Watchhouse Program - Arts at Queens 2023

ARTS AT QUEENS

2022 - 2023 S E A SON

WELCOME TO THE

SARAH BELK GAMBRELL CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT With it’s opening in February 2020, the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement became a hub for transformational cultural education,

experiences, and engagement for our students, faculty and staff, and the greater Charlotte community.

The Sarah Belk Gambrell Center is home to the acoustically gorgeous, 995-seat

Sandra Levine Theatre, the intimate 150-seat Kathryn Greenhoot Recital Hall, two visual art galleries, eight classrooms, and myriad practice rooms and workspaces for students. Gambrell is the cultural and creative center of campus and is home to academic, visual, performing and literary arts programs, including design and music therapy.

THE MISSION OF THE GAMBRELL CENTER

The Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement is a dynamic arts destination for our community and students to share in diverse cultural experiences.

The Gambrell Center facilitates creative scholarship through interdisciplinary

collaboration and offers a vibrant gathering place for educational exploration. Queens

demonstrates its commitment to this mission by presenting world-class performances, conversations, and exhibitions, showcasing exemplary faculty and student works, and providing an inspiration for design, creativity, and artistic expression.

GAMBRELL CENTER STAFF Laura Kratt, Executive Director Kristof Leopold, Technical Director Savannah Deal, Operations Manager Liz Ball, Patron Services Manager Scott Brower, Media Specialist Amanda Mullen, Media Specialist Jane Wiley, Media Specialist The Gambrell Center staff programs and manages the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center in addition to providing production services to events across campus.

704-337-2466 www.arts.queens.edu thearts@queens.edu

SPOT LIGHT SERIES

WATCHHOUSE (DUO) FRIDAY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2023 @ 8 PM

Over a year after Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz of Watchhouse (formerly known as Mandolin Orange) reintroduced themselves on their 2021 self-titled LP, the pair shared a special surprise release: Watchhouse (Duo), a self-produced recording of Marlin and Frantz performing the most elemental possible arrangements of all nine songs from Watchhouse.

It’s a project that captures the fundamental power of Watchhouse: Two singers and musicians with profound chemistry, performing earnest yet masterfully crafted songs that encompass the unknowable mysteries, existential heartbreak, and communal joys of modern life.

Starting over a decade ago playing coffee shops and local restaurants around North Carolina, Watchhouse is a grassroots success story that's been driven by Marlin's poignant songwriting. They’ve sold out iconic venues (Red Rocks, Ryman Auditorium) and attract hundreds of millions of streams while producing exploratory music that "redefines roots music for a younger generation" (Washington Post).

2022 was filled with many endeavors including the American Acoustic Tour with Punch Brothers, headlining shows across the US, collaborating with Planet Bluegrass on Mabon, an autumn equinox concert series, and of course Watchhouse (Duo). In 2023, Marlin and Frantz will celebrate the release of Watchhouse (Duo) with a short run of shows that will feature just the two of them, harkening back to their earliest days of performing.

WELCOME. SUPPORT. LIFT U P.

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$1,500 for two adults ($1,125 tax-deductible) Support from our annual members extends far beyond the galleries and theaters. Our members make it possible for students to experience exceptional engagement and learning opportunities including master classes, one-on-one interactions and Q&A sessions with professionals representing the visual, literary and performing arts. Thank you for your support!

M E M B E R S H I P B E N E F I T S:

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MUSE CIRCLE

Four evenings at the Gambrell Center

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Two tickets for all four performances in Sandra Levine Theatre with reserved seating.

Option to select your seats for the season before tickets go on sale to the public.

Attend the members-only reception at each performance.

Exclusive reserved parking easily accessible to the Gambrell Center (available on a firstcome, first- served basis).

Recognition in the printed program for all performances.

Exclusive invitations to

ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS •

Join us for special occasions with guest performers and artists, faculty and students throughout the year.

scholars and faculty members.

EXHIBITION OPENINGS •

Invitation to two Bank of America Gallery and Loevner Gallery art exhibition openings.

L E A R N M O R E AT W W W. A RT S. Q U E E N S . E D U

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF A R T S AT Q U E E N S

Audean and Berkeley Godehn

Amy Blumenthal

Barbara Karro and Bill Gorelick

Siu Challons-Lipton

Claudia and Andy Heath

Claudia Heath

Sandra Levine

Ulrike Miles

Kathy and Bill McCollum

EXECUTIVE C OMMITTEE

Jerry and Gaile Greenhoot

Kim Brattain

Lucy and Hooper Hardison

Howard Freese

Barbara Laughlin

Jerald Melberg

Jane and Hugh McColl

Ann Tarwater

Susan McConnell and Josephine Hicks

Jack and Lydia McNeary

MUSE CIRCLE MEMBERS

Janet and Lowell Nelson

Sam and Carolyn G. McMahon

Nancy Norelli

A R T S AT Q U E E N S M E M B E R S

Mary Margaret and Fritz Porter

Georgia and Bill Belk

M.A. Rogers

Amy and Philip Blumenthal

Harriet Seabrook

Joy Greene

Suzanne and Bill Nichols Dale and Larry Polsky

Natascha Bechtler

Tamea Price

Joye D. Blount and Jessie J. Knight

Susan and Bob Salvin

Kim Brattain and Allison Clark

Emily Seelbinder and Lydia Edsell

Jan and Ed Brown

Jennifer and Eric Steigerwalt

Frances Campbell

Will and Dorothy Trotter

Lipton Gina and Herb Clegg

Rita and Bill Vandiver

Jerusha and Murray Fadial

Dorothea West and Jim Levesque

Eileen Friars and Scott Pyle

Gail Brinn Wilkins and Howard Freese

Sally and Brian Bridgford

Kathy and Peter Browning

Daphne and Eric Solomon Ann and Michael Tarwater

Siu Challons-Lipton and Jordan

Cynthia H. Tyson

Sallie and Derick Close

Mary Claire and Dan Wall

Dorlisa & Peter Flur

Martha and Chip Whitfield

This listing is current as of 4.14.23

IN ME MO RY O F LE O N L E VINE JUNE 8, 1937-APRIL 5, 2023

Queens remembers Leon Levine and joins the nation in honoring the legacy he has left behind on our campus and beyond.