A crowd of people are dressed for a Halloween event in Downtown Bryan.

The student-driven, four-day event also includes a ghost walk in Downtown Bryan, a folklore symposium and a performance.

A person playing a violin on stage, with another person partially visible, playing a piano. The background features a large, colorful graphic of stylized fish.

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.”

A portrait of 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.

A woman sits crouched in an elevator with her reflection showing in the mirrors behind her.

The Hungary-based artist will create and present new work, collaborate with students and faculty and give interdisciplinary presentations through Sept. 26.

Daniel Oliver posing awkwardly in front of a green screen with the words "Performance Dork" projected onto it.

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 college graduate student wearing a traditional graduation cap and gown stands on a bridge over a pond, giving the thumbs-up sign.

Villarreal is set to graduate Saturday with a Master of Arts in Performance Studies.

A college student wearing a vest and a bow tie performs onstage.

In Colton Neuville's youth, he was drawn to the performing arts. The Euless native joined choir and drama clubs, and set out on a path to pursue the arts in…

A music professor plays a shakuhachi, an end-blown bamboo flute.

Dr. Martin Regan has felt a deep connection to Japanese culture since he was a young adult. His introduction came as a budding musician during his college years, leading to a lifelong pursuit of knowledge and experience. He lived in Japan for seven years and became an expert on Japanese instruments including the shakuhachi, an end-blown bamboo flute which was imported from China to Japan in the eighth century.

An artwork collage, including a painting of a woman in cowboy attire, and a silhouette of a deer.

Faculty members in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts will showcase their creative works in a new exhibition. The Faculty Biennial opens Thursday and continues through May 18 at the J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the Memorial Student Center. A reception will be held Thursday from 5:30 to 7 p.m., where faculty members will be on hand and refreshments will be served. To register, visit the RSVP link.

A man stands by a podium, giving an presentation to a group of university faculty members.

The third-annual spring symposium was held Feb. 3 at the Stella Hotel in Bryan, and included three keynote speakers and several performances by faculty members.