The University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of business leaders, artists, writers and scholars during its Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 26.
Students and faculty in Brown’s Department of Visual Art opened their studios and classrooms to display and converse about their creative work at an open-to-the-public event.
Providence K-12 students took to the stage at Brown’s new Lindemann Performing Arts Center for a collaborative performance of the composition “Anthem.”
Hosted by Brown’s Multimedia Labs, the Moon Design Challenge encouraged community members to transform vintage NASA materials into out-of-this world art projects.
Appointed by the governor, Colin Channer looks forward to expanding opportunities for writers and enabling more literary experiences for Rhode Islanders, including K-12 students, during his five-year term.
Through a dynamic, multi-part residency with the Brown Arts Institute through mid-June, Kentridge and artists from his Johannesburg-based arts incubator are engaging with the University community and beyond.
Acclaimed classical singer Julia Bullock was the first artist to grace The Lindemann stage in its recital configuration, one of five dramatically different arrangements available in its main hall.
Using a technique that preceded the photographic camera, Brown Arts Institute staff projected a live image of the outside world, including the University’s stunning new Lindemann Performing Arts Center, inside a darkened room.
The Pandemic Center kicks off Brown Arts IGNITE film and media series with pre-release screening of Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s “Shot in the Arm,” followed by panel discussion.
Alumni and community members celebrated the newly transformed home of Africana Studies and Rites and Reason Theatre as part of a weekend of lectures and events focused on the Black experience at Brown.
Packed with building tours, family activities, a ribbon-cutting and the center’s inaugural public performance, the weekend offered countless opportunities for community members to celebrate the arts at Brown.
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“Open again a turn of light,” written by Brown faculty members Eric Nathan and Sawako Nakayasu, will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 21, part of the inaugural public performance at The Lindemann Performing Arts Center.
This semester, the Brown Arts Institute is presenting Carrie Mae Weems’s “Varying Shades of Brown,” a campus-wide exhibition which grapples with questions of race, violence and history.
Student, faculty and community artists, violinist Itzhak Perlman and countless other creators will take part in a day of performances, discussion and tours to celebrate the opening of the unique performing arts center in Providence.
University leaders hosted a special celebration to recognize key project partners, skilled craft workers who dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours to the planning, design and construction of the state-of-the-art venue.
“What I Know About Magic,” now on display on the first floor of Friedman Hall, shows books about magic and the occult artfully arranged in clever, humorous and thought-provoking ways.
“Infinite Composition,” an engaging LED light sculpture designed by artist Leo Villareal, will illuminate the Nelson Atwater Lobby inside The Lindemann, which will open at Brown in Fall 2023.
Taught by Laura Colella, a writer and director, the course gave eight undergraduates a rare opportunity to bring their own screenwriting to life in collaboration with professional actors.
With expanded Brown Arts Institute programming, the opening of the donor-funded Lindemann Performing Arts Center, and the multi-semester IGNITE series, Brown Arts is about to command the spotlight on campus.