Marshall University\u2019s College of Arts and Media kicks off the 2018 Birke Fine Arts Symposium Saturday, Feb. 3, and continues with a celebration of the arts through Thursday, March 1.<\/p>\n
Artists from a variety of disciplines will present work as part of the symposium. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cWhat\u2019s Next: the Arts in Times of Adversity.\u201d The symposium will feature theatre and musical performances, lectures, film screenings, poetry and literary readings, and a variety of other presentations.<\/p>\n
Along with featuring art born from adversity, the symposium will celebrate another recurring theme, \u201cAppalachian Narratives: Notes on Identity.\u201d Six different events and a monthlong photography exhibit bring together creatives from central Appalachia who are directly involved in transforming the dominant narrative about Appalachia through writing, speaking, music, film and photography. Through these media, they contextualize their own processes for storytelling and sharing their Appalachian experience.<\/p>\n
The symposium takes place every four years to showcase the work of local artists and to give both students and community members opportunities to ask vital questions and participate in conversations about art at this point in history.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe line-up for this year\u2019s Birke Fine Arts Symposium is rich in contributions from across the entire College of Arts and Media, as well as the Department of English,\u201d said Dr. David Castleberry, associate dean of the College of Arts and Media. \u201cThe fact that adversity so often serves as a prompt for creative solutions makes this year\u2019s theme both timely and timeless. I think attendees will be astonished at the number and quality of events being offered during the month of February.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an honor to be part of the symposium \u201cbecause of its\u00a0long history of exploring not only the intersections between the arts, but their capacity to perturb the status quo,\u201d said Music History Professor Dr. Vicki Stroeher, who will present a lecture Feb. 19 titled \u201cMusical Responses to War.\u201d<\/p>\n
Presented by the Marshall University College of Arts and Media, the Birke Fine Arts Symposium is made possible by the generosity of Helen Birke and her daughter, Julie, through the Birke Fine Arts Symposium Endowment.<\/p>\n
The schedule for the symposium is as follows:<\/p>\n
Theatre performance<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play\u00a0<\/em>by Anne Washburn Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n North Limestone MusicWorks with Anna Hess Film Screening<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAppalachian Narratives: Notes on Identity\u201d \u2013 Selected LGBTQIA Films Artist Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n Ben Moren, WZFR.org Filmmaking Residency Director Presentation and Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBlood, Sweat and Tears: Artist Run Residencies and Programs,\u201d with John Labovitz, Ben Moren, George Sheer, Christina Vassalo, and Jenny Zeller. Literary Reading and Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n DeMaris Hill and Bernard Grant Arts + Communities Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBlood Sweat and Tears: Artist Run Residencies and Programs\u201d Film Screening<\/strong><\/p>\n WZFR Residency Films Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n Music of Theresienstadt Film Screening and Poetry Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Mabel Hardison Smith (1985) and Evelyn Williams (1995) Musical Performances and Poetry Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n Featuring local artists Audio-Visual Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n Shawnee, Ohio<\/em>, by Brian Harnetty Lecture<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMusical Responses to War\u201d by Vicki Stroeher Film Screenings<\/strong><\/p>\n Stranger with a Camera\u00a0<\/em>(2000) and\u00a0Hollow\u00a0<\/em>(2013) with Tijah Bumgarner Photography Exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n How to Get Home Again\u00a0<\/em>by Roger May Presentation and Discussion Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n With Crystal Good, Kate Fowler, Roger May, Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Roxy Todd \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Literary Lecture and Q&A<\/strong><\/p>\n Matthew Olzmann and Rebecca Gayle Howell <\/p>\n Literary Reading\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Matthew Olzmann, Rebecca Gayle Howell and Christa Paravanni <\/p>\n The entire symposium schedule can also be found online at\u00a0www.marshall.edu\/cam\/birke\/<\/a>. For more information, contact Castleberry by e-mail at\u00a0castlebe@marshall.edu<\/a>\u00a0or by phone at 304-696-2963.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marshall University\u2019s College of Arts and Media kicks off the 2018 Birke Fine Arts Symposium Saturday, Feb. 3, and continues with a celebration of the arts through Thursday, March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3
\nJoan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n
\n2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6
\nSmith Music Hall<\/p>\n
\n6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6
\nMemorial Student Center, Room SW 16<\/p>\n
\n5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7
\nVisual Arts Center, 927 3rd\u00a0Ave., Room 209<\/p>\n
\nReception at 6 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8
\nSmith Hall, Room 154<\/p>\n
\n7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8
\nMemorial Student Center, Shawkey Room<\/p>\n
\n9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9
\nVisual Arts Center, 927 3rd\u00a0Ave.<\/p>\n
\n6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9
\nThe Cellar Door, 905 3rd\u00a0Ave.<\/p>\n
\n3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11
\nB\u2019Nai Sholom Synagogue, 949 10th\u00a0Ave.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAppalachian Narratives: Notes on Identity\u201d with Burnis Morris, Kevin Barksdale, and Crystal Good
\n6 pm. Tuesday, Feb. 13
\nThe Cellar Door, 905 3rd\u00a0Ave.<\/p>\n
\n9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13
\nThe Cellar Door, 905 3rd\u00a0Ave.<\/p>\n
\nAppalachian Narratives: Notes on Identity
\n6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15
\nSmith Hall, Room 143<\/p>\n
\n6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19
\nThe Cellar Door, 905 3rd\u00a0Ave.<\/p>\n
\n6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20
\nMemorial Student Center, Room SW 16<\/p>\n
\nAppalachian Narratives: Notes on Identity
\n5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22
\nSmith Hall, Birke Art Gallery<\/p>\n
\n7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22
\nMemorial Student Center, Room BE 5<\/p>\n
\n5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28
\nDrinko Library, Room 402<\/p>\n
\n7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1
\nMemorial Student Center, Shawkey Room<\/p>\n