University of Michigan - Flint Arts Launch - October 21, 2009

The Arts Launch was an event sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences inviting the public to experience a little bit of what UM-F has to offer in the area of Fine Arts.

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Before and After Performance

Not myself in art, but the art in myself. - Konstantin Stanislavski

Dean D.J. Trela, College of Arts and Science and Claudia V. Leo

(Left to Right) Dr. Rose Casement, Professor of Education, Christopher Paul Curtis, Author and Visiting Winegarden Professor,

Habon Aden and Traci Currie, Communication and Art

Carolyn Gillespie, Christopher Paul Curtis, Christina Bellows and Habon Aden

William Irwin and Shelby Newport

Theatre Chair Lauren Friesen and Art Chair Darryl Baird and student server

(Left to Right) Theatre students, Jessica Flemming, Aubrey Kellerman, Kate McClaine, Jessica Back and Jay Burt

Jacqueline Rufo (Box Office Manager)

Carolyn Gilespie, Christopher Paul Curtis, Christina Bellows, and Habon Aden

Dance Performers

“Dance is a song of the body”- Martha Graham

Jaclyn Brender, Emma Davis, Otis Harris, Sarah Hubbs, Melanie Schott and Annalee Wood

Elegies

“Living is the prize. The ending’s not the story.” – William Finn

Elegies

(Left to Right) Kate Roda, Alicia Rosario, Brooke Chartrand, Kristen Seely, Natalie Sevick and Andrea Allen

Poetry

"When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money." – Oscar Wilde

Poetry

Blandine Foju

Poetry

Alea Orr

Poetry

Brittney Major

Music

“Music is the art of thinking with sounds.” - Julies Combrarieu

Music

Matthew Duncan accompanied by Frank Pitts

Music

Lauren Ball

English

“All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.” – William Faulkner

English

Faustine Cavanaugh

Cherry Orchard

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” – Anton Chekhov

Cherry Ochard

Joshua Caleb Clark

Cherry Ochard

T.J. Corbett and Jessica Flemming

Cherry Ochard

Kathleen McClaine

Instrumental Music

“Music's the medicine of the mind.” – John A. Logan

Instrumental Music

Benjamin Schlatter on the marimba

Introductions and Readings

"Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." – William Butler

Introductions and Readings

Vahid Lofti, Interim Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Management Science

Introductions and Readings

Christopher Paul Curtis, Visiting Winegarden Professor and Author