ANNUAL REPORT Professors Susan Harris and Brian Hoover exhibited their work at the Sears Art Gallery in the Eccles Fine Art Center, Dixie State College September 5 - November 4, 2008. The Exhibition was titled "Mythical Objects: Detached Realities" and featured ceramic work by Susan and paintings and prints by Brian. In the spirit of collaboration, assistant professor Jeremias Paul’s Contemporary Landscape photography class met with Todd Petersen and Matt Nickerson's Technology, Entertainment, and Design (www.ted.com) Honors class to discuss the work of landscape photographer Edward Burtynsky. The successful meeting included our art students interacting with non-art students to discuss art. In addition, Jeremias took 14 of our students to the Society for Photographic Education Southwest Region Conference in Ouray, Colorado in mid-October. Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography Kyle Petersen had his artwork in two photography exhibitions in the fall. Two photographs from his Phantasm series were included in the exhibition, Connect/Disconnect at the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. The exhibition ran until October 17, 2008. He also had a solo exhibition at the Hall Street Gallery in Savannah, GA; entitled “Schoolhouse,” which featured images he shot while working on a collaborative project with Carrie Mae Weems. “Schoolhouse” ran from October 9- November 21, 2008.
Fall 2008 Music Faculty Recital On October 13, 2008 the Music Department showcased the faculty and staff with Musical Portraits in a SUU Music Faculty Recital as part of the 10th Anniversary of the College of Performing and Visual Arts. The recital featured a wide diversity of music from around the world that was influenced by the In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits exhibit.
The Magic Flute The SUU Opera presented Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) January 28-31, 2009 at the downtown Heritage Center Theater under the direction of Professor Carol Ann Modesitt with musical direction by Associate Professor Xun Sun. The story of The Magic Flute deals with good and evil and the triumph of good over evil as demonstrated by the characters Pamina, Tamino and Papageno as they are put through many trials to test their worthiness. Producing a full opera with an orchestra in the original language in which it was written is a new experience for SUU students. There are currently two casts working on the opera. One of the casts performed in English and the other cast performed in German with English sur-titles.
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