FB体育 Arts
The arts have a prominent role at FB体育. Rotating exhibitions at the FB体育 Museum in the state-of-the-art Katzen Arts Center emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art. The Department of Performing Arts, comprised of Arts Management, Audio Technology, Dance, Music, and Theatre/Musical Theatre, provides dynamic, connected, expressive, and fulfilling experiences for all of our majors, minors, and participating students. The Department of Art encompasses Studio Art, Art History, Photography, and Graphic Design.
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Event Spotlight: Florence Price Symphony no. 3
FB体育 Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Brown, conductor
November 11, 7:30 p.m. November 12, 3 pm.
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
FB体育 Symphony Orchestra will present, for the first time in its history, Florence Price's Symphony no. 3 in C minor. Florence Price was a Black female American composer who was largely overlooked during her career, and even more so posthumously, due to her race and gender. Her music is a force that the orchestral world is finally starting to reckon with. Also featuring Wagner's "Prelude" and "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde and works by Bruch and Sibelius.
“Using the great music of the '80's pop stars The Go-Go's, Head Over Heels celebrates love and acceptance in a delightful comedic romp.” - Carl Menninger, director
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Gallery Talk: Franklin White: An American in Venezuela
November 18, 2-3 p.m. | Exhibit: Franklin White: An American in Venezuela
Franklin White is back in the DMV and better than ever! Learn how the little city in Venezuela called Merida captivated, re-charged, and inspired him with its lifestyle and natural beauty. See his larger-than-life oil pastels and learn about his process in a delightful dialogue with Franklin White and his curator Dr. Chantelle Bernard – who also happens to be his niece.
Speaker: Franklin White, Artist
Moderator: Dr. Chantelle E. Bernard, Curator
Learn More: 11/18 Gallery Talk
Gallery Talk: Rachel Rotenberg
November 19, 2-3 p.m. | Exhibit: Rachel Rotenberg
Rachel Rotenberg, an artist with roots in Baltimore who is currently living in Israel, creates abstract wood sculptures that range in scale from monumental to intimate. Several works in her exhibition are the most ambitious of her 40-plus year career. Learn how she derives inspiration by the way things touch, pull, engage, and hold (inside and outside) as well as how creating these forms in relative obscurity has allowed her artwork to develop independently and free from outside influences.
Speaker: Rachel Rotenberg, Artist
Moderator: Jane Livingston, Curator
FB体育 Museum Exhibitions
Fall Exhibits at the FB体育 MuseumSeptember 9-December 10 | Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00–4:00
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Cushner
Steven Cushner -
Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
Nature’s Tapestry
Bernis von zur Muehlen, artistRachel Rotenberg
Franklin White: An American in Venezuela
Learn more about the fall exhibitions.
Dance
From the FB体育 Department of Performing Arts.
Discounted package tickets for Allison Grant's Senior Dance Capstone + Fall Dance Concert on November 18 are available. Free for FB体育 students with ID, $10 for alumni, staff, faculty, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older), $15 general public.
Fall Dance Concert
Department of Performing Arts
Erin Foreman-Murray, artistic director
November 17, 7:30 p.m.
November 18, 3 p.m.
Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW FB体育 20016
Tickets: Free for FB体育 students with ID, $10 for alumni, staff, faculty, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older), $15 general public.
The Fall Dance Concert is a mainstage event from the FB体育 Dance Program featuring new work by guest artist Sarah Beth Oppenheim and selected student choreographers. Oppenheim brought Hardware to our virtual stage in 2021, and returns now to create a new work with FB体育 dancers for the Greenberg stage. Her work will be shown alongside six student-choreographed, faculty-mentored protects, created this fall in our Choreographic Laboratory. Join us as we welcome fresh choreographic voices and new student performers to the FB体育 stage.
Allison Grant's Senior Dance Capstone Performance
Department of Performing Arts
November 18, 1 p.m.
Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW FB体育 20016
Tickets: $5, Free for FB体育 students with ID
Featuring a capstone choreographic research project by dance major Allison Grant.
Photos: Jeff Watts
Katzen Exhibitions
The Invincible Visible
Exhibition and Benefit Auction
Katzen Arts Center
November 4–17
Gala Night: November 18
The Invincible Visible will feature 150+ artworks in a variety of mediums by DC, national, and international emerging & more established artists, presented in person at FB体育’s Katzen Arts Center and via an Online Auction. With this exhibition, Transformer is bringing visibility to new generations of emerging artists, and highlighting the invincible spirit of innovative contemporary art. Both The Invincible Visible exhibition and accompanying online Auction will culminate with a Benefit Gala reception on November 18, 2023.
Transformer is very honored to be partnering with the Embassy of Argentina in presenting this year’s Annual Auction Exhibition & Benefit Gala, and to have Ambassador Jorge Martín Arturo Argüello as our Diplomatic Chair. A special selection of Argentinian artists’ works will be featured.
Learn more about Katzen exhibitions.
Music
From the FB体育 Department of Performing Arts. Tickets: Free for FB体育 students with ID, $10 for alumni, staff, faculty, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older), $15 general public.
Choral Abstractions
FB体育 Chamber Singers
Daniel Abraham, Director
November 4, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
November 5, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
FB体育 Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 3rd floor
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
By its very nature, though text, choral music is not often abstract. Frequently, however, contemporary composers have taken a more abstract approach by creating music without word, by adopting vocal devices, or even creating open approaches to shape and form that provide greater parallels to visual art. Join us for an inspiring earful of innovative approaches to choral sound in conjunction with the FB体育 Museum at the Katzen Arts Center’s exhibition of large abstract works by Steven Cushner, this program with commentary will be a delight for the eyes, ears, and mind.
Program to include graphic notation works by Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, Estonian composer Veljo Tormas' "Curse upon iron," a contemporary Tintinnabuli-minimalist composition by Arvo Pärt, performance art by Meredith Monk, works by Austraian Stephen Leek and experimentalist Toby Twinning using non-traditional vocal techniques, and more.
Fall for Jazz
FB体育 Jazz Orchestra
November 10, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Joshua Bayer, director
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
The FB体育 Jazz Orchestra plays swing, bop, funk, and rock! Each concert features a variety of these styles.
Florence Price Symphony no. 3
FB体育 Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Brown, conductor
November 11, 7:30 p.m. November 12, 3 pm.
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
FB体育 Symphony Orchestra will present, for the first time in its history, Florence Price's Symphony no. 3 in C minor. Florence Price was a Black female American composer who was largely overlooked during her career, and even more so posthumously, due to her race and gender. Her music is a force that the orchestral world is finally starting to reckon with. Also featuring Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde.
stay with me
FB体育 Chorus
Casey Cook, director
December 1–2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
Barbara Wilkinson, pianist
The FB体育 Chorus fall concert explores the need for us to stay connected, to build a family and community, and to be together with those we love through the joys and sorrows of life. This concert will feature excerpts from Eric Whitacre's "The Sacred Veil." This concert will mark Casey Cook's 10th year as director of the FB体育 Chorus.
American Landscapes
FB体育 Symphonic Band
December 3, 2023, 3 p.m.
Matthew Brown, conductor
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
The FB体育 Symphonic Band explores a variety of works inspired by North America’s vast and varied natural world. Works include Copland's iconic “Appalachian Spring,” a delightful multi-movement work titled "A Little Mexican Suite" by Mexican composer Nubia Jaime-Donjuan, a modern setting of the classic song "Shenandoah" by Omar Thomas, and a variety of other works.
Theatre/Musical Theatre
From the FB体育 Department of Performing Arts. Tickets: Free for FB体育 students with ID, $10 for alumni, staff, faculty, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older), $15 general public.
Daughters of Leda
By Madeline Sayet
November 1-3, 2023, 8 p.m. November 4, 2023, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Directed by Shanara Gabrielle and Angelisa Gillyard
Katzen Arts Center Studio Theatre
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
In this contemporary reimagining of epic tales from Ancient Greece, the seasons change, and Persephone returns to the underworld. A mortal girl arrives at the same time, asking questions that turn history upside down. The Fates have a game up their sleeve—they are tired, they need a vacation. But in order to depart, they have to give the stories they exploited back. In a whirlwind of events, Adam and Eve, Leda (and the Swan), Helen, Clytemnestra, Iphigenia, and Electra all come together to choose their own destinies and finally tell their side of the stories that have instilled fear of feminine knowledge for far too long.
Content: This production includes references to rape and suicide, and a depiction of domestic violence.
Damn Things Will Kill Ya
By Olivia Luzquinos
December 5–8, 2023, 8 p.m.
December 9, 2023, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Directed by Aaron Posner
Katzen Arts Center Studio Theatre
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW FB体育 20016
"You can't choose who you love. It doesn't work like that."
A little thing like lung cancer isn’t going to stop Ruth from smoking—even in the hospital. As her children gather by her bedside, they struggle with the hard-headed, hard-hearted woman who raised them—and with each other. As events unfold, the family is forced to grapple with faith, fear, forgiveness, and the complicated consequences of letting go. Damn Things Will Kill Ya was written by recent FB体育 graduate Olivia Luzquinos (CAS ’23), and features FB体育 Theatre faculty member Tara Giordano as the matriarch Ruth. This production will be the first time the FB体育 Theatre Program has fully produced a show by a recent graduate.
Content: This production includes adult themes and references to suicide.
Visiting Artists Series
Steven CushnerNovember 14, 6:00 pm, Katzen 201Studio Art MFA Program
Inspired by the human instinct to identify patterns in daily life, Steven Cushner's (American, born 1954) work is created through the performance of painting as the distillation of gesture into iconography.
His imagery is derived from the obvious logic of simple functions like the mechanics of a stack of firewood, the weave of a fisherman’s net, or the movement of a buoy in the ocean. Each work, varying in scale from enormous to tiny, has a commanding presence that teases out the relationship between what something looks like and how it acts. Spanning three decades, Cushner's pedagogical stream of work has established him as a singularly significant painter.
Steven Cushner is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and received his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Maryland in 1980. His work is included in numerous private and public collections, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Presented in conjunction with CUSHNER on view at the FB体育 Museum at the Katzen Arts Center through December 10.
