Performance and Visual Studies
Kynda Henry grew up with a love of storytelling and hopes to become a filmmaker.
The conference panels were organized by Angenette Spalink, Ph.D. with presentations by Leo Cardoso, Kim Kattari and Cory LaFevers.
The Performance and Visual Studies program presents a screening of a new documentary, “The Encampments." The film chronicles student activism at Columbia University in 2024 against the war in Gaza and the university’s financial investments in arms manufacturers who supply weapons for that war.
The student-driven, four-day event also includes a ghost walk in Downtown Bryan, a folklore symposium and a performance.
This multimedia concert experience by composer-violinist Chad Cannon combines music, animation and sound design to create an immersive “nature documentary for the concert hall.”
‘From Oral Tradition to Stage: Bridging Cultures Through Storytelling. An Evening with Kole Odutola’
Kole Odutola is a renowned lecturer, storyteller, poet, photographer and cultural advocate. He will end his weeklong visit to the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts with a performance in the art of storytelling through song, rhythm, movement, and playmaking, a world where tradition meets innovation, sparking dialogue and creativity.
The Hungary-based artist will create and present new work, collaborate with students and faculty and give interdisciplinary presentations through Sept. 26.
The Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts presents "Performance Dork," a weird and wild explosion of magic, role play and experimental performance art.
A.J. Villarreal said he found a deeper understanding of the performing arts following his first semester at Texas A&M. The Laredo native received his associate’s degree in theatre from Laredo Community College before he began his undergraduate degree in Performance Studies. Villarreal is now set to graduate Saturday with a Master of Arts in Performance Studies.