Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Click on individual event listings for the Mason Gross Galleries schedule.
Guest Artist Piano Masterclass: Mikhail Voskresensky
Schare Recital Hall 81 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesDecorated Russian pianist and educator Mikhail Voskresensky, who defected from Russia in 2022, conducts a masterclass open to the public. Free
Rutgers Symphonic Winds & Rutgers Symphony Band: “Songs and Dances”
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesProgram Rutgers Symphony Band "Awakenings," Kim Archer; "Hypnotic Fireflies," Brian Balmages; "Listen to the Lambs," Robert Nathaniel Dett; "A Little Tango Music," Adam Gorb; "Governor’s Own March," Alton Adams Rutgers Symphonic Winds "Pas Redoublé," Camille […]
Visiting Artist Lecture: Ina Wudtke
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesIna Wudtke is a conceptual artist based in Berlin. Her research-based work questions hegemonic political discourses and strengthens counter-discourses on themes such as gender, work, housing and colonialism.
Rutgers Wind Ensemble: “New Morning for the World”
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe Rutgers Wind Ensemble presents "New Morning for the World" in celebration of Black History Month, conducted by Kraig Alan Williams. The concert will feature a new composition by composer Viet Cuong titled "Deciduous," Joseph […]
Guest Artist Voice Masterclass: Benjamin Taylor
Schare Recital Hall 81 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesBaritone Benjamin Taylor received his Master of Music from Boston University and his Performer’s Certificate with Boston University’s Opera Institute. Notable roles include Silvio in "I pagliacci," Fiorello in "The Barber of Seville," Cowardly Giant in "Shalimar the Clown," and Marcello in "La bohème."
Design Lecture: Kelly Walters
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesKelly Walters is an artist, designer, and founder of the multidisciplinary design studio Bright Polka Dot. Her ongoing design research interrogates identity formation and systems of value embedded in Black visual and material culture.
BFA Visual Arts Thesis I: Sweetness of The Small Cosmic Excess
Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA showcase of intricate and ambitious thesis work reflecting the artists’ exploration of their identities and relationship to the world.
CANCELLED – Visiting Artist Lecture: Jeremy Dennis
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesJeremy Dennis (b. 1990) is a contemporary fine art photographer, an enrolled Tribal Member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY, and lead artist and founder of the non-profit Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Inc. on the Shinnecock Reservation. In his work, he explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.
Rutgers University Jazz Lab Big Band: Duke Ellington’s “Black, Brown, and Beige”
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA performance of one of Ellington’s seminal works and his first major attempt at a long-form composition, which represents several major innovations in the world of jazz.
Rutgers Theater Company: “The Giant Void In My Soul” by Bernardo Cubría
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesTwo friends set out on a quest to discover the meaning of life in this existential comedy inspired by "Don Quixote" and "Waiting for Godot."