Arts&Culture

Derek Lee Ragin

Great Performances 2004-2005

Rebel with countertenor Derek Lee Ragin, “An Angel’s Voice: The Legend of Farinelli”

Sunday, April 3, 3 p.m. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Preceded at 2 p.m. by a free lecture by Mark Conley on “Farinelli and the Art of the Countertenor.”

Convergences 2003-2004, Jane Calvin

Fine Arts Center Galleries

Spring 2005

MAIN GALLERY

Tuesday-Friday noon-4 p.m., evenings 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 1-4 p.m.

March 31-May 10

Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Juried annually by an outside expert, this special exhibition features all media currently taught at the Department of Art from drawing to the latest digital technology. March 31, 4 p.m.: Opening reception and awards ceremony.

PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY

Tuesday-Friday: noon-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 1-4 p.m.

March 24-May 10

Tableaux Vivant Color Photography by Jane Calvin. The Chicago-based feminist artist stresses that she ”makes” rather than ”takes” photographs: “I am a maker of meaning, not an observer of it. My images are elliptical, digressive, fragmented, layered, and expansive.”

CORRIDOR GALLERY

Daily 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Features works by Art Department faculty and guests.

March 21-April 24

Playing to an Empty House by Lilla Samson. Features finely nuanced studies of the natural world, both painted and drawn. Samson is an instructor in two-dimensional design, drawing, and printmaking. March 23, noon: Gallery talk by the artist.

April 27-May 22

Portraits of Unborn Revolutionaries by Ron Hutt. The artist describes this project as a “digitally mediated channeling of the portraits of unborn revolutionaries who will change global society and culture and impact the sustainability of life on this planet.” Ron Hutt, assistant professor of art, is a founding member of the 3-D Group for Interactive Visualization. Beginning April 27, an interactive NetArt Web site is available at www.ronhutt.org. May 3, noon: Gallery talk by the artist.

For further information call Judith Tolnick at 401-874-2775 or email jtolnick@uri.edu.

URI Theatre 2004-2005

The Diary of Anne Frank

by Francis Goodrich & Albert Hackett

newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman

April 28-April 30, 8 p.m.

May 4-7, 8 p.m.

May 1, 5 p.m.

$12 General; $10 Students/Seniors/Children

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Auditions are open to the public; contact 401-874-5921 for dates and times