Work by Tracy Featherstone, professor of art at Miami University, will be displayed Feb. 5 through March 5 at Ripon College. The on-site exhibit is open only to members of the campus community. A virtual exhibit of the works can be viewed by the public at ripon.edu/Featherstone. An opening artist’s talk will be held via […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas will present a virtual artist’s talk Thursday in connection with an exhibit at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, St. Kate: The Arts Hotel, in Milwaukee. “Into the Vault with Rafael Francisco Salas” will begin at 7 p.m. and live stream on Facebook and YouTube. He will show rarely-seen works […]
Two exhibits curated by art and museum studies students are on view on campus and online at Ripon College. Both exhibits are available for viewing through May 16. On campus, they are on view in the Ripon College Museum in West Hall. “Pastiche Painting: The Colorful and Cliché World of Paint-by-Number” explores this “interesting interaction […]
Work by Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas is featured in “What on Earth: Contemporary Artists and the Landscape,” an exhibit running through Feb. 12 at Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art in Milwaukee. “Work in this exhibition celebrates and underscores our environment, inching along the fault lines of climate change, polar ice cap melt, […]
The Ripon College Orchestra, featuring only strings and minus — because of the coronavirus pandemic — players who are members of the off-campus community, rehearsed several pieces and recorded a performance of Franz Tunder’s “An Wasserflüssen Babylon” at the end of the fall semester. The recording can be heard below. Adjunct Instructor of Music Mishan […]
The Ripon College Department of Theatre will share its next play, “Molly Sweeney,” by Brian Friel, via streaming at ripon.edu/molly-sweeney from 12:15 a.m. Central time Wednesday, Nov. 11, through 11:45 p.m. Central time Saturday, Nov.14. The entire play can be viewed for 48 hours after “ticket purchase” or up until the ending time on Nov. […]
“Homesickness: On Longing and Loss,” a virtual exhibit of work by multidisciplinary artist Whitney Sage, will run Nov. 6 through Nov. 24. Sponsored by Ripon College, the exhibit will be on view at ripon.edu/whitney-sage. The artist will give an opening talk via Zoom at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, and the link also can be […]
Award-winning author Karen Tei Yamashita will read virtually Wednesday, Oct. 21, as part of the Ripon College Visiting Writers Series. Members of the greater Ripon communoity can attend via a Zoom link. Yamshita is a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Through the […]
Assistant Professor of Music Tobin Shucha is serving as state chair for research for the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association. His talk, “In: A qualitative study of social induction practices in U.S. high school bands,” was accepted for presentation at the International Society for Music Education conference in Helsinki, Finland, in August 2020, but the conference […]
“Spoon River,” an hour-long outdoor performance of music and theatre, will be presented Thursday, Sept. 24, through Sunday, Sept. 27, at Ripon College. Live performances will be open only to members of the Ripon College community. Performances will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the north lawn of Harwood […]
The Ripon College Visiting Writers Series will be held virtually this year, and members of the greater Ripon community can attend via a Zoom link. Two session are scheduled for the fall semester. Poet and novelist Liz Kay will read Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. She holds a master of fine arts from the […]
“Slippage: 6 Fault Lines,” featuring recent work by interdisciplinary artist Migiwa Orimo of Yellow Springs, Ohio, will be the first exhibit of the 2020-21 academic year at Ripon College. The exhibit will run from Sept. 4 through Oct. 9 in Caestecker Gallery in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The physical exhibit on the campus […]
Recent work by Associate Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas is being featured in the Week Six installment of “PSG on PAPER,” an online drawing exhibit of Portrait Society Gallery of Milwaukee. “No other artist creates an atmosphere of contemplation as well as Salas,” a gallery spokesman states. “His drawings and paintings embrace deep histories […]
“Righting a Wrong: Japanese-Americans and World War II,” a poster exhibit, is on view through April 3 in the Ripon College Museum in West Hall. Museum hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is free and open to the public. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History makes poster versions of […]
William Shakespeare’s play “The Comedy of Errors” will be performed March 4 through 7 by the Ripon College Department of Theatre. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended by calling 920-748-8791 or sending an email to [email protected]. “The Comedy of […]
Variant 6, a vocal sextet, will perform Friday, Feb. 28, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series of Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The ensemble is based in Philadelphia […]
Organist Larry B. Peterson will present a concert Friday evening at Ripon College. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon Series. There is no charge for admission. The program will include “Prelude and Fugue in […]
“The Contemporary Portrait,” an exhibit featuring the work of nine Ripon College students, opens Saturday, Feb. 1, at Levee Contemporary Gallery in Princeton, Wisconsin. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The exhibit will remain on view through Sunday, March 29. The exhibit […]
“Trappings,” an exhibit of ceramic art by Sarah Gross, will be featured Jan. 31 to March 6 in Caestecker Galley, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. The exhibit will open with an artist’s talk at 7 p.m. Jan. 31. “Trappings” is presented as part of the College’s Caestecker Fine Arts Series. Gallery […]
Twelve students from the Ripon College theatre department are competing at the Region 3 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival beginning today. The annual festival runs through Sunday, Jan. 12, in Madison, Wisconsin. Organizers hail the festival as a celebration of the future of the American theatre with student artists and faculty from Illinois, Indiana, […]