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Converging Flow

April 25 - May 13, 2019; Opening reception Thursday, May 1, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

FLOW is total immersion in whatever activity you are performing, which for the artists in this exhibition is the process of creating. Although the media in which we work are diverse -- photography, painting, design, and beyond -- we all aim to get lost in the process of producing our work.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Lecture: The Way We Wore, WWII

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Join textile historian Julie Geschwind for a look at how fashions, textiles, designs, and their inspirations evolved during the late 1930s to early 1940s.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Guest Speakers

NEXT 180

5:00 pm

Three–minute presentations by students exploring their work at GW.

This event is first-come, first-seated. No RSVP necessary.

Presenters:

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Exhibition and Opening Night

6:00pm - 9:00pm

The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design

at the George Washington University invites you to an opening reception for theNEXT Corcoran Exhibition 2019

 

Note: Students of NEXT and their families do not need to RSVP, if the Eventbrite is SOLD OUT! Please bring a valid GWID and arrive early.

 

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Alvaro Torres en Concierto

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Singer/songwriter Alvaro Torres used to dream about becoming a music star when he was a child in the bosom of a poor family from El Salvador. Listening to Latin pop acts such as Sandro & Camilo Sesto singing just for pleasure of getting recognition from his relatives, Torres wanted to make his dream come true.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Solo & Group Choreography

7:00pm - 7:00pm

Choreographers: Sakiya Walker, Sara Smith, Mika Takahashi, Berkley Lane; Quinn Gagos, Monique Martinez

RSVP

FREE

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Capstone Recital Theresa Ranni

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Theresa Ranni, Voice

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Spring Fever Shop Sale

10:00am - 5:00pm

Enjoy up to 60% off select shop merchandise and designer textile brands including Carol Cassidy, Amy Nguyen, batiks from Brahma Tirta Sari, Randall Darwall, Dominique Bello, Tumar and Maruca bags, and more.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Whispers of the Child

1:00pm - 1:00pm

Choreographic work by Quinn Gagos Danced by Sophia Busch, Jill Canning, Fatoumata Camara, Maddy Raquet, Shannan Richard Meet us by the soccer field (off of the first VEX stop) to begin the journey to explore what it means to contain an inner child inside of a mature mind.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Lecture: The Power and Limits of Textile Dye Analysis

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Renowned chemist Richard Laursen describes methods for analyzing dyes in rugs and other textiles. A collaboration with the International Hajji Baba Society.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Guest Speakers

NEXT Dance Concert

April 27, 28 at 7 PM

NEXT Dance Concert

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Capstone Recital Nicole Kremin Voice

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Nicole Kremin, Voice recital.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Capstone Recital Nora Wolcott French Horn

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Join Music at the Corcoran for NEXT Capstone recital by Nora Wolcott. NEXT Capstone Recitals are the culminating projects for graduating music majors, requiring both an academic research component and a high level performance component. This recital is free and open to the public.

 

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Spring Fling 2019

8:00pm - 11:00pm

Join GW Program Board for the biggest Spring Fling ever-- in the Smith Center for the first time-- featuring our headliner blackbear with GRYFFIN.

If you missed out on getting a VIP wristband at Pre-Fling, we will be giving away a limited amount of additional wristbands during the week leading up to Spring Fling. Keep an eye on our social channels to be the first to know about these pop-up events.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Lecture/Show and Tell: Perspectives on South Persian Tribal Weavings

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Using rugs and images, collector James Opie will discuss how the ethnology of various tribes in South Persia affects our determination of the origins of the designs of their weavings.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus

GW Bands: The Genius of Percy Grainger

3:00pm - 3:00pm

The George Washington University Bands consist of students dedicated to enriching the University community through music. Members have the opportunity to perform in two concert ensembles: the Wind Ensemble is GW's premier wind band, and the Symphonic Band is the largest student ensemble and is open to all students.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Chamber Camerata

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Join Music at the Corcoran for a camerata recital featuring our chamber ensembles, with a focus on Historically Informed Performance-Practice. Our Camerata Recital series features curated student performances in a salon atmosphere presenting eclectic repertoire and ties together performance practice and scholarship.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Book Talk: “D.C. by Metro: A History and Guide”

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Author and journalist Michelle Goldchain will reveal the quirky, often unknown histories behind the D.C. area's most notable monuments, memorials, museums, statues, and murals—each within walking distance to a Metro station. 

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Guest Speakers

Book Talk: "D.C. by Metro: A History & Guide"

12:00pm - 1:00pm

This locally-driven presentation by author and journalist Michelle Goldchain will reveal the quirky, often unknown histories behind the D.C. area's most notable monuments, memorials, museums, statues, and murals—each within walking distance to a Metro station. At the end of the talk, there will be an interactive segment where audience members can learn more about the communities they live in.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Guest Speakers
• Research

Alumni Event: Fine Art Program Thesis Critiques

Monday, April 29, 2019 2:00 - 4:00 PM; Wednesday, May 1, 2019 2:00 - 4:00 PM

All Corcoran and GW alumni invited! Please join Professor Janis Goodman and her graduating students for their final thesis critiques, which will take place in front of their works in the Flagg Building at 500 17th Street NW. RSVP to [email protected].

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Symposium

6:00pm - 6:00pm

Reception  from 5 - 6pm in Gallery 102.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Capstone Recital Ivan Pirsi Trumpet

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Ivan Pirsl, trumpet recital.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

2019 Poetry Out Loud National Semi-Finals

9:00am - 8:00pm

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation host the 2019 National Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, a program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance.

• Academic Events
• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus

2019 Poetry Out Loud National Finals

7:00pm - 7:00pm

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation host the 2019 National Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, a program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance. On May 1, the nine finalists will vie for the title of Poetry Out Loud National Champion and a $20,000 award.

• Academic Events
• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus

Alumni Event: Fine Art Program Thesis Critiques

Monday, April 29, 2019 2:00 - 4:00 PM; Wednesday, May 1, 2019 2:00 - 4:00 PM

All Corcoran and GW alumni invited! Please join Professor Janis Goodman and her graduating students for their final thesis critiques, which will take place in front of their works in the Flagg Building at 500 17th Street NW. RSVP to [email protected].

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design