January 2012
Wyoming artist symbolizes restlessness
While professional artist Ricki Klages lived in Italy, she created many symbolic paintings of the landscape. Those works are now on display in the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts Building on the University of South Dakota campus. The exhibit will be open until Feb. 15. An artist […]
Artwork inspires composers
Newly-composed pieces of music, accompanied by the paintings that inspired them, will be played at the John A. Day Art Gallery on Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. Alison Erazmus, Director of the University Art Galleries, will be hosting painter Ricki Klages in honor of a composing contest which challenged musicians to view her paintings for […]
Autoharp master invited to play at National Music Museum
The National Music Museum is continuing their Brown Bag Lunch program with a free concert Jan. 27, featuring autonomous autoharpist Bryan Bowers. Bowers is an autoharp master as well as a singer and songwriter. An autoharp is a chorded zither with buttons that when depressed damp all strings except those to be sounded. The undamped […]
Vermillion area showcased in photographs
Associate art professor, John Banasiak, enjoys exploring older photography processes. “They seem to offer some new directions to potentially experiment with further investigation,” Banasiak said. “Sometimes people tend to forget about the older processes and don’t really explore it or review it to see how it might apply to contemporary times and issues.” When Banasiak […]
In the Know & In the Dark 1/25/11
IN THE KNOW: The unusually nice early January weather. It’s great that we’ve had minimal blizzards to deal with as in recent years. IN THE DARK: The unusually nice January weather going away. Way to screw with us Mother Nature. Shorts to snow pants-weather overnight is not cool. IN THE KNOW: The Super Bowl XLVI […]
OVERheard 1/25/11
“Jump on the ship; the internship!” – Al neuharth media center “If it wasn’t for the plague, he could’ve kept screwing his mom.” – WARREN M. LEE CENTER FOR THE FINE ARTS “He needs to go to school. He needs the socialism.” – WHIMP’S “Are you aware that I have testicles or […]
THE RANT: Dear Facebookers
Dear Facebookers, I’m once again seeing an influx of “repost this status/picture/video if you’re for/against (insert random cause here)” posts. You know, I’m against cancer/bullying/hunger and any other problems you can think of. But at day’s end, bullies don’t care what your status is. Cancer won’t be cured by a post and pictures aren’t feeding […]
GUEST SUBMISSION: Students should get involved in SGA legislation and elections
Welcome back everyone. I trust you all had an enjoyable holiday break, and I hope you got to spend time with friends and family. As we enter the spring 2012 semester, my purpose for writing to you is two-fold. First, I would like to encourage student involvement in the legislative session and support for the […]
USD to host 14th annual Quad State Honor Band Festival Monday
High School students from the quad state area will gather Monday at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts building’s Knutson Theatre to partake in the University of South Dakota’s 14th annual USD Quad State Honor Band Festival. “High school students come from the four-state area, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota and they are selected […]