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Rachel Starbuck, Michael Muelhaupt and Jesse Cline present their art "fitting" at Northern Southern

May 12, 2022 | Sightlines Magazine

Starbuck (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2017) and Muelhaupt (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2017) are sculptors, materials experts, and educators. Cline (M.F.A., Design, 2016) practices and teaches design. They exhibit furniture, functional objects and art objects.

Rachel Starbuck, Michael Muelhaupt and Jesse Cline present their art fitting at Northern Southern

New Music Ensemble to make final performance of 2021-22 season

Monday, May 2, 2022 | Butler School of Music

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Oktavea LaToi's (B.A., Theatre, 2017) performance piece "I see you, you're seen" on stage at the VORTEX Theatre

April 27, 2022 | The Vortex

Kamyle Smith (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2017) serves as assistant stage manager and Rachel Atkinson (M.F.A., Theatre, 2013) serves as scenic designer.

Oktavea LaTois B.A., Theatre, 2017 performance piece I see you, youre seen on stage at the VORTEX Theatre

Luis Rodriguez appointed Director of Artistic Operations for Plano Symphony Orchestra in Plano, TX

April 27, 2022

Rodriguez (B.M., Voice and Opera, 2010) is also the Music Director for Arapaho United Methodist Church in Richardson, TX.

Luis Rodriguez appointed Director of Artistic Operations for Plano Symphony Orchestra in Plano, TX

Marta Sanchez celebrates the 30th year of Cascarones Por La Vida, a grassroots organization that has created handprinted confetti filled eggs with the community to assist families affected by HIV/AIDS

April 27, 2022 | NBC Philadelphia

Sanchez (B.F.A., 1981) also shares the art and philanthropy through the folkloric Mexican Cascarones offers an example of how important art is to the fabric of our society. 

Marta Sanchez celebrates the 30th year of Cascarones Por La Vida, a grassroots organization that has created handprinted confetti filled eggs with the community to assist families affected by HIVAIDS

The world premiere of Dwight Bigler's (D.M.A., Conducting, 2006) new composition for choir and orchestra, "Mosaic for Earth," took place at Virginia Tech Moss Arts Center

April 27, 2022

The recording will be released on the Tonsehen label in both audio and video formats. "Mosaic for Earth" weaves together music, literature, visual arts, and science into a celebration of nature and exploration of humanity's impact on it. 

The world premiere of Dwight Biglers D.M.A., Conducting, 2006 new composition for choir and orchestra, Mosaic for Earth, took place at Virginia Tech Moss Arts Center

Ariel René Jackson's "A Welcoming Place" will be shown at the Museum of Modern Art

April 27, 2022 | MoMA

The film premiered at Women & Their Work in January 2022. MoMA will present the video in New York along with other single-channel works by Jackson (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2017), Bentonville Forecast: In the Square (2019) and Descendance (2021).

Ariel Ren Jacksons A Welcoming Place will be shown at the Museum of Modern Art

Thomas Dempster appointed to Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts (ASMSA)

April 27, 2022

Dempster (M.M., Composition, 2004; D.M.A, 2010) previously founded the music program at ASMSA in 2018 and has since brought the program to regional recognition and acclaim for its innovative curriculum and student achievements. He also had a work premiered by members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra at an ASO River Rhapsodies chamber concert. The work, Canticle of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, premiered on March 1, 2022 at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR. The piece was commissioned by the Arkansas Symphony and its principal bassoonist.

Thomas Dempster appointed to Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts ASMSA

Following a two-year postponement, director Hannah Wolf (M.F.A., Theatre, 2018) reflects on the uncommon circumstances and connections she found when working on Perseverance Theatre's upcoming production of "Fun Home"

April 27, 2022 | Juneau Empire

Fun Home will run from April 22 to May 8, 2022. The production also features scenic design by Iman Corbani (M.F.A. 2019)

Following a two-year postponement, director Hannah Wolf M.F.A., Theatre, 2018 reflects on the uncommon circumstances and connections she found when working on Perseverance Theatres upcoming production of Fun Home