Category: Arts
Catching up with Sheldon Best '08Jan. 5, 2015Best's most recent appearance on the stage received critical acclaim. He answered questions on the acting life for BrandeisNOW.
Senior Studio midyear exhibit shows off student workDec. 17, 2014More than 40 pieces of art, including paintings, sculptures and videos, by Brandeis seniors are on display in the Dreitzer Gallery until Jan. 12.
Campus to gather for Messiah SingDec. 5, 2014The Brandeis tradition will start at 4 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center on Dec. 9
Lucy Kim wins Boston Artadia AwardDec. 1, 2014Lucy Kim, a lecturer in fine arts, was named one of three winners of a Boston Artadia Award, and honor that comes with an unrestricted $12,000 grant.
'Conference of the Birds' is a Persian poem adapted for the stageNov. 17, 2014The performance by the Brandeis Theater Company, directed by Hafiz Karmali, runs from Nov. 20 to 23.
Symposium and concert to celebrate Irving Fine's centennialNov. 13, 2014As part of a yearlong celebration of Irving Fine's centennial, Brandeis will host a symposium and the acclaimed Music from Copland House ensemble will perform an all-Fine program on Nov. 15.
Brandeis goes global during International Education WeekNov. 12, 2014Campus will connect with the world for a weeklong celebration of diverse cultures, people, and ideas.
Errol Morris and director Vanessa Lapa talk 'The Decent One' after screeningNov. 10, 2014"The Decent One" is narrated by recently discovered letters by Heinrich Himmler, read in German by actors and translated into English subtitles. The letters chronicle Himmler's life, from his childhood to his death in 1945.
Anita Hill and Mark Bradford pack the RoseOct. 29, 2014Artist Mark Bradford and Brandeis Professor Anita Hill held a conversation on blackness, art and their life experiences and approaches to their work in front of a standing room only crowd at the Rose Art Museum Oct. 24.
Lydian String Quartet set to open season, joined by new violistOct. 27, 2014The Lydian String Quartet opens its 2014-15 season Nov. 8 with a show featuring compositions by Franz Joseph Haydn, Phillip Glass and Elliott Carter.
New England Philharmonic to premiere David Rakowski symphonyOct. 21, 2014David Rakowski, the Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Composition at Brandeis, will have his fifth symphony premiered by the New England Philharmonic Orchestra on Oct. 25.
Rose Art Museum's fall exhibitions in full swingOct. 14, 2014With the opening of an exhibition of John Altoon's work on Oct. 8, the fall exhibitions at the museum are now fully on display.
JustArts lets university faculty, staff show off artistic sideOct. 7, 2014The faculty and staff arts exhibition will hold a grand opening Oct. 8 and be on display through Oct. 26 in the Dreitzer Gallery.
Theater Company opens season with 'Dead Man's Cell Phone'Oct. 2, 2014Directed by theater professor Adrianne Krstansky, the production will run from Oct. 9 to 12.
Study: Emotional reactions to fiction and 'based on a true story' are about the same Sept. 18, 2014Consumers tend to think they will have a stronger emotional reaction to works based on real events, but recent research by Professor Jane Ebert found reactions were insensitive to whether content was fiction.
Guiding light: 'Light of Reason' illuminated, Rose opening celebratedSept. 11, 2014The Brandeis community gathered outside the Rose Art Museum to celebrate Chris Burden's new installation, "Light of Reason," and the Rose's fall opening.
Aida Yuen Wong to give AHL Foundation LectureSept. 10, 2014Associate Professor of Asian Art Aida Yuen Wong will deliver a lecture in New York City on costume reform and Korean modernization as part of the AHL Foundation's 2014 public lecture series.
Celebrate new 'Light of Reason'Sept. 2, 2014The Rose Art Museum is celebrating its fall opening with a free concert, food trucks, and the official lighting of 'Light of Reason,' an installation by Chris Burden.
New hirings bolster African diaspora studiesAug. 27, 2014Two new professors and a fellow are joining Brandeis as part of a plan to expand studies of the African diaspora.
Vienna Project honors Austrian Holocaust victimsAug. 7, 2014The ambitious yearlong project, directed by Brandeis resident scholar Karen Frostig, aims to give equal recognition to all victim groups under Nazism.
Rose Art Museum appoints board of advisorsAug. 6, 2014The Rose Art Museum has named 15 new members to its board of advisors and reappointed eight former board members, representing another important step in a new era in the museum's history.
Scholarly collection now freely available digitallyJuly 31, 2014A small trove of scholarly books is now available in multiple digital formats through the Brandeis University Institutional Repository.
Sam Hunter, Rose Art Museum's first director, diesJuly 29, 2014Sam Hunter, whose keen insights into the art of his day allowed him to build the Rose Art Museum’s acclaimed collection of modern and contemporary art, died on July 27 in Princeton, N.J. He was 91.
Lenny Bruce’s papers are coming to BrandeisJuly 29, 2014Brandeis has acquired the personal papers of Lenny Bruce, the late comedian and free-speech advocate known for his biting, often obscenity-laced satirical commentary on American society.
Chasalow, noted composer, educator, named GSAS deanJuly 1, 2014Eric Chasalow, a renowned composer of both electro-acoustic and traditional music and the Irving Fine Professor of Music, was named dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis, effective July 1.
Remembering Eli Wallach's visit to BrandeisJune 26, 2014The late actor Eli Wallach, who passed away on June 24, participated in a forum at Brandeis in November 2005. His wife, actress Anne Jackson, joined him and Errol Morris moderated the conversation.
For art’s sake: A peek inside the Brandeis studiosJune 6, 2014In Brandeis’ community of studio artists, you can watch creativity in motion. Students collaborate, learn from gifted faculty and hone their technical skills. Whether they work in printmaking, sculpture, painting or new media, students find their personal voice in the universal language of art.
Rose, Tel Aviv Museum of Art promote Israeli video artMay 30, 2014Brandeis’ Rose Art Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art announced an initiative to support the work of emerging Israeli video artists who have demonstrated considerable promise but have not been the subject of a solo museum exhibition.
Violist joins Lydian String Quartet, BrandeisMay 13, 2014Mark Berger, an acclaimed violist and composer, has been appointed to the Lydian String Quartet and the Brandeis music department faculty. Formed in 1980, the ensemble has inspired critical acclaim worldwide.
Boston concert to celebrate Irving Fine’s centennial May 5, 2014The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is partnering with The Fine Family, The Irving Fine Society, and Brandeis University and its Department of Music to mark Irving Fine’s centennial with a concert at Boston’s famed Jordan Hall on May 16.
Festival goers find themselves in art of all typesApril 29, 2014The 62nd Annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts showcased a range of artistic forms and styles, from concerts to plays, art exhibitions to modern dance, video art to public sculpture, and featured the work of national, local, student, faculty, and alumni artists and performers.
For women composers, no more sounds of silenceApril 24, 2014In the recording studio and the classroom — and at a special show for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts — seldom-heard music by women, including madrigals written by a Renaissance teenager and sacred songs from a newly discovered 1554 antiphonal.
Arts festival invites people to find themselvesApril 21, 2014The 62nd annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, April 24-27, offers more than 50 events, performances and activities that cover a range of artistic forms and styles.
Art of all styles, sounds and forms coming to campusMarch 31, 2014The annual Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts will take place on April 24–27 and feature nationally acclaimed performers and visual artists, including Livingston Taylor and the Hungry March Band, along with music, dance, theater, film, and artwork by more than 300 Brandeis students, alumni, and faculty.
Inside the archives: The screen siren and the scholarMarch 27, 2014Actress Joan Crawford became involved with Brandeis in the mid-1960s, thanks to her friendship with Nathan and Frances Spingold — early supporters of the arts at Brandeis. She began exchanging letters with Brandeis’ founding president Abram Sachar and the two embarked an unlikely friendship.
Clinton, Mozart and meMarch 25, 2014The founder of the undergraduate composers collective recalls how he found his calling, starting with violin lessons and his first composition at age 11. Shaffer studies classical piano as a member of the Chamber Music Ensemble, performs as a singer-songwriter, sings baritone with a barbershop chorus and serves as music director of ImprovBoston.
Council enriches art, music and theater on campusMarch 24, 2014The Brandeis Arts Council recently awarded $95,000 to the three departments within the School of Creative Arts for programs, including intensive studio workshops, a dance/theater piece for undergraduate performers and a residency that will allow undergraduate and graduate composers to write music for professional musicians.
Congresswoman Clark visits Brandeis to learn about science education initiatives, meet with studentsMarch 21, 2014Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark was at Brandeis to learn more about its science education initiatives, meet with students, faculty and senior administrators, and to tour campus, including the Rose Art Museum.
Celebrating Moody’s art and legacyMarch 14, 2014“Work, Now and Then: Bob Moody Retrospective” exhibit honors longtime Brandeis faculty member who is recognized nationally as a scenic artist and for his commitment to his students.
Rose opens five exhibits, debuts digital collectionMarch 5, 2014From Erector-set bridges to video humor to a digital catalog of its collection, the Rose Art Museum is offering its visitors the opportunity to travel through the museum’s past and present — both in person and online.
And the Oscars go to ... Brandeis Feb. 28, 2014The Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections house not one, but two Academy Awards, belonging to composer Victor Young and screenwriter George Froeschel
Trio da Kali brings musical tradition of MaliFeb. 21, 2014For the past 11 years, internationally renowned musicians such as Senegalese percussionist Lamine Toure, Palestinian oudist Simon Shaheen, and Homayun Sakhi, a rubâb player from Azerbaijan, have been creating beautiful soundscapes during their residencies at Brandeis. When Trio Da Kali comes to campus for their residency, they'll share the music of the griot tradition of Southern Mali.
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