Upcoming Events

The Department of Fine and Performing Arts presents “Liam O’Gallagher: This Was The Future,” an exhibition featuring the work of avant-garde sound artist, painter and teacher, Liam O’Gallagher, whose San Francisco studio became an early gathering place for Beat writers and poets in the 1950s. O’Gallagher, who studied under Hans Hoffmann in the 1930’s, was a futurist, fascinated with science fiction and the use of developing technologies.

The exhibition is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is made possible through the generosity of Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts and friends of Colby-Sawyer College’s Center for Art + Design.

For more information, contact Gallery Director and Professor of Fine and Performing Arts Jon Keenan at jkeenan@colby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3667. Free and open to the public.

Join the Fine and Performing Arts Department to celebrate works by senior art majors in a variety of media. Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be open through Saturday, May 11.

For more information, contact Professor Loretta Barnett at lbarnett@colby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3668. Free.

The Colby-Sawyer community celebrates students’ commitment to scholarship at the annual symposium featuring interdisciplinary Capstone projects and undergraduate presentations on Monday, April 22, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, April 23, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. See the full schedule. Free.

Join Kevin Wallace, director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts in Ojai, Calif., and curator of Colby-Sawyer's current exhibition, "Liam O’Gallagher: This Was the Future," as he examines O’Gallagher’s work within the context of abstract expressionism, Beat poetry, and 20th century culture, as well as his relationships with leading artists and writers, including Beatrice Wood. A reception will take place in the William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery before and after Wallaces’s 5:45 p.m. presentation in the Niblack Black Box Theater.

For more information, contact Professor of Fine and Performing Arts Jon Keenan contact at jkeenan@colby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3667. Free.

Join arts advocate Kevin Wallace, director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, as he shares the story of Beatrice Wood. Wood, who lived to be 105, was world renowned for her luster-fired ceramic and sculptural works she called, "sophisticated primitives." Weaving a discussion of Wood's involvement in the New York Dada movement, the Designer-Craftsmen movement and the Contemporary Craft movement, Wallace shares the intersection of life and art that informed her life and his book Intersection: Art & Life.

For more information, contact Professor Jon Keenan at jkeenan@colby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3667. Free.

“It Might as Well Be Spring” includes madrigals and songs spanning five centuries, folk songs and spirituals, as well as familiar show tunes. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students and are available in New London at Morgan Hill Bookstore and Tatewell Gallery; in Warner at MainStreet BookEnds; kearsargechorale.org and at the door. For more information, contact Linda Barnes at 603.735.4100 or linda@constantquilter.com.

The Fine and Performing Arts Department presents a dark, funny and ultimately poignant play featuring the Peanuts gang as teens. With a cast of Colby-Sawyer students, the performance reimagines characters from the popular comic strip as they deal with difficult issues including alcoholism, drug use, past abuse, sexual orientation, bullying, pyromania and the kids who sit at the cool lunch table.

This performance is for mature audiences. For more information, contact director Mike Lovell at mlovell@colby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3666. Free.

The Scholars and Leaders Ceremony recognizes individuals and groups of students for academic with Capstone, Baccalaureate and Program Recognition Awards; honor society cords; and leadership, community and achievement awards.

For more information, contact Executive Assistant for the Office of the Academic Vice President & Dean of Faculty Kristin Tupper at 603.526.3760 or ktupper@colby-sawyer.edu. Free.

Faculty present graduating student nurses with pins and welcome them into the profession.

For more information, contact Administrative Coordinator for the School of Health Professions Kelly Hunold at 603.526.3795 or kelly.hunold@colby-sawyer.edu. Free.

Colby-Sawyer College celebrates graduates and recognizes members of the college and greater community for outstanding contributions to Colby-Sawyer and its students.

For more information contact Malaika Sidmore at 603.526.3720 or malaika.sidmore@colby-sawyer.edu. Free.

Join Professor of Fine & Performing Arts Jon Keenan for a special opportunity to create and explore the world of ceramics. During this five-day workshop series, students of all ages and experience levels will explore wheel throwing and hand building techniques; glazing and firing as they discover contemporary and ancient approaches, develop new skills and refine the final form of their work.

The five-day workshop series will be held weekends, July 13 - July 27, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. The cost is $475 per person. For more information, visit colby-sawyer.edu/summer-camps.html, call 603.526.3720 or email eventservices@colby-sawyer.edu.

Understand the link between law enforcement and forensic science by becoming a crime scene investigator for a week. Guided by experienced elementary and middle school educators, students learn how to process a crime scene, gather evidence and analyze data through fingerprints, fibers, hair, dental impressions, tool marks, blood splatter and much more.

This enrichment program has been developed for students entering 6th through 9th grades. Cost is $450 per camper. For more information, visit colby-sawyer.edu/summer-camps.html, call 603.526.3720 or email eventservices@colby-sawyer.edu.

Enjoy creative expression with fellow writers, artists and those inspired by music, drama and movement. Designed and implemented by innovative and engaging arts educator Jacquie Serebrani-Kesner, this fun-filled course encourages collaboration, exploration and self-expression.

This enrichment program has been developed for students entering 6th through 9th grades. Cost is $450 per camper. For more information, visit colby-sawyer.edu/summer-camps.html, call 603.526.3720 or email eventservices@colby-sawyer.edu.

Designed and led by Professor of Natural & Environmental Sciences Nick Baer, students will engage in the process of discovery, the wonders of the natural world, and the challenges ecosystems face as the population grows and increases demands on resources.

This enrichment program has been developed for students entering 6th through 9th grades. Cost is $450 per camper. For more information, visit colby-sawyer.edu/summer-camps.html, call 603.526.3720 or email eventservices@colby-sawyer.edu.

LEtGO Your Mind programs offer a safe, educationally enriching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) experience for children 4-13 using Lego® bricks, motors and gears to engineer structures, robots, simple machines, motorized cars and stop motion animation.

For more information, visit letgoyourmind.com.

The Department of Fine and Performing Arts hosts “Coming Home: The Ceramic Art of Vivika and Otto Heino,” an exhibition of ceramics made by renowned New Hampshire and California potters Vivika and Otto Heino from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection of Berkeley, Calif.

Following the reception, the exhibition remains up through Tuesday, Oct. 15. It is made possible in cooperation with Forrest L. Merrill, the League of NH Craftsmen and friends of the Colby-Sawyer College Center for Art + Design. Gallery hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information about the exhibition, please contact Gallery Director and Sonja C. Davidow '56 Endowed Chair of Fine and Performing Arts Professor Keenan at jkeenan@colby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3667. Free.