts Engagement. “As a part of that initiative, we will create a Conservatory which will offer instruction in Art, Music and Theatre to area youth and non-college adults.” An insert in the program indicates that Charlie will soon be teaching 2 Intro to Theatre Arts classes for junior high and high school as a part of this initiative.
Posted by Lydia on Sep 17, 2006 in
Arts in education At Fairmont State University
September 6 – 27
Graphic Arts Department Animation Exhibition
Brooks Gallery
Free and open to the public.
Posted by Lydia on Oct 7, 2005 in
Arts in education,
Theatre ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller opens Oct. 13 at Fairmont State University’s Wallman Theater.
I have the priviledge of being a part of this in the role of Kate Keller. Artist in Residence Jeffrey Ingman is our director. The experience is a good one, though extremely demanding. Ingman did an unusual thing in casting three freshmen in key roles, but from my perspective, he made some great choices. I’ve never worked with more focused, dedicated and hard-working young actors.
For those who may not be familiar with the show, here’s the synopsis from the publisher, Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
THE STORY: Is concerned with the fortunes of the Keller and Deever families. During the war Joe Keller and Herbert Deever ran a machine shop which made airplane parts. Deever was sent to prison because the firm turned out defective parts, causing the deaths of many men. Keller went free and made a lot of money. The twin shadows of this catastrophe and the fact that the young Keller son was reported missing during the war dominate the action. The love affair of Chris Keller and Ann Deever, the bitterness of George Deever returned from the war to find his father in prison and his father’s partner free, are all set in a structure of almost unbearable power. The climax showing the reaction of a son to his guilty father is fitting conclusion to a play electrifying in its intensity.
Show dates are:
October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 p.m.
October 16 at 2:00 p.m.
Posted by Lydia on Aug 17, 2005 in
Arts in education There’s a provocative op/ed in yesterdays NY Times…
No Emotion Left Behind
By TIMOTHY P. SHRIVER and ROGER P. WEISSBERG
Saying that “Promoting students’ social and emotional skills plays a critical role in improving their academic performance.”
One has to wonder how the artistic disciplines play a part in all of this.
Posted by Lydia on Jul 21, 2005 in
Arts in education,
Theatre Thanks to Christian Cox (our Geoffrey) for more backstage pics
from FestivALL Charleston.
And for some scenes of downtown and other areas of the event, check out Cindy Snodgrass’s album of community art projects that hung all over downtown. Cindy was Artist-in-Residence for the event. She specializes in community and environmentat art — fairly large-scale stuff. Check out her portfolio at windsphere.org.
Posted by Lydia on May 23, 2005 in
Arts in education It’s an old article, but check it out anyway. If you haven’t seen Ben Zander in action, you’ve missed something great. As the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra he does some incredible things with young musicians. Go to http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/20/zander.html
By the way, Fast Company is a great magazine for small businesses, too.
Posted by Lydia on May 21, 2005 in
Arts in education,
Technology The Boston Globe editorial page today…
“‘BLOG” HAS A strikingly uninspiring sound, as if it were a cousin of blah-blah-blah — a heavy stream of words without much sparkle. But blogs are lighting up the Internet, and the field is getting crowded.” more…