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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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Third Coast Percussion

Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion new ensemble-in-residence

Denison announces a new collaboration with Third Coast Percussion, a Grammy-winning, artist-run quartet of classically-trained percussionists.
Vail performers

40th Anniversary Vail Series is announced

Denison’s beloved Vail Series celebrates 40 years with a stellar line-up.
via Newark Advocate
Kansas City State House

Jamie Olivier ’94 Appointed to Creative Arts Industries Commission

Artist and professor Jamie Olivier ’94 has been appointed to the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
via Hays Post
David Baker

‘Mongrel Heart’ by Prof and Poet David Baker

“Work Like a Dog Day” is celebrated with poems about our canine friends. Enjoy ‘Mongrel Heart’ by David Baker & ‘Dharma’ by Billy Collins.
via Daily Kos
The lion king

Behind the scenes of ‘The Lion King’

Mo Stemen ’07 shares some stories and tips (hobbies can become a business) from her vantage point inside the production of “The Lion King”
Olivier Tarpaga

New England Foundation for the Arts Grant for Performing Arts

The New England Foundation for the Arts has awarded Denison a grant for a performing arts initiative.
Michael D. Eisner Center for Performing Arts

Open House introduces Eisner Center to community

The Licking County community is welcomed to Denison’s Eisner Center during an open house and self-guided tour.
via Newark Advocate
Ann Townsend

Poet and Prof. Ann Townsend’s Recent Volume “Dear Delinquent”

An NYTimes reviewer notes “the elegant language and turbulent feeling” of Prof. Ann Townsend’s recent volume of poetry, “Dear Delinquent.”
via New York Times
Ching-chu Hu and Leonard Bernstein

A Moment With Bernstein Himself

Professor of Music Ching-chu Hu recalls conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Sara Abou Rashed '21

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

Denison students, faculty perform in Columbus’ Harlem Renaissance

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

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

Making Magic Through Musical Theatre

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

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.
Dancers in front of exhibition

Art and Space Connect and Encourage Empathy

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

Beyond the Museum: Exhibiting Culture Today

An Interdisciplinary Museum Studies Class
Elaine Sheldon

Emmy-winning Filmmaker Looks for Hope in the Addiction Crisis

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

Savannah Delgross ’19
Sara Abou Rashed '21 during rehersal

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
Winslow Homer, The Boston Common

The American Dream

A student response to “Defining Childhood: Growing up in the US (1860-1940).”
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Sophia Raak ’20
Pablo Ziegler

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
Hyekyung Lee

Music Faculty Awarded Prestigious Commission

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

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.
Sahil Vasudeva '08

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

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.’
John Davidson '63

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
Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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
Susan Booth '85

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
Burton Hall of Music

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.
The Burpees at TEDx Columbus

Improv Comedy with a Heart

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

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.
Denison anniversary stone plaque

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
Em Rooney

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.”
Ace Morgan Theatre

Denison Theatre season announced

The Denison Department of Theatre announces 2017-2018 season.
via Newark Advocate
Swasey Chapel at night

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.
Sheilah Wilson's art

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
paint brushes

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
Lowell Byers

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
billboard on side of building

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
billboard in the city

The Billboard Project hits the Streets

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

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
Exhibitionartist Sheilah Wilson

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
documentary Amanda Knox

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
scaled theatre

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
The Last Arcade

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
art hanging in gallery

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
Hal Holbrook as mark twain

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
Mat McCabe

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
Alex Moffat '04

Alex Moffat ’04 joins cast of Saturday Night Live

Chicago improv and sketch performer Alex Moffat ’04 joins the cast of Saturday Night Live for its upcoming 42nd season.
via Chicago Tribune