2016-2017 Calendar of the Arts

BLAIR ACADEMY CALENDAR OF THE ARTS 2016 - 2017

DuBois Theatre Entire Performing Arts Department

FALL CONCERT November 18, 7 p.m.

WWW.BLAIR.EDU/VOCAL-MUSIC

DuBois Theatre Vocal & Instrumental Musicians

CHRISTMAS VESPERS December 9, 4:30 & 7 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church in Blairstown

Blair String Orchestra & Singers

WWW.BLAIR.EDU/INSTRUMENTAL-MUSIC OR

October 21, 8:15 p.m.

MUSIC

BLAIR ON STAGE

GRANDPARENTS' DAY CONCERT

SPRING CONCERT

April 19, 10:30 a.m.

DuBois Theatre

DuBois Theatre

Vocal & Instrumental Musicians

Blair Singers, Chamber Choir & Orchestra

April 27, 7:15 p.m.

Wean Theatre, ArmstrongHipkins Center for the Arts

by Will Eno Winner of the inaugural Horton Foote Award for most-promising new play of 2010, Middletown was described as “delicate, moving, piercing, tart, funny and gorgeous” by The New York Times. A touching and funny examination of small-town America, the play centers on a developing friendship between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, and examines the intersection of lives in the journey between birth and death.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING May 11, 12 & 13, 7:30 p.m.

Robert J. Evans Open Air Theatre

by William Shakespeare In one of the Bard’s most popular comedies, soon-tobe-wed young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire with Don Pedro to bring together lovers/haters Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity.

In the end, though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing.”

IN THE HEIGHTS

FRANKENSTEIN 2029

February 16, 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m.

May 18, 19 & 20

DuBois Theatre, Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts

Rolling admission beginning at 7 p.m., with action taking place in & around Bogle Hall

Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by Quiara Alegria Hudes, conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda

by Lafayette College professor Suzanne Westfall & Lafayette College student Gavin Knox ’17

In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant American community in New York City’s Washington Heights, a neighborhood full of hopes, dreams, traditions and music.

The play’s characters navigate challenges and changes in a production that won 2008 Tony Awards for best musical, best score, best choreography and best orchestrations.

This play explores Mary Shelley’s creative process, weaving together the story of Victor Frankenstein and his Creature from the 1800s with the twists and turns of a 2029 adaptation in which “Frankie” runs his own neurotech corporation and artificial intelligence Prometheus. As the 19th and 21st centuries collide in Frankenstein 2029, alternative and sometimes contradictory versions of the story emerge in this cross-curricular collaboration utilizing student and faculty work in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, art and music. The play will be directed by Professor Westfall’s former student, veteran Blair theatre and English teacher Micki Kaplan McMillan.

WWW.BLAIR.EDU/ROMANO-GALLERY

October 27, 28 & 29, 7:30 p.m.

FINE ARTS

WWW.BLAIR.EDU/THEATRE

THEATRE

MIDDLETOWN

THE ROMANO GALLERY ARMSTRONG-HIPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS OPEN 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE GALLERY WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON EACH SHOW'S LAST DAY EXHIBIT RECEPTIONS TAKE PLACE @ 7 P.M.

CROSSES: PORTRAITS OF CLERGY ABUSE September 1-October 1 ◼ Reception on September 15 This exhibit features portraits of victims and survivors of sexual abuse

by Catholic priests and nuns. The large blackand-white photographs, which appeared in Carmine Galasso’s 2007 book, Crosses: Portraits of Clergy Abuse, are accompanied by pullquotes from victims and survivors from across the United States. Published by Trolley books in London, Mr. Galasso’s book was named one of Photo District News’ “photo books of the year” in 2007.

VISITORS: PART 2 March 25-April 22 ◼ Reception on March 30

SLOW BURN October 3-October 29 ◼ Reception on October 6

Julia Hechtman’s landscapes focus on intimate encounters. Her artistic process erases geographic specificity and replaces it with suggestions of places and times for personal reckoning.

CITY PERSPECTIVES November 1-December 3 ◼ Reception on November 10

By exchanging specific foregrounds and general backgrounds, artist Chris Semergieff’s urban landscapes examine neighborhood composition and skyline views, generating a narrative focused on the relationship between personal and collective experiences created by our accumulated development.

THE GARDEN IN THE SUMMER: BOTANICAL STUDIES IN OIL December 5-January 7 ◼ Reception on December 8

Whether painting the human figure posed or in motion, landscapes or still life, James Gloria captures forms spontaneously and directly, exploring materials and methods ranging from watercolor to cast plaster. This most recent work is a series of plein-air paintings using an impasto of marble dust and oil to capture the fresh and raw nature of flowers, with surface effects that encompass both abstraction and realism.

NO BORDERS January 9-February 4 ◼ Reception on January 19

For Buddhist practitioner Bennett Bean, the distinctions between mediums are less important than the interplay among them.

This show highlights crosspollination in the artist’s work in ceramics, painting, rug-making and photography, some of which is housed in the permanent collections of the Whitney, Smithsonian and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among others.

ANNUAL BLAIR ACADEMY FACULTY SHOW

ANNUAL STUDENT ART EXHIBITION

February 9-March 9

◼ Reception on April 27

◼ Reception on February 9

At this annual exhibit, faculty members will showcase their talents in a range of mediums. For detailed information about the artwork to be shown, visit www.blair.edu/ romano-gallery in early 2017.

April 27-May 23

Displaying student work of all different mediums, this show celebrates the accomplishments, hard work and dedication of Blair’s talented fine artists.

Monica Bernier’s recent paintings draw imagery from abstracted figurations she developed into a wordless comic book entitled Visitors. In her work, natural elements such as sky, trees and ground take on caricatured qualities accentuated by broad matte brilliant color that suggests a “flatlands” landscape.

VOCABULARY OF TREES March 25-April 22 ◼ Reception on March 30

In the Vocabulary of Trees, Robert Braczyk’s open-form wood sculptures integrate many aspects of the artist’s interests, abilities and experiences. Highlighting fundamental material differences, his work applies formal breakthroughs of welded iron sculpture to wood.

WWW.BLAIR.EDU/ARTS-AT-A-GLANCE

THE ARTS @ A GLANCE

WINTER 2016-2017 THE GARDEN IN THE SUMMER: BOTANICAL STUDIES IN OIL December 5-January 7 CHRISTMAS VESPERS December 9, 4:30 & 7 p.m.

WINTER STUDENT FILM PREMIERE December 12, 7 p.m.

NO BORDERS January 9-February 4

FALL 2016 CROSSES: PORTRAITS OF CLERGY ABUSE September 1-October 1

ANNUAL BLAIR ACADEMY FACULTY SHOW February 9-March 9 IN THE HEIGHTS February 16, 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m.

SLOW BURN October 3-October 29 BLAIR ON STAGE October 21, 8:15 p.m.

MIDDLETOWN October 27, 28 & 29, 7:30 p.m.

CITY PERSPECTIVES November 1-December 3 FALL CONCERT November 18, 7 p.m.

SPRING 2017 VISITORS: PART 2 & VOCABULARY OF TREES March 25-April 22 GRANDPARENTS’ DAY CONCERT April 19, 10:30 a.m.

SPRING CONCERT April 27, 7:15 p.m.

ANNUAL STUDENT ART EXHIBITION April 27-May 23 ANNUAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL May 4, 7 p.m.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING May 11, 12 & 13, 7:30 p.m.

FRANKENSTEIN 2029 May 18, 19 & 20, rolling admission begins at 7 p.m.

VISIT WWW.BLAIR.EDU This calendar is subject to change; please check Blair’s website for the most upto-date information available or call (908) 362-6121. The DuBois Theatre, Wean Theatre and Romano Gallery are housed within Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts on Blair Academy’s campus at 2 Park Street, Blairstown, New Jersey.

FOLLOW US!