A different kind of artistry: Orchestrating sustainability with the theatre department
Post by IU Newsroom intern Laura Ellsworth: The IU Bloomington Office of Sustainability has 30 programs on the docket to support its conservation goals for 2020, and one IU student, with the help of a university grant, is doing her part to make these goals a reality. Olivia Ranseen, a 2020 Sustainability Scholar and environmental […]
‘China Remixed’ weekly speaker series launches Feb. 15
The Indiana University Bloomington Arts and Humanities Council will kick off a weekly speaker series Feb. 15 as part of the 2017 Global Arts and Humanities Festival, “China Remixed: Arts and Humanities in Contemporary Chinese Culture.” The festival speaker series brings world-renowned scholars and journalists to campus for discussions of contemporary political, social and cultural […]
Alexander Julian emphasizes communication, color in seminar with IU design students
“Design is creative problem-solving.” This was one of the major points made by Alexander Julian, an award-winning fashion and home furnishings designer, when he addressed a crowd of School of Art and Design students Oct. 26 at Indiana University Bloomington. His appearance at the newly renovated Kirkwood Hall was part of The Bill Blass Fashion […]
‘(Re)Imagining Science’ exhibition at Grunwald Gallery turns collaboration into an art
What happens when we look at science differently? Artists and research scientists at Indiana University Bloomington have teamed up in more than a dozen creative partnerships to visualize scientific principles and foster new ways of understanding. The results of their collaborations will be on display in the exhibition “(Re)Imagining Science” Oct. 14 to Nov. 16 at the […]
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to share message of unity at Bloomington reading
In these contentious times, we too often see how words can divide. Poet Juan Felipe Herrera still believes words have the potential to heal and to bring people together. Herrera will appear at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in Bloomington’s Buskirk-Chumley Theatre as part of Indiana University’s celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The event “¡Poesía […]
‘Framing Beauty’ trains its lens on aesthetics and cultural notions with exhibition, events
Indiana University’s College of Arts and Sciences is digging deep beyond the surface meanings of “Beauty” this fall in its eighth annual Themester. One signature event of Themester 2016 will be the “Framing Beauty” symposium taking place today and Friday in the Fine Arts Building on the Bloomington campus. The symposium’s free lectures, panel discussions […]
IU professor Michael Adams watches our language in the new book ‘In Praise of Profanity’
“Profanity is a stubborn fact of speech and cannot be disregarded simply because some people disapprove of it.” Michael Adams, Provost Professor of English at Indiana University, makes this declaration well into his latest book, “In Praise of Profanity” (Oxford University Press, 2016). “There was nobody who was looking at profanity from a current cultural […]
Afterword: Indiana University reaches for the stars in 2016 edition of Writers’ Conference
The act of writing about writers who have gathering to write is like tip-toeing through the looking-glass world of a mirrored funhouse: Reflections are everywhere, but it’s hard to know where to tread. The Indiana University Writers’ Conference wrapped up earlier this month after five days of classes, workshops, panel discussions and public readings. Director […]
Creative team returns to IU to present their premiere musical, ‘The King’s Critique’
Post courtesy of newsroom intern Amanda N. Marino: Nat Zegree comes alive when he plays the piano. Already full of energy, the upbeat song he is banging out on the keys has a little bit of him in it, much like the rest of “The King’s Critique.” He is, after all, its co-writer and musical […]
Shakespeare expert Ellen MacKay to appear on ‘The Wonder of Will Live’ program on CSPAN-2
Ellen MacKay, an associate professor in Indiana University’s Department of English, has spent much of her professional life celebrating William Shakespeare. Now, MacKay will help the Folger Shakespeare Library bring that celebration to the public in a televised and live-streamed event Saturday, April 23 that marks 400 years since Shakespeare’s death. Scholars believe his birthday fell […]
