During the spring semester of 2023, the Department of Theatre and Dance began their journey of hiring new faculty. There were multiple slots to fill, including two acting instructor positions, as well as a lighting and sound designer position. UWSP’s Department of Theatre and Dance hired two new teachers, Dana Dancho and Greg Pragel, to fill vacant faculty positions beginning ... Read More »
Since Labor Day, feelings have been aflutter across the Department of Theatre and Dance (although, I suppose, when are they not?). Acting and musical theatre majors camped out at the Noel Fine Arts Center in their pajamas awaiting the call-back list. Posted around 11:30 p.m., this list indicates who will move into the secondary process of casting and what they ... Read More »
Three beautiful things appeared on the stage of Michelsen Hall Saturday night: a young musician, her violin and the music they created together. Marie Von Rueden gave her junior violin recital on Saturday, Feb. 18. Von Rueden is a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point pursuing a bachelor’s degree of music in violin performance. She has been playing violin ... Read More »
When walking through an art gallery, most visitors expect to witness paintings, sculptures or drawings and would be surprised to find videos and digital images being displayed instead of these classic art forms. Breaking this generalization, Intermediary is a showcase of video art from China and is being displayed in the Edna Carlsten Art Gallery on campus. Seven different artists ... Read More »
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Alumni, Holly Janz and Michael Keller, performed a unique opera style act with dramatic staging on Sunday, Jan. 29. Previous performances of the show include Concordia College in September and two days before appearing at UWSP they performed in Madison. A native of Marshfield, Janz received her Bachelor of Music from UWSP, Master of Music from ... Read More »
MyKayla Hilgart mhilg143@uwsp.edu From Dec.15 to Jan. 26, the Edna Carlsten Art Gallery in the NFAC displayed the Juried Student Exhibition, an opportunity for art students to receive special recognition and awards for their work. “It is a joyous event for the university community and the extended community to see our student accomplishments,” said Caren Heft, director of the Edna ... Read More »
AIDS. Many of us are familiar with this term and probably know about the AIDS crisis that began in the 1980s–but do we really know? In honor of the 30th Anniversary of the AIDS crisis, Steven Trovillion Smith, professor and director of the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Theater and Dance program, is bringing “The Normal Heart” to the ... Read More »
The latest exhibition in the Edna Carlsten Art Gallery in the Noel Fine Arts Center has artwork from nearly every medium to make an art aficionado out of anyone, all pieces of which have been created by students at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. The Juried Student Exhibition debuted Dec. 11 to a crowd of more than 50 faculty, ... Read More »
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