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March 20, 2022 | ABC<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”K&K Sound Artist of the Month: DIRK FREYMUTH” url=”https:\/\/kksound.com\/artist-of-the-month.php?month=12&year=2021″ image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-03-105621.jpg” _builder_version=”4.14.1″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n December, 2021 | K&K Sound<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Art and Design Faculty Biennial” url=”https:\/\/calendar.wou.edu\/cannongallery\/event\/6899-art-and-design-faculty-biennial” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-24-113231.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n November 11, 2021 | Today at WOU<\/b>| Western Oregon University<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”WOU to join ACDA honor choir” url=”https:\/\/acda.org\/honorchoirs” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_1226-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n October 21, 2021 | James Reddan <\/b>| Western Oregon University<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Milagro: a new musical featuring Choreography by Cynthia Garner” url=”https:\/\/www.milagromusical.com\/milagro-on-stage” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/10\/Milagro.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n October 19, 2021 | Cynthia Garner | <\/strong>Western Oregon University<\/span><\/p>\n Our own Cynthia Garner is having an exciting time choreographing for a new work, Milagro. The workshop will premiere at the Shedd institue in Eugene Oct 23 at 7:30 and Oct 24 at 3:00.<\/span><\/p>\n Milagro\u00a0is a new musical, currently in development,\u00a0with music, lyrics and lyric translations by Portland singer-songwriter\u00a0Anna Gilbert<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and celebrated Guatemalan singer-songwriter\u00a0Gaby Moreno<\/a><\/span>\u00a0with book by Broadway and YouTube artist\u00a0Evynne Hollens\u00a0<\/a><\/span>and Seattle playwright\u00a0Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth<\/a><\/span>. Inspired by a miraculous true story,\u00a0Milagro\u00a0is a deeply personal story about motherhood, survival, love, loss and the complexity of family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Grab some popcorn and catch these latest local plays” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/grab-some-popcorn-and-catch-these-latest-local-plays\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/05\/F3A28D2F-6936-4E49-AE19-9E70AC6A1E60.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n March 3, 2021 |\u00a0Natalie Dean | <\/strong>The Western Howl<\/span><\/p>\n There are still plenty of opportunities to enjoy the performing arts from home, and local theater events are still happening throughout the year to provide some much needed entertainment. Beginning Mar. 6 Western\u2019s theater students will be live streaming their upcoming event, \u201cLittle Prisons: A Series of Short Plays by Portland Playwrights,\u201d which is directed by Jessica Wallenfels. This performance highlights four plays written by local playwrights, all of which will be free to watch. There will also be various streaming methods to accommodate different schedules \u2014 some will be pre-recorded, while others will be streamed live.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Matter” url=”https:\/\/www.manyhatscollaboration.org\/#\/matter\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/10\/Matter.png” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Fall 2020 |\u00a0Many Hats Collaboration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n a co-production with Portland Playhouse<\/a>. Inspired by recent (and not so recent) events, Matter<\/em> follows the quest of one young Black man looking to find answers to police brutality and gun violence. Determined to save Black lives, he seeks to sort out the noise of opposing viewpoints and social division with a methodical examination of facts. As his theatrical investigation uncovers patterns of senseless violence and clues lead him to the likelihood of his own death, the reality and tragedy of lives lost begins to truly hit home.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Peter and the Starcatcher” url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nkHcN5ce_OQ” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/06\/Annotation-2020-06-08-131820.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n June 8, 2020 |\u00a0Ted deChatelet<\/strong>\u00a0| WOU Theatre Department<\/span><\/p>\n When the cast and crew found out that the spring production would not make it stage they kept working with the text to grow and learn as actors. Get a sneak peek at what the process was like with these interviews from the students.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”GRAD PROFILE: KAYLI SMITH” url=”https:\/\/today.wou.edu\/2020\/06\/17\/grad-profile-kayli-smith\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/06\/Annotation-2020-06-17-115733.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n June 17, 2020 | Cheyan Swan<\/strong>\u00a0| Today at WOU<\/span><\/p>\n Kayli Smith is an art major with a concentration in ceramics, as well as a minor in art history. Her hometown is Dallas, Ore. As a 2020 graduate, we interviewed Smith about her experience at WOU and her future plans.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Ethnomusicology and Alchemy” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/06\/Baxter-Diane-2020-Ethnomusicology-and-Alchemy.pdf” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/06\/Annotation-2020-06-03-135503.png” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n April 2020 | Diane Baxter<\/strong>\u00a0| American Music Teacher<\/span><\/p>\n “Music is alchemy. It has the ability o profoundly change our perceptions of and interactions of the world.”<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”ART FOR INNOVATION” url=”https:\/\/today.wou.edu\/2020\/04\/08\/art-for-innovation\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/05\/emand-park.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n April 8, 2020 |\u00a0Kristine Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0| Today at WOU<\/span><\/p>\n The late Alfred \u201cFred\u201d Maurice\u2019s curiosity and desire to see students succeed inspired him to establish a challenge for Western Oregon University students.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Cannon Gallery \u2014 a platform for stunning faculty work” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/cannon-gallery-a-platform-for-stunning-faculty-work\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/05\/gallery.png” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Nov 22, 2019 |\u00a0Never Retallack<\/strong>| Western Howl<\/span><\/p>\n Cannon Gallery \u2014 Western\u2019s very own art exhibit within Campbell Hall, opened its biennial production of faculty art on Nov. 13. The exhibition will be open until Dec. 13 and holds works from the following: Jen Bracy, Clay Dunklin, Jodie Garrison, Mary Harden, Rebecca McCannell, Peter Hoffecker Mejia, Sung Eun Park, Gregory Poulin, Daniel Tankersley, Diane Tarter, Garima Thakur and Jen Vaughn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.10.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”WOU FACULTY MEMBER JEN VAUGHN AWARDED A CAREER OPPORTUNITY GRANT” url=”https:\/\/www.oregonartscommission.org\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/file\/COG%20Release%20Round%20One%20FY2022%20final.pdf” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2022\/01\/Campbell_Hall_Polk_County_Oregon_scenic_images_polDB4701.jpg” _builder_version=”4.14.1″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Jan 18, 2022 | Carrie Kikel | <\/strong>Oregon Arts Commission<\/span><\/p>\n Jennifer Vaughn, Eugene The Oregon Arts Commission provides leadership, funding and arts programs through its [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Cast buzzes with excitement in WOU\u2019s indoor production of \u201cThe Secret in the Wings\u201d” url=”https:\/\/www.polkio.com\/news\/cast-buzzes-with-excitement-in-wou-s-indoor-production-of-the-secret-in-the-wings\/article_fc2345fe-3cfd-11ec-b120-579585bf309b.html” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/11\/6183152516517.image_.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n November 3, 2021 | David Hayes | <\/strong>Polk County Itemizer-Observer<\/span><\/p>\n Tessa Rosenau may be an actor. But there was no faking her enthusiasm to be involved in bringing theater back to the indoor stage at Western Oregon University\u2019s Rice Auditorium.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m soooo excited to have a live audience,\u201d enthused Rosenau, a senior at WOU. \u201cThis is my first production with a live audience in over a year. It\u2019s super exciting. It feels a little unreal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The entire cast and crew were buzzing with high energy during a run-through rehearsal Oct. 28 of Mary Zimmerman\u2019s \u201cThe Secret in the Wings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Western\u2019s bands are back indoors” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/westerns-bands-are-back-indoors\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/10\/Smith-Hall-Music-Excellence-Banner-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n October 14, 2021 | Camille Lenning <\/b>| The Western Howl<\/span><\/p>\n Those who frequented campus the first two weeks of fall term may have heard the sound of music flowing from outside Smith Hall. This is where Western\u2019s instrumental ensembles practiced to comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines. However, bands like the jazz orchestra have recently found themselves back inside for practice sessions, since they received specialized equipment that greatly limits the spread of respiratory droplets while playing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis includes custom masks designed to be worn while playing a wind instrument, as well as bell covers that reduce the spread of aerosols while playing an instrument,\u201d said jazz orchestra director Dr. Keith Karns. \u201cThis PPE is part of the COVID mitigation plan adopted by virtually all music programs in public schools, colleges, and universities in the Pacific Northwest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n These COVID safety protocols have also allowed the ensembles to schedule performances again, something they were unable to do last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOne of them is going to be a side-by-side concert with \u2026 McKay High School. So we\u2019ll just be over there, showing the high schoolers what we can do \u2026 and they can play with us and they get on the stage with us,\u201d said sophomore general music major Jacob McDonald, who plays trumpet for the jazz orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”GRAD PROFILE: JULZ MUDGE” url=”https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/JenBracyArtCraft?section_id=30159101″ image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2021\/05\/Mudge-2-e1620073449117-300×200-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n May 24, 2021 | Cheyan Swan\u00a0<\/b>| Today at WOU<\/span><\/p>\n “Julz Mudge is a 2021 graduate from Des Moines, Wash. She is a Performing Arts major with a double minor in Psychology and Communications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why did you choose WOU?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>WOU was the first college I ever toured, and despite numerous other college visits, I always came back to WOU. There was something about it that just made it impossible to forget. I committed to WOU the second time I visited; I was standing in the bookstore with my parents and my best friend, Candace, who was also touring WOU. Candace told me this school was perfect for me, and she was right. Stepping onto campus feels like home, and it has ever since that first step…”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”New Etsy Shop with Eclectic Mix of Art” url=”https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/JenBracyArtCraft?section_id=30159101″ image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/10\/il_794xN.2502840124_s28j.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Summer 2020 |\u00a0Jen Bracy\u00a0<\/strong>| WOU Art & Design Department<\/span><\/p>\n During the isolated days of Spring and Summer Professor Jen Bracy has been creating all sorts of arts and crafts. Jen has made this art available on Etsy and is excited to see what opportunities this platform reveals! The shop features digital and fine arts of all kinds.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Dance Where You Are” url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rv41Ig0X8e8″ image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/06\/Dance-Where-You-Are-YT-Thumbnail.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n June 1, 2020 |\u00a0Corrie Cowart<\/strong>| WOU Dance Department<\/span><\/p>\n Choreography and performance by students of the D 352 Dance Composition II class at Western Oregon University. Due to the global pandemic in 2020, this course was taught remotely. Students worked on composition assignments from their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Read an interview to learn how the choir department has adapted” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/read-an-interview-to-learn-how-the-choir-department-has-adapted\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/06\/download.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n April 21, 2020 |\u00a0Never Retallack<\/strong>\u00a0| Western Howl<\/span><\/p>\n During this time where students\u2019 daily lives are being greatly affected, read this interview with Tonya Bradley \u2014\u00a0 a junior at Western majoring in Education \u2014 to find out how her experience with choir in the music department has changed.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Artist Spotlight on Abi Lowther, aspiring tattoo artist” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/artist-spotlight-on-abi-lowther-aspiring-tattoo-artist\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/05\/abil.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Feb 10, 2020 |\u00a0Never Retallack<\/strong>| Western Howl<\/span><\/p>\n Abi Lowther\u2019s love for art was ignited as a first-year in high school when she took an introduction to drawing class and realized that she had a natural talent. From there, she started to pursue art more seriously; as a sophomore at Western, she is currently majoring in Art and Design.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Western dancer and first-time choreographer gets involved in the arts community through an award-winning rock musical” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/western-dancer-and-first-time-choreographer-gets-involved-in-the-arts-community-through-an-award-winning-rock-musical\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/05\/noah-241×300.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_margin=”||48px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Nov 17, 2019 | Caity Healy<\/strong>\u00a0| Western Howl<\/span><\/p>\n With WOU’s Creative Arts Division as robust and successful as it is, with several programs and departments, students involved often choose to get involved in the arts in their community beyond the ways they are offered on campus. One such student is Noah Nieves Driver.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”BFA graduates put their hard work on display” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/bfa-graduates-put-their-hard-work-on-display\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/05\/BFA-image.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ min_height=”490px” custom_margin=”24px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n June 7, 2019 |\u00a0Chrys Weedon\u00a0<\/strong>| Western Howl<\/span><\/p>\n As the school year winds to a close, end of the year events are keeping graduating seniors busy. The next event of the year is a new exhibit in the Cannon Gallery of Art featuring the artwork of three Bachelor of Fine Arts students who will be graduating on June 15, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Les Watanabe on Alvin Ailey, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle and his life in dance” url=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/western-dancer-and-first-time-choreographer-gets-involved-in-the-arts-community-through-an-award-winning-rock-musical\/” image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2020\/06\/SOJOURN-copy.jpg” _builder_version=”4.13.0″ custom_margin=”||48px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Jan 20, 2017 |\u00a0Jamuna Chiarini\u00a0<\/strong>| Oregon Artswatch<\/span><\/p>\n At 2 and 7:30 pm on Saturday, January 21, Laura Stilwell, Felice Moskowitz, Terry Brock and Emma Mochnick will dance\u00a0Les Watanabe\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Love Songs<\/em>, part of Fertile Ground\u2019s\u00a0Groovin\u2019 Greenhouse,<\/a>\u00a0hosted by Polaris Dance Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”WOU\u2019s musical \u2018The Theory of Relativity\u2019 connects issues facing today\u2019s youth” url=”https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/2020-2021″ image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2022\/02\/620c397d65fb0.image_.jpg” _builder_version=”4.14.1″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n February 16, 2022 | David Hayes <\/b>| Polk County Itemizer-Observer<\/span><\/p>\n When seniors Kristina Barnes and Tessa Rosenau tell friends about the latest production Western Oregon University\u2019s Department of Theater and Dance is performing, they usually end up saying, \u201cNo, not that one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI feel, people hear about \u2018The Theory of Relativity\u2019 and say, \u2018You mean the one about Stephen Hawking?\u2019 No, that\u2019s \u2018The Theory of Everything,\u2019\u201d Rosenau explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt is about science, though,\u201d Barnes added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rosenau said the musical \u201cThe Theory of Relativity\u201d explores \u201cconnecting with one another and even how small interactions with people affect the paths of our lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Les Watanabe’s film %222020-2021%22 selected as an Official Selection for Logcinema Music Film Festival” url=”https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/2020-2021″ image=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-10-093506.jpg” _builder_version=”4.14.1″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Winter 2022 | Les Watanabe <\/b>| Western Oregon University<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Oregon Arts Commission $2,000
To support the creation and installation of visual artwork for a Vaughn\u2019s solo exhibition at Ditch
Projects in Springfield, Oregon in September.<\/span><\/p>\n
grants, services, and special initiatives. The Arts Commission is supported with general funds
appropriated by the Oregon legislature and with federal funds from the National Endowment
for the Arts as well as funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n