Reflections on an Artist Collaboration by Jill Odegaard, Cedar Crest College With funding from an LVEHC semester-long Artist Collaborations grant, Cedar Crest College professor Jill Odegaard partnered with artist Rachel Sherk to engage students from Cedar Crest College and the…
Category: Collaborations with Artists & Writers
Navigating the Start(s) of a Documentary: A Reflection by Drew Swedberg
In the LVAIC Documentary Storymaking classroom, I was told over and over again that documentary is about reactions to the world, allowing the story and community to shape the work. Later, as part of a Film Scholars program at Scribe…
JUNE 1st: “Geography of Home and Soul,” A Keynote Address by Susan Straight
On Saturday, June 1st, award-winning author and Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at UC Riverside, Susan Straight, will be on Moravian College’s campus to present her Keynote Address on “Geography of Home and Soul.” Her novel, Million Nightingales, was a…
Year-Long “Class-to-Performance” Experience at Muhlenberg College Culimates in Installation
Dr. Matt Moore and Dr. Leticia Robles of Muhlenberg College’s Theater and Dance Department recently concluded a year long class-to-performance experience for a group of 31 students, funded in part by an LVEHC Curricular Transformation grant. Dr. Moore and Dr.…
SAVE THE DATE: “Destination Northampton County” Grand Opening
Mark your calendars, because you and your family are invited for this very special one-day-only event. Finally, the much-anticipated, three-years-in-the-making exhibition will make its debut! Destination: Northampton County, the new permanent exhibition at the Sigal Museum, will open to the…
Concord Chamber Singers “At the Forks” – Save the Date!
SAVE THE DATE: Concord Chamber Singers “At the Forks” At the Forks honors and celebrates the shared narrative created by the many cultures that make up the Lehigh Valley. Featuring the premiere of a new major work by Libby Larsen for tenor…
UPCOMING EVENT: “Lehigh Valley Stories” Exhibition at Cedar Crest College
Date: April 29th, 2019 Time: 2-4pm Location: Cressman Library, Cedar Crest College,100 College Dr, Allentown, PA 18104 An exhibition featuring the video documentaries and audio podcasts created by the students of Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz and Dr. LuAnn Fletcher’s co-taught course on…
“Coming Clean” comes to Easton, Highlights Local Experiences with Addiction and Recovery
On Sunday, October 7th, the Allentown Public Theatre and Trinity Episcopal Church in Easton hosted Coming Clean, an interactive performance exploring local issues surrounding the opioid epidemic. The event was sponsored in part by the LVEHC and focused mainly on…
“COMING CLEAN” – October 7th @ Trinity Episcopal Church – FREE TO ATTEND
When: Sunday, October 7, 2018 – 12:00pm – 1:30pm Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, Conine Hall (234 Spring Garden St, Easton) Price: Free On Oct. 7th, 2018 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm, the Allentown Public Theatre will perform “Coming Clean,” an interactive performance about the opioid epidemic. It explores…
First LVEHC Mellon Grant Awards Announced
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium (LVEHC) is pleased to announce its first award recipients. We are excited to follow these wonderful projects as they develop; we hope that you will follow their progress on our…