Events
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Zoom Lecture with L’Merchie Frazier
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterL’Merchie Frazier is an accomplished visual activist, public artist, historian, and poet. She is a member of Women of Color Network Quilters, founded by Carolyn Mazloomi, Ph.D., whose quilt collection is currently on view at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. In this lecture, Frazier will discuss the contributions of African American quiltmakers with particular attention […]
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Student Thesis Theatre Production: “Constellations”
Hollins TheatreBy Nick Payne. Directed by Elizabeth McDonald When: February 23 at 7:30 pm, February 24 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage What: This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we […]
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Movie Screening: “The Philadelphia Eleven”
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterIn an act of civil disobedience, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, threatened and banned from stepping on church property. In this feature-length documentary film, we […]
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Author of “The Donkey Elegies,” Nickole Brown
Green Drawing Room, MainBrown is the author of The Donkey Elegies (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2020); Fanny Says (BOA Editions, 2015), a biography in poems about Brown’s grandmother, which won the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Poetry; and Sister (Sibling Rivalry Press), which was first published in 2007 and reissued in 2018. To Those Who Were Our First Gods, a […]
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Continuing Art Exhibitions
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterLearning to Look: An Artist’s Perspective, through March 17 African American Quilts from the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi, through April 14 2024 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence Ying Li: Blossoms in a Sudden Strangeness III, through April 14 Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12-5 pm, Thursday 12-8 pm (closed Mondays) www.hollins.edu/museum
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Nationally Known Psychologist and Author to Discuss “Hope in a Time of Monsters”
Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science BuildingProfessor and education expert Sarah Rose Cavanagh, author of the new book Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge, will speak in Hollins University’s Babcock Auditorium on Monday, March 4, at 9 a.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Cavanagh is the senior associate director for teaching and learning at […]
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Women’s Role within the Eastern Siouan Tribes of Virginia’s Interior
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterVictoria Persinger Ferguson is an enrolled citizen of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia. She serves on the Monacan Historic Resource Committee and is the program director for Historic Solitude/Fraction on the campus of Virginia Tech. She is a graduate of Marshall University and has 30 years of experience researching science methodologies and historical documentation […]
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Author of “Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement,” Ethel Morgan Smith M.A. ’90
Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesSmith is the author of three books: Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement (University Press of Mississippi 2023), Reflections of the Other: Being Black in Germany (CreateSpace 2012), and From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College (University of Missouri Press 2000). Her work has appeared in The New […]
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Student Thesis Staged Reading: “Our Family in the Stars”
Hollins TheatreOur Family in the Stars by Viktor Oler ’24, directed by Faolan Timm ’25 A Student Thesis Staged Reading When: March 7 and 9 at 7:30 pm Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage What: Never stop dreaming about the potential future. When Olive decides to leave their family, they sneak onto a ship to exit from […]
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Student Thesis Staged Reading: “CORPS”
Hollins TheatreCORPS: a canniballet in two acts by Aves Lewis ’24, directed by Lynn-Lee Williamson ’26 A Student Thesis Staged Reading When: March 8 at 7:30 pm and March 9 at 2 pm Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage What: Hunger will drive you wild. Joan Faucher is a first-year ballet student who wants more than anything […]
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Virginia Glee Club and Hollins Choir Concert
duPont ChapelThe Hollins combined choirs are joined by the Virginia Glee Club and the Valley Chamber Orchestra to present Haydn’s Te Deum. A fantastic opportunity to hear an entire community of musicians working together—you don’t want to miss it!
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Student Recital
Talmadge Recital Hall, BradleyCome support our students as they perform for family and friends.
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Conversations: Visiting Dance Artist Series with Todd Rhoades
Botetourt Reading Room 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesVisiting guest artist and teacher Todd Rhoades will be in conversation with Dance Department Chair Jeffery Bullock about the current state of dance and contemporary culture. Thursday, March 14, 6 – 7 pm, Botetourt Reading Room Thursday, April 11, 6 – 7 pm, Botetourt Reading Room
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Hollins 66th Annual Science Seminar
Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science Building‘Survival of the Friendliest’ Necessitates ‘Survival of the Sexiest’ in the Evolution of Domestic Dogs Presented by: Alex Capaldi, Ph.D. Where: Babcock Auditorium When: Thursday, March 14, 7:30 pm
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Spring Break
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Leading from the Margins: A talk with Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D.
duPont ChapelMary Dana Hinton is the 13th president of Hollins University and president emerita of the College of Saint Benedict. A highly respected and sought-after advocate for the liberal arts and inclusion, President Hinton’s leadership reflects a deep commitment to educational equity and the education of women. Hinton’s latest book, Leading from the Margins: College Leadership […]
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Continuing Art Exhibitions
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterAfrican American Quilts from the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi, through April 14 2024 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence Ying Li: Blossoms in a Sudden Strangeness III, through April 14 Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12-5 pm, Thursday 12-8 pm (closed Mondays) www.hollins.edu/museum
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Empowering Women through Education with Guest Speaker: Verletta White, Ph.D.
Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science BuildingA results-driven, student-centered, visionary leader, Verletta White, Ph.D. was appointed superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) on July 1, 2020. She has been recognized regionally and nationally for her ability to bring together communities for the benefit of students. In 2023, she was named Virginia’s 2024 State Superintendent of the Year, Virginia’s Region VI […]
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Art Exhibition Opening: “Behind the Scenes at the Museum”
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterUsing selected works from the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum’s permanent collection and the archives at the Wyndham Robertson Library, student curators put theory into practice in this exhibition, which is the culmination of the spring class, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. As part of the class, students collaborate and share responsibility for conceptualizing, researching, […]
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Classics Symposium: Echoes of Empire: New Approaches to Imperial Strategies in the Ancient Mediterranean
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterReception in the lobby following each lecture 2-3 pm Sea Empires and Coastal Connectivity in the Third Century BCE Mediterranean Presented by Melanie Godsey, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures 3:15-4:15 pm The Toxic Ties that Bind: Empire as the Art of Bullying and North Africa in the Second […]
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Canceled: Quilts and Stories Community Event
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterCanceled Quilts and Stories is an opportunity for local quilt collectors and enthusiasts to bring a quilt to the museum for an afternoon of sharing stories about how it was made or given and how it has been important in your life. “African American Quilts from the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi,” on display at the […]
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Conversations: Visiting Dance Artist Series with Todd Rhoades
Botetourt Reading Room 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesVisiting guest artist and teacher Todd Rhoades will be in conversation with Dance Department Chair Jeffery Bullock about the current state of dance and contemporary culture. Thursday, April 11, 6 – 7 pm, Botetourt Reading Room
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Author of “Looking Both Ways,” Pauline Kaldas
Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesKaldas, professor of English and creative writing at Hollins, is the author of Looking Both Ways, a collection of essays (Cune Press 2017); The Time Between Places, a collection of short stories (University of Arkansas Press 2010); Letters from Cairo, a travel memoir (Syracuse University Press 2007); and Egyptian Compass, a collection of poetry (WordTech […]
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Student Thesis Theatre Production: “Beautiful Noise”
Hollins TheatreBeautiful Noise written and directed by Asha-Ashanti Turner ’24 and Mackenzie “Seiya” M. Sessoms ’24 · When: April 11-13 at 7:30 pm · Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage · What: Beautiful Noise is a story about two Black women on a journey of self-reclamation. As a piece that reflects the experiences of Black women in America, particularly through the lenses […]
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Valley Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert
duPont ChapelThe VCO will perform Copland’s Symphony no. 3 as well as an original work by one of its very own!
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Springtime Strings
Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesPause a moment on your way to lunch to listen to our talented string musicians perform an outdoor concert. Moody Plaza
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Graduate DRAFTWORKS Artist Talk
Botetourt Reading Room 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesYear Residency graduate students Paris Gray, Sarah Lunceford, and Katy Womack present an ARTIST TALK about their new dance and performance work. Botetourt Reading Room
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DRAFTWORKS: a salon showing
Botetourt, Studio IIYear Residency graduate students Paris Gray, Sarah Lunceford, and Katy Womack present an informal showing of new works-in-progress. Botetourt Studio II
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Student Thesis Theatre Production: “Hollins Living History Project”
Hollins TheatreThe Hollins Living History Project (A Walking Tour) created by China Moore ’24 · When: April 20 at 1 pm and 2:15 pm · Where: Begins on the steps of the Hollins University Theatre · What: Today we answer the call. The Call of the Ancestors. Guided by the ancestors, the Enslaved of Hollins University move through the campus once more […]
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Music Students Showcase
Talmadge Recital Hall, BradleyJoin us to support three of our advanced students—Sophia Ciatti, Mackenzie Alderson, and Autumn Wille—as they show off their excellent progress in performance studies.
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Fall Term Registration
Begins Monday, April 22
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Art History Senior Symposium
Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119Senior majors in art history present the results of their year-long research projects in a public symposium.
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Student Recital
duPont ChapelJoin us as our private study students and the student orchestra present their end-of-semester works.
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2024 Senior Majors Exhibition
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterAlong with the 2024 Ceramics Post-Baccalaureate exhibition. Through May 19, 2024 Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12-5 pm, Thursday 12-8 pm (closed Mondays)
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Choir Quad Concert
Front QuadOur end-of-semester choir concert features a picnic-like atmosphere as our combined choirs perform to their audience seated in comfort on the beautiful Hollins Front Quad. Join us for ice cream!
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Farewell Reading – The Last Cabbage Patch
Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesAn open reading by Hollins seniors and graduating creative writing M.F.A. students. One last chance to hear our favorite student writers read before they depart. Sponsored by the Department of English and Creative Writing and the Dee Hull Everist Visiting Speaker Fund.
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2024 Spring Dance Performance
Hollins TheatreSpring Dance Performance showcases creative work of undergraduate students, graduate students, teaching faculty, and guest artists. 8 pm each evening
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Senior Dance Thesis Artist Talks
Botetourt Reading Room 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesSenior undergraduate student Uisce Howton presents an ARTISTS TALK about new dance and performance work presented at the 2024 Spring Dance Performance. Botetourt Reading Room
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Senior Film Thesis Show
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterJoin us for an hour of original work produced by our graduating film majors. Following the screening will be a Q&A with the film seniors. Sponsored by the film department.
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Spring Visit Day
Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesDesigned for sophomores and juniors in high school, Spring Visit Days provide a perfect first look at the Hollins campus. Connect with Hollins students, tour our beautiful campus, and get an overview of our academic programs, admission process, experiential learning opportunities such as internships and study abroad, and scholarships and financial aid. Our next Spring […]
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Student Film Shorts
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterCome and see what our freshly minted filmmakers are making! Join us for our traditional end-of-semester screening night that will showcase student film shorts from the Hollins film department’s production classes.
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Commencement 2024
10 a.m., Berglund Center Coliseum Due to the current weather forecast of significant rainfall, and in consultation with leaders in the senior class, Commencement Exercises will be held at the Berglund Center Coliseum in downtown Roanoke. The address of the Berglund Center is 710 Williamson Road NE. Parking is free. Click here for directions to the Berglund […]
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Women Working with Clay Exhibit
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterIn conjunction with the annual Women Working with Clay Symposium held each summer at Hollins University, the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum presents an exhibition of work by well-known artists in the world of contemporary ceramics. This symposium emphasizes the creative process from every level while looking at aspects and points of view that may be […]
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Reunion 2024
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Picture Book Trends: A Curated Reading Workshop
Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesAre you a parent, teacher, or librarian overwhelmed by the prospect of picking out the best new picture books for your young readers? Are you a creator who needs to stay on top of today’s picture book marketplace? If so, let Elizabeth lead you on a curated reading journey. Over the course of five days, […]
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Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop
Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesSince 2005, Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop has nurtured and empowered over 750 writers. Intimate and inspiring workshops encourage participants to fuel their passion and transform their writing. Both virtual and in-person options allow you to participate and learn in the format that works best for you. Join a workshop and leave with a new manuscript, […]
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Women Working with Clay
Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United StatesWomen Working with Clay Symposium is about women who work with clay to create pottery, art vessels and sculpture, and whatever point of view may come with that distinction. It explores the connections of the long history of women in cultures all over the world as vessel makers, artists, and artisans. The symposium is a […]
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M.F.A. Dance @ the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterCorpus Mirabilis: The Life and Practices of St. Catherine of Siena and the Recentering of Female Agency and Play in Performance as Resistance. Thesis Performance and Installation by M.F.A. Dance Graduate Student Melissa Miller Eleanor D. Wilson Museum – Hollins Campus Free Admission Thursday, June 13, 2024 – Live Performance 7:30 pm Friday, June 14 […]
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M.F.A. Dance Performance 1
Hollins TheatreM.F.A. Dance Performance I Free admission M.F.A. Dance Performance I features a collection of original work in performance and/or choreography by current M.F.A. dance candidates. As part of the thesis capstone research project, performance and dance work featured in this concert highlight a diverse approach to contemporary dance practices, research, and making.
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DRAFTWORKS: A Studio Salon
Botetourt, Studio IIDRAFTWORKS is a dance department and M.F.A. dance event inaugurated during fall 2005 and spring 2006. The platform was designed to provide a space for intimate, nontraditional, radical, often-times explicit performance work to be shared with the dance department community and guests. DRAFTWORKS: A Studio Salon was designed to challenge makers and witnesses to consider […]
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Sports Camp for Girls (Ages 7-14)
Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States6/17/24 – 6/20/24; 9 am – 12 pm Registration ends on 6/13/24 at 11:59 PM Fees Athletics Summer Camp $99 About this Course Let your daughter spend a week with Hollins University learning a wide variety of sports including basketball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, lacrosse, rock climbing, and swimming. Each day campers will experience two different […]
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Artist Talk I: Laura Halm Hamilton
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterLaura Halm Hamilton is a dance artist from Baltimore, MD. A 2002 graduate of the Juilliard School, she is well versed in Eurocentric forms of concert dance that span a range of classical, modern, and contemporary techniques. As a company member with Hubbard Street 2, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and the Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheater […]
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Artist Talk II: Daniel Rodriguez
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterDaniel Rodriguez was born in New York, NY. He began his dance training at the non-for-profit National Dance Institute. Through the National Dance Institute, he was given a scholarship to begin his formal ballet training at Ballet Academy East. He finished his ballet training at the Manhattan Youth Ballet and LaGuardia High School, the latter […]
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Julie Benbassat Gallery Opening
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterBenbassat is an award-winning illustrator and painter based in Philadelphia. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019, she has gone on to amass a range of clients in editorial, publishing, games, and animation. Her work delights in the eccentricities and wonders of the natural world, indulges in the fantastical, mixes narrative […]
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No Shame Theatre
Hollins TheatreNo Shame Theatre is an experiential performance lab where writers, performers, and audience are constantly changing roles. Anything can happen and usually does in this late night venue for original work. We take the first 15 pieces to walk in the door and there are only three rules: pieces must be original (no copyright violations), […]
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Unified Auditions 2024
Mill Mountain Theatre 1 Market Square SE, Roanoke, VA, United StatesUnified Local Auditions will be held this year at Mill Mountain Theatre’s Waldron Stage on June 22 from 12 to 5 pm and June 23 from 1 to 5 pm. You MUST reserve an audition slot in advance. All Hollins Playwrights Festival casting will be done from these auditions, so in order to be part […]
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M.F.A. Dance Performance II
Hollins TheatreM.F.A. Dance Performance II features a collection of original work in performance and/or choreography by current M.F.A. dance candidates. As part of the thesis capstone research project, performance and dance work featured in this concert highlight a diverse approach to contemporary dance practices, research, and making.
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Playwright’s Lab Monday Night Guest Speaker: Cheryl Graeff
Mill Mountain Theatre 1 Market Square SE, Roanoke, VA, United StatesEach Monday night on the Waldron Stage of Mill Mountain Theatre, the Playwright’s Lab at Hollins University presents a talk by a prominent working professional theatre artist. This week’s guest is: CHERYL GRAEFF – FACULTY, GUEST SPEAKER, AND FESTIVAL RESPONDENT Graeff is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and SAG-AFTRA has toured throughout the UK […]
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Artist Talk III: Edgar Page
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterDetroit native, Edgar L. Page comes from legacies celebrating the African Diaspora and Black Modern Dance traditions. He graduated from Cass Technical High School, furthering his studies at the Alvin Ailey School, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, and others before earning a B.A. in dance from Western Michigan University as a Wade H. McCree, Jr. […]