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Presenting over 300 events per year, there is always inspiration here. Open to the public, events honor talents from nearby and world-wide: our students and faculty, special guests, and professional performers and visual artists. Students fulfill their passions through majors and non-major programs. Community members enjoy fresh, thought-provoking experiences. We welcome people of all kinds to engage, and enjoy.

News

Jacob Scherr joins Music Department to direct bands

person in glasses wearing black suit with black shirt and tie holding a conductor's baton

Mark Kuntz play at Sylvia Center features Gabi Gilbride and Evan Mueller

a middle-aged person in a suit and tie, seated, with a younger person leaning over the seated person's shoulder

Celebrating Jim Lortz

What does a global history of architectural modernism look like?

Cover of a book called Rethinking Global Modernism shows a large ball of string

Theatre alums Wulfekuhle and Gervais perform in NYC production of "Battle of Angels"

four actors on a stage in a play about the 1930s

Events

CANCELED: Natural Homeland featuring Powell Flutes Artist Amelia Lukas

Amelia has long auburn hair, and silver white sleeveless dress, and holds a flute with an end at her hip extended upward past her head. She is smiling.

POSTPONED: Winter Dances 2022

3 dancers posed: in front, a dancer bends at the knees and reaches down with one hand - one heel and the other elbow lifted up. To the right, a dancer bends at the knees in a partial lunge and leans back, letting their arms dangle. In the back, a dancer stands on toes with legs and arms spread into the shape of a star, and wrists bent so all fingers are pointed up.

CANCELED: Sanford-Hill Piano Series presents Spencer Myer

View from piano bench level of Spencer Myer playing piano, leaning back with eyes closed and head tilted upward

Thinking About Guitar History with Robert de Visée’s Suite in D Minor

smiling person in glasses and blue shirt, foliage in background

Joaquín Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre in the Context of Francoist Spain

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Exhibitions

More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art - featuring Ryan Kelly of WWU

Plates, vases and other pottery with whimsical designs mounted on a backdrop on a wall. The backdrop has an illustrated lattice-like pattern with illustrations of flowers in the gaps.

Western Gallery Exhibition

A round window in a rock wall reveals repeating round windows in rock walls, with the last window showing a view of trees in a field

Nancy Holt, Between Heaven and Earth

January 13 through May 7, 2022

Several works representing Holt’s entire body of work, including Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings. Featuring an immersive installation where viewers can engage with a map of Ursa Major and Minor on the gallery ceiling, personally experiencing Holt’s interest in bringing “the [night] sky down to the earth”.

All classes are welcome to visit the Western Gallery during open hours