Welcome back! Wishing everyone a great first week of the fall semester.
 Vol. 5 Ed. 1 | Aug. 23, 2017
CVPA season starts with a reception for the Art Adjunct Show

Glass, paintings, mixed media and photographs are a few of the art forms the Radford University Department of Art adjunct faculty dedicate themselves to creating. Radford University Art Museum Downtown invites you to see the adjuncts’ recent work in the gallery’s first exhibition of the 2017-18 season.
 
Artists featured include Knic Umstead, Bill Ratcliffe, Shaun Whiteside, Parker Stafford, Yumiko Ichikawa and Cheng Fen Yeh.
 
The Art Adjunct Show is on view through Sept. 7-30 with an opening reception at 5 p.m., Sept. 7. The gallery is at 1129 E. Main Street, Radford. Visit www.radford.edu/rumuseum or email ruartmuseum@radford.edu for more information.


Nautilus vase by Parker Stafford. Photo courtesy of Parker Stafford.
Fall theatre auditions!
The Department of Theatre and Cinema announces auditions for three shows.

  • Playwright Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart” tryouts are at 6 p.m., Aug. 28 and Aug. 29, in the Pridemore Playhouse, Porterfield Hall. Molly Hood, assistant professor of theatre, is directing this production.

  • The next scheduled auditions are for the student directed show “Speech & Debate” by Stephen Karam. These are at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, in the Hawes Studio Theatre, Porterfield Hall. Theatre major Christopher Phillips is the director.

  • Auditions for the Theatre for Young Audiences production of “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,” adapted by Kevin Kling and based on the books by Kevin Henkes, follows at 7 p.m., Sept. 3 and Sept. 4, at the Pridemore Playhouse, Porterfield Hall. Robyn Berg, assistant professor of theatre, is the director.

For more information or to learn more about the plays, please visit the department's auditions webpage.
Check out the Arts Section of the Radford University Magazine
Do not miss the Summer 2017 issue of the Radford University Magazine. The Arts Section features the theatrical world of Faye Armon-Troncoso '95; Dan Boothe '06 and his previous employment as the assistant director of operations and associate conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band; and Pum Lefebure, cofounder of the highly prestigious Design Army.



Alumna Pum Lefebure working on a project at Design Army. Image courtesy of Pum Lefebure.

Header image: Faye Armon-Troncoso ’95 and her dog Bella at Faye’s prop studio.
Upcoming Events
  • Aug. 27 at 6 p.m., "Walk to Freedom: The Mary Draper Ingles Story," Nesselrod Bed and Breakfast. General admission tickets are $10 per person
  • Aug. 28, First day of Fall 2017 Semester
  • Aug. 28 and 29 at 6:30 p.m., “Crimes of the Heart” Auditions, Pridemore Playhouse, Porterfield Hall
  • Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m., “Speech & Debate” Auditions, Hawes Studio Theatre, Porterfield Hall
  • Sept. 1-21, Adolf Dehn: Nocturnal Travels – Works from the Permanent Collection, Radford University Art Museum in the Covington Center, Free
  • Sept. 3 and 4 at 7 p.m., “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” Auditions, Pridemore Playhouse, Porterfield Hall
  • Sept. 7 at 5 p.m., Opening reception for the Art Adjunct Show, Radford University Art Museum Downtown, Free
  • Sept. 7-30, Art Adjunct Show, Radford University Art Museum Downtown, Free
  • Sept. 24 at 6 p.m., "Walk to Freedom: The Mary Draper Ingles Story," Nesselrod Bed and Breakfast. General admission tickets are $10 per person
  • Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m., Radford University Faculty Jazz “Kicks” Big Band Concert, Performance Hall in the Covington Center, Free
  • Sept. 29 at 5 p.m., Opening Reception for Strange Weather: Erin Turner Exhibition, Radford University Art Museum in the Covington Center, Free
  • Sept. 29 – Dec 3, Strange Weather: Erin Turner Exhibition, Radford University Art Museum in the Covington Center, Free
All events are free unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact cvpa411@radford.edu.