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April Arts PreviewEvents, exhibitions & news to enjoy, this month at Amherst.
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Amherst Symphony Orchestra performs April 15 & 28 | |  |
Sonya Clark ’89 and students exhibit works through April 13 | |  |
Yvonne Daniel delivers a symposium keynote on April 13 | |
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Have you wanted to attend a Music at Amherst series concert but haven't made the time? WindSync on April 6 is your last chance until fall! Are you curious about the origins and inspirations of African American dance? Check out Amherst's two-day symposium on April 13 & 14.
Can you recite an Emily Dickinson poem from memory? The Emily Dickinson Museum will grant free admission to visitors who can on April 26.
Want to know more about the Mead’s exhibits? The museum offers unique, student-led tours every Saturday at 1 p.m. All this and more, this month at Amherst. Don't miss what interests you—make your plans today.
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WindSync performs April 6. Photo by Shannon Langman. | |
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Gallery Talk by Alla Rosenfeld
Wednesday, April 4, 5 p.m., Mead Art Museum
Enjoy a talk by Rosenfeld, curator of Russian and European art, in the exhibition Fragmented Identities: The Gendered Roles of Women in Art Through the Ages. Weekly Tour at the Mead
Saturday, April 7, 1 p.m., Mead Art Museum
Tour Amherst’s art museum with Olivia Luntz ’21 and explore the social role of the tiny house. African American Dance Symposium
Friday, April 13–Saturday, April 14, various locations on campus
Experience the two-day symposium African American Dance: Form, Function and Style! that explores the history and practice of African American dance through public talks, dance classes and more.
Amherst Symphony Orchestra Performance
Sunday, April 15, 3 p.m., Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center
Hear the ASO close its survey of American canonic concert-hall composers with a tribute to Samuel Barber. Amherst College Jazz Ensemble Concert
Sunday, April 15, 7 p.m., Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center
Hear the ACJE perform the music of Pat Metheny, Lee Morgan, Gil Evans, Sammy Nestico, Thelonious Monk and student composer Dan Langa ’18. Weekly Tour at the Mead
Saturday, April 21, 1 p.m., Mead Art Museum
Tour Amherst’s art museum with Stephen Johnson ’19 and learn about material and digital manipulation techniques used in some of the works on view. Amherst College Chorus & Glee Club Performances
Saturday, April 21, 5 p.m., Buckley Recital hall, Arms Music Center
Enjoy performances of folk music of the Pacific rim and Europe, as well as music with texts by Amherst poets Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson.
Concert Choir Performance
Sunday, April 22, 1 p.m., Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center
Hear student musicians perform Sarah Rimkus’s Mater Dei, Rachmaninov’s Bogoroditse Devo and Alice Parker’s Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal. Poem in Your Pocket Day 2018
Thursday, April 26, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Emily Dickinson Museum
Recite a Dickinson poem from memory and get free admission to the museum.
Weekly Tour at the Mead
Saturday, April 28, 1 p.m., Mead Art Museum
Tour Amherst’s art museum with Natasha Kim ’18 and explore the relationships between gender and the home.
Bookmark the Arts Calendar, and check it often, for the latest information about these and additional events:
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Amanda Tobin ’17, Ruach No. 31, 2017. On view through May 31. Photo courtesy of the artist. | |
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Studio Senior Honors Exhibition
Opening April 24, Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall 105
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 6, 4:30 p.m.
Enjoy an exhibition of studio art senior theses projects. Amanda Tobin ’17: Illuminate
Through May 31, Mezzanine and Beyond Words Galleries, Frost Library (2nd floor)
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 5, 4:30–6 p.m.
See paintings by Tobin that acknowledge darkness by means of triumphant light. Unraveling by Sonya Clark ’89
Through July 1, Mead Art Museum
Performance: Thursday, April 5, 1–3 p.m.
Participate in the unraveling of a Confederate battle flag.
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Sonya Clark ’89 and a participant unraveling a Confederate battle flag. Photo by Maria Stenzel. | |
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Music Man
Tomal Hossain ’17 is spending the year as a nomad, exploring the role of song in Muslim-majority communities. Read the story» Big Sky Western
Big-screen Westerns have been a relative rarity in recent decades, but writer-director Jared Moshé ’01 has made two in five years, including The Ballad of Lefty Brown. Read the story»
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