April
Continuing Events
Through April 14
Lens Without Limits: The Photography of Lida Moser
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
This exhibition considers the work of New York City commercial photographer and photojournalist Lida Moser (1920-2014). She is best known for her pioneering work documenting the city from its postwar era up through the gritty 1970s. Moser first worked as an assistant in Berenice Abbott's studio and later moved on to a solo career, gaining assignments from a number of leading publications, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire. She was a member of the Photo League and the New York school of photography and produced portraits of many of the leading cultural figures of the second half of the century. This exhibition is curated by senior art-history majors Jacqueline Hochheiser, Kate Marra and Monica Skelly, under the direction of Elizabeth Lee.
Through May 12
Lalla Essaydi: Photographs
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Lalla Essaydi’s career as an artist encompasses painting, mixed media, video and photography to explore the image of woman in Islamic society. Raised in Morocco, Essaydi spent many years in Saudi Arabia and was educated in Europe and the United States. Her photography provides a contemporary reflection on an iconography rooted in Orientalist imagery of 19th-century artists such as Ingres, Delacroix and Gérôme. This exhibition features a recent series of pictures Essaydi made in a former harem in Morocco, often swathing her subjects in robes and covering their skin in henna calligraphy that echoes the decorative surfaces that wall the complex. “In my art,” Essaydi says, “I wish to present myself through multiple lenses—as artist, as Moroccan, as Saudi, as traditionalist, as liberal, as Muslim. In short, I invite the viewer to resist stereotypes.”
April 4-25
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 4, 5:30-7 p.m.; Artist’s Talk, 6 p.m.
Sylvia J. Smith ’73 Artist-in-Residence Sif Ankergård
Sif Ankergård, Palm Trees Made of Pine Tree, 2016, cardboard, acrylic paint, pine wood. Installed in Korppoo, Finland.
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar St. entrance)
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 3-5 p.m., Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
An exhibition of artwork by the 2018 artist-in-residence, Sif Ankergård. This exhibition is the culmination of a monthlong residency with the Department of Art & Art History. The annual artist-in-residence program is made possible with generous support from the Sylvia J. Smith ’73 Fund.
Tuesday, April 10, 5:30 p.m.
Open Choir Rehearsal
Rubendall Recital Hall
An open on-campus rehearsal for the choir's April 27 concert with the Hershey Symphony Orchestra. See related event listing for more details.
Thursday, April 12, noon
Noonday Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance studies and chamber music programs.
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Various Dates
Verdi Requiem
The Dickinson College Choir and Assistant Professor of Music James Martin (baritone) join forces with the Hershey Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Sandra Dackow; the Hershey Festival Choir; and the Elizabethtown College Chorus for a performance of Verdi’s powerful Requiem. For individual tickets, please call the Hershey Theatre Box Office at (717) 534-3405.
- Open rehearsal: Tuesday, April 10, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Rubendall Recital Hall
- Hershey Theatre performance: April 27, 8 p.m., Hershey Theatre
- Film Screening: The Defiant Requiem: April 23, 7 p.m., in Weiss 235, in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Sunday, April 15, 4 p.m.
The Dickinson College Orchestra
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of Bedford and High
The Dickinson College Orchestra (Robert Pound, director) will perform a concert featuring the two winners of the 2017-18 Student Concerto Competition. Morgan Bates '18 will play Haydn's Trumpet Concerto and Alicia Bazell '18 will perform the Carmen Fantasy.
Thursday, April 19, noon
Noonday Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance studies and chamber music programs.
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Friday, April 20, 7 p.m.
The Dickinson College Jazz Ensemble
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
The Dickinson College Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Jeffrey Wohlbach, presents a concert of jazz standards.
Tuesday, April 24, noon
Dickinson College Chamber Music Concert I
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students who have been working in chamber ensembles coached by music-department faculty.
Thursday, April 26, noon
Dickinson College Chamber Music Concert II
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students who have been working in chamber ensembles coached by music-department faculty.
April 27-28, 7 p.m. and April 29, 2 p.m.
Freshworks 2018
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building
Tickets $7, or $5 with student ID
Student choreographers collaborate with Dickinson's student dance company, the Dance Theatre Group (DTG), to present an evening of new choreographic research, on and off the Mathers stage. This show includes capstone dance projects by graduating seniors Tran Tran, Madeleine Vouros, Micki Williams and Erin Wynne. DTG is under the direction of Sarah Skaggs, director of the dance program, with assistance from Erin Crawley-Woods, visiting assistant professor of dance.
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April 27-May 19
Reception: April 27, 5-7 p.m.
Senior Studio Art Majors’ Exhibition
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Thesis projects by class of ’18 members Becky Deihl, Sammy Holden, Julianne Gortakowski, Megan McCulloh, Amanda Patterson, Rowan Price and Lucy West, under the direction of Anthony Cervino, with Andrew Bale, Ward Davenny and Rachel Eng.
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All events are open to the public and are free, unless otherwise noted. Events listed in the Calendar of Arts are subject to change. Please contact the appropriate department prior to an event to confirm that it will take place as listed.