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Commedia Dell’arte and Other Influences / Selections from the Light Matter Film Festival

Alfred University 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

Inspired by early Italian comedy known for the variety of improvised sketches and exaggerated characters, this evening of Commedia Dell’arte and other Influences will introduce us to scenes from commedia as well as folk inspired imagery. Join us for an evening of music including Beethoven, Debussy, Britten, and Schumann. Pianist Jasmine Nagano and cellist Ana […]

How to: Slow Down Alfred Summer Arts Festival

Alfred University 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

Writing, Dance, Live Music, Performance Miller Performing Arts Center About this event Joined by the writer of The Slow Thought Manifesto, Vincenzo Di Niccola will serve as our “MC” for this event which will offer us a variety of disciplinary methods for…slowing down. Taking on the big questions: “what makes new things possible?” and “how […]

A Letter from the Treetops + Dance Party

Alfred University 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

Live music, performance, music, dance, party About this event Join us for this special evening with Jessie Chandler where he will perform new work from his solo album “A Letter from the Treetops”. When Chandler is not working on his own albums you can find him performing with Midlake and Mercury Rev. This event was […]

Be Coming Birds Alfred SUmmer Arts Festival

Alfred University 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

How do we be come birds? It all starts with paper and a method called Nebuta. Leading into the festival week artist George Ferrandi will teach participants this handmade process. On the evening of July 15th these creatures will take flight in a parade down Main Street accompanied by low-fi radio music orchestrated by Kathy […]

Making Meaning in an Uncertain World

Alfred University 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

Closing Night Performance About this event How do we make meaning in an uncertain world? Sometimes it can help to look skyward as artist Bill Gilbert suggests. Inspired by his workshop “walking constellations” this will be an evening dedicated to the process of making meaning by going outwards into the unknown. Whether this quest takes […]

Session 4 Workshops Alfred Summer Arts

Alfred University 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

WORKSHOPS SESSION 4: JULY 18 - 24 -Jason Mitcham // Field Report: Painting on Site -Nelia Miller // Interdisciplinary Collaboration Heidi Jensen // Listening and Composing with Acoustic Environments -Deb MacCrea // Colors from Nature’s Gifts

Silkscreen

Tri-County Arts Council 110 W. State Street, Olean, NY, United States

On loan from the Allegheny Mountain Arts Gallery in Bradford, artist Rick Minard will show us the fun that is silkscreen printing. Throughout the course you will learn and use many different techniques paper block, screen filler, and multi-color printing. Bring your imagination to life using this exciting and easy method of printmaking. Instructor: Rick […]

$60 – $70

Round table Talk: Bell Hooks’ Teaching to Transgress

harder hall 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

“Chapter 3: Embracing Change - Teaching in a Multicultural World” Workshop led by Adero Willard and Rey Jeong Come together with IDEA lab as we discuss chapter three, “Embracing Change: Teaching in a Multicultural World”, and share your thoughts on how to generate education that embraces freedom, community, and inclusivity while challenging the systems of […]

Afro-Semitic Experience: Drumming Workshop

Miller Preforming Arts Center 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

Members of the Afro-Semitic Experience--a band that combines an eclectic array of styles, sophisticated musicianship, good songwriting, deep grooves, and years of friendship with a simple message: Unity in the Community-will host a drumming workshop in the Miller Performing Art Center Room 302 open to all Alfred Students and the greater community.

Trio of Three Continents

Miller Preforming Arts Center 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

Trio from Three continents. Celebrating world heritage with Gao Hong, Kadialy Kouyaté and Leonard Jacome, show us Pipa(China), Kora(Senegal) and Harp( Venezuela), they will do workshop and concert with free admission. Workshop in Miller #302 3:20-5:10pm ; Concert in Miller Theater 7:30-9:00pm

Free

Multi-Cultural Kitchen

Alfred University 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, United States

Making fresh food and talking about multicultural food in Jerusalem. Vegetarian and Vegan options available and you can take food with you after the workshop. Multi-Cultural Kitchen's date has been changed and is now on April 7th. Please RSVP beforehand. Idea Lab 2nd floor Harder Hall

Free

Patterson Library -Melissa Meyers- Gelli Plate Printmaking

Patterson Library Octagon Gallery 40 south portage st.,, Westfield, NY, United States

Melissa will lead her students through a tutorial at first to introduce Gelli Plate Printmaking. Gelli printing is a relatively new form of mono printing that uses flexible printing plates to create textures and layers of colour.   An art installation of the instructors work and students will be discussed in the stacks after the class […]

Free