BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//College of Visual and Performing Arts - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for College of Visual and Performing Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221120 DTSTAMP:20260515T011323 CREATED:20240130T163514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163514Z UID:10000503-1668470400-1668902399@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Steisha Pintado MFA Exhibition @ Greensboro Project Space DESCRIPTION:Exhibition on View\nWhen: November 15th – November 19th\, 2022\nClosing Reception: November 18th 6:00pm-8:00pm\nWhere: Greensboro Project Space (111 E February One Place) \nGallery Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays\, 12-5pm; Saturdays\, 2-5pm\nSolo Show\, Featuring: Steisha Pintado \n \nYou Will Be With Me in Paradise is a group of mixed media work that explores my experience of being born and raised in a fundamentalist religious cult\, and the aftermath of leaving the cult.  \nAs a Jehovah’s Witness\, I was taught that Armageddon could come at any moment\, and only the true worshippers of Jehovah would survive and receive everlasting life on a Paradise Earth. This Paradise was so vividly depicted in the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ literature that I never had to spend time imagining my own interpretation. The oppressive life as a Jehovah’s Witness always felt more real to me than their promise of Paradise.    \nThe fabric in my work is a vessel of visual and tactile experience that directly relates to memories of my family and to the experience of being shunned. This choice of materials is in dialogue with the practice of arts and crafts that my mother maintained when I was a little girl\, specifically the fabrics she used to sew my Kingdom Hall dresses and the fake flowers she used to make floral arrangements and bouquets. The installation You Will Be With Me in Paradise is my criticism of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ promise of Paradise\, depicting it as a landscape of plastic plants and flowers and thereby subverting it into a space that I can accept on my own terms. A mirror mounted in this representation invites viewers to see themselves in this literal and figurative space.  \nStrictly following the Ten Commandments\, the Jehovah’s Witnesses do not allow for any iconic imagery in their worship. In keeping with this convention\, I utilize the accidental iconography of cookie-cutter Kingdom Hall spaces\, such as their literature\, carpets\, chairs\, wallpapers\, platforms\, podiums\, microphones\, preaching practices\, double-speak\, and Paradise Earth imagery. \nThis body of work is a longing for the childhood nostalgia of these spaces\, and for the people I left behind in those spaces. While my work is a definite criticism of an oppressive religious cult\, I do not seek to mock its belief system or the spaces in which its operates\, but rather to provide my own sincere interpretation of each. I believe in the freedom of religion\, but unlike the Jehovah’s Witnesses\, I also believe in the freedom to leave a religion without the fear of estrangement\, harassment\, and coercive control. \n  \nMore About Steisha \nI use my work to explore my personal experience of being born and raised in a fundamentalist religious cult\, and the aftermath of leaving the cult. I was taught that Armageddon could come at any moment\, and only the true worshippers of Jehovah would survive and receive everlasting life on a Paradise Earth. My purpose in life was predetermined and designed around being a Jehovah’s Witness. There was room for very little else. It was a life of isolation\, guilt\, and fear. \nMy practice is interdisciplinary\, using drawing\, painting\, puppetry\, and stop motion animation together to unfold a narrative of indoctrination and liberation. Cultic studies research has become the cornerstone of my practice\, which feels quite necessary in the current political climate and state of insurgency in the United States. Although my experience and focus has religious roots\, my research applies across the different practices of undue influence\, indoctrination\, radicalization\, and extremism. There are many common threads woven through the tactics of extremist cults. \nMy work helps me to confront the fact that I am an apostate\, take back my power and my voice\, and speak out against a system of oppression hiding in plain sight. I make this work for myself\, for others who have also had these experiences\, and to create a public awareness around these issues. I use this work to celebrate how I have forcefully taken the things that I had been denied since birth: an education\, a career\, a voice\, a free life where two plus two always equals four. \n  \nLearn more about Steisha and her work at www.steishapintado.com or follow her @steishapintado \n https://www.greensboroprojectspace.com/blog-post/2022-mfa-thesis-exhibition-steisha-pintado1 URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/steisha-pintado-mfa-exhibition-greensboro-project-space/ LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA CATEGORIES:School of Art END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T190000 DTSTAMP:20260515T011323 CREATED:20240130T163517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163517Z UID:10000509-1668879000-1668884400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Claire Haneberg\, viola • Undergraduate Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. Patrons must sit in their assigned seat. Face coverings that cover the nose and mouth are strongly encouraged\, but not required\, while inside the performance hall. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/claire-haneberg-viola-undergraduate-recital/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-2-CVPA –%3B Organ Hall (125)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3735333130333732353136@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T190000 DTSTAMP:20260515T011323 CREATED:20240130T163525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163525Z UID:10000537-1668879000-1668884400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:University Chorale and Chamber Singers DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. \n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. Patrons must sit in their assigned seat. Face coverings that cover the nose and mouth are strongly encouraged\, but not required\, while inside the performance hall. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/university-chorale-and-chamber-singers-2/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Choir-Feature-rN6RTO.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260515T011323 CREATED:20240130T163518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163518Z UID:10000511-1668886200-1668891600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Jonathan Simmons\, cello • Graduate Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. Patrons must sit in their assigned seat. Face coverings that cover the nose and mouth are strongly encouraged\, but not required\, while inside the performance hall. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/jonathan-simmons-cello-graduate-recital/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260515T011323 CREATED:20240130T163517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163517Z UID:10000510-1668886200-1668895200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Fall Dances 2022 DESCRIPTION:Fall Dances features choreography by UNCG School of Dance faculty and guest artists. Tickets are on sale through go.uncg.edu/dancetix URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/fall-dances-2022-2/ LOCATION:Dance Theatre\, 1408 Walker Avenue\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Live Streamed Dance,School of Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fd22-poster_v1-scaled-wQD00K.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="School of Dance":MAILTO:dance@uncg.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR