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Fine Arts AQDays - Friday, March 20, 2009 |
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Fine Arts AQDays are for students interested in Theatre, Music, Art and Creative Writing. Come and discover
what studying the arts at Aquinas is all about! Choose two of the 14 entertaining breakout sessions, view an exhibit of current students' work in
the Art Gallery, explore our 107 acre campus, have lunch with
potential classmates and meet and chat with faculty from your
specific area of interest. |
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| Sessions Include: Technical Theatre, Acting, Poetry, Writing Poetry about Art , Instrumental Jazz Improv, Vocal Music, Gesture Drawing, Collograph Printmaking, Sculpture,
Short Fiction,
Mobiles,
Creative Nonfiction,
Photograms and Digital Art. |
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| Student Responses from the 2008 Fine Arts Day Program: |
| "Just keep doing what you’re doing, because this formula is really helpful and encouraging to me as a student, artist, and musician." |
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| "The acting workshop was amazing! It was so much fun and entertaining." |
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| "I loved walking around the beautiful campus." |
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| "I really enjoyed the sessions and the professors who taught them." |
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| "My favorite part of the day was playing guitar, drawing, and always being encouraged. I love when teachers want to work with students." |
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| "The Short Fiction session was very helpful. It kept your attention while giving an overall theme of how to better one’s writing." |
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| "The day was so much fun and showed me the advantages of a small college." |
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Friday, March 20, 2009 |
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| Did you know… |
- Music Professor Paul Brewer taught five-time Grammy winner
Norah Jones.
- Grand Rapids opened a new $75 million Art Museum in 2007. The museum is the first newly constructed LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Art Museum in the world.
- Aquinas Performing Arts Center was opened in 2003.
- Aquinas is home to the Contemporary Writers Series which has featured many famous writers including Michael Ondaatje, Seamus Heaney and Stuart Dybek.
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Schedule of Events: |
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Scheduled Event |
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9:15 to 9:45 a.m. |
Registration (Performing Arts Center Lobby) |
| 9:45
to 10:10 a.m. |
Admissions Overview |
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10:20
to 11:20 a.m. |
Break out session I:
Music - Arts & Music Center
Art - Arts & Music Center
Theatre - Performing Arts Center
Creative Writing - Academic Building
Tour (Leave from Performing Arts Center Lobby) |
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11:20 a.m. to Noon |
Complimentary Lunch (Wege) |
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12:10
to 1:10 p.m. |
Break out session II:
Music - Arts & Music Center
Art - Arts & Music Center
Theatre - Performing Arts Center
Creative Writing - Academic Building
Tour (Leave from Performing Arts Center Lobby) |
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1:20
to 2:20 p.m. |
Break out session III:
Music - Arts & Music Center
Art - Arts & Music Center
Theatre - Performing Arts Center
Creative Writing - Academic Building
Tour (Leave from Performing Arts Center Lobby) |
| 2:30
to 3 p.m. |
Crescendo (Meet back in Performing Arts Center)
Each department will creatively showcase an Aquinas student or faculty member's work. |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Music Scholarship Auditions
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Theatre Scholarship Auditions [
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| If you would like to register via phone, or have already registered for Fine Arts AQDay
and have questions, please call the Aquinas College
Admissions Office at 1-800-678-9593 or (616)
632-2900. |
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