by browkaa | Feb 22, 2019 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff
Join the Fine Arts Department for an artist’s talk and reception celebrating the opening of Ann Moody’s “Expanding the Grid” on Friday, March 1 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the Vogt Gallery in Lyons Hall.
The new works by Ann Moody allude to the diverse uses of the grid – a structure that has served as a favorite motif of the early 20th century avant-garde as well as an underlying framework in contemporary comic book layouts and a traditional basis for quilt making – blurring the distinction between art and craft and high and lowbrow forms of visual creativity.
Ann Moody’s “Expanding the Grid” will be on display through Tuesday, April 16.
For more information on this and other exhibitions, please visit the ArtsCanisius website.
Submitted by: Emily Mangione, gallery director, Fine Arts
by ryann | Feb 22, 2019 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff
The Red Thread Theatre
received a grant to create a piece addressing the opioid crisis entitled
“A Conversation with Oxycontin.” Eileen Dugan, theatre
artist-in-residence in the English Department, is one of the co-artistic
directors of the company, the playwright and will direct the premiere which will take place on Thursday, March 7 at 6:00
p.m. and Saturday, March 9 at 2:00 p.m. at Buffalo library’s downtown branch.
The premise is OxyContin being
interviewed on a talk show, defending his reputation and being confronted by
the reality of his impact. There are “callers” to the show who bring
different stories and points of view.
Aubrey Dempsey ’20 will play the role of Naloxone, one of the
medications helping addicts escape addiction. She has performed in a number of
shows with the Little Theater and this will be her first professional acting
job.
The project is funded in part by the New York State Council
on the Arts and the Cullen Foundation. Professionals from the therapy community will be in attendance and
all members of the campus community are invited. If you have any questions,
contact Eileen Dugan, theatre artist-in-residence, at Ext. 2650 or at dugane@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Eileen
Dugan, theatre artist in residence, English
