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Notes — College of Arts & Architecture |
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County's theatre production companies joined together this summer
to create the Bozeman Theatre Guild. With fear that the Mainstage
Theatre in the SUB, one of the state's best mid-sized stages,
could possibly be remodeled into a ballroom, the guild's first
successful initiative has been to work with Montana State University
to make the Mainstage Theatre in the Strand Union Building available
for non-university performances. Through a partnership with
the Dept. of Media & Theatre Arts, a full performance schedule
for the 2002-3 season has been created - including 11 theatre
companies and over 40 performances in the Mainstage Theatre
Season. Students are involved in each production at some level. |
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underwrite the season, the guild is hosting two special
performances made up of the "Best of Bozeman" - short
productions by Guild theatre companies. The extravaganza
promises to bring you Bozeman's top comedy, drama and
musical theatre performances packed into two evenings,
Nov. 8-9. Friday, Nov. 8, is the gala event with valet
parking, cocktail intermission and special guests. Reserve
tickets in advance. Call 994-3902 for more information.
The proceeds will underwrite the season as well as cover
equipment essentials such as lighting and electrical.
Additionally, the Guild hopes to invest in the theatre
seats, which are in desperate need of reupholstering.
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This
summer the new art studios, former swine
barns, were stripped bare. Students started
moving into their new studios in October.
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| Did you
participate in theatre at Montana State? Writer Marjorie Smith
is compiling a history of the 45-year-old Mainstage Theatre
and is looking for anecdotes, photos and programs. If you would
like to share your thoughts, e-mail Smith at yokoi@mcn.net. |
| Visiting
professor Rick Rosenthal, in the MFA Science and Natural History
Filmmaking Program, recently won an Emmy Award for his work
on "Blue Planet: Seas Of Life." He was honored in the Outstanding
Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming category. The Discovery
Corporation funds the MFA program and students have the opportunity
to create films to air on one of the Discovery television stations. |
| The newly
renovated Senska Wilber Graduate Art Studios will be completed
this month. The students anxiously await move-in day and look
forward to calling the facility "home" through their academic
career at MSU. Faculty look forward to the new space as well
as the gallery/classroom space in the middle of the studios. |
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of Arts and Architecture has several other community/outreach
activities. The President's Fine Arts Series has just begun
- with activities ranging from an architectural home tour to
the Montana Mandolin Society to a lecture by one of the Northwest's
top graphic designers, Jack Anderson, '75. A total of
nine events culminate in the Dessert for the Spirit, a montage
of arts and sweets. Additionally, we are currently coordinating
the schedule for ArtsLink, Montana's premier summer high school
arts education program. We are seeking teacher fellows from
around the state. |
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