Category: Fine Arts
Ripon College celebrates Civil War anniversary in music, exhibit and talks Nov. 22
A unique collaboration between Ripon College student vocalists, instrumentalists and researchers, as well as Ripon area community members and organizations, will culminate in a concert and event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts, Special Event, Student.
Female composer to discuss music and gender at 3 p.m. Nov. 19
Composer-in-residence Dale Trumbore will discuss her experiences as a female in the male-dominated field of music composition Thursday, Nov. 19, at Ripon College. “Music and Gender” will begin at 3 p.m. in Room 147, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend. Professor of Music Sarah Kraaz will be the moderator. Trumbore, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
Poet Brenda Cárdenas at Ripon College Nov. 18
Poet Brenda Cárdenas will give a reading of her work Wednesday, Nov. 18, on the Ripon College campus. The reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Lane Library. Books will be available for purchase, and all are welcome to attend. Cárdenas is the author of Boomerang (Bilingual Review Press, 2009) and the chapbooks Bread of […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
Ripon College presenting musical
A revival of the great Broadway classic musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, will be presented by the Ripon College music and theatre departments Nov. 11 through 14. Performances will be at 7:30 each evening in the Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. Tickets are […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts, Student.
Wisconsin artist David Giffey shows work starting Nov. 6
Work by artist David Giffey will be exhibited Nov. 6 through Dec. 6 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. The artist will talk in the lobby at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6. A reception will follow in the gallery. Giffey grew up on a dairy farm in […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
Rose Ensemble explores roots of bluegrass music Oct. 30
The internationally acclaimed Rose Ensemble will perform at Ripon College Oct. 30 as part of the Chamber Music & Jazz at Ripon Series. Now in its 20th performance season, The Rose Ensemble performs collections of lesser-known historical songs to retell different parts of history. “Each performance illuminates centuries of rarely heard repertoire, bringing to modern […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
Acclaimed pianist to perform on campus Friday
Pianist Sally Pinkas will perform at Ripon College, Friday, Oct. 9, as part of the Chamber Music & Jazz at Ripon series. The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Her program will include “Estampes,” by Claude Debussy; “Music from Romantic Manila,” s set of pieces […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
Music educator will speak Friday about lifelong involvement in music
Dr. Tim Schaid, executive director of Wisconsin School Music Association, Wisconsin Music Educators Association and Wisconsin Foundation for School Music since July 2012, will speak at 2:15 p.m. Friday in Choir Room 156, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend and learn about lifelong involvement in music. Schaid holds a bachelor […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
Love, deceit, jealousy in Ripon College comic play ‘Private Eyes’
Steven Dietz’s play “Private Eyes,” a comic mystery of passion, deceit and jealousy, will open the Ripon College Theatre Department’s 2015-16 season Sept. 30 through Oct. 3. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the College’s campus. Tickets are free, but reservations are recommended by calling […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event, Student.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra makes free appearance at Ripon College Sept. 27
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra returns to Ripon College Sunday, Sept. 27, for its 43rd annual appearance on campus. Presented each year as part of the College’s Caestecker Fine Arts Series, admission to this year’s performance will be free as a thank-you to the greater Ripon community for its continued support of the College’s musical programming. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
All the world’s a stage for Amanda Finn ’14
“I’ve loved acting since I was young,” says Amanda Finn ’14 of Madison, Wisconsin. “It was my first love.” At Ripon, Finn majored in theatre, English and film/media studies. As a sophomore, she was encouraged by Professor of Theatre Bob Amsden to participate in the O’Neill Critics Institute within the Kennedy Center American College Theatre […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
Photojournalist Scott Strazzante ’86 to showcase work at Ripon College
Scott Strazzante, a 1986 graduate of Ripon College, will have his work on display Sept. 11 to Oct. 11 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the college campus. Strazzante is a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and previously worked for the Chicago Tribune and other news sources. His book Common […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
For Brandi Gaspard Mans ’10, the costume makes the character
A serendipitous disappointment at Ripon College led to a career choice for Brandi Gaspard Mans ’10 of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mans got into theatre in high school in Anoka, Minnesota, because some of her friends were doing it. “The theatre bug bit me,” she says, and she received a theatre scholarship to attend Ripon College. However, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
Art professors showing work in Fond du Lac exhibit
Mollie Oblinger, associate professor of art, and Rafael Salas, associate professor of art, have work included in a group exhibit through Sept. 5 at the Thelma in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Oblinger also has work in a group show at the Angela Meleca Gallery through Sept. 3 in Columbus, Ohio; and her work will be […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Kohler Foundation gifts works of art to Ripon College
From the Kohler Foundation’s Gifts of Art program, Ripon College has received works by three artists for its permanent collection: Jean Stamsta, Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath. The Kohler Foundation has a legacy of supporting the arts and education that reaches back to the 1940s. Much of the work that the foundation does benefits the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Funding and gifts.
Rafael Fransisco Salas publishes art reviews
Associate Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas had two reviews published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in July. The reviews address two different displays on the Wisconsin Museum of Art in West Bend, Wisconsin. One is Nathaniel Stern’s “Giverny of the Midwest,” a series of photographic scans printed on watercolor paper. The second is “Wilde’s […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Students show off ceramic techniques with new tiled sink
As a result of the Ceramics II class, a decorative sink has been installed in the women’s restroom at C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The sink was both designed and assembled by ceramics students using tiles made by the students in the class taught by Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger. Sara Strieter ’17 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts, Student.
Ripon Summer Players opens season with Red Herring
Join the Ripon Summer Players June 5 through 7 for Red Herring, a new comedy about love, murder, marriage and other explosive devices. Set in 1952, the play jumps from Joe McCarthy’s living room in Wisconsin to the docks of Boston to the South Pacific islands. Red Herring has tough film noir detectives, spies, Russian […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Pops concert will be performed Wednesday on union lawn
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will present an outdoor Pops Concert Wednesday, May 6. The concert will begin at 5 p.m. on the lawn in front of Harwood Memorial Union. The concert is free and open to the public, and attendees may sit on the lawn and bring blankets and dinner. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event, Student.
Choral Union to perform Sunday, May 3
The Choral Union of Ripon College will present their spring concert on Sunday, May 3. The performance will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. Program selections include “Let their celestial concerts all unite,” from “Sampson,” by George Frideric Handel; […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event, Student.