Cool Stuff from Our Friends Across Campus
Check out this weekly digest of great online arts & humanities programming from students, faculty, and friends of IU Bloomington.
What a Week!
Juneteenth Artist’s Roundtable
Arts & Humanities Council
Special Juneteenth discussion hosted by IU Arts and Humanities Council graduate assistant Christina Elem, as she speaks with poets Just Duléa and L. Renée about art, activism, black joy, and more.
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Community Conversation
Jacobs School of Music
Everyone is invited to join the first in a series of virtual discussions titled “Jacobs School of Music Community Conversation: How issues of social justice, diversity, and equity have impacted musical opportunities for our panelists.” Featuring faculty members Dr. Demondrae Thurman (Professor of Music, Brass) and Dr. Rodney Dorsey (Professor of Music, Bands), were joined by Jacobs student representatives Marcus Peterson and Jaya Dhand. The session was moderated by Dr. Jason H. Nam (Assistant Professor, Bands) and Sarah Wroth (Associate Professor, Ballet).
Join the Conversation
Tiny Dorm Concerts ft. Monika Herzig’s Sheroes
Tiny Dorm Concerts
Sheroes is a group convened by pianist-composer Monika Herzig. The group consists of distinguished improvising virtuosos who are all, not just incidentally, women. As a Doctor of Music Education at Indiana University, Herzig is a Senior Lecturer focusing on Arts Management in the
O'Neill School. Each member is a first call, in demand artist for multiple groups and a leader, composer and arranger in her own right.Find a New Favorite Beat
Appreciating Asian Calligraphy
Eskenazi Museum of Art
Calligraphy and painting in Asia are sister arts: they both use a flexible brush, ink, and paper or silk. Both arts are grounded firmly in tradition and are governed by rules of composition, balance, and brushwork. Explore the Eskenazi’s collection online!
Delve into the Collection
A Global Tour of Creativity and Innovation
IU Global Gateways
Scholars and practitioners from IU, Mexico, Germany and China discuss how their local contemporary art scenes are responding to the pandemic. Panelists include Associate Professor Laura Holzman from IUPUI’s Herron School of Art + Design; artists Roque Reyes and Nikhol Esteras from Mexico; Professor Uwe Fleckner from Universität Hamburg, Germany; and Teng Yuning, Deputy Director of the Center for Visual Studies at Peking University, China.
Learn About Their Responses
Virtual BFA/MFA Shows
Grunwald Gallery and Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design
The Grunwald Gallery is pleased to present this year’s MFA and BFA Virtual Thesis Exhibitions. These exhibitions feature work created by graduating Studio Art Master of Fine Arts and Bachelors of Fine Arts students in the Eskenazi School, and they represent the culmination of each graduate student’s research in the arts, and each undergraduate student's experience of developing a body of work.
Experience the Exhibits
Student Perspectives
IU Arts & Humanities Council
Blog posts written by the Arts & Humanities Council interns who have unique perspectives on Bloomington's cultural scene and the wide world of arts & humanities. This week our interns share stories along the lines of ‘redefining humanity’ during a pandemic.
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Scholar Spotlight
Kinsey Institute
Scholar Spotlight features IU scholars working on issues of sexuality and gender. For Pride month, we are highlighting scholars on Tuesday and Friday whose work examines the intersections of race and sex, sexuality, and/or gender. Tuesday’s post featured Judith Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Afro-Latinx Studies in the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department, who specializes in trans-disciplinary approaches to Black critical theory, Afro-Latinx Studies, and Caribbean philosophical thought.
Know the Scholar
Quarantine(d) Conversations
IU Arts & Humanities Council
In this week's episode, faculty members Emily Beckman, Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, and Anne Beeson Royalty discuss "Humanism, Public Policy, and Medical Practice."
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Thursdays@Home
IU Arts & Humanities Council
Featuring performances and presentations by ceramics artist Malcolm Smith, poet Maria Hamilton Abegunde, board game enthusiast Marco Arnaudo, and literary translator Bill Johnston.
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Nevertheless, Live: Writing Our Living Through Poems and Stories
Center for Rural Engagement
Over the course of this six-week virtual writing workshop, tell your own unique stories and ask the question: how does one live? Write together to tell your lives and imagine your future lives in a fun, stress-free, and engaging atmosphere.
Weave Your Story
Stillness by Laura Aguilar
Kinsey Institute
Photographer Laura Aguilar’s work focuses on the intersection of gender, sexual orientation, body politics, ableism, and identity. Her work is both personal and political, difficult and humorous, intimate and expansive. This photo is from the series “Stillness”, taken in San Antonio, TX. Her aesthetic choices reflect traditional landscape photography, an area of visual art which, like most others, was popularized by white men, but inserting herself into the image dramatically changes the dynamic.
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