Guest recitalists Demondrae Thurman, euphonium, and Kathryn Fouse, piano, will perform in the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series Friday, Oct. 22, at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. It will be free and open to the public. Per Ripon College […]
Director Emeritus Robert Amsden discussed an upcoming Ripon College theatre production Monday on Hometown Broadcasting and The Wave – 93.1FM & 1600AM. A recording of the radio interview can be heard here. The production of Zoe Kazan’s play “After the Blast” will be presented Oct. 14-17 by the Ripon College Department of Theatre. Performances begin […]
Zoe Kazan’s play “After the Blast” will be presented Oct. 14-17 by the Ripon College Department of Theatre. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, through Saturday, Oct. 16, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on Union Street. Tickets are free, but reservations are […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas has an essay in the newly published anthology Hope is the Thing: Wisconsinites on Perseverance in a Pandemic. The collection is edited by B.J. Hollars and published by Wisconsin History Press. Contributors include Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly, former poet laureates Margaret Rozga and Kimberly Blaeser, and other lauded […]
In-person art exhibitions will return to Ripon College Friday, Sept. 3, contingent on recommended guidelines about the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors to campus are requested to wear masks. Further information about Ripon’s updated COVID-19 policy can be found here. “More Scenes from Our Addiction to Fictions,” a show of new and recent paintings by Milwaukee-based artist […]
A 19th-century heliogravure print has been donated to Ripon College by Alan Leonard ’86 and his wife, Brenda, of Cape May, New Jersey. The print is made after Rembrandt van Rijn’s “Presentation in the Temple in the Dark Manner,” c.1654. It is now hanging in the Resource Center of C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. […]
Adjunct Instructor of Music Andrew Schaeffer, organist, will be featured in a hybrid virtual/live performance Wednesday, June 23, at Sinsinawa Mound in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. and can be accessed at www.sinsinawa.org/live during the concert time or later in an archived format by clicking “on demand.” Schaeffer is a Chicago […]
“Reinvention, Revolution: An Experiment in the Museum of the Future is Taking Shape in Appleton, Wisconsin,” a review written by Professor Art Rafael Francisco Salas, was published recently by Newcity Art, a website dedicated to news, reviews and features about Chicago’s visual art world. “The review is of a ground-breaking exhibition at the Trout Museum […]
Students in the Chamber Singers and Choral Union ensembles will present a virtual performance at 7 p.m. Friday, May 7, on the Department of Music’s Facebook page. You do not need to have a Facebook account to access the video. Under the direction of Adjunct Instructor of Music Jonathan Kim, the choirs have recorded a […]
“Epilogue 2021: Ripon College Senior Art Exhibition” is on view through May 16. Those who are in the Ripon College campus community can view the artwork in the lobby of C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Members of public who cannot visit the campus in person can view the exhibit virtually at ripon.edu/senior-art-show. Studio Art […]
Maria Reber ’21 of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a soprano, will present her senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. Because of the ongoing campus restrictions, the recital will be streamed at ripon.edu/live-events. Deb MacKenzie, adjunct instructor of music, will be the accompanist. Selections will explore the many aspects of love, from romantic love […]
The student directors of the Ripon College theatre program will present a unique streaming event of the play “Almost, Maine” from Friday, April 30, through Saturday, May 1. It will be available for viewing at ripon.edu/maine. “Almost, Maine” is a comic, warm-hearted view of one night in the very small town of Almost. It examines […]
Ripon College’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble have planned upcoming outdoor concerts for the on-campus community only from the steps of Harwood Memorial Union. At 7 p.m. Friday, April 23, (rain date April 24), Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform works by Vaughn Williams, Lauridsen and Standridge. At 7 p.m. Friday, April 30, (rain date […]
As we continue to observe National Poetry Month during April, we share this poem from David Graham, professor emeritus of English. The poem is from his book The Honey of Earth (Terrapin Books, 2019.) The cover image, “Piseco Kitchen,” was painted by Graham’s wife, Lee Shippey, who retired from the Ripon College Department of Art […]
A 4-foot by 26-foot mural celebrating the message of diversity is being created on the Ripon College campus. Painting began ths week on the side of Johnson Residence Hall facing Thorne Street. The mural will effectively be on campus while still being highly visible to anyone in the city of Ripon. Painting II students of […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas will give an in-person gallery talk at noon Saturday, April 17, at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, St. Kate: The Arts Hotel, in Milwaukee. There will be a tour of his exhibition “In Flowered Fields,” and he will offer insights into his work and his selections of art from […]
All may attend a guest lecture about arts education, arts management and professional practice to be presented Monday via Zoom webinar. Frank Juarez, art department chair at Sheboygan North High School, contributing editor of SchoolArts Magazine and publisher of Artdose Magazine, will speak for Professor of Art Rafael Salas’ Senior Studio Project students. The lecture […]
“Stage Shots: Performance Images from the Thrasher Opera House,” featuring photographs by Director of Creative and Social Media Ric Damm, are on view at the opera house in Green Lake, Wisconsin, through May 31. The photographs document many of the musical artists who have performed there. Damm has been volunteering his services to the historic […]
A virtual recital with Adjunct Professor of Music Jessica Jensen, trumpet, will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15, on Ripon College’s YouTube channel at ripon.edu/live-events. The performance is part of the Chamber Music at Ripon series, but performances remain closed to live audiences this semester. Deb MacKenzie, pianist, will be the accompanist. The program […]
World Theatre Day is an international observance to be celebrated Saturday, March 27. It was started in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute. It falls this year during Ripon College’s virtual run of “Chekhov’s Short Farces,” which can be viewed at ripon.edu/chekhov. Professor of Theatre Kenneth Hill, the director of “Chekhov’s Short Farces,” shares some […]
“An Unfinished Monument to Truth,” a virtual art exhibit by Mark Rospenda, will be on view April 2-30 at Ripon College. An artist’s talk will be presented at 7 p.m. April 2. Registration for the talk and a link to view the exhibit throughout the month is available at ripon.edu/art. Included in the exhibit are […]