Public invited to be inundated with arts at WCU

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on May 1, 2015

Three years ago, a West Chester University (WCU) student hosted the first Arts Day by the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), an event that has become a tradition.

This weekend, the university will host the Third Annual Arts Weekend, inviting students, friends, alumni, and community members to experience music, dance, theatre and art.

The diverse schedule begins on Friday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by the Criterions Jazz Ensemble in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre at the Performing Arts Center.

On Saturday, May 2, a Memorial 5K Walk/Run “The Path of Music: A Walk in Remembrance” will pay tribute to WCU music education student Sean Casey, who lost his life from meningococcal meningitis in February 2013. It will take place from 8 a.m. to noon. The entry fee is $10.

Also on Saturday, visitors are urged to take advantage of the free classes being offered in the E.O. Bull Center for the Arts. They range from “Clay: Back to the Basics of Creating by Hand,” to “Camera-less Photography: Make Photographs without a Camera,” to “Letterpress Prints: Letterpress Workshop using Wood Type and Ink Brayers.”

Saturday afternoon will include an a cappella concert “Pitch Perfect” featuring only WCU student groups at 1 p.m. in the JP Adler Studio Theatre in the E.O. Bull Center for the Arts; a 2:15 p.m. concert of dance and music composition students’ original work on the MainStage Theatre, E.O. Bull Center for the Arts; and student recitals.

The Collegium Musicum recital will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Ware Family Recital Hall. This includes a chamber ensemble specializing in the use of authentic instruments.

Performances continue on Sunday, May 3, with the Liberty Winds Youth Symphony in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre at 3 p.m. And a performance by the WCU Symphony Orchestra will close the arts festival at 7:30 p.m. in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre.

Visitors are also welcome to visit the Alumni Art Exhibition, which showcases artwork by alumni Kate Brockman, Brian Hearns, Drew Jordan and Erica Volpe in Knauer Gallery, Swope Music Building. Work by graduating students in the Art + Design Department is on display in the John H. Baker Gallery, E.O. Bull Center for the Arts.

For more information, visit http://www.wcupa.edu/cvpa/artsweekend.aspx.