Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Click on individual event listings for the Mason Gross Galleries schedule.
Songs of Trevor Weston and Ignatius Sancho: A Premiere Performance and Discussion
Shindell Choral Hall 85 George Street, New Brunswick, United StatesSoprano Sonya Headlam (right) and historical keyboardist Rebecca Cypess present a world-premiere performance of songs by Trevor Weston based on the letters of the Black British writer and composer Ignatius Sancho (ca. 1729–1780). The concert […]
LIU SHIMING: Life Gives Beauty Form
Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThis retrospective by the renowned modern Chinese sculptor Liu Shiming features more than 80 works whose themes engage the past and present, the epic, the mythological, and the everyday. LIU SHIMING: Life Gives Beauty Form is the largest U.S. showing of sculptures made over Shiming’s 60-year career to date, including 27 works that are being exhibited for the first time in the United States. The exhibition also features 12 drawings that illuminate Shiming’s approach to close observational study of the human form and everyday life.
Aaron VanderWeele Faculty Recital
Shindell Choral Hall 85 George Street, New Brunswick, United StatesAaron VanderWeele, principal euphonium of the New York Staff Band, music director at the Princeton Brass Band, will be joined by Paul Conrad, piano, and a member of the Princeton Brass Band and New York Staff Band.
Alumni Dance Concert
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesIn the spirit of celebrating excellence in dance, the Dance Department presents a special Alumni Dance Concert.
Rutgers Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe Rutgers Symphony Orchestra will open the season with Three Latin-American Dances by celebrated American composer Gabriela Lena Frank. The concerto competition winner, Yan Yuet Artemis Cheung, will be featured as the soloist to perform Louis Spohr's Clarinet Concerto No. 2. The concert will conclude with La mer by Claude Debussy.
ARTIST TALK: Jason Baerg
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesJason Baerg, a Red River Métis originally from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is now a registered member of the Métis Nations of Ontario and actively serves his community as an Indigenous activist, curator, educator, and interdisciplinary artist.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Alex Da Corte
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesAlex Da Corte explores the nuances of contemporary life in his videos, installations, paintings, and sculptures, which are often united together in richly-hued, dreamlike environments. Touching upon notions of identity, intimacy, and taste, Da Corte’s work reimagines the familiar in wholly unexpected ways.
MFA Open Studios
Civic Square Building & Livingston Arts BuildingGraduate students in Art & Design open the doors to their studios this Fall, inviting you to get up close to their art and practice. See the art right where it's made and get to know this exceptionally talented pool of students from around the world.
Rutgers University Glee Club: Rutgers Sings!
Kirkpatrick Chapel 81 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA chance to hear and sing your favorite Rutgers songs once again.
Rutgers Wind Ensemble: “The Concerto Concept”
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRutgers Wind Ensemble "The Concerto Concept” will feature Kevin Day's Concerto for Wind Ensemble, Jodie Blackshaw's Symphony No. 1 subtitled Luenig's Prayer Book, and will also feature the Music Department 2023 Concerto Competition Winner, Carson De La Rosa, on Phillip Sparke's Euphonium Concerto No.1