Author: Brynn Boyer

The Department of Music at the University of Mary Washington is pleased to host the First Annual Electroacoustic Barn Dance, a three-day festival of electronic music and art, to be held Thursday, October 27 to Saturday, October 29 on the campus of UMW and Eyeclopes Gallery, 624 Charlotte Street in Fredericksburg.

This year’s festival will feature the works of 58 composers and 21 performers from across the U.S. and Great Britain, including nine students from the UMW electronic music class.

The schedule of concerts is as follows:

Concert I 10-27 8PM @ Pollard 304 Recital Hall

Concert II 10-28 11AM @ Pollard 304 Recital Hall

Concert III 10-28 2PM @ Pollard 304 Recital Hall

Paper Session I 10-28 3:30 PM @ duPont 207

Concert IV 10-28 4:30PM @ Pollard 304 Recital Hall

Concert V 10-28 8:30PM @ Eyeclopes Gallery – 624 Charlotte Street

Concert VI 10-29 11AM @ Pollard 304 Recital Hall

Paper Session II 10-29 2PM @ Pollard 213

Concert VII 10-29 3PM @ Pollard 304 Recital Hall

Paper Session III 10-29 4:30PM @ Pollard 213

Concert VIII 10-29 8PM @ Pollard 304 Recital Hall

For more information, visit http://www.eajj.org or call (540) 654-1012.

Dr. Tamie Pratt-Fartro, College of Education Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is hosting the 2nd annual Literacy Coaching Symposium titled Literacy Leadership for 21st Century Learning on October 26 in University Hall at the Stafford campus.  This event is of special interest to all practicing literacy/reading coaches, reading specialists, administrators, instructional coordinators, and anyone who works directly with teachers on literacy issues.

For more information, visit http://education.umw.edu/blog/2011/09/literacy-coaching-symposium.

Join the UMW Galleries this Thursday for our exhibition SUPER-SIZED: Large Scale Drawings in the duPont Gallery, located inside duPont Hall. The exhibition will feature works of art by seven different artists, including Patricia Bellan-Gillen, Joshua Bienko, Pat Bretano, Karen Brummund, Ray DiCapua, Dennis Jones and Ben Tolman. The free opening reception will be held from 5 – 7 p.m. in the duPont Gallery. Light refreshments will be provided.

The exhibition is intended to explore ways in which artists involved in the drawing medium employ scale in their process of creating works of art and how that use of scale affects the impact of the work. The drawings in this exhibition vary greatly in the artists’ choices of materials and methods, which range from graphite, ink or charcoal to the blade of a knife.  Some of the artists combine drawing with other media, such as acrylic and oil or digital printing.  Some of the work is site-specific; some incorporates text.  Each speaks from a unique perspective.

Free street parking is available near the duPont Gallery on College Avenue. The exhibition will be on display in duPont Gallery until December 2, 2011. Please call us at (540) 654-1013 with any questions.

Jane Huffman, College of Education chair of the Department of Foundation, Leadership and Special Populations, has been named as president-elect of The Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia.  She also is the co-chair of the organization’s fall conference which is being held at Sweetbriar College October 20 to 21.

The Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia is an affiliate of the national organization, Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). ATE is an organization for individuals who have a professional interest in the preparation and continuing education of teachers and other professionals in the field of education. Members represent public and private schools, colleges and universities, professional associations and learned societies and government agencies.

Leigh Raiford, associate professor of African American studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will present the lecture “Sights of Struggle: Race, Art, Pedagogy” tonight. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall, Room 411 and is free and open to the public.

Raiford is the author of “Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle” (University of North Carolina Press, 2011) and co-editor with Renee Romano of “The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory” (University of Georgia Press, 2006).

The lecture is part of the “James Farmer and the Struggle for Civil Rights” freshman seminar course and is sponsored by the James Farmer Lecturer and Postdoctoral Committee.

For more information, contact Jess Rigelhaupt at (540) 654-1480.