Convergence is a group exhibition organized in affiliation with Project Vortex, a non-profit organization committed to reusing plastic debris from our oceans and shorelines. This exhibition brings together seven contemporary artists responding to the current environmental crisis in our oceans.
This invitational exhibition features the work of 57 accomplished artists from across the country – including current faculty and former faculty, alumni and artists who have exhibited in the Monmouth University galleries over the years.
From the Monmouth University Permanent Collection: selected works from the Aftermath series.
Student Movie Posters from the Department of Art & Design
What can you do with 4 colors, 4 names, 2 locations, 2 dates, 2 film genres and 4 adjectives?
For this project, students are asked to create a concept for a movie poster for a film that does not exist. Here are the results of their work.
The Met’s unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska and Hui He. The story centers on the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna. The proud Egyptian princess Amneris is played by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts this revival, which features recent choreography by Alexei Ratmansky.
In this film by Abderrahmane Sissako, Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work, and the couple is on the verge of breaking up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa’s woes. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by Africa’s desire to fight for its rights.
Director François Girard’s timeless new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine (Eugene Onegin) creates a surreal landscape.
A concert with Shawn Mullins and Mindy Smith. Shawn Mullins has undergone a series of transformative experiences leading to his eleventh studio release, Light You Up. His experiences included delving into the collaborative creative process by intensive co-writing, and in one instance putting him atop of the country charts via a key contribution to the Zac Brown Band’s “Toes.”
Tommy Sands, County Down’s singer, songwriter and social activist, has achieved something akin to legendary status in his own lifetime. From the pioneering tours with the highly influential Sands Family, playing Carnegie Hall to Moscow’s Olympic Stadium, he has become one of Ireland’s most powerful songwriters and enchanting performers.
Please note that the March 6th performance has been cancelled due to the weather. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines high comedy with some of the subtlest poetry and most beautiful songs Shakespeare ever wrote.
This event was rescheduled from the original November 4, 2012 concert date. Family dynasties in country music are surely nothing new — but just as surely as Steve Earle has blazed a trail of bracingly honest songcraft and life
6:00 p.m.
The piece will feature garments which can be seen multiple ways through the AR (augmented reality) application. Bring your phones (Droid or Apple phones/iPads) to view the app at the event!
Mary Gaitskill is famous for her novels Two Girls, Fat and Thin and Veronica, which was nominated for the 2005 National Book Award.
Filmmaker Jenny Abel explores the life and career of her father Alan Abel, known to many as “the world’s greatest hoaxer.”
Zandonai’s compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante’s Inferno, returns in the Met’s ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts.
The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.
In this film by Lee Isaac Chung, an orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice.
Senior Animation and Motion Graphics Screening Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
March 28, 2013 – April 5, 2013 | Free & Open to Public
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who have taken animation and motion graphics courses.
Screening Event: Thursday, March 28th | 7-9 p.m. – In conjunction with the Graphic Design Senior Exhibition
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degree in Graphic Design.
NICK OFFERMAN – Star of NBC’s PARKS AND RECREATION. Thursday, March 28th. Please note that this show has been moved to the Pollak Theatre. On sale through Ticketmaster.com, 800.745.3000 and in person the MAC and Pollak Theatre box offices.
In telling the tale of this large and complex event, this Theatreworks show focuses on the smaller stories of some of the soldiers who are caught up in it, including, Zak, a runaway slave who demands the right to fight his own fight; Will, his former best friend and “master;” Johnny, an Irish immigrant who volunteers to defend his new home; and Jackie, a girl who becomes a drummer boy. Appropriate for Grades 3 – 9
C.K. Williams has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Ruth Lilly Prize. He currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University.
With a career that spans over three decades, John Hammond is one of a handful of white blues musicians who was on the scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the mid-’60s.
