Archive for February, 2022
Fine Arts Preview: February 28 – March 6
This week features the Jazz Jamboree (including an outreach jam session), a recital by guest artist Dashon Burton, and the continuation of the Hillstrom Museum exhibit: Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE. Jazz Jamboree Festival March 4th 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Bjorling Recital Hall The Jazz Jamboree Festival brings high school students across Minnesota to Gustavus […]
Fine Arts Week Preview: February 21 – February 27
This week features the continuation of the Hillstrom Museum exhibit: Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE, a Piano Faculty Recital showcasing Esther Wang, a fine art student workshop: The Arts Administration Salons Series, and the last days of the Traveling McKnight Artists Exhibition. Hillstrom Museum- Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. […]
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Searches for Meaning
PC: Ryan Weber '22 Gena King '22 and Eli Simon '24 in "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot." Who deserves forgiveness? Is forgiveness something you earn? Seeking to answer these questions and more is Gustavus Adolphus College’s latest production, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, opening February 17. Set in purgatory, […]
Fine Arts Week Preview: February 14 – February 20
This week features a new Theatre Production at the Gardner Laboratory Theatre: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, the opening of the new Hillstrom Museum exhibit: Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE, and the continuation of the Traveling McKnight Artists Exhibition. Theatre Production: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot fThursday, February 17th- 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 18th- […]
Premiere of “A Few Brave Souls”
On Saturday, November 20, 2021, the Gustavus Adolphus Fine Arts Department showcased the world premiere of “A Few Brave Souls.” The showing consisted of performances by Anna DeGraff, mezzo-soprano, and Szu-Ling Wu on piano. The premiere also contained art-work by student artist Sanjeeda Tazrin Shutrishna ‘22. “A Few Brave Souls” celebrates the 100-year ratification of […]
Gustavus Wind Orchestra Works With Award-Winning Composer Bruce Broughton
Visiting campus to meet with Gustavus students is American composer and 10-time Emmy winner, Bruce Broughton. After returning from its first tour since 2019, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra will perform its Home Tour Concert on Saturday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. Prior to the performance, Broughton will discuss his piece, “Flourishes,” which […]
The Hillstrom Museum of Arts features two upcoming exhibitions
Martin Lewis, 'Across to Overlook Mountain', Woodstock, N,Y, On view at the Hillstrom Museum of Art from February 14 through April 24, 2022, will be Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE, featuring over 40 drawings by imprisoned Turkish journalist and artist Fevzi Yazici (b.1972). Shown concurrently with DARK WHITE will be Recent Donations and Other Acquisitions of […]
Fine Arts Week Preview: February 7 – February 13
Marcelino Puig-Pastrana This week includes the exhibition ‘Traveling McKnight Artists’ and the home concert of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra. Traveling McKnight Artists Exhibition Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Schaefer Art Gallery Gustavus Wind Orchestra Home Concert Saturday, February 12, 7:30 p.m. Christ Chapel This […]
Fine Arts Spring Season
Welcome to our Fine Arts Spring’ 22. This season highlights include the dance production To Love the World Harder, the theatre production of Gloria by Branden Jacbos-Jenkins, the art exhibition Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE, and concerts by our music ensembles. Theatre & Dance The Last Days of Judas Iscariot By Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor Ernest […]