Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts

2013 Festival of the Creative Arts

Photo Credit: Mike Lovett

Colorful chalk decoration showing "Imagine the Impossible."
The Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra performing in front of the Shapiro Campus Center.

The Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra

Professor Joe Wardwell and his daughter

Professor Joe Wardwell and his daughter visited The Rose Art Museum.

Youngsters decorating walkways with chalk.
Girl flipping through photos from the Charles River Museum of Industry.

The Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation featured animated sculptures and other attractions.

The Barbara Cassidy Band performing

The Barbara Cassidy Band

Smiling women sitting on the grass in the bright sunlight at the festival.
Two young boys checking out one of the tables on the Great Lawn.
Visual performance artists Big Nazo, dressed in alien-style costumes take part in the festival.

Big Nazo

Ben Lovenheim ’15 leads a sing-along in The Rose Art Museum.

Ben Lovenheim ’15 leads a sing-along in The Rose Art Museum.

Attendees at the festival laughing together.
Attendees admiring an art installation on the Great Lawn
Visitors enjoy a tour of the Rose Art Museum.

Visitors enjoy a tour of the Rose Art Museum.

Jamele Adams, associate dean of student life giving double thumbs up.

Jamele Adams, associate dean of student life.

Students listen to Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. on Chapels Field.

Students listen to Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. on Chapels Field.

Youngster drawing on the cement with chalk near the Shapiro Campus Center.
An adult with a child propped on his shoulders on the Great Lawn.
Volunteers take a break to enjoy the sun on the Great Lawn wall in front of the SCC.

Volunteers take a break to enjoy the sun.

Sol y Canto performing in the bright sunlight in front of the SCC.

Sol y Canto

People of all ages enjoy the mirrored floor of The Rose Art Museum, which appears to crack under pressure.

People of all ages enjoy the mirrored floor of The Rose Art Museum, which appears to crack under pressure.

Two people having fun and laughing.
The Allegro Dance Collaborative perform in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater.

The Allegro Dance Collaborative perform in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater.

Two members of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. performing.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

A throng of attendees sitting and milling about at Chapels Field.
A member of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. singing in front of a keyboard with a saxophone strung from his neck.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Two men having a laugh.
People in sunglasses enjoying the festive atmosphere.
Kendrick Lamar wearing a Brandeis shirt, performing for the festival crowd.

Kendrick Lamar

The view of people gathering in the SCC through a cell phone screen.

Folks gather in the Shapiro Campus Center atrium to sing “Imagine.”

Violist Yoni Battat playing the violin.

Violist Yoni Battat

An ornament hangs with a written wish inside at the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.

Wishes for a better world were suspended from the Shapiro Campus Center atrium as the community sang “Imagine.”

Bronte Velez ’16 dances in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.