February 2023
Clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. He serves as the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic — the orchestra’s first African-American principal player — and maintains a dynamic international solo and chamber music career. Over the past 27 years, the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often daring repertory choices. Named the quartet-in-residence at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music in March 2012, the Pacifica was previously the quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has received multiple Grammy Awards for Best Chamber Music Performance. In 2017, the Pacifica Quartet was appointed to lead the Center for Advanced Quartet Studies at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
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Join us for an evening featuring the wonderfully talented faculty of the Bailey School of Music in our Monday evening Faculty Recital Series!
Buy TicketsA season highlight, the Collage Concert is the signature showcase of the Bailey School of Music. Proceeds and donations from this event help make the study of music more affordable to KSU students through scholarships. This unique production features over 200 student and faculty performers in jazz, orchestra, choir, band, percussion, opera, chamber groups, and more. A diverse and exciting program of musical vignettes creates a truly magical evening.
Buy TicketsThis performance has been POSTPONED and a new date will be announced at a later date. Ticket holders, please call the box office at 470-578-6650. We apologize for any inconvenience!
The sounds of KSU bands resonate across campus, from the award-winning Wind Ensemble to the eclectic sounds of the Percussion Ensemble. The Wind Ensemble performs a diverse repertoire encompassing large works for band, wind instruments, and chamber music. The Percussion Ensemble performs on both traditional and non-traditional instruments while exploring percussion-specific repertoire. The Wind Symphony and University Band represent students from all majors across campus.
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“The Black Musicians Coalition is pleased to present The Blueprint: #BacktoBlack, an interdisciplinary Black History production about reclaiming the history, the culture, and the mediums that were already ours to begin with.”
Buy TicketsDrawing upon his ongoing research for his book-length study of the topic (Next! A Brief History of Casting), Brian Herrera guides a lively interactive discussion about the history of casting in U.S. popular performance.
This conversation aims to press the critical, creative, and historical understanding of casting beyond familiar zero-sum measures of good/bad, success/failure, or right/wrong so as to cultivate an appreciation of casting as a dynamic repertoire of performance techniques, practices, and conventions ripe for experimentation, innovation, and revision.
NO TICKETS OR RESERVATIONS are required for in-person attendance.
Moving Forward, Together is a celebration of Black artists and will feature many of our wonderfully talented faculty and students. The festival will open with a concert featuring the music and artistry of Tyrone Jackson with the KSU Faculty Jazz Parliament.
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In a world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection and make sense of what they know and don’t know. A mesmerizing and unpredictable play by one of the world’s most groundbreaking playwrights.
Buy TicketsIn a world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection and make sense of what they know and don’t know. A mesmerizing and unpredictable play by one of the world’s most groundbreaking playwrights.
Buy TicketsIn a world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection and make sense of what they know and don’t know. A mesmerizing and unpredictable play by one of the world’s most groundbreaking playwrights.
Buy TicketsAcclaimed pianist and Sammons Jazz artistic director, Arlington Jones, will join the Jazz Ensemble I for a performance on Friday, February 24.
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In a world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection and make sense of what they know and don’t know. A mesmerizing and unpredictable play by one of the world’s most groundbreaking playwrights.
Buy TicketsIn a world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection and make sense of what they know and don’t know. A mesmerizing and unpredictable play by one of the world’s most groundbreaking playwrights.
Buy TicketsIn a world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection and make sense of what they know and don’t know. A mesmerizing and unpredictable play by one of the world’s most groundbreaking playwrights.
Buy TicketsTo wrap up our Black History Month Festival, come see a collaborative concert with the Symphony Orchestra and the Gospel Choir as we close out this moving week of music.
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In a world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection and make sense of what they know and don’t know. A mesmerizing and unpredictable play by one of the world’s most groundbreaking playwrights.
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In the 2022-2023 season, jazz lovers will enjoy creative collaborations, unique special projects, and performances by all of our student ensembles as well as our Faculty Jazz Parliament.
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March 2023
Join us for the 6th Annual EQUINOX: Sustainable Development Goals -- from March 1st to 3rd, 2023. The multi-sponsored EQUINOX programs seek to catalyze and advance pathways of multidisciplinary scholarship and partnership on UN SDGs among institutions of higher education, professionals, policymakers, stakeholders, community members, and advocates. For further info on the initiative programs visit EQUINOX.
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KSU orchestras include the Philharmonic and the Symphony Orchestra. The University Band represent students from all majors across campus.
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The Wind Ensemble will perform a variety of original works by American and international composers as we remember those lost to COVID-19.
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Join us for an evening featuring the wonderfully talented faculty of the Bailey School of Music in our Monday evening Faculty Recital Series.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
During the month of March, the Zuckerman Museum of Art is proud to present HERstory: Women's Leadership in the Arts. This annual programming in March offers lectures and interaction with prominent women artists, authors, curators, and artistic directors of various creative disciplines to our students and community-at-large. These engaging educational opportunities serve to highlight the crucial role of women in the arts and their notable, and many times ground-breaking, impact on creative fields, humanity, society, and young women's lives—inspiring them to become future leaders and cultural ambassadors of the arts.
On Wednesday, March 15, Alice Gray Stites, Chief Curator at 21C Museum Hotels, will discuss her career and practice as a curator at 21c Museum Hotels. 21c Museum Hotels are a multi-venue museum founded by collectors Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, now located in ten cities across the U.S. Stites curates exhibitions, site-specific commissions, and a range of cultural programming at all 21c Museum Hotels. Since opening in Louisville in 2006, 21c has presented over 100 exhibitions.
Buy TicketsThis event will celebrate the 2023 release of the PARMA Recordings album Fugitive Footsteps: Remembrance Music of Laurence Sherr. The music honors the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, and, more universally, the plights of all who have suffered loss or been displaced, whether by personal circumstances or by historical events such as genocide, war, political upheavals, and climate change. Sherr’s music is intended to promote greater understanding, tolerance, and respect for others in our globally connected world.
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School of Art and Design Open Studio Event
Chastain Pointe Facilities on March 16th from 6:30-8:30pm
Join us for an Open Studio Event Thursday October 20th at 6pm!
Visit the studio classrooms, meet students and professors, participate in class discussions and watch demonstrations.
Prospective students: Bring your portfolio and have it reviewed by our faculty members! Several art teachers will be available to give high school students advice on the contents of their portfolio. Prospective students are invited to bring their drawings, small paintings, or photographs of their three-dimensional work for review. This opportunity is especially helpful for students planning to submit their entrance portfolio for acceptance into the School of Art and Design.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
CLOWNS (On Film)
Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns is a dance film that plays out a macabre comedy of murder and desire, asking how far we will go in the name of entertainment. Directed, choreographed and composed by Hofesh Shechter, it combines bold, exhilarating and tribal movement by ten dancers with a percussive, cinematic score.
POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut (On Film)
Hofesh Shechter’s iconic stage work Political Mother explodes onto the screen as an unplugged, unapologetic and exhilarating new short film.
From behind the lens, Shechter brings Battersea Arts Centre’s imposing architecture and intimate spaces centre stage, immersing audiences within a fragile world of raw emotions as a group of individuals struggle against the complex structures that define their world, and ours.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Celebrate spring and the visual arts with us at the Spring Arts Festival! This annual Festival features demonstrations and hands-on workshops in many two- and three-dimensional media. A pin-up show invites local artists and students to compete in four categories: elementary, middle, high school, and community. Experience all that the visual arts has to offer at our free, family-friendly Festival.
During the KSU Spring Arts Festival, guests may enjoy:
https://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/academics/visual-arts/exhibitions-events/spring-arts-festival.php
CLOWNS (On Film)
Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns is a dance film that plays out a macabre comedy of murder and desire, asking how far we will go in the name of entertainment. Directed, choreographed and composed by Hofesh Shechter, it combines bold, exhilarating and tribal movement by ten dancers with a percussive, cinematic score.
POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut (On Film)
Hofesh Shechter’s iconic stage work Political Mother explodes onto the screen as an unplugged, unapologetic and exhilarating new short film.
From behind the lens, Shechter brings Battersea Arts Centre’s imposing architecture and intimate spaces centre stage, immersing audiences within a fragile world of raw emotions as a group of individuals struggle against the complex structures that define their world, and ours.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Join us for an evening featuring the wonderfully talented faculty of the Bailey School of Music in our Monday evening Faculty Recital Series.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
During the month of March, the Zuckerman Museum of Art is proud to present HERstory: Women's Leadership in the Arts. This annual programming in March offers lectures and interaction with prominent women artists, authors, curators, and artistic directors of various creative disciplines to our students and community-at-large.
Alexandra Schwartz is a New York-based curator and historian of modern and contemporary art. She serves as a Guest Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design NYC, is the author of Garmenting: Costume and Contemporary Art and is also an adjunct professor at FIT. Schwartz will discuss her career and the most recent exhibition she curated for the Museum of Arts and Design, Garmenting: Costume and Contemporary Art.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Are you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
The KSU Chamber Singers and Treble Choir will offer an evening of choral music highlighting the impact of women through music. The Merian Ensemble, a chamber music group composed of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians including KSU harp faculty Elisabeth Remy Johnson, will join in the evening’s performance. The Ensemble is dedicated to Listen: Works by Women, an initiative to commission and promote chamber music composed by women. The Merian Ensemble will also present a full recital on March 27, which will include the premiere of a work by award-winning composer Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Known for its eclectic repertoire, the Symphony Orchestra was invited to perform at the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference and the National Conference of the College Orchestra Director’s Association in 2021.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
The Merian Ensemble is a chamber music ensemble formed by five women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 2019. The group aims to support and spotlight chamber music composed by women by presenting an annual concert series and commissioning a new chamber music work each year. Their name honors the genius of Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717), a brilliant scientist and artist who created intricately beautiful drawings in order to illuminate the tiniest details of metamorphosis. However, her ground-breaking work enjoyed a fraction of the contemporary acclaim or celebrated legacy of her male scientist peers. Her story fuels the ensemble’s passion for bringing obscured music to light, and their determination to celebrate the women composing today. By consistently presenting new and rediscovered repertoire through concerts, recordings, tours, and outreach, the ensemble reveals the volume and value of these works too often absent from the concert stage.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
During the month of March, the Zuckerman Museum of Art is proud to present HERstory: Women's Leadership in the Arts. This annual programming in March offers lectures and interaction with prominent women artists, authors, curators, and artistic directors of various creative disciplines to our students and community-at-large.
Please join us on virtually for our final herstory month lecture with Valerie Cassel Oliver, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Valerie Cassel Oliver will discuss her career as a curator of numerous notable exhibitions, including the recent traveling exhibition, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse. The Dirty South makes visible the roots of Southern hip-hop culture and reveals how the aesthetic traditions of the African American South have shaped visual art and musical expression over the last 100 years.
Buy TicketsAfter observing the art of spring exhibiting artist, Lesley Dill, receive a primer on the straight stitch and satin stitch, an embroidery technique that enables you to make your own bold thread paintings. Leave with materials to put needle and thread together to create an artwork expressing your indelible qualities.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
KSU choral ensembles consistently raise their voices with excellence and are regularly invited to perform at state, regional, and national conferences. The KSU choral program includes Chorale, Women’s Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, Gospel Choir and Chamber Singers. The Chamber Singers were featured recently at conventions of the Georgia Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Association.
Led by our internationally-acclaimed faculty, KSU choral students achieved numerous competition honors at the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Regional Metropolitan Opera, and the National Opera Association.
This performance runs 2 hours and 45 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.
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April 2023
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
In this two-part workshop series, graphic designer and Kennesaw State instructor Valentina Caver will guide participants in exploring different ways to create expressive letters and combine them into a dynamic composition as well as touch on fundamentals of typography. Come prepared to explore typography in an interactive, engaged, and hands on approach. All materials will be provided. No previous knowledge of typography or letter creating is necessary. Sign up for one or both sessions, as they will each be unique.
Valentina Caver is a graphic designer, artist and illustrator currently teaching graphic communication classes at Kennesaw State University. With a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Georgia State University, Valentina is pursuing her passion - teaching and sharing knowledge and work experiences with her students. In addition to teaching, Valentina enjoys working on projects in which digital and hand created art can be combined.
Valentina has experience working with clients from the US and Germany and speak three languages. Her love and passion for art and design is deeply rooted in the desire to solve problems and see beauty and purpose in all things. The trust in the problem-solving process as a designer and artist gives her confidence in her work. In Valentina's research she is interested in how cultural backgrounds help us interpret the language of design. Within language and culture, typography is one of Valentina's most interesting subjects to explore and study.
Buy TicketsKSU choral ensembles consistently raise their voices with excellence and are regularly invited to perform at state, regional, and national conferences. The KSU choral program includes Chorale, Women’s Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, Gospel Choir and Chamber Singers. The Chamber Singers were featured recently at conventions of the Georgia Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Association.
Led by our internationally-acclaimed faculty, KSU choral students achieved numerous competition honors at the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Regional Metropolitan Opera, and the National Opera Association.
This performance runs 2 hours and 45 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
KSU’s Jazz Program includes three large ensembles, seven combos, a jazz guitar ensemble and our vocal jazz lab. In the 2022-2023 season, jazz lovers will enjoy creative collaborations, unique special projects, and performances by all of our student ensembles as well as our Faculty Jazz Parliament. Listen to the cutting-edge works of Darcy James Argue, John Daversa, Don Sebesky, and Fred Sturm, as well as classic works by Basie, Ellington, Kenton, and more.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Are you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
Buy TicketsMusic, Lyrics, and Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsBailey School of Music students and faculty in the chamber music, piano, strings, and woodwind areas will present collaborative music throughout the season.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Enjoy a short program of music performed by Bailey School of Music students and faculty in a relaxed and beautiful setting
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsMusic, Lyrics, and Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
KSU’s Jazz Program includes three large ensembles, seven combos, a jazz guitar ensemble and our vocal jazz lab. In the 2022-2023 season, jazz lovers will enjoy creative collaborations, unique special projects, and performances by all of our student ensembles as well as our Faculty Jazz Parliament. Listen to the cutting-edge works of Darcy James Argue, John Daversa, Don Sebesky, and Fred Sturm, as well as classic works by Basie, Ellington, Kenton, and more.
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KSU’s Jazz Program includes three large ensembles, seven combos, a jazz guitar ensemble and our vocal jazz lab. In the 2022-2023 season, jazz lovers will enjoy creative collaborations, unique special projects, and performances by all of our student ensembles as well as our Faculty Jazz Parliament. Listen to the cutting-edge works of Darcy James Argue, John Daversa, Don Sebesky, and Fred Sturm, as well as classic works by Basie, Ellington, Kenton, and more.
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KSU’s Jazz Program includes three large ensembles, seven combos, a jazz guitar ensemble and our vocal jazz lab. In the 2022-2023 season, jazz lovers will enjoy creative collaborations, unique special projects, and performances by all of our student ensembles as well as our Faculty Jazz Parliament. Listen to the cutting-edge works of Darcy James Argue, John Daversa, Don Sebesky, and Fred Sturm, as well as classic works by Basie, Ellington, Kenton, and more.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
One of the highlights of the KSU Bailey School of Music Voice Department is the prestigious Honors Recital. Upon recommendation from our panel of applied teachers, advanced singers are selected to perform in Morgan Concert Hall to showcase their talent. We are proud of the high level of singing and technical training that is a hallmark of our KSU Voice Department, and we are pleased to be able to offer this wonderful evening of vocal music to the public!
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
School of Art and Design Open Studio Event
Visual Arts Building on April 13, 2023, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Join us for an Open Studio Event!
Visit the studio classrooms, meet students and professors, participate in class discussions and watch demonstrations.
Prospective students: Bring your portfolio and have it reviewed by our faculty members! Several art teachers will be available to give high school students advice on the contents of their portfolio. Prospective students are invited to bring their drawings, small paintings, or photographs of their three-dimensional work for review. This opportunity is especially helpful for students planning to submit their entrance portfolio for acceptance into the School of Art and Design.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Enjoy a short program of music performed by Bailey School of Music students and faculty in a relaxed and beautiful setting
From 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, join us for an onsite lecture with the exhibiting artist, Lesley Dill.
From 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Edgewood String Quartet will perform for one night only during the presentation of a large-scale video work by artist Lesley Dill projected on the exterior of the museum. Join us under the stars for an evening celebrating the arts in collaboration!
Her ZMA exhibition, Lesley Dill, Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Dill's ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America's past. This exhibition is organized by the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, low and is made possible by Humanities lowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsBuilding on KSU’s Year of New Zealand, the Bailey School of Music will dedicate this Festival to the culture of the South Pacific. We will feature the music of award-winning Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong in collaboration with Epoch Percussion.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsBuilding on KSU’s Year of New Zealand, the Bailey School of Music will dedicate this Festival to the culture of the South Pacific. We invite you to hear the Georgia Brass Band playing music of New Zealand alongside a Māori Dance Troupe. In partnership with the KSU Division of Global Affairs.
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Music, Lyrics, and Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan
1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer-Prize Winner for Drama
Created in the 1990’s, the iconic rock musical Rent has sustained its immediacy and theatrical power for over twenty-five years. The story offers an intimate encounter with a diverse group of young artists living in the lower east side of New York as we follow their daily struggles to make ends meet during the siege of HIV AIDS. Their relationships remind us of the power of a supportive community, and most of all, the hope and joy that love offers in the midst of loss and despair.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Join us for an evening featuring the wonderfully talented faculty of the Bailey School of Music in our Monday evening Faculty Recital Series!
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Are you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
Buy TicketsIn the 2022-2023 season, jazz lovers will enjoy creative collaborations, unique special projects, and performances by all of our student ensembles as well as our Faculty Jazz Parliament.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Join us for a day filled with free workshops and resources to support your health & wellness!
Topics include:
We'll also host Meet-Ups where you'll connect with peers from across the College of the Arts.
Workshops and Events run throughout the day, check back in for the full schedule soon!
Enjoy a short program of music performed by Bailey School of Music students and faculty in a relaxed and beautiful setting
Bailey School of Music students and faculty in the chamber music, piano, strings, and woodwind areas will present collaborative music throughout the season.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Bailey School of Music students and faculty in the chamber music, piano, strings, and woodwind areas will present collaborative music throughout the season.
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Buy TicketsBailey School of Music students and faculty in the chamber music, piano, strings, and woodwind areas will present collaborative music throughout the season.
Click here for virtual reservations: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35355/production/1129153
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
KSU orchestras include the Philharmonic and the Symphony Orchestra. The University Band represent students from all majors across campus.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
KSU’s Jazz Program includes three large ensembles, seven combos, a jazz guitar ensemble and our vocal jazz lab. In the 2022-2023 season, jazz lovers will enjoy creative collaborations, unique special projects, and performances by all of our student ensembles as well as our Faculty Jazz Parliament. Listen to the cutting-edge works of Darcy James Argue, John Daversa, Don Sebesky, and Fred Sturm, as well as classic works by Basie, Ellington, Kenton, and more.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Come to the ZMA for some hands-on fun experiencing the thrill of letterpress printing! You will be able to see the plates get inked, try your hand at “pulling” a print, and leave with a frameable piece of art depicting a poem by the master of powerful verse, Emily Dickinson.
Buy TicketsThe sounds of KSU bands resonate across campus, from the award-winning Wind Ensemble to the eclectic sounds of the Percussion Ensemble. The Wind Ensemble performs a diverse repertoire encompassing large works for band, wind instruments, and chamber music. The Percussion Ensemble performs on both traditional and non-traditional instruments while exploring percussion-specific repertoire. The Wind Symphony and University Band represent students from all majors across campus.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
The KSU Tellers invite you to join them as they present their best solo performances from the Spring semester. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
The KSU Tellers invite you to join them as they present their best solo performances from the Spring semester. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
Buy TicketsThe Student Dance Concert highlights works created by, and for our students. This juried event showcases the diversity of our student body and displays their artistic voices and creative talents.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
In this two-part workshop series, graphic designer and Kennesaw State instructor Valentina Caver will guide participants in exploring different ways to create expressive letters and combine them into a dynamic composition as well as touch on fundamentals of typography. Come prepared to explore typography in an interactive, engaged, and hands on approach. All materials will be provided. No previous knowledge of typography or letter creating is necessary. Sign up for one or both sessions, as they will each be unique.
Valentina Caver is a graphic designer, artist and illustrator currently teaching graphic communication classes at Kennesaw State University. With a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Georgia State University, Valentina is pursuing her passion - teaching and sharing knowledge and work experiences with her students. In addition to teaching, Valentina enjoys working on projects in which digital and hand created art can be combined.
Valentina has experience working with clients from the US and Germany and speak three languages. Her love and passion for art and design is deeply rooted in the desire to solve problems and see beauty and purpose in all things. The trust in the problem-solving process as a designer and artist gives her confidence in her work. In Valentina's research she is interested in how cultural backgrounds help us interpret the language of design. Within language and culture, typography is one of Valentina's most interesting subjects to explore and study.
Buy TicketsThe Student Dance Concert highlights works created by, and for our students. This juried event showcases the diversity of our student body and displays their artistic voices and creative talents.
Buy TicketsKSU choral ensembles consistently raise their voices with excellence and are regularly invited to perform at state, regional, and national conferences. The KSU choral program includes Chorale, Women’s Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, Gospel Choir and Chamber Singers. The Chamber Singers were featured recently at conventions of the Georgia Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Association.
Led by our internationally-acclaimed faculty, KSU choral students achieved numerous competition honors at the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Regional Metropolitan Opera, and the National Opera Association.
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Original student works highlighting community, identity, and expression.
Join us for a lively and engaging program of musical theatre.
May 2023
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
The sounds of KSU bands resonate across campus, from the award-winning Wind Ensemble to the eclectic sounds of the Percussion Ensemble. The Wind Ensemble performs a diverse repertoire encompassing large works for band, wind instruments, and chamber music. The Percussion Ensemble performs on both traditional and non-traditional instruments while exploring percussion-specific repertoire. The Wind Symphony and University Band represent students from all majors across campus.
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Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Are you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
Buy TicketsOur resident improv ensemble offers an evening of performances on the fly. Side-splitting, surprising, and just plain fun. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Our resident improv ensemble offers an evening of performances on the fly. Side-splitting, surprising, and just plain fun. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Long Ago and Only Once originally premiered in 2019 as a contemporary dance film. Performed live for the first time at the KSU Dance Theatre, the Terminus artists bring to life this full evening work centered around the inherent and dynamic tension of a joke, a fact, or someone’s personal story waiting to be completed. Disruption and closure are explored from the audiences’ perspective looking into a community. When and how the punchline is delivered, or if at all, is the waiting game we all play.
Buy TicketsLong Ago and Only Once originally premiered in 2019 as a contemporary dance film. Performed live for the first time at the KSU Dance Theatre, the Terminus artists bring to life this full evening work centered around the inherent and dynamic tension of a joke, a fact, or someone’s personal story waiting to be completed. Disruption and closure are explored from the audiences’ perspective looking into a community. When and how the punchline is delivered, or if at all, is the waiting game we all play.
Buy TicketsLesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Lesley Dill Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me features a uniquely inspired group of sculptures and two-dimensional works more than a decade in the making. The exhibition represents Lesley Dill’s ongoing investigation into the significant voices and personas of America’s past. For Dill, the “American” voice grew from early America’s obsessions with divinity and deviltry, on fears of the wilderness “out there” and the wilderness inside us. The extremes of both shaped history and gave pulse and heat to the words of activists like John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Mother Ann Lee, and Dred Scott.
FREE Opening Reception with RSVP, March 16, 5-7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Join ZMA Educator Elizabeth Thomas for a walking tour of the sculptures on KSU’s Kennesaw Campus. We will meet at the ZMA and stroll for half an hour past a number of the beautiful sculptures on campus, discussing their history, materials of construction, and the artists who created them.
Buy TicketsJune 2023
Are you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
Buy TicketsAre you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
Buy TicketsMeet in the Fine Arts Gallery in the Wilson Building to hear Master Craftsman Program Director and KSU Lecturer of Art, Page Burch, discuss the works exhibited in the latest exhibition to showcase art made in the Master Craftsman Program. Come listen to stories of the creative endeavors that result from collaborative community partnerships.
Buy TicketsJuly 2023
Are you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
Buy TicketsThe SOAAD Alumni Biennial has become a recurring opportunity to bring the KSU community’s awareness to the myriad directions and creative paths of its graduates from the School of Art and Design. The juror of this year’s exhibition, Sofia Green, will discuss the works selected and share insight into her process of creating an exhibition from the submitted entries.
Buy TicketsAre you looking for more opportunities to practice your observational drawing skills? Or perhaps you would like to try drawing from life for the first time without enrolling in a costly course? Please join us on Thursday nights when our exhibitions are open for an opportunity to draw from life!
Each week we will rotate the drawing location in our galleries and the subject of the program between a clothed model, nude model, and objects from our collection. This program is a bring-your-own material event – pencil and paper only. The museum will provide drawing boards to participants upon request.
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