{"id":15920,"date":"2023-04-25T08:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=15920"},"modified":"2023-04-25T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T22:56:49","slug":"music-dance-theater-fashion-art-venture-celebration-kicks-off-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/25\/music-dance-theater-fashion-art-venture-celebration-kicks-off-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Music, Dance, Theater, Fashion, Art, Visualization: Venture Celebration Kicks Off Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The inaugural celebration of creativity<\/a> from students in the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts begins today. The sights and sounds of these talented artists will be on display at venues throughout the Rudder complex on the Texas A&M University campus, and the Liberal Arts and Arts & Humanities Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo by Igor Kraguljac<\/strong> Photography<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnalogue Electronica\u201d is a showcase of composers and performers from the Electronic Music Composition course (PERF 318), taught by Dr. Will Connor. Students are introduced to a variety of analogue electronic instruments and asked to improvise and compose for them to create a final project. The instruments include analogue synthesizers, theremins, no-input mixing boards, step sequencers, Kaossilators and haunted boxes \u2014 noise-making devices the students designed and built themselves. The 90-minute concert will feature students playing their own compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong> 7 p.m. at Rudder Theatre. Free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Related story:<\/strong> \u2018Analogue\u2019 Concert To Feature Students Playing Experimental Electronic Instruments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The 30th<\/sup> edition of Viz-a-GoGo<\/a> is the visualization program\u2019s presentation of curated student work, including an exhibition of digital and traditional flatwork, photography, sculpture and interactive media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong>\u00a0The exhibition is April 26-28 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Rudder Exhibit Hall. Gaming and virtual reality projects will be available to play from 2 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Related story:<\/strong> Visualization Program Going ‘Back To The Future’ With 30th Annual Viz-a-GoGo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The symposium will show the wide variety of creativity explored in the various disciplines within the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong> 10 a.m. at Rudder Forum. Free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u201cWaste Wear Wearable Arts Runway Show\u201d comes from the Dress in World Culture course (PERF 156), taught by Dr. Grace Adinku, which examines the social, psychological and cultural aspects of dress and appearance. Students are creating handcrafted, one-of-a-kind wearable arts dress designs using recyclable waste items including plastic, paper, metal and face masks, as well as clothing and textiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong> 6:30 p.m. at Rudder Forum. Free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Live Art Student Showcase will feature projects created by students in Seminar in Performance Theory (PERF 460). Works will include encounters with \u201cexperiencing live,\u201d experiments in performer\/audience relationships, and explorations of the interwoven affective, embodied, cognitive and emotional experience of live performance. The students have been influenced by a wide range of artists and movements, from Dada to Bauhaus, Merce Cunningham and John Cage to Fluxus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong> 1 p.m. at Rudder Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRhinoceros,\u201d Eugene Ionesco\u2019s play, translated by Derek Prouse, is the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts\u2019 first theater production, and also its first collaboration with Blinn-Bryan Theatre Troupe. It is co-directed by Anne Quackenbush, Texas A&M lecturer, and Greg Wise, Blinn theater instructor. After three shows April 20-22 at Blinn-Bryan Student Center Theatre, \u201cRhinoceros\u201d now comes to Texas A&M as part of Venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong> April 27-29 at 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater in the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities building. Tickets are $5, available at blinn.edu\/boxoffice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Related story: <\/strong>Absurdist Comedy Sparks \u2018Rhinoceros\u2019 Collaboration With Blinn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The 30th<\/sup> edition of Viz-a-GoGo<\/a> includes a theater screening to showcase time-based media, including animated and live-action films, game demos and CG renders. Awards known as \u201cthe Vizzies\u201d are announced at the end of the screening, one for each artistic medium and an overall award for best in show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong> 7 p.m. at Rudder Theatre. Free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The dance program\u2019s annual \u201cPerpetual Motion\u201d performance will be in Rudder Auditorium for the first time. It features works by faculty members, students and guest artist Jane Weiner from Hopestone, Inc. in Houston. Students will perform \u201cSierra,\u201d a 23-minute dance created by Carisa Armstrong, associate professor and dance program director, and Christine Bergeron, clinical professor and associate dean for academic affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details:<\/strong> April 27-28 at 7:30 p.m. at Rudder Auditorium. Tickets are $12; $6 for students, seniors and military, available at the MSC Box Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Related story: <\/strong>\u2018Perpetual Motion\u2019 Dance Event Gets Bigger Stage, Includes Return Of 23-Minute \u2018Sierra\u2019 Piece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRhinoceros\u201d <\/strong>at 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater in the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities building. Tickets are $5, available at blinn.edu\/boxoffice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPerpetual Motion\u201d<\/strong> at 7:30 p.m. at Rudder Auditorium. Tickets are $12; $6 for students, seniors and military, available at the MSC Box Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRhinoceros\u201d<\/strong> at 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater in the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities building. Tickets are $5, available at blinn.edu\/boxoffice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The inaugural celebration of creativity from students in the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts begins today. The sights and sounds of these talented artists will be on display at venues throughout the Rudder complex on the Texas …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":13117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[145,58,144,90],"tags":[204,205,202,203],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVenture Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, April 25<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Analogue Electronica\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday, April 26<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Viz-a-GoGo exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Student Research and Creative Works Symposium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Waste Wear Wearable Arts Runway Show\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Thursday, April 27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Live Art Student Showcase<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Rhinoceros\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Viz-a-GoGo screening<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Perpetual Motion\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Friday, April 28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, April 29<\/h2>\n\n\n\n