Category: artsXpose

Event: Yeon Ji Yoo Art Making activity

Date: Saturday, April 25th during the Lewisburg Arts Festival

Where: Downtown Gallery

Art Type: Collage making activity/gallery exhibit

Title of Event: Respiration
Date & Time of Event: Saturday, April 23, 2015
Location of Event: Downtown Samek Art Gallery
Type of event: Sculpture exhibit

Title of Event: Bison Sound Festival
Date & Time of Event: Saturday April 18 4 pm
Location of Event: Sojka Lawn
Type of event: Music and Art Festival

Name of the Event: Gamelan Concert

Date and Time of the event: April 25, 2PM

Place of the event: Outside of Weis Music Center

Type of the event: Instrumental concert

Name of the event: 101 Knowledge Project

Date and time of the event: Monday, April 13, 7PM

Location of the event: Harvey Power Theatre

Type of the event: Theatre / Theatre pre-production

This is me at the event

This is the Knowledge Cube we produced the devising project

Title of Event: Bryan Wills’ Senior Recital

Date and time of event: Friday, 17 April 2015, at 7:30pm

Location of Event: Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall in the Sigrid Weis Music Building

Type of Event: Musical Performance

1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. (This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.)

This concert featured baritone singer Bryan Wills.  He sang twelve songs for his concert, including many that were not in English.  He did three songs in English, one song in French, four songs in Italian, and four songs in German.  Following the recital was a reception where I spoke with Bryan about his performance and the differences between performance routines for singers and instrumental musicians.

2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal criticalinsight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

I found his performance to be incredibly interesting.  However, I would have liked some background on each of the pieces before I listened to them.  While the program did have translations for most of the songs, I was surprised that he didn’t stop between pieces to explain his next works.  Upon asking him about this, he said that the music department is highly critical of performers actually speaking to the audience, and he was therefore not allowed to interact with them.  Bryan has been a friend of mine for a long time and I haven’t heard him sing since Freshman year.  It was amazing to hear how much his voice had changed and developed.

3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

The thing that I found the most impressive was his ability to do such a long program and switch effortlessly between languages.  The different pronunciations and syllabic nuances of each language would have given me a headache if I were a singer.

4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

9.5

5.) Justify your rating in the question above:

I thought that Bryan’s singing ability was unbelievable.  However, his accompanist made a few mistakes that I was able to pick up on – such as entering in early and forcing Bryan to come in late for his entrance, forcing him to start in the middle of a passage.  To clarify, I would give Bryan a 10 and the accompanist an 8.5.

Title of Event: Student Art Exhibition at the Samek
Date & Time of Event: Friday April 17th 7-9pm
Location of Event: Samek Art Gallery
Type of event: Artist talks and reception

Title of Event: Bison Sound Festival
Date & Time of Event: Saturday April 18 4 pm
Location of Event: Sojka Lawn
Type of event: Music and Art Festival

Title of Event: The Hunting Ground film screening and Q&A with director

Date & Time of Event: Thursday April 16th 7 pm

Location of Event: Trout Auditorium

Type of event: Film Screening

Date: 4:00 pm, 4/18/15

Location: Bucknell University, Sojka Lawn

Title: Bucknell Art Collective’s 1st Annual Spring Art Show

Function: Bison Sound – Art Exhibition

Date: 1:00 pm, 4/18/15

Location: Samek Art Gallery

Title: Kaleidoscope

Function: Senior Student Art Exhibition

Title of Event: Annual Burmese Cultural Dinner

Date & Time of Event: March 28th, 6 pm

Location of Event: Larison Dining Hall

Type of Event: An event held by the Burmese Cultural Organization at Bucknell. We enjoyed Southeast Asian cuisine along with song, dance, and fashion performances.

Date: 7:00 pm, 4/7/15

Location: Bucknell University Downtown Campus Theater

Title: The Princess of France

Function: Bucknell University Film Series, and Visit from the director himself

Title of Event: Visit to the Frick Museum

Date and time of event: Sunday, April 5th, 2015

Location of Event: Frick Museum, New York City

Type of Event: Visit to the Frick – viewing of permanent collection and new Don Quixote special exhibit

1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. (This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.)

The Don Quixote exhibit features several tapestries featuring the hero of the Cervantes books.  Also, there is a collection of woodcuts and etchings that show the hero and explain the influences behind the creation of the tapestries.  Each work had a description of what was featured and where the depiction came from in the Don Quixote storyline.

2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal criticalinsight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

This exhibit was interesting to say the least.  However, it lacked what was supposedly the featured element.  There were only five tapestries that were featured and the vast majority were etchings and woodcuts.  While some of the tapestries were visually beautiful and quite colorful, they lacked real technique.  They were merely depictions / reproductions of the surrounding woodcuts and etchings.  Other than this exhibit, though, I enjoyed the rest of the museum.  I have been to the Frick several times and regularly go to see the paintings of Turner, Constable, and the famous works such as the painting of George Washington, which is perhaps the best known work depicting the President.

3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

Frankly, I was left unimpressed with the Don Quixote tapestries.  However, I am still baffled with the beauty of the Turners.  Turner has been my favorite artist for a very long time and his works always fill me with a sense of wonderment.

4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

Eight

5.) Justify your rating in the question above:

I had originally gone for the special collection, which I feel really let me down.  However, the etchings that were shown next to the tapestries were quite beautiful.  Also, the rest of the museum, as always, was wonderful.

Art event: Artist talk

Title:  Visiting artist Katerie Gladdys came talk about her work

When: 3/30 at 7:00 in hunt living room

Art Event: Musical Performance

Title: Two Past Midnight Bucknell A Cappella 2015 Spring Concert

Date and Time: March 28th at 7:30pm

Location: Trout Auditorium

Title of Event: Time Travelers Ball

Date and time of event: 2/26/15 at 12’oclock

Location of Event: Samek Art Gallery

Type of Event: Fashion Show and Musical Performance

Title of Event: Gregory Porter

Date and time of event: Friday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m

Location of Event: Weis Center

Type of Event: Jazz Concert

1) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended.

The event features Jazz artist Gregory Porter singing some of his songs, including ones  in his famous Liquid Spirit.

2) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

While I am personally not too music literate, I really enjoyed the Jazz performance by Gregory Porter and his band. Porter has a strong and deep voice, yet doesn’t have any rupture when he raised his pitch, making himself a really smooth singer. The smooth voice really helps the melodies trickle down and penetrate deeper into the audience. His songs usually talk about his own struggles and emotional immediacy. For example, in his song “I Fall In Love Too Easily,” he talks about how easy he is to tall in love, and how terrible, yet irresistible it is, and how he hates all the copy and paste pattern happening to himself again. And because he usually made such a big deal out of his own emotion, or because he made things go too hard and intense, his love usually doesn’t last. Till the end of the event is more songs in his newest album “Liquid Spirit,” which demonstrates a playful personality and the mood of enjoying life. These songs usually contain playful melody, interactions with the audience and really long instrumental solos. His smooth voice, once again, contributes, in a weird and unique way, to create a playful but not overly optimistic mood to the song.

3) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

I was most impressed by his voice. He really has one of the smoothest voice I ever listened to and he is still able to retain strength and depth in the voice.

4) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

9

5) Justify your rating in the question above:

Overall, I really enjoy the concert by Gregory Porter. Not all the songs in the concert are good so that I could give a 10 to the event.

Event: The Oldest Living Things In The World

Location: ELC Third Floor

Date: 02/25/15

Type: Art Gallery

Title of Event: Time Travelers Ball

Date and time of event: 2/26/15 at 12’oclock

Location of Event: Samek Art Gallery

Type of Event: Fashion Show

Title of Event: Time Travelers Ball

Date and time of event: 2/26/15 at 12’oclock

Location of Event: Samek Art Gallery

Type of Event: Fashion Show

1) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended.

This event was a showcase of wearable art created by each different engineering discipline. Each major was tasked with creating outfits that illustrated the past, present, and future of the major. The outfits ranged in complexity from clothes with items glued/taped on them, to those made with cardboard structures, lights, etc.

2) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

I was very impressed by the work that I saw during the event. Most people do not think of engineers as being creative in the artistic sense, however clear effort and creativity went into the construction of many of the outfits. Additionally, each major had chosen music that they walked down the runway to and many had choreographed, or at least practiced their walk. Since this was the first time this event has been held, it was also interesting to see how each major interpreted the event and the task at hand.

3) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

I was most impressed by the ability to create wearable art that all of the engineers displayed.

4) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

9

5) Justify your rating in the question above:

Overall I really enjoyed the event and thought that a lot of work was put in by most of  the participants. The only reason I am not rating this event as a 10 is because there were one or two majors who did not put as much work into it as others.

Event: The Oldest Living Things in the World

Location: Samek Art Gallry, 3rd Floor of Bucknell’s ELC

Date: 2/27/15 at 12 o’clock

Type: Visit to the Samek Art Gallery

Event: The Oldest Living Things In The World

Location: ELC. 3rd floor

Date:2/25/2015

Type: Samek Art Gallery

Event:  Esther Traugot: Arboretum

Location: Down town

Date: 17/Feb/2015

Type: Samek Art Gallery

Event: Poetry Slam featuring Roger Reeves

Location: Uptown

Date: 8pm on 2/20/15

Type: Stadler Center Event

Note:I’m not sure why the photo is upside down. I can’t figure out how to rotate it online but it just uploaded that way.

Date and time of event: Monday February 16, 7:30 pm, 2015

Location of Event: Tustin Studio Theatre

Type of Event: Department of Theatre and Dance Student Directed Play

1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. (This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.

The Department of Theatre and Dance presented the play Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl, and was directed by a Bucknell Student for his honors thesis as a theatre major John Brunner, ’15. This two hour show was performed by a small cast Bucknell students with a simple yet effective set design. Dead Man’s Cell Phone explored the relationship with modern technology’s ability to bring together and also isolate people in today’s digital, fast-paced and always distracted age.

2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

I very much enjoyed attending this performance. The director, John Brunner ’15 is a  close friend to me and fellow French TA and French major, and I spent last spring speaking with him about this performance and his plans/goals as a director. After watching this performance yesterday evening, I was proud to see his ambitions to come into fruition in a clear and thoughtful manner, and that the overall show ran very smoothly. My own thesis for my Studio Art project has shared some of the main themes covered in this piece, specifically the presence/absence of the cell phone and modern day technology. I was pleased to see this concept expressed in another art form that effectively shared with the audience of ‘being present’ and ‘living in the moment’.

3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

I was most impressed by the simple set design, and especially the incredible acting performances by my peers. It was a treat to watch my friend’s directing accomplishment come into fruition, as well as share in the overall experience of attending the play and appreciating it’s message towards the affects of technology.

4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

9
5.) Justify your rating in the question above:

I have not attended many play’s at Bucknell University, and for me this one especially was at the top of my list. I enjoyed the story line, but my only critique would be the length and the pace seemed a bit slow in parts.

Title of Event: Hirshhorn Museum Exhibit
Date & Time of Event: Saturday, Noon, 2/7
Location of Event: Hirshhorn Museum at the National Mall in Washington DC
Type of event: Visit To See Current Hirshhorn Exhibit in DC

Title of Event: An Evening of Arab Music with members of Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble

Date and Time of Event: 7:30pm, Tuesday, February 3

Location of Event: Rooke Recital Hall

Type of Event: Musical performance

Title of Event: Current Samek Art Gallery Exhibit
Date & Time of Event: Wednesday, January 28th, 2:30pm
Location of Event: Samek Art Gallery
Type of event: Visit To See Current Samek Art Gallery Exhibit

Title of Event: Rachel Sussman Artist Lecture and Reception
Date & Time of Event: Wednesday, 1/21 @6-8
Location of Event: Samek Art Gallery
Type of event: Artist lecture and reception

Title of Event: Rembrandt J’Accuse
Date & Time of Event: 1/19 @7pm
Location of Event: Campus Theatre
Type of event: Film Screening sponsored by Film/Media and Art Department

Event Type: Film and Media Studies Series

Title: “Days Of Heaven” directed by Terrence Malick

Where: Downtown Campus Theater

When: 7-9 pm Tuesday, January 27th

Event Type: Exhibit

Title: “Esther Traugot: Arboretum”

Where: Downtown Art Gallery

When: 3PM on Sunday, January 25th

Event Type: Art Gallery

Title: “The Oldest Living Things In The World”

Where: Samek Gallery

When: 2PM on Saturday, January 24th

Event Type: Art Gallery

Title: “The Oldest Living Things In The World”

Where: Samek Gallery

When: 2PM on Saturday, January 24th

Event Type: Film Screening

Title: “National Gallery”

Where: Campus Theatre

When: 7pm on Tuesday, January 20th