StartFest Poster
StartFest Performances, Demonstration, and Happenings. dowloadable schedule
12:10–1:00 pm 306 Acopian Engineering Center
Hyphenated Arts: Integrating Arts and Other Disciplines in the Curriculum and Beyond
Drawing on over thirty years of experience, Professor Jan Cohen-Cruz will speak about integrating the arts, particularly performance, into other disciplines. Jan’s work has focused on how hyphenated applications of the arts encourage art students to think more broadly about the uses of their métier and for students of other disciplines to see the role the arts can play in moving a broad range of initiatives further, especially when broader participation is a goal. Jan Cohen-Cruz spent five years directing Imagining America: Artists and Scholar in Public Life (IA), a consortium of some 90 colleges and universities (including Lafayette) focused on the role of the arts, humanities, and design in public scholarship and creative practice. Jan Cohen-Cruz is the 2012 recipient of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education’s Award for Leadership in Community-based Theatre and Civic Engagement.
3:10–4:00 pm 327 Acopian Engineering Center
Exhibitions, Objects, and Interdisciplinary Teaching
Since opening in 2000, the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art
Gallery at Skidmore College has explored the use of college museums as an
interdisciplinary teaching arena in a series of innovative exhibitions developed together by Skidmore faculty and the museum. These exhibitions have been used by faculty in a surprisingly broad range of disciplines and covered topics such as the history of the Hudson River, the impact of 20th century organic chemistry on daily life, and the
influence of the environment on recent Africa art. The Tang¹s director, John Weber, will offer an illustrated discussion of the components of successful interdisciplinary museum programming, and how the Tang works with faculty to create it. Prior to his position Directing the Tang Museum, John Weber built an innovative and nationally recognized education program at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
4:10–6:00 The Anderson Courtyard
A small stage will host a number of interactive performances, concluding with a concert by Baba Brinkman & Jamie Simmonds. Baba and Jamie are rap artists, best known for their award-winning hip-hop shows, including The Rap Guide to Evolution and The Canterbury Tales Remixed. In addition to their performances there will be performances by many members of the Lafayette community, as well as a number of tables displaying a small collection of the creative output that occurs on our campus. Details to follow. If you would like to present or perform, please contact any member of the Arts Advisory Committee.
FEST schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
ANDERSON COURTYARD: Stage
4:00-4:05 Marquis Consort Duo
Erin Townley ’14, soprano
Hannah Quinlan ’13, flute
Jorge Torres, director
4:05-4:15 Lafayette College Percussion Ensemble
J. Larry Stockton, director
4:15-4:25 Lafayette College Jazz Combo
James Moore ’13, guitar
Mike Pinkard ’14, tenor saxophone
John Paul Biscotti ’14, bass
Tom DiCarlo, director
4:25–4:40 No Harm Done:
Andy Kortyna,
Mary Roth,
Becky Rosenbauer,
Judy Minot
Julia Seidenstein ’14
4:40–4:55 Jack Furlong Quartet
Jack Furlong ’05, saxophone
Sean Gough ’09, piano
Patrick D. Kelley ’09, bass
John O’Keefe ’96, percussion
5:00–5:10 Arabhi Pallavi
Dancer: Nandini Sikand
Choreographed by Guru Durga Charan Ranbir
Music by Sukanta Sikand
5:10–5:20 Susan Charlton–Julia Campbell ’15 Flute Duo
Sonata in E-flat Major by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Allegro
Adagio, ma non molto
Allegro
5:20–5:35 Lafayette College New Music Ensemble *
Music for Six Players (1984) John Cage (1912–1990)
Julia Campbell ’15, flute
Maddie Friese ’15, oboe
Chelsea Cutino’15, clarinet
Sharon Chen ’15, violin
Andrew Goldberg ’15, violoncello
Michael Ryan ’15, percussion
Kirk O’Riordan, director
*Note: The 100th anniversary of the birth of John Cage was on September 5–earlier this week.
5:35–5:50 Point of Departure
Choreographed and Danced by Carrie Rohman and Nandini Sikand
Music by Dead Can Dance
5:50–6:15 Baba Brinkman and Jamie Simmonds
Anderson Courtyard 4:00-6:00
Nestor Armando Gil: “Thought Balloons/Thoughts Balloon.”
An interactive event: people are invited to share an idea and make a small paper form to pin to their sleeves with a peephole for others to peer into and see the idea
Jorge Torres: “Music Across Disciplines”
Bonnie Winfield: “Creating Community Through Paint, Brushes, and a Canvas”
Mary Jo Lodge “Arts Enhancing the First Year Experience”
Zach Tysinger: “Theater and a College Education”
Chun Wai Liew and students “Visualization of Evolutionary Processes”
Dan Sabatino, Jenn Rossmann and students: “The Art of Flow Visualization”
Jim Toia, David Brandes, David Veshosky and students: “Karl Stirner Arts Trail”
Javad Tavakoli and students“Capturing Growth of Microalgae for Biofuel Production in Picture”
Anne Raich and students Minyan “Spark” Li and Xinyi “Sandy” Ma: “Deploying Synthesis – Architecture and Engineering Design”
Jeff Pfaffmann and students: “Re-imagining the Kiosk.”
Many thanks to Adam MacHose, Tim Frey, Don Brinker, Mike McGeary, and Plant Operations.