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The arts intersect with nearly every facet of life at Denison. Students often bring a passion for the arts, and once here they find new ones. Whether on campus as part of academic study, student organizations, or individual interests, or off campus in the nearby cities of Columbus and Newark or as part of study abroad, the arts create countless threads that are woven into the fabric of the Denison campus.

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February 15, 2019

A Moment With Bernstein Himself

Professor of Music Ching-chu Hu recalls conductor Leonard Bernstein.

February 15, 2019

An Exceptional Experience Yields an Outstanding Performance

Mentoring by faculty & professionals Columbus gave Sara Abou Rashed ’21 the confidence to create a one-woman show about her experience as an immigrant.

Rachel Azbell '19 with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra

February 15, 2019

Denison students, faculty perform in Columbus’ Harlem Renaissance

The Gospel Choir and Denison jazz artists celebrated the history and influences of the Harlem Renaissance.

January 10, 2019

Reynolds Workshop for Young Writers Celebrates 25 Years

For 25 years the Jonathan Reynolds Workshop has shown young writers how to find their voice & develop the expertise to become exceptional writers.

Meg Odell '19 and Sam Fujikawa '22 in a Singers Theatre Workshop performance

December 20, 2018

Making Magic Through Musical Theatre

Sam Fujikawa ’22 and Meg Odell ’19 gain experience and technique as they perform for competitions and in productions.

December 19, 2018

Documenting Lives in Rwanda

Alex Lopez ’19 has been filming in Rwanda over the past two summers, telling the story of a young man with HIV.

December 3, 2018

Art and Space Connect and Encourage Empathy

Resident artists Christian and Anne Manns pay tribute to local history through exhibition “Monumental!”

November 6, 2018

Beyond the Museum: Exhibiting Culture Today

An Interdisciplinary Museum Studies Class

October 22, 2018

Emmy-winning Filmmaker Looks for Hope in the Addiction Crisis

The day after winning an Emmy, documentary filmmaker Elaine Sheldon visited Denison and Newark

Savannah Delgross ’19

October 18, 2018

Arts Preview on Sara Abou Rashed ’21

The Columbus community previewed “A Map of Myself,” a one-woman performance by Sara Abou Rashed ’21, about her short-yet-complex personal history.

via Columbus Alive

October 12, 2018

The American Dream

A student response to “Defining Childhood: Growing up in the US (1860-1940).”

Sophia Raak ’20

August 28, 2018

Vail Series Announces 2018-19 Season

The Vail Series opens with a U.S. premiere — Pablo Ziegler — and adds a night of jazz, a tribute to Leonard Bernstein, and a farewell to ETHEL.

via Newark Advocate

July 12, 2018

Music Faculty Awarded Prestigious Commission

HyeKyung Lee, associate professor of music, has been awarded a prestigious orchestral commission for the Eastern Music Festival.

July 10, 2018

American Prize in Composition Awarded to Professor

The American Prize in Composition for instrumental chamber music, professional division, has been awarded to Professor of Music Ching-chu Hu.

June 20, 2018

Sahil Vasudeva ’08 Reimagines Classical Music

Former economics major Sahil Vasudeva ’08 stretches the boundaries of classical music with an “Un-Recital” at the Royal Opera House in India.

via The Hindu

installation view from Stack for Carrington's Hyena

May 8, 2018

Associate Professor Sheilah ReStack Receives $43,800 Grant

Associate Professor Sheilah ReStack receives a $43,800 grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, for ‘Future From Inside.’

March 5, 2018

John Davidson ’63 Looks Back over His Career in New Role of ‘Hook’

Actor/Singer John Davidson ’63 looks back over his long career in entertainment during his run as “Hook” in “Finding Neverland.”

via Tulsa World

February 6, 2018

Vail Series Hosts Recent-Grammy Winner Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Just two weeks after winning their 5th Grammy, the electrifying Ladysmith Black Mambazo takes to the Swasey stage.

via Newark Advocate

February 1, 2018

Susan Booth ’85 Awarded $250,000 Women’s Leadership Grant

Alliance Theatre and Artistic Director Susan Booth ’85 were awarded $250K Women’s Leadership Grant, part of BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle.

via Arts Atlanta

December 20, 2017

Students Accepted to Prestigious Music Ensemble

Denison students Rachel Azbell ’19 and Anthony Bruno ’20 accepted into the 2018 Jazz Education Connection of Ohio Intercollegiate Jazz Ensemble.

November 14, 2017

Improv Comedy with a Heart

Denison’s Burpee’s Seedy Theatrical Company uses a 24-hour marathon to raise funds for hurricane relief.

November 3, 2017

Soaking up art in New York City

Each year, studio art seniors travel to New York City to experience art in person, meet artists and take a pulse of the art world.

October 4, 2017

Theatre Production ‘Big Love’ Follows 50 Brides, 50 Grooms

DU Theatre production asks the question: What else can you do if your father won’t protect you, your country won’t defend you- flee to another country?

via Newark Advocate

September 28, 2017

Art faculty debuts at MoMA

Em Rooney, a visiting assistant professor of studio art at Denison, is among the artists debuting in a new MoMA exhibit, “Being: New Photography 2018.”

September 27, 2017

Denison Theatre season announced

The Denison Department of Theatre announces 2017-2018 season.

via Newark Advocate

August 30, 2017

Vail Series Season Announced

Denison’s acclaimed Vail Series announces its 2017-2018 season with Eroica Trio, Catherine Russell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Eighth Blackbird.

July 12, 2017

Denison professor receives Howard Foundation funding

The Howard Foundation has awarded a $33,000 fellowship to Associate Professor Sheilah Wilson for her work, “SOTD (Strangely Ordinary This Devotion).”

via Newark Advocate

May 29, 2017

DU Faculty and student turn backyard shed into an art venue

Visiting professor Blake Turner and art major Evelyn Kendix ’19, are transforming a back yard shed into an installation space for artists this summer.

via Columbus Dispatch

April 4, 2017

Lowell Byers ’08 wrote and stars in off-Broadway play about WWII

Lowell Byers ’08 wrote and stars in “Luft Gangster,” an off-Broadway play based on the true story of Louis Fowler, a WWII airman from South Carolina.

via Huffington Post

March 18, 2017

Prof. Sheilah Wilson turns public art into personal experience

Prof. Sheilah Wilson uses billboards to kick-start conversation and learning in an innovative project that teams students and local schoolchildren.

via Columbus Dispatch

February 21, 2017

The Billboard Project hits the Streets

Denison Studio Art professor, Sheilah Wilson, works to place contemporary art on billboards in Newark, Ohio.

January 5, 2017

Bennett Berry ’00 makes memorable memes as part of his art

Bennett Berry ’00 is an accomplished studio artist who also is making waves with witty and clever memes - especially if you’re an Oklahoma Thunder fan.

via 405 Magazine

December 7, 2016

Exhibition by associate professor and artist Sheilah Wilson

“Shameless Light,” by associate professor Sheilah Wilson and partner Dani Leventhal, is part poetry, part video and drawings and part stage performance.

via Ruidoso News

November 30, 2016

Matt Hamachek ’03 screens ‘Amanda Knox’ documentary at Denison

Matt Hamachek ’03 edited, co-produced, and co-wrote the documentary “Amanda Knox,” which will be screened, followed by a Q & A with Hamachek.

via Newark Advocate

November 10, 2016

Denison Theatre: ‘The Traveller Returned’

Denison Theatre presents “The Traveller Returned,” a revival of a play by the first woman playwright in the U.S.A. - and still surprisingly relevant.

via Newark Advocate

November 10, 2016

Film by Kurt Vincent ’06, ‘The Lost Arcade,’ premieres in Columbus

“The Last Arcade,” a film by Kurt Vincent ’06 explores the lost culture of old-school arcades.

via Columbus Dispatch

October 17, 2016

Brian Wills ’92: solo show in Paris

Brian Wills ’92, with Denison degrees in English and political science and a Master of Arts at Harvard, has opened his first Paris solo show.

via artdaily.org

October 11, 2016

Hal Holbrook ’48 finds “truth in Twain”

Hal Holbrook ’48 began his career presenting the wit and wisdom of Mark Twain on the Denison stage, He continues to bring Twain’s relevance to audiences.

via Newark Advocate

October 8, 2016

Mat McCabe ’88: Heidi Klum’s favorite photographer

Cinema major Mat McCabe ’88 has a 25-year career mostly in fashion and advertising photographer, and he has worked with Heidi Klum for more than 10 years.

via Chestnut Hill Local