Arts

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos accepted the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's highest tribute, the Applause Award, on behalf of the university at the center's Annual Gala on Saturday, Aug. 29. Read More

Eight students in a class taught by Professor of Art Mel Ziegler have created installations designed to prompt a creative response to the missions of various Hillsboro Village businesses. Read More

University of Pennsylvania visual arts scholar Michael Leja will discuss the early 20th-century art movement known as Synchromism when he delivers the Goldberg Lecture Dec. 4 at Cohen Hall. Read More

A new collaboration between the Center for Latin American Studies and Nashville Opera will expand programming around the first opera in Spanish to be presented in Nashville. Read More

An interactive reproduction of a prominent mural by Latin American artist Oswaldo Guayasamín will be on display at the Sarratt Center Nov. 14-Dec. 14 and then at The Commons Center Jan. 5-30. Read More

"A Work in Progress" is the title of artist and Fisk University professor Alicia Henry's lecture at Vanderbilt Divinity School Oct. 9. Read More

A Chinese art curator from the Ringling Museum of Art who is a Vanderbilt alumnus will speak at Cohen Memorial Hall Oct. 9. Read More

A diverse group of artists, students and others will create a forest that is part visual art and part live theater performance at Vanderbilt’s Neely Auditorium March 28 and 29. Read More

"Art, Advocacy and Action," a symposium on immigration reform, will be co-presented by Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions Feb. 20-21. Read More

Claire Van Vliet, founder of an independent press dedicated to the finest quality craftsmanship and collaborative spirit, will speak at Vanderbilt University Central LibraryNov. 7. Read More

(John Russell/Vanderbilt) Creativity. Innovation. Change. The Curb Center at Vanderbilt is pleased to announce the winners of its signature Creative Campus Innovation Grant Program, which provides Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students the opportunity to produce original ideas, experiment and innovate in the classroom, and harness their creativity… Read More

Great Performances at Vanderbilt continues to keep the Midsouth current with the world’s international performing trends in its 38th year. This season brings a four-event lineup that offers invigorating, soul-stirring spectacle while touching on current political and social issues. Read More

Jose Santisteban—beads of perspiration glistening on his brow—rotates a long, thin metal tube tipped with a bubble of honey-colored molten glass inside a furnace that’s been heated to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit. As African jazz plays in the background, Santisteban removes the pipe from the furnace, blows air into the glass… Read More

Carolyn Dever announces Bill Ivey will step down as director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public policy after 10 years. Jay Clayton will succeed him. Read More

"The Aesthetic Predicament." Image provided by Quintin Owens Vanderbilt’s Space 204 welcomes Quintin Owens’ Aesthetic Predicament, a sculptural exhibition on Friday, May 18, and runs through Friday, June 29, 2012. Read More

Murphy's "The Obstacle Course," colored pencils, 2010; Trotman's, "Martin," Carved wood, wax and tempera, 2008. Vanderbilt art professor Marilyn Murphy has a joint exhibition with sculptor Bob Trotman at the Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama. Connections: Marilyn Murphy… Read More

Rogelio (quemadito), 2007, mixed media on banner. Image courtesy of Sarratt Gallery Sarratt Art Gallery presents the works of Izel Vargas, a mixed-media exhibit which will run Jan. 9 – Feb. 9. A gallery talk with the artist will take place Jan. 19… Read More

"Men in Kilts," by Laura Carpenter (Image courtesy of Studio East Nashville) Studio East Nashville presents The ƒ-Stops Here, a juried exhibition of recent work by six Nashville photographers, including Associate Professor of Sociology Laura Carpenter and Vanderbilt alumna Stacey Irvin, a… Read More

Watch video of science writer Michael Sims speaking about art and nature at Dyer Observatory Oct. 17. Sims’ talk examines mankind’s creative response to nature and the creative process as a natural instinct. Sims, the author of Apollo’s Fire: A Day On Earth In Nature And Imagination and Adam’s Navel:… Read More

(photo courtesy of Clare Murphy) An Irish storyteller who has traveled the world with her dynamic performances recently visited Vanderbilt on her way to the prestigious National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn. Clare Murphy is a strong believer in the value of storytelling in entertainment as well… Read More