Archive for November, 2022

Marlena Myles, Self-Taught Digital Artist: Residency at Gustavus Adolphus College

The Schaefer Gallery is presenting Dakota Digital Artist Marlena Myles, as a part of the Indigenous Salon, visual arts and public discussion events. Myles’ works will be installed daily, leading up to their artist talk on Dec. 5th, 5 p.m.. During this time, the public is invited to participate in the process of an installation […]

Annual Gustavus Honor Band Festival Brings a Weekend of Musical Experiences

On November 6th and 7th, 2022, Gustavus Adolphus College hosted the 34th annual Gustavus Honor Band Festival. Bringing together over 250 students from more than 60 different high schools to form two all-state caliber symphonic bands, the Gustavus Honor Band Festival is centered on creativity in performance and education. Participating students were given the opportunity […]

Fine Arts Preview November 28 – December 4

Christmas in Christ Chapel: Celestial Wonder, Joy Unfolding Christ Chapel Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 3 at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m. (performance will also be livestreamed) Sunday, December 4 at 2:30 p.m. Celestial Wonder, Joy Unfolding: Christmas in Christ Chapel 2022 is a celebration in which heaven, earth, […]

Fine Arts Preview November 21 – 27

Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022), Knife Ship Superimposed on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1986, color silkscreen on wove paper, 21 1/2 x 29 inches, photograph by IA&A, © 1986 Claes Oldenburg This week features the opening of the Hillstrom Museum Exhibit: Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection. The Hillstrom Museum is displaying: Making […]

Hillstrom Museum of Art presents Making Your Mark, with works by Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Wayne Thiebaud and others

Judith Cowan (b.1954), Wrench, 1984, color oil stick on wove paper, 22 1/2 x 30 inches, photograph by IA&A, © Judith Cowan Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection, on view from November 21, 2022, through January 27, 2023.  There will be an opening reception for the exhibit on Monday, November 21, […]

Fine Arts Preview November 14 – 20

This week features the Fall Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra and Campus Band Fall concert, as well as the Gustavus Concert Series with Masa Ishikawa. 300th Anniversary of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Christ Chapel November 14, 7 – 8 PM The Gustavus Department of Music is proud to present the 300th Anniversary of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, with performances […]

Fine Arts Preview November 7 – 13

This week features Gustavus’s Fall Band Concert, The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra Concert, The Fall Jazz Showcase, as well as the high school Honor Band evening concert. Honor Band Festival- Evening Performance Christ Chapel November 7, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Alex Terpkosh, Conducting Recital Björling Recital Hall November 11, 3:00 p.m. Fall Band Concert Christ Chapel […]

TRAGEDY: A Tragedy

From November 3rd through the 6th, the Gustavus Adolphus College Theatre Department will be presenting TRAGEDY: A Tragedy. Written by Obie Award winner Will Eno and directed by Henry McCarthy, the play is a tragically hilarious play for the fake news era. “I think the whole thing is really funny”, says Lily Roehric ‘26. “I […]