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UWL ArtsFest

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6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 25 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28
Multiple locations

Welcome to UWL ArtsFest!

Following the multi-year success of the Creative Imperatives festival, the School of Visual and Performing Arts is pleased to announce our second festival of UWL ArtsFest—a celebration of the artistry and innovation that infuses our campus.  The annual festival follows our tradition of preserving a place and time for the campus (and wider community) to honor, celebrate, and advocate for the arts’ position at the heart of our institution. We engage with the arts because they bring us joy, challenge us, create shared experiences, and foster community. We dedicate these four days of ArtsFest to expressing the vital role that the visual and performing arts play in our private lives and our public cultures. 

The 2024 Festival, Unboxing Creation: Discovery & Anticipation, explores the dynamics of external presentation versus internal reality. Simply put, “unboxing” is the act of removing something new from its packaging, and sharing the experience in the moment (usually for an online community). When we watch an unboxing, we share both in anticipating the reveal, and the discovery of how a product functions. This year’s featured artists will highlight artistic products, as well as the processes and theories that lie beneath the surface. The festival will take place from Thursday April 25 through Sunday April 28.  Explore these pages to see the full festival schedule and meet the guests coming to campus this spring.

All events are free and open to the public except for the production of Orlando, which is a ticketed event.

Tickets for Orlando can be purchased at uwlax.edu/VPA

Thursday April 25

Subject Time Location Event Learn more
vpa 6:45 p.m. Annett Recital Hall ArtsFEST Opening Reception & Welcome Dr. Pete Rydberg
mus 7:30 p.m. Annett Recital Hall Katie Ernst / Twin Talk Recital Twin Talk

Friday April 26

Subject Time Location Event Learn more
art 12-3:15 p.m. Ceramics Studio Studio Alluvium Artist Demos Studio Alluvium
mus 2:15-3:15 p.m. Annett Recital Hall Public Workshop with Twin Talk Twin Talk
thr 3:20-4:15 p.m. Annett Recital Hall

Access Dramaturgy: Building Theatre Worlds Through Disability

 Dr. Samuel Yates
thr 4:30-5:30 p.m. Annett Recital Hall

"Everyone has AIDS!": Race, HIV Profiling and the Dramaturgy of the Comedic AIDS Musical 

 Dr. Samuel Yates
art 5:30-7:00 p.m. University Gallery Talking Sinks
Art Major Open Forum Group 1		 Talking Sinks
thr 7:30-9:30 p.m. Frederick Theatre in Morris Hall Orlando official ArtsFest Performance Orlando

Saturday April 27

Subject Time Location Event Learn more
art 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Outside (CANCELLED: information here for alternate event)   Studio Alluvium Geology Hike Clay Hike
art 12:30-2 p.m. University Gallery Talking Sinks
Art Major Open Forum Group 2		 Talking Sinks
art 2-3 p.m. Annett Recital Hall Studio Alluvium Public Presentation Zoë Powell and Mitch Iburg
thr 7:30-9:30 p.m. Frederick Theatre in Morris Hall Orlando official ArtsFest Performance
 Orlando

Sunday April 28

Subject Time Location Event Learn more
art 1-5 p.m. The Bluffs, Student Union Student Art Sale VPA Logo
mus 2-3 p.m. The Bluffs, Student Union UWL Symphonic Band Symphonic Band
mus 4-5 p.m. The Bluffs, Student Union UWL Wind Ensemble Wind Ensemble
vpa 5-6 p.m. The Bluffs, Student Union ArtsFEST Closing Reception VPA Logo
mus 7:30-8:30 p.m. Annett Recital Hall UWL Symphony Orchestra Concert Symphony Orchestra

Where does
this take place?

 

Get an advanced look at the program and see all that the festival has to offer!  The campus map shows the buildings where events will take place.

Festival Program
Map