Tag: Mason Gross School of the Arts
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Community conversation on Windows of Understanding Project set for March 10
METUCHEN – The artwork adorning the windows and walls of Berkshire Hathaway office on Middlesex Avenue speaks volumes of the major social issues of climate change, civic engagement and food insecurity as part of the Windows of Understanding Project. A virtual community conversation on the project is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on March 10. The…
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Mason Gross student’s 360-degree dance video project brings Princeton Battlefield to life
Before starting on her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in dance at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, Merli V. Guerra had spent two decades focused on another passion: bringing history to life. She worked early in her career as a historical interpreter for both Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House and the Paul…
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Zimmerli remembers late director and his mission toward AIDS awareness
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers celebrates the life and achievements of its late director Thomas Sokolowski – an activist and arts leader since the early 1980s – during Art Before/After Hours, with live virtual programming on Dec. 1. The date also marks the annual observation of Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day. Since 1989, Dec.…
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Rutgers announces interim director for Zimmerli Art Museum
Donna Gustafson has been appointed interim director of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Gustafson, whose tenure as interim director began June 26, also continues to serve as the museum’s curator of American art and Mellon director for academic programs. Her most recent exhibition, Angela Davis—Seize the Time, co-curated with Gerry Beegan, associate professor of…
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Concert at East Brunswick Library to feature ‘Strings of the World’
The East Brunswick Library will sponsor “Strings of the World” at 2 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the library, Civic Center Drive off Ryders Lane, featuring several unique stringed instruments. Max Wei will play the er-hu, a bowed and two-stringed Chinese instrument. He has played it for more than 15 years, and is currently an…
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Local musicians to perform concert with harpsichord, keyboard
The Old Bridge Library will offer a holiday concert featuring local musicians performing the harpsichord, violin and keyboard at noon on Dec. 23. Violinist Alexei Yavtuhovich and harpsichordist/keyboardist Shea Velloso will appear in concert, presenting a program of holiday and seasonal music as well as pieces by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel at the library,…
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Students ASK for creativity during afterschool program
EAST BRUNSWICK – Students at Robert Frost Elementary School crawled on the floor and roared like a lion in a pretend jungle, puckered their lips and swam like a fish in an imaginary ocean, and hopped to pop invisible bubble wrap. The group of about 20 third- through fifth-graders was participating in the Creative Movement…
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North Brunswick musicians join premier organizations
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two students at North Brunswick Township High School have achieved notable accomplishments in the field of music. Freshman Sidharth Bejugama has been accepted as a percussionist in the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra. He is playing in an ensemble made up of more than 80 high school students from all over New Jersey, according to information…