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Faculty Spotlight: Larissa McConnell
Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) will be exhibiting her fiber arts/mixed media show, “déjà vu,” at the Arts Center of Saint Peter from March 5 through April 10. The artwork includes embroidery, watercolor, acrylic paint, etc, and combines the elements using math, architecture, atmospheric perspective, science, and more.
Faculty Spotlight: Sarah Hauss
Sarah Hauss (Theatre and Dance) received a $10,000 Metropolitan Regional Arts Grant to present a choreographers evening called Inbox@ArtBox in the Twin Cities. Numerous Gustavus dance alumni were selected by a selection panel to perform in the event.
Faculty Spotlight: Larissa McConnell
Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) has a solo exhibition, “Graftworks,” which showcases her fiber art at the Arts Center of Saint Peter March 6-28. A reception will be held March 7 from 3-5 p.m.
Melissa Rolnick (Theatre and Dance)
Melissa Rolnick presented at the International Body IQ Somatics Festival in Berlin, Germany in November 2019. She taught a workshop called “MEISA for Older Adults.” MEISA (movement-exploration-imagination-sensation-awareness) is a developing contemplative movement practice.
Jill Patterson (Theatre and Dance)
Jill Patterson was chosen through a juried selection process to present at the National Dance Educators Organization National Conference 2019 in Miami, Florida. Her presentation, “Utilizing the Creative Process to Cultivate Empathetic and Compassionate Movers” entailed her pedagogical process for the Guststavus ARTS credit class Contemporary Modern Dance I.
Jill Patterson (Theatre and Dance)
Jill Patterson performed “The solo, Legacy 2: It takes the dark a long time” in the Anderson Theatre at Gustavus in May 2018 and at the Art Box Theatre in Minneapolis in June 2018.
Melissa Rolnick (Theatre and Dance)
Melissa Rolnick received a Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council Mid-Artist Grant from funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.
Amy Seham (Theatre and Dance)
Northwestern University Press has invited Amy Seham to write a follow-up to her first book, Whose Improv Is It, Anyway? The new book is expected in 2019.
2016-17 Matthias Wahlstrom Lecture
Please join us Monday, February 20, 2017, at 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Beck Hall 101 for the third annual Matthias Wahlstrom Lecture. Michele Rusinko, Professor of Theatre and Dance, will present her talk entitled “Creativity, Resiliency, Dignity and a Good Life.” President Rebecca Bergman will introduce Rusinko, and refreshments will be provided for conversation after the […]
Robert Gardner, 2005 Carlson Award Winner, Theatre and Dance Department
Robert Gardner In the Carlson Administration Building, in a small waiting area at the top of the stairs, there hangs a large photograph-a portrait. The photograph depicts the most recent winner of the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching, an award given each year since 1971 to a member of the Gustavus faculty, selected […]