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SUMMARY:Cloudy Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Cloudy\n\n\n\ndrawing and painting installation\n\n\n\nby Les III \n\n\n\nMay 27 – 31\, 2025\n\n\n\nReception: Friday\, May 30th | 6-8PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About Cloudy  \n\n\n\nI go for regular bicycle rides scanning the horizon and the road before me.  The ever-present sky always has something to show me — as does the roadway.  For over a year I have focused on daily sketch studies of clouds\, a practice of the fundamentals of artmaking as a way of welcoming a renewed concept of flow.  I meditate on how to represent the clouds with making marks on collected bits of paper.  The challenge is to use what is before me — foreign & familiar\, in a way new & known to share a way of upliftingly seeing through challenges inside and outside.  It is a Cloudy departure from my normal way of practice\, yet informs everything I do. \n\n\n\nThis project is funded in part by the 2025 Forsyth County Regional Artist Support Grant and the North Carolina Arts Council. \n\n\n\nMore about Les III \n\n\n\nLes Caison III is an award-winning NC homegrown visual artist.  He prefers mixed media layers of expressive realism\, often utilizing an illustrative\, narrative approach — fashioning quirky\, heartfelt tales among images of people\, places\, and things just waiting to connect with you time and again.  His creative can-do is often seen as drawings on found paper and paintings on panel.  They find their way into storied solo & group shows all over the southeastern U.S..  Peppered among his prolific 25+ year career are numerous curatorial stints\, art project manager posts\, residencies\, commissions\, and adventures too thick to mention.  Les is more.  His work has been exhibited in regional galleries including Asheville\, Greensboro\, and Raleigh; museums including the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center\, Turchin Center for Visual Arts in Boone\, and The Hickory Museum of Art; and is included in numerous private collections.  Les recently completed an impressive 11 quick study portrait project during his two-week Artist-In-Residency at GreenHill’s ArtQuest.  He currently represented by Winston-Salem’s Visual Index Gallery and can be found pedaling about on his bicycle under the clouds. \n\n\n\nTo learn more\, visit: www.LesIII.com or follow Les on Instagram @LesThreee  #LesIII \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Open Hours: \n\n\n\nTuesday – Friday\, 12-5p \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5p
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/cloudy-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:Bradley Taylor\, bassoon
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URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/bradley-taylor-bassoon/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Music
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SUMMARY:Summer Studios: Arts on Site! The GPS Student Artist Residency Program
DESCRIPTION:Summer Studios: Arts on Site! \n\n\n\nThe GPS Student Residency Program\n\n\n\nAugust Artists-in-Residence: mckenna jones\, Melanie St Clair\, Remus Steward\, knia Williamson\,\n\n\n\nAugust Cohort | August 4 – 16\, 2025\n\n\n\nPublic Open Studio Hours:\n\n\n\nAug 11th | 12-3p\n\n\n\nAug 13th | 2-5p\n\n\n\nAug 15th | 6-8p\, Celebratory Reception \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space is pleased to present its 3rd Annual Summer Studios: Arts on Site! student residency program. This residency program will assist in educating students that GPS can also act as makerspace\, where they can play\, experiment\, take creative risks\, and develop their artistic voice. \n\n\n\nDesigned to support UNCG undergraduate student artists (BA + BFA) striving to develop\, adapt\, and/or reinvent their creative process and to promote artistic growth and development\, artists are afforded two-weeks of uninterrupted research and development\, coupled with financial support and public presentational platforms to share their creative work. The residency’s mission is to be an adaptive space to build a sustaining art community for our UNCG students so their creativity and connection to the Greensboro community thrives.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust Cohort \n\n\n\nMcKenna Jones (BFA Art History\, minor Art Administration) plans to investigate the relationship between gender\, body image issues\, and chronic illness. Drawing from personal\, first-hand experience\, they want to illustrate these frustrations associated with these issues and analyze the reasons why these issues are connected to each other through their artwork. \n\n\n\nMelanie St Clair (BFA Printmaking and Drawing) is heavily inspired by paintings of Kusozu\, the nine stages of death\, created in the Edo period of Japan by Buddhist artists. She wants to create imagery reminding us of decay through the use of bones\, old photos\, graves\, rot\, flowers and love. This will include incorporating photography and digital collage to depict the cycle of decay. These images will be created via cyanotypes and photosensitive emulsions in order to utilize sunlight to shed warmth on such a complicated topic. They will be printed onto recycled paper that will be made in the studio. \n\n\n\nRemus Steward (BFA Sculpture and Ceramics) intends to develop an installation with optional participation based on sense and memory. They plan to experiment with soft sculpture\, sound and video\, tactile and wearable elements. During the Open Artist Studio Hours and Informal Closing Celebration\, they plan to give the audience the choice of participating in open and short performance-led engagements with the physical and auditory materials they produce. A main objective is to craft and engage with physical objects that will aid in the explorative process\, also acting as manifestations of memory in the real world. Memories can be triggered in a variety of ways\, and frequently have ties to specific scents\, places\, or media. By using physical sensory objects\, audio\, and projected video they will be creating an environment in which to explore these associations. \n\n\n\nKnia Williamson (BFA Sculpture and Ceramics) intends on creating flower vessels inspired by her previous work\, Entomophily\, a simple form accentuated with floral designs. She specifically wants insight into how material impacts the aesthetic and perception of her work. This will be done with the objective of investigating how the form evolves in size\, shape\, and style. She proposes using a variety of materials that extend beyond her current use of earthenware clay\, experimenting with plaster\, fabric\, and air-dry clay to allow for discovery of how the materials impact the perception of the vessels. This exploration will allow her to assess if the new materials elevate or challenge the success of her original design.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/summer-studios-arts-on-site-the-gps-student-artist-residency-program-2/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:This black feeling Art exhibition
DESCRIPTION:This Black Feeling\n\n\n\nSolo Exhibition by Zaire Miles-MoultriE \n\n\n\n August 19 – August 23\, 2025\n\n\n\nReception: Friday\, August 22nd | 6-8P\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About This Black Feeling \n\n\n\nThis Black Feeling is a culmination of my artistic evolution thus far\, bringing together works from ongoing and completed projects\, individual pieces\, and exploratory sketches. Serving as a window into my visual world\, it reveals the techniques\, narratives\, and emotions that define my practice. \n\n\n\nMoving between the surreal and the real\, my work is imbued with a recurring sensation of black\, but not bleak. A duality of darkness that is rich\, not empty\, a space of possibility rather than absence. For me black and Blackness (both as a color and a social construct) carries a profound complexity: it is a lived reality\, rich with depth\, emotion\, beauty\, a timeless resonance\, and so much more. Through this collection of works\, I invite viewers to engage with their layered meaning and the enduring power of black both as an aesthetic and a conceptual force. \n\n\n\nMore About Zaire  \n\n\n\nRooted in my Southern upbringing\, my work explores Blackness—both a social construct and a lived reality—alongside spirituality and otherness\, transforming the familiar into the mystical. Using biblical iconography\, antique Black figures\, and flora and fauna\, I depict the surreal duality of Southern Black existence. My practice lives at the intersection of heritage and imagination\, where history meets possibility. \n\n\n\nMy collages become portals to examine identity and collective memory. Each piece begins with meticulous research into historical figures\, objects\, and events. I then employ various printmaking techniques to create imagery that I cut\, stitch\, and layer in a deliberate act of storytelling. Using both analog and digital collage methods\, I construct intricate compositions guided by a simple philosophy: If I can’t find it\, I’ll make it; if I can’t make it\, I’ll find it. The work comes to life through traditional printmaking processes like screen-printing and lithography. \n\n\n\nUltimately\, my practice celebrates resilience and the enduring power of printmaking and collage to provoke thought\, stir emotion\, and ignite change. By embracing their transformative potential\, I affirm that every piece carries the power to rewrite history\, reclaim agency\, and reimagine the world anew—for my nieces and nephews\, and for all of us. \n\n\n\nTo learn more follow Zaire on instagram @that_zaire \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Hours \n\n\n\nTuesday-Friday\, 12-5p \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5p
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/this-black-feeling-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:Fantastic creatures\, Beautiful beasts art exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Fantastic Creatures\, Beautiful Beasts \n\n\n\nExhibition by Paige Cox & Natalie Schorr\n\n\n\n August 26 – 30\, 2025\n\n\n\nReception: Friday\, August 29th | 6-8P\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About Fantastic Creatures\, Beautiful Beasts  \n\n\n\nWhat if you gave your imagination total freedom? \n\n\n\nStrange creatures\, imagined worlds\, curious hybrids—do they only exist in our minds\, or can we bring them to life? \n\n\n\nThis work lives in that in-between space\,where fantasy becomes form and play becomes purpose. \n\n\n\nColors misbehave. Materials mix in unexpected ways.There are no rules about size\, shape\, or seriousness. \n\n\n\nIt’s about creating for the sheer joy of it.About letting imagination lead\, wherever it wants to go. \n\n\n\nSometimes it’s funny. Sometimes it’s unsettling.Often\, it’s both. \n\n\n\nNow feels like a good time to escape a little—to let our minds bend toward something beautifully strange. \n\n\n\nEnjoy some happiness! \n\n\n\nNatalie and Paige \n\n\n\nMore About Paige Cox  \n\n\n\nPaige Cox\, a fiber artist based in North Carolina\, is celebrated for her distinctive textile creations and inventive sculptures using paper mache’ and  found objects. Known for her experimentation with various materials and techniques like felting\, weaving\, tufting\, and up-cycled art assembly\, Paige currently focuses on creating art to help us escape. \n\n\n\nInfusing her work with lively colors and textures\, she brings a playful touch and a sense of humor to her pieces. Paige strives to make her art approachable\, inviting people to engage with art and enjoy experiencing works made to provoke a smile.  \n\n\n\nPaige Cox uses fiber like some people use fireworks: loud\, unpredictable\, and guaranteed to leave an impression. This North Carolina-based artist spins vibrant sculptures from tufted yarn\, scrap fabric\, and bits of upcycled  treasures she finds irresistible. Her art is rooted in whimsy\, but her vision is clear: fiber is a tool for connection\, not just decoration. \n\n\n\nTufting anchors her process—quick\, immersive\, and joyfully chaotic. Her pieces vibrate with energy\, overflowing with color and touchable texture. There’s a sense of invitation in her work\, a wink of mischief that says: come closer\, it’s okay to laugh. \n\n\n\nCox doesn’t stay still. She leaps between mediums—felting\, weaving\, found-object collage—guided by a love of the unexpected. Materials are sourced from anywhere and everywhere\, reimagined into forms that feel both familiar and fantastical. \n\n\n\nHer goal? To make art that resonates on a gut level—fun to look at\, fun to think about\, and maybe even fun to hold. She’s not afraid of color\, not afraid of play\, and definitely not afraid to remind us that art can be strange and sincere at the same time. \n\n\n\nTo learn more follow Paige on instagram @paigecox_art \n\n\n\nMore About Natalie Schorr  \n\n\n\nBorn into the waning days of the Eisenhower administration\, Natalie’s work is influenced by her memories of the 1960s and 70s\, and is usually based on people and emotions rather than places or things. \n\n\n\nNatalie Schorr spent 12 years working as an art director and set designer in motion pictures and television before leaving to raise her children. Her early work focused on realistic drawing and watercolor. In 1999\, she added printmaking to her skills\, experimenting extensively with early photopolymers and other nontoxic methods.  \n\n\n\nOver time\, Natalie’s work has become more focused on analog collage mixed media\, frequently employing printmaking as a starting point. Her current work includes old and recycled items\, with works primarily relating to memory and social comment arising from past trauma. Natalie believes that in a perfect moment\, mixed media brings together all her skills to create something no one skill or medium could possibly express.  \n\n\n\nAfter living in several cities over 4 states\, Natalie recently returned to Greensboro\, NC. She holds a BFA in Costume Design from the University of North Carolina Greensboro\, and an MFA in Scene Design from Carnegie Mellon University. Her studio includes a large printing press and an embarrassingly comprehensive supply of old magazines\, wallpapers and ephemera. \n\n\n\nMy work comes from my personal experiences and memories\, and it expresses feelings I cannot adequately explain with words. As with most pop surrealism there is usually an element of humor that’s obscure\, which helps me cope with life. \n\n\n\nTo learn more visit her website here and follow her on Instagram @natalieschorrart  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Hours \n\n\n\nTuesday-Friday\, 12-5p \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5p
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/fantastic-creatures-beautiful-beasts-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:Mind's eye art exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Mind’s Eye\n\n\n\nA journey from illness to healing: A neurodivergent perspective \n\n\n\nPainting Exhibition by Anne R. Laperriere\n\n\n\nSeptember 2 – 6\, 2025\n\n\n\n*Reception: Friday\, Sept 5th | 6-8P\n\n\n\n**Artist Talk: Saturday\, Sept 6th | 2:30-3:30P\n\n\n\n*live music by Rene El Jaguar\n\n\n\n**with Special guest Slam Poet Euridice L. White \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About Mind’s Eye \n\n\n\nI had the courage to begin this series of autobiographical acrylic paintings in 2022. The series is made up of bold\, figurative works whose characters\, mostly self likenesses\, show states of mental health and illness I’ve grown into\, out of\, and lived with during my lifetime. The viewer is taken into scenes expressing feelings and events such as depression\, terror\, mania\, solitude\, and thriving experienced during a lifetime of neurodivergent existence. “Mind’s Eye” speaks about mental illness\, wellbeing\, and the transformation and healing of the human mind and spirit.  \n\n\n\nColors in the compositions are either confronting and contrasting\, or subdued\, foreboding and calm. The paint is layered\, creating an obsessive history and rich hue. Animal beings and symbolic images appear intermingled with the figures. Paleolithic and Neolithic pattern and sculpture and hints of ancient mysticism also appear\, plumbing the depths of the psyche and communicating in a primal language of emotion and notion.  Brushstrokes are broad and emotive or tiny and repetitive. A carefully considered\, bold composition of shapes and human/animal bodies is seen from afar\, while tedious detail work is enjoyed up close. \n\n\n\nMore About Anne  \n\n\n\nAnne Laperriere is a multi-disciplinary artist who grew up in and around Detroit\, Michigan. Here\, she spent her childhood lost in art making\, branching out to other activities such as dissecting deceased birds in the backyard\, melting plastic animals in the microwave\, and experimenting with her mother’s cosmetics.  \n\n\n\nHer lifelong obsession with art led her to earn a scholarship for study of sculpture at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She experienced working and interning in the field of museum taxidermy and exhibit creation at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History\, and the Smithsonian’s exhibits department. When bouts with undiagnosed bipolar disorder became challenging\, Anne relocated away from the harsh winters in Detroit and Cleveland to her current Winston Salem\, North Carolina. Here she worked for fifteen years in an operating room\, while creating a painting series of inspirations experienced on the job.  \n\n\n\nIn the present\, Anne is employed as a faux-finisher\, and in her basement studio  builds a series of paintings about her experiences through mental illness and wellbeing. She has turned to art making as a therapy\, an expression\, and a means of communication about her journey as a human being through existence.   \n\n\n\nLearn more about Anne by visiting her website here and following her in IG: @anne_ruth_laperriere \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Hours: \n\n\n\nTuesday-Friday\, 12-5p \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5p
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/minds-eye-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:The last days of the news and record photo exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Last Days of the News and Record\n\n\n\nPhoto Exhibition by Mercer Bufter\n\n\n\n September 2 – 6\, 2025\n\n\n\nReception: Friday\, Sept 5th | 6-8P\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About Last Days of the News and Record  \n\n\n\nI didn’t think much about the News and Record building until they started knocking it down. Then I got kind of obsessed. I photographed the building and site routinely\, mostly while I was doing other things. I used whatever camera and film I was carrying at the moment. In that way\, my photos of the News and Record are both intentional and careless\, considered and unplanned. All of the stories connected to that site are basically hidden from me. The photographs are simply visual explorations of what it’s like to wonder about a specific place many times over many months. In addition to the prints on the wall\, there are two volumes of photos for passers-by to browse. The News and Record site is a small plot and an inherent part of this work is the repetition of views and details as they changed over the months. The interior photos\, on the other hand\, cannot be updated since the destruction of the building was final. Those images\, and the hidden stories connected to them\, receded farther and farther into the past as the site was cleared of machinery\, cleared of rubble\, and filled in with grasses and weeds. They continue to recede\, I suppose\, as the geese enjoy the new little pond they’ve gained since the demolition of the News and Record. \n\n\n\nMore About Mercer  \n\n\n\nMercer Bufter is a poet and photographer in Greensboro\, N.C. His photos of Beef Burger were exhibited in Greensboro Project Space’s 2024 Community Arts Show and his series on the destruction of Henry Louis Smith Homes on Florida Street was shown at Hemphill Branch Library and Vance Chavis Branch Library\, both in 2024. He photographs people\, places\, and things wherever he goes. \n\n\n\nTo learn more follow Mercer on instagram @ mr._ez_pz \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours: \n\n\n\nTuesday – Friday\, 12 -5 PM \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5PM
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/the-last-days-of-the-news-and-record-photo-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-03/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-04/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T033000
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-05/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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SUMMARY:Book of Days
DESCRIPTION:By Lanford WilsonDirected by Jennifer G. Vellenga \n\n\n\nDates:February 6 at 7:30 p.m.February 7 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.February 8 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 when classes are in session or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 2.5 hrs.Production Location: Coleman Dance Theatre\, 1408 Walker Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412 \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nIn a quiet Missouri town\, a storm is brewing—and it’s not just the weather. When a mysterious death shakes the heart of this seemingly peaceful community\, Ruth Hoch refuses to accept the official story. Armed with relentless curiosity and a fierce sense of justice\, she dives headfirst into a tangled web of small-town secrets—where jealousy simmers\, religion casts long shadows\, and truth is a dangerous thing to chase. Book of Days is a gripping\, fast-paced mystery that unravels like a thriller\, pulling you deeper with every twist. In this town\, everyone has something to hide—and Ruth is about to uncover it all. \n\n\n\nBook of Days is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing\, LLC\, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/book-of-days/2025-09-07/1/
LOCATION:Coleman Theatre\, 1408 Walker Ave\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Theatre
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SUMMARY:Book of Days
DESCRIPTION:By Lanford WilsonDirected by Jennifer G. Vellenga \n\n\n\nDates:February 6 at 7:30 p.m.February 7 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.February 8 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 when classes are in session or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 2.5 hrs.Production Location: Coleman Dance Theatre\, 1408 Walker Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412 \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nIn a quiet Missouri town\, a storm is brewing—and it’s not just the weather. When a mysterious death shakes the heart of this seemingly peaceful community\, Ruth Hoch refuses to accept the official story. Armed with relentless curiosity and a fierce sense of justice\, she dives headfirst into a tangled web of small-town secrets—where jealousy simmers\, religion casts long shadows\, and truth is a dangerous thing to chase. Book of Days is a gripping\, fast-paced mystery that unravels like a thriller\, pulling you deeper with every twist. In this town\, everyone has something to hide—and Ruth is about to uncover it all. \n\n\n\nBook of Days is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing\, LLC\, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/book-of-days/2025-09-07/2/
LOCATION:Coleman Theatre\, 1408 Walker Ave\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Theatre
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-08/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-09/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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SUMMARY:walk zis way art installation
DESCRIPTION:Walk zis Way\n\n\n\nAn installation and events by Laurent Estoppey\n\n\n\nwalking · listening · playing\n\n\n\nSeptember 9 – 13\, 2025\n\n\n\nReception: Thursday\, Sept 11th | 6:30-8:30P\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About Walk zis Way \n\n\n\nAbout twice a month\, I walk on the street for a couple hours\, listen\, improvise on the saxophone\, in a dialog with the soundscape. \n\n\n\nPart of a situation\, I create a situation. People might hear me\, or not. Notice me\, or not. But if they do\, does it turn them into an audience? \n\n\n\nMeanwhile\, I try to read the world\, to tune into it. \n\n\n\nWalk zis Way is an ongoing situation\, to this day performed fifty times in twenty-four cities in seven countries. \n\n\n\nIt is the core of an artistic research\, which will lead to a PhD thesis at SACRe (Paris\, PSL Ecole Normale Supérieure) / ArtSearCH (Switzerland HES-SO) \n\n\n\nThis exhibition features films by Lee Walton\, Vincent Capes and Cyril Caine\, an installation and photographs by Laurent Estoppey. \n\n\n\nThroughout the week\, individual thirty minute walks are available on request with Laurent* \n\n\n\nEvents:\n\n\n\nTuesday September 9th\, 7pm \n\n\n\nConcert with David Menestres\, double bass\, Michael Thomas Jackson\, clarinet\, Dan Ruccia\, viola and Laurent Estoppey\, saxophone \n\n\n\nThursday September 11th\, 6pm \n\n\n\nCommunity walk followed by a discussion & Reception  \n\n\n\nSaturday September 13th\, 3pm \n\n\n\nRound table moderated by Dr. Corey Johnson \n\n\n\n* For an individual walk\, please go to the website www.laurentestoppey.com/GPS\, pick a spot and write to estolaurent@gmail.com \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Hours: \n\n\n\nTuesday-Friday\, 12-5p \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5p
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/walk-zis-way-art-installation/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-10/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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SUMMARY:Casella Sinfonietta
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/SfHopSvdivI\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorLindsay Kesselman\, soprano \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nSTEVE REICHDouble Sextet (2009) \n\n\n\nFastSlowFast \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMARIA SCHNEIDERWinter Morning Walks (2013/2025)trans. Andrew Keiser \n\n\n\nWalking By FlashlightI Saw a Dust Devil This MorningMy Wife and I Walk the Cold RoadHow Important it Must Be \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAARON COPLANDAppalachian Spring (1944) \n\n\n\nChoreography by Martha GrahamMusic by Aaron CoplandDanced by Martha Graham\, Stuart Hodes\, Bertram Ross\, Matt Turney\, Helen McGehee\, Ethel Winter\, Miriam Cole\, YurikoProduced by Nathan KrollCourtesy of Martha Graham ResourcesFilmed and Produced by Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Television (1958) \n\n\n\nThe copyright for Appalachian Spring is held by the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance. No reproduction any kind is allowed without permission from the Center. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n“Don’t get me wrong. Berg\, Schoenberg\, and Webern were very great composers. They gave expression to the emotional climate of their time. But for composers today to recreate the angst of ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ in Ohio\, or in the back of a Burger King\, is simply a joke.” \n\n\n\n— Steve Reich (1986) \n\n\n\nTitled “Prized Compositions\,” tonight’s faculty and student side-by-side concert features two Pulitzer Prize–winning compositions in Steve Reich’s Double Sextet and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and a GRAMMY Award–winning composition in Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks. However\, beyond their award-winning appeal and framed by Steve Reich’s 1986 quote\, these pieces also offer a perspective on access and belonging in the concert hall. Given that\, a better title for this concert might be: “Popular Compositions.” \n\n\n\nWritten in 2008\, Steve Reich’s Double Sextet is a classic example of minimalism. Minimalism began in the mid-1960s as a reaction against some of the more “extreme” movements of the mid-20th century including the total serialism of Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen and the indeterminacy of John Cage. As opposed to other modernist movements that explore an expansion or even destruction of 19th-century musical language\, minimalism embraces relatively straightforward rhythmic\, pitch\, formal\, and harmonic materials as well as non-Western and popular music. This approach to composition\, which emphasizes accessibility to audiences\, stands in direct opposition to a central tenet of many modernist movements which is clearly articulated in Milton Babbitt’s 1958 article/manifesto “Who Cares if You Listen?”  In the essay\, Babbitt describes “modern” music (modern for 1958\, at least) as “…for\, of\, and by specialists” thereby explicitly denying the average listener access. Minimalism rejects this principle on its face and instead creates music which is “spun out” from a germinal cell and\, through repetition and gradual change\, is clearly revealed to the listener. In Reich’s words\, “[w]hat I’m interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one and the same thing.” In this way\, minimalist music is often viewed as more listener-centric when compared to other streams of modernist music which seem more composer-centric. Or put differently\, music that could be performed in the back of a Burger King. \n\n\n\nWinner of the 2013 GRAMMY® for Best Classical Contemporary Composition\, Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks is a contemporary song cycle based on the poetry of Ted Kooser. Typically\, when audiences think of song cycles\, they imagine pieces like Franz Schubert’s Winterreise or Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe\, both 19th-century mainstays. If anything\, though\, Schneider’s offering to the genre is more Sondheim than Schumann. Rather than distancing herself from the audience\, Schneider’s musical language freely synthesizes elements of classical music\, jazz\, and musical theater to create an intimate landscape that is uniquely accessible\, personal\, and touching. \n\n\n\nAaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (1943) is the most famous work from the composer’s third period: his so-called populist or Americana period of the 1940s. While Copland’s work prior to 1940 tended towards abstraction\, his work in the 1940s represents a more direct and accessible form of expression. As Copland described in Our New Music (1941): \n\n\n\nDuring these years [the 1930s]\, I began to feel an increasing dissatisfaction with the relations of the music-loving public and the living composer. The old “special” public of the modern music concerts had fallen away\, and the conventional concert public continue apathetic or indifferent to anything but the established classics. It seemed to me that we composers were in danger of working in a vacuum. Moreover\, an entirely new public for music had grown up around the radio and the phonograph. It made no sense to ignore them and to continue writing as if they did not exist. I felt that it was worth the effort to see if I couldn’t say what I had to say in the simplest possible terms. \n\n\n\nSubtitled “Ballet for Martha\,” Appalachian Spring also bears direct connection to Martha Graham\, the founder of the Martha Graham Dance Company which will celebrate its centennial in 2026. Like Reich\, Schneider\, and Copland\, Graham offers a kind of natural and accessible technique albeit in a very different context. While audiences may find Graham’s choreography to be abstract and inaccessible\, it must be considered in contrast to classical ballet technique. In classical ballet\, the dancer is in a constant state of suspension while they hold themselves up (quite unnaturally) against the forces of gravity. By contrast\, Graham’s technique and other schools of modern dance focus on the relationship between the dancer and gravity\, a form of tension and release as the dancer works within the constraints of a natural force. In that sense\, it is Graham’s floorwork and use of falling techniques that offers the dance a different kind of “natural” than classical ballet. Specifically with regards to Appalachian Spring\, Graham’s choreography also incorporated folk dancing including square dance\, skips\, paddle turns\, and curtsies\, to complement the populist and folk elements found in Copland’s score and the ballet’s dramatic narrative. \n\n\n\nQuestions like “Who belongs in this space?” and “For whom is this music written?” are certainly not new for classical musicians. Tonight’s concert offers four different answers to those questions about belonging from Steve Reich\, Maria Schneider\, Aaron Copland\, and Martha Graham. But we may be asking the wrong question. Using Reich’s framework\, perhaps the question would better be posed as “Is this music giving expression to the emotional climate of our time?” If that is the question\, this evening’s concert should hopefully yield a satisfactory answer. \n\n\n\nThe following people contributed significant time and effort to support tonight’s concert. Thank you to each of them. \n\n\n\n\nIan Jones\n\n\n\nShar Joyner\n\n\n\nDennis Hopson\n\n\n\nBrad McMillan\n\n\n\nMark Engebretson\n\n\n\nAlly Harvel and the UNCG Electronic Music Studio\n\n\n\nAndrew Keiser and Maria Schneider\n\n\n\nMolly Allman\, Jaden Brown\, Jordan Owen\, and Patty Saunders\n\n\n\nJoyce Herring\, Raíssa de Sousa Lima\, and Antonio Fini (Martha Graham Dance Company)\n\n\n\nNick Nosko (WQED)\n\n\n\n\nFunding for tonight’s performance was provided\, in part\, by the John R. Locke Endowment for Excellence in Music fund. For more information on giving to the UNCG School of Music\, please visit https://vpa.uncg.edu/music/giving/ \n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes\nDouble Sextet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are two identical sextets in Double Sextet. Each one is comprised of flute\, clarinet\, vibraphone\, piano\, violin and cello. Doubling the instrumentation was done so that\, as in so many of my earlier works\, two identical instruments could interlock to produce one overall pattern. For example\, in this piece you will hear the pianos and vibes interlocking in a highly rhythmic way to drive the rest of the ensemble. \n\n\n\nThe piece can be played in two ways; either with 12 musicians\, or with six playing against a recording of themselves. \n\n\n\nThe idea of a single player playing against a recording of themselves goes all the way back to Violin Phase of 1967 and extends though Vermont Counterpoint (1982)\, New York Counterpoint (1985)\, Electric Counterpoint (1987) and Cello Counterpoint (2003). The expansion of this idea to an entire chamber ensemble playing against pre-recordings of themselves begins with Different Trains (1988) and continues with Triple Quartet (1999) and now to Double Sextet. By doubling an entire chamber ensemble one creates the possibility for multiple simultaneous contrapuntal webs of identical instruments. In Different Trains and Triple Quartet all instruments are strings to produce one large string fabric. In Double Sextet there is more timbral variety through the interlocking of six different pairs of percussion\, string and wind instruments. \n\n\n\nThe piece is in three movements fast\, slow\, fast and within each movement there are four harmonic sections built around the keys of D\, F\, A-flat and B [Major] or their relative minor keys B\, D \, F and G-sharp. As in almost all my music\, modulations from one key to the next are sudden\, clearly setting off each new section. \n\n\n\nDouble Sextet is about 22 minutes long and was completed in October 2007. It was commissioned by eighth blackbird and received its world premiere by that group at the University of Richmond in Virginia on March 26\, 2008. \n\n\n\n— Steve Reich \n\n\n\nWinter Walks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese nine poems were selected from Ted Kooser’s wonderful book\, Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. \n\n\n\nThey were written during his recovery from treatment for cancer\, after he began taking two mile walks each morning. He’d been told to stay out of the sun for a year because of skin sensitivity\, so he exercised before dawn\, hiking the isolated country roads near his home in Garland\, Nebraska. He sometimes walked with his wife but most often alone.  \n\n\n\nDuring the previous summer\, depressed and preoccupied\, he’d stopped writing. But as that winter (1998) approached\, his health began to improve. One November morning\, following his walk\, he tried his hand at a poem\, and soon was writing every day. \n\n\n\nAs he wrote in his foreword to Winter Morning Walks\, “Several years before\, my friend Jim Harrison and I had carried on a correspondence in haiku. As a variation on this\, I began pasting my morning poems on postcards and sending them to Jim\, whose generosity\, patience and good humor are here acknowledged. What follows is a selection of one hundred of those postcards.” \n\n\n\nThese poems feel so like home to me\, connecting with my southwest Minnesota roots at so many different levels\, that I find it almost astonishing. There’s nothing to explain about this music\, except to say it was very hard to pick which poems from Ted Kooser’s Winter Morning Walks I would choose. I could have gone on composing more\, and someday hopefully will. \n\n\n\nThese poems were originally titled with the date\, for instance Perfectly Still This Solstice Morning was titled December 21\, Clear and five degrees. I changed the titles\, as the dates were no longer chronological once musical considerations for song ordering entered the picture. But it did feel natural to open with the poem he wrote on the winter solstice\, and to close with the poem he wrote on the vernal equinox\, which seemed like the perfectly natural way to bookend Winter Morning Walks. \n\n\n\n— Maria Schneider \n\n\n\nAppalachian Spring\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome of Copland’s most populist “American” music was produced during the Depression and war years\, including the overtly patriotic morale boosters Lincoln Portrait and Fanfare for the Common Man. Appalachian Spring capped a trilogy of dance interpretations of the American frontier spirit\, beginning with Billy the Kid (1938) and continuing with Rodeo (1942). This was music that created the concert and theater equivalent of the poignant “high lonesome” bluegrass sound emerging at the same time\, music of open chords and spare textures that often drew on traditional sources.  \n\n\n\nAppalachian Spring was commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for Martha Graham. Copland began work on Graham’s then-untitled scenario in Hollywood in June 1943\, completing the ballet a year later in Cambridge\, MA. “After Martha gave me this bare outline\, I knew certain crucial things—that it had to do with the pioneer American spirit\, with youth and spring\, with optimism and hope\,” Copland later wrote.   \n\n\n\nGraham took the eventual title from “The Dance\,” a poem by Hart Crane\, though not the narrative of an Appalachian housewarming for a pioneer and his bride. Copland originally scored the ballet for an ensemble of 13 instruments\, since the premiere was in the small Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress (with Graham herself as the Bride\, Erick Hawkins as the Husbandman\, and Merce Cunningham as the Revivalist). In the spring of 1945 he arranged a suite from the ballet for full orchestra\, which won the Pulitzer Prize for music that year.  \n\n\n\nO Appalachian Spring! I gained the ledge;Steep\, inaccessible smile that eastward bendsAnd northward reaches in that violet wedgeOf Adirondacks!—wisped of azure wands\, \n\n\n\n— from “The Dance\,” Hart Crane \n\n\n\nGraham told Copland that she wanted the dance to be “a legend of American living\, like a bone structure\, the inner frame that holds together a people\,” and the ballet and its music were immediately understood as reflections of a national identity\, of hope and fulfillment in a difficult time. “… the Spring that is being celebrated is not just any Spring but the Spring of America; and the celebrants are not just half a dozen individuals but ourselves in different phases\,” John Martin wrote in his New York Times review.  \n\n\n\n— John Henken  \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\nLindsay Kesselman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLindsay Kesselman is a twice GRAMMY®-nominated soprano known for her warm\, collaborative spirit and investment in personal\, intimate communication with audiences. She regularly collaborates with orchestras\, wind symphonies\, chamber ensembles\, opera/theater companies\, and new music ensembles across the United States\, often premiering\, touring and recording new works written for her by living composers. She is a passionate advocate for contemporary music\, and has commissioned/premiered over 100 works to date.   \n\n\n\nRecent and upcoming highlights include performances of Darkening\, then Brightening by Christopher Cerrone across the country\, National CBDNA with the UNC Greensboro Wind Ensemble\, premieres of wind transcriptions of Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose and Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks\, Pierrot Lunaire with Ensemble ATL\, Energy in All Directions by Kenneth Frazelle with Sandbox Percussion at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center\, the role of Anna in Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins with the Charlotte Symphony\, Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space with Voices of Ascension\, the John Corigliano 80th birthday celebration at National Sawdust (2018)\, a leading role in Louis Andriessen’s opera Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Dutch National Opera and an international tour of Einstein on the Beach with the Philip Glass Ensemble (2012–15).  \n\n\n\nShe is featured on several recent recordings\, including: David Biedenbender’s all we are given we cannot hold (2023\, Blue Griffin)\, Chris Cerrone’s opera In a Grove (2023\, In a Circle Records)\, Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose (2023\, Blue Griffin)\, Chris Cerrone’s The Arching Path (2021\, In a Circle Records)\, and Louis Andriessen’s Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2017\, Nonesuch).  \n\n\n\nKesselman is Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music at UNC Greensboro and co-directs the Heretic’s Guide to Musicianship with Kevin Noe. She holds degrees in voice performance and music education from Rice University and Michigan State University. She is represented by Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music and lives in Charlotte\, NC with her husband Kevin Noe and son Rowan. \n\n\n\n\nPersonnel\nFluteErika Boysen*Amrutha KoteeswaranJoeli Schilling \n\n\n\nOboeKristen Daniel \n\n\n\nClarinetConcetta BrehmerLuke Ellard*Cat Keen Hock*Sarah Lucas-PageTaylor StirmAnthony Taylor* \n\n\n\nBassoonEmily KlinkoskiAngela MorettiRyan Reynolds* \n\n\n\nSaxophoneRobert Young* \n\n\n\nTrumpetNinon Kirchman \n\n\n\nHornAbigail Pack* \n\n\n\nEuphoniumJohn Cowger \n\n\n\nPercussionShunan GuiJoe TurnerEric Willie* \n\n\n\nHarpAlyssa Hall \n\n\n\nPianoAngelita BerdialesJim Douglass*Annie Jeng*Matthew Roxas \n\n\n\nViolinMarjorie Bagley*Xin-Yu ChangChloe LiFabián López*Yi-Ju ShihSiana Wong \n\n\n\nViolaSarah BahinScott Rawls* \n\n\n\nCelloAlex Ezerman*Davis LingnerCori Trenczer \n\n\n\nDouble BassZach Hobin*Jack Hopper \n\n\n\n* School of Music Faculty/Staff \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\nThe renowned UNCG Bands are dedicated to the performance\, study\, and cultivation of wind band music of the highest quality\, and are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. The UNCG Bands are considered to be among the very finest collegiate band programs in America based upon our active profile of excellence in our performances\, recordings\, tours and convention performances. \n\n\n\nThrough exemplary practices in organization\, training\, and presentation\, the UNCG Bands provide exceptional experiences for our members\, sharing outstanding performances throughout the year and enhancing the institutional spirit and character of UNCG. \n\n\n\nThe UNCG Bands seek to support music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by providing leadership and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other organizations. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/casella-sinfonietta-sxs/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003423-1757561400-1757606400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-11/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250902T141054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T184222Z
UID:10003389-1757619000-1757624400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:Ethno USA
DESCRIPTION:Ethno is JM International’s program for folk\, world and traditional music. Founded in 1990\, it is aimed at young musicians (up to the age of 30) with a mission to revive and keep alive global cultural heritage. \n\n\n\nPresent today in over 40 countries and on all 6 continents\, Ethno engages young people through a series of annual international music camps as well as workshops\, concerts and tours\, working together with schools\, conservatories and other groups of youth to promote peace\, tolerance and understanding. \n\n\n\nAt the core of Ethno is its democratic\, peer to peer learning approach whereby young people teach each other the music from their countries and cultures. It is a non-formal pedagogy that has been refined over the past 33 years\, embracing the principles of intercultural dialogue and understanding. Ethno provides a unique opportunity for young people from across the globe to come together and engage through music in a manner that is characterised by respect\, generosity and openness. \n\n\n\nThe goal of Ethno is to inspire musicians through these interactions to deepen their musical interests and to build a global network that supports their careers. Each Ethno music camp combines workshops\, jam sessions\, rehearsals and performances that enable participants to develop both personal and professional skills. Through Ethno\, musicians gain a greater understanding of each other’s cultures. At Ethno\, music is a powerful tool that fosters inclusion\, understanding and acceptance. \n\n\n\n\nAdditional EVENT\nMasterclass Thursday\, September 114:00 pm | Tew Recital Hall \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/ethno-usa-2/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003424-1757647800-1757692800@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-12/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250731T181825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T161814Z
UID:10003302-1757705400-1757710800@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:ReformEd
DESCRIPTION:By Peter Duffy Directed by Joshua Purvis \n\n\n\nDates:Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 90 min.Production Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building)\, 402 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27412Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m.To attend Frame/Works in person\, please visit room 130 in the Moore Nursing Building located at 318 McIver St. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nWhy are so many teachers walking away from the classroom—and what would it take to make them stay? After seven years of in-depth research\, South Carolina theater professor Peter Duffy transforms real educators’ voices into a powerful theatrical experience. ReformED dives headfirst into the emotional\, often heartbreaking realities behind the teacher exodus\, weaving true stories into a compelling narrative that has sparked conversations from local stages to international audiences in Australia. More than just a play\, ReformED is a catalyst for change—one that dares us to imagine a future where teachers don’t just survive the system\, but thrive within it.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/reformed/2025-09-12/
LOCATION:Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre\, 402 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27403\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T153000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250731T181825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T161814Z
UID:10003303-1757732400-1757777400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:ReformEd
DESCRIPTION:By Peter Duffy Directed by Joshua Purvis \n\n\n\nDates:Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 90 min.Production Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building)\, 402 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27412Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m.To attend Frame/Works in person\, please visit room 130 in the Moore Nursing Building located at 318 McIver St. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nWhy are so many teachers walking away from the classroom—and what would it take to make them stay? After seven years of in-depth research\, South Carolina theater professor Peter Duffy transforms real educators’ voices into a powerful theatrical experience. ReformED dives headfirst into the emotional\, often heartbreaking realities behind the teacher exodus\, weaving true stories into a compelling narrative that has sparked conversations from local stages to international audiences in Australia. More than just a play\, ReformED is a catalyst for change—one that dares us to imagine a future where teachers don’t just survive the system\, but thrive within it.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/reformed/2025-09-13/1/
LOCATION:Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre\, 402 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27403\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Theatre
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/reformed5.5x8.5.titleonly.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250731T181825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T161814Z
UID:10003304-1757791800-1757797200@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:ReformEd
DESCRIPTION:By Peter Duffy Directed by Joshua Purvis \n\n\n\nDates:Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 90 min.Production Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building)\, 402 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27412Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m.To attend Frame/Works in person\, please visit room 130 in the Moore Nursing Building located at 318 McIver St. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nWhy are so many teachers walking away from the classroom—and what would it take to make them stay? After seven years of in-depth research\, South Carolina theater professor Peter Duffy transforms real educators’ voices into a powerful theatrical experience. ReformED dives headfirst into the emotional\, often heartbreaking realities behind the teacher exodus\, weaving true stories into a compelling narrative that has sparked conversations from local stages to international audiences in Australia. More than just a play\, ReformED is a catalyst for change—one that dares us to imagine a future where teachers don’t just survive the system\, but thrive within it.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/reformed/2025-09-13/2/
LOCATION:Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre\, 402 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27403\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Theatre
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/reformed5.5x8.5.titleonly.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T153000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250731T181825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T161814Z
UID:10003305-1757858400-1757863800@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:ReformEd
DESCRIPTION:By Peter Duffy Directed by Joshua Purvis \n\n\n\nDates:Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 90 min.Production Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building)\, 402 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27412Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m.To attend Frame/Works in person\, please visit room 130 in the Moore Nursing Building located at 318 McIver St. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nWhy are so many teachers walking away from the classroom—and what would it take to make them stay? After seven years of in-depth research\, South Carolina theater professor Peter Duffy transforms real educators’ voices into a powerful theatrical experience. ReformED dives headfirst into the emotional\, often heartbreaking realities behind the teacher exodus\, weaving true stories into a compelling narrative that has sparked conversations from local stages to international audiences in Australia. More than just a play\, ReformED is a catalyst for change—one that dares us to imagine a future where teachers don’t just survive the system\, but thrive within it.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/reformed/2025-09-14/1/
LOCATION:Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre\, 402 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27403\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250731T181825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T161814Z
UID:10003306-1757878200-1757883600@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:ReformEd
DESCRIPTION:By Peter Duffy Directed by Joshua Purvis \n\n\n\nDates:Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 90 min.Production Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building)\, 402 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27412Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m.To attend Frame/Works in person\, please visit room 130 in the Moore Nursing Building located at 318 McIver St. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nWhy are so many teachers walking away from the classroom—and what would it take to make them stay? After seven years of in-depth research\, South Carolina theater professor Peter Duffy transforms real educators’ voices into a powerful theatrical experience. ReformED dives headfirst into the emotional\, often heartbreaking realities behind the teacher exodus\, weaving true stories into a compelling narrative that has sparked conversations from local stages to international audiences in Australia. More than just a play\, ReformED is a catalyst for change—one that dares us to imagine a future where teachers don’t just survive the system\, but thrive within it.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/reformed/2025-09-14/2/
LOCATION:Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre\, 402 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27403\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003425-1757907000-1757952000@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-15/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003426-1757993400-1758038400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-16/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250817T202949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250817T202952Z
UID:10003359-1758024000-1758992400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:that which remains art exhibition
DESCRIPTION:That Which Remains\n\n\n\nExhibition by Leigh Ann Hallberg and Paul Bright\n\n\n\nSeptember 16 – 27\, 2025\n\n\n\n*Reception: Friday\, Sept 19th | 6-8P\n\n\n\n*Gallery walk-through with artists\, 6:30p\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About That Which Remains  \n\n\n\nBeginning with our hominin ancestors\, artists have always made use of found materials\, recovered objects\, and their specific qualities to create art. But increasingly\, materials for art became subsumed mostly as vehicles for depiction and expression; as a means to an end. The singular qualities of the materials of art begin to reassert themselves in the late 19th C\, not merely coincidentally with the rise of photography. The photograph\, so successful in recording the specificity of surfaces\, the lighting and chiaroscuro of forms\, the “facts” of appearances\, allowed a medium like paint to more freely exhibit its inherent qualities\, even when used in the service of depiction. (Much of Impressionism was structured and animated by this interplay of the physicality of evident paint and the expression it facilitated.) The introduction of collage in Cubism and the conceptual deployment of found objects in the work of Duchamp et al\, brought intense focus on the materials of art as well as the proposition that art no longer needed be as created as it had been. It could be composed of preexisting things\, found and repurposed objects\, in a new\, industrialized world of burgeoning objects of all kinds. The artist’s role in this context was largely that of selector – not unlike a photographer taking a picture – finding or stumbling across the right object to convey an intended meaning\, a meaning which very often arose in part from the found object itself\, which carried a history of past use and significance that intertwined with its new role as art object. Improvisatory\, aleatory or chance methodologies often guided selection of the objects and the creation of these works. Our work in That Which Remains acknowledges this lineage and these approaches in varying degrees. \n\n\n\nOur respective work is diverse in the forms it assumes\, in its intentions\, and in its stylistic permutations. But in That Which Remains\, we are presenting works that share  \n\n\n\na focus on traces\, palimpsests\, residue\, and remnants. With the commonality of being made from detritus\, from the Found\, of discarded parts and fragments\, the works evince improvisation\, construction\, and accretion as compositional methods. The work is varied but coheres through conceptual\, aesthetic\, and visual overlaps. Our interventions on our chosen objects can be minimal or subtle\, but they are significant. \n\n\n\nLeigh Ann’s work evinces a preoccupation with lineage\, phenomena of “nature\,” and scales of time and experience\, in both the outer and inner worlds of human experience and the related proportionality of abstraction and figuration. It incorporates manipulated and reconfigured heirlooms; a woman’s dress gloves (Chirality); a sectioned and reconfigured Murray Bay wool blanket (Murray Bay: Standing Wave; a broken plate with inscribed figures of a seemingly runic numerology (3:2); re-embroidered linens (Leighs\, Nana’s Helix); and durational paintings called Accretions. She also presents an elegant metaphor for our toxic\, over-consumptive present\, Core Sample\, a totem holding layered and compressed plastic waste\, reminiscent of glacial ice samples containing the stratified atmospheric history of eons.  \n\n\n\nPaul’s are fundamentally abstract works\, even when they are composed of figurative or recognizable elements. They eschew or disrupt narrative. They traffic in advertising imagery – the “de/collages” of found materials and removed posters\, the serendipitous Tear Sheets – and the found materials that pervade our lives (Just Like A Box). He is interested in how the physical degradation of their components mirrors their materialist and often retrograde messages. However\, when these elements and ambiguous images are recontextualized in collaged compositions\, they reveal an unexpected poetry. This is also elicited from the “aural quotidian” in his sound collages’ arrangement of found and recorded sounds (Wet in Dry)\, while the direct\, minimal contrasts of topical printed matter (of Minor Interventions) opportunistically reveals the unintended irony or ready-made satire of their sources. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Hours: \n\n\n\nTuesday-Friday\, 12-5p \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5p
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/that-which-remains-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Greensboro Project Space":MAILTO:greensboroprojectspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250822T135532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T132323Z
UID:10003376-1758051000-1758056400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:Graduate Clarinet Showcase
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/ubrrIzOq7lM?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/graduate-clarinet-showcase-2/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T125517
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003427-1758079800-1758124800@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-17/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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