YOUNGSTOWN, March 31 – Youngstown State University’s Cliffe College of Creative Arts and Communication has launched a new virtual arts series featuring a variety of performances and presentations by students and faculty, including piano, voice, guitar, saxophone and cello performances as well as gallery talks by art faculty. It debuted this week.
The series is titled “C3= Cliffe Creative Connections – A Place To See ‘Virtually’ Any Kind of Art” and is hosted on YSU’s YouTube channel. A video from the series appears below.
“Unfortunately, arts venues across the Mahoning Valley and our region are largely dark at this point, and for the foreseeable future. Since we are the largest single arts entity in the Valley, we feel that it is imperative for us to continue and further our mission for our students, our community and the arts,” said Phyllis Paul, Cliffe College dean.
“Our faculty and students are tremendous artists, and we are excited to continue sharing their talents through our C3 initiative. We are planning a variety of future C3 presentations and performances and are happy this venue will allow our many families and friends to stay connected to us throughout this time,” Paul said.
The series includes a collection of video and audio vignettes featuring students and faculty in the departments of Art; Theatre & Dance; and the Dana School of Music. The offerings will be posted weekly at first and then increase throughout the semester as students complete their work for exhibitions, senior projects and recitals.
The inaugural C3 video includes:
Musical performance
Rosie Bresson – a YSU musical theater student.
Concert pianist Caroline Oltmanns is professor of piano in the Dana School of Music. (Photograph by Kaupo Kikkas)Caroline Oltmanns, Dana School of Music faculty member. Oltmanns is a Fulbright Scholar, International Steinway Artist and an award-winning pianist who has toured around the world. She has recorded six CDs.
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Dana School of Music faculty member. Cahn-Lipman is a Juilliard graduate, founding cellist of the International Contemporary Ensemble and founder/director of the baroque string band ACRONYM. Cahn-Lipman has appeared on more than 40 recordings.
Dr. François Fowler is a Dana School of Music faculty member. Fowler is a national and international prize-winning guitarist. (Image via francoisfowler.com…)François Fowler, Dana School of Music faculty member. Fowler is a national and international prize-winning guitarist who has performed across North America.
Jim Umble, Dana School of Music faculty member. Umble is an internationally recognized saxophonist, teacher, soloist, clinician, chamber musician and author.
Gallery talks
Dragana Crnjak, YSU art faculty. Crnjak is Serbian-American artist who was born in former Yugoslavia. She is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is primarily based in the medium of painting and processes of drawing. Her work has been exhibited internationally. She is an associate professor at Youngstown State, where she teaches painting and drawing.
Claudia Berlinski, YSU art faculty. Berlinski works in a variety of media. Her work “explores the fugitive nature of personal history and memory.” She serves as coordinator of the McDonough Museum of Art on the campus of Youngstown State University.
For additional information about this series, contact Lori Factor at la******@ys*.edu… or 330-727-7514.
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