Skip to School of Contemporary Arts (CA) site navigationSkip to main content

School of Contemporary Arts (CA)

Visual Arts Lecture & Workshop Cycle: Gazing Back

Friend's Hall 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Join us for a discussion on anime, manga, and controversy. Presented by The Berrie Center Galleries and the Women's Center

Tabita Rezaire: Kimetic Yoga Workshop

York Room 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

MerKaBa for the Hoeteps a Kemetic Yoga workshop with visiting artist Tabita Rezaire Join in a meditative journey into Kemetic wisdom to awaken your light beings and reclaim your hoetep powers. In our times of ultra disconnection, ancient African teachings offer guidance to raise our vibrational frequency and tune into our energy source. The spiritual […]

“Linotype” Screening & Typesetting Demonstration

H-Wing Auditorium

Join us for a screening of "Linotype," a film about typesetting in the old days and how it's demise disrupted the design industry. Ramapo COMM students who will be joined by 8-10 members of the Art Directors Club Design Education Council who will facilitate an informal discussion with the students on their experiences with the […]

Recurring

Roopa Panesar

Sharp Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road: Berrie Center, Mahwah, United States

Sitarist Roopa Panesar and her accompanists will present two workshops about Hindustani classical music as well as a concert in the Sharp Theater (please see the Berrie Center event listing here for more details). The workshops will have students sing along with Panesar; she will also explain the instruments and her understanding of musical practice […]

Workshop with Composer/Violinist Jonathan Keren

York Room 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Switzerland-based composer/violinist Jonathan Keren will run a workshop alongside Prof. Gilad Cohen. Praised by the New York Times for shifting between "tastes of sublime mysticism and catastrophic wildness," Mr. Keren has built his career working in a wide range of musical genres including classical music, Baroque, Irish music, Arabic music, and Klezimer. At the workshop, […]

Artist Talk: Matt Jensen

Alumni Lounges; SC 156 Ramapo College of New Jersey; Alumni Lounge SC 156, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Rain Date 10/23 Artist Matthew Jensen's multi-disciplinary practice combines photography with walking, collecting and rigorous site-specific explorations of landscapes. His projects strive to connect people to places by expanding the traditions of landscape photography to include a range of mediums and actions. Artist Talk 1:25-2:15 SC 156 Workshop 2:15-5:45 Walk to Work: Expanding the Photographic […]

Music from China

Susan Cheng, Wang Guowei, and a third member of their ensemble Music from China will present traditional and contemporary compositions of Chinese "silk and bamboo" music. Similar to the group's workshop at Ramapo in Spring 2015, the workshop will focus onĀ  he instruments, ensemble interaction, approaches to program music (instrumental music that portrays non-musical topics), […]

Japanese Noh Acting Demonstration

BC 141 Ramapo College of New Jersey; BC 141, Mahwah, NJ, United States

This is a closed event. Noh performer Elizabeth Down of the Noh Training Project engages our students in observation and experiential activity of the art of Japanese Noh acting. Students will be able to watch an expert performer use her body and voice to perform the difficult, ancient art of Noh and then have opportunities […]

Artist Talk: Elizabeth Hutchinson

Adler Theater

Lecture: Jimmie Durham: Matters of Life and Death Elizabeth Hutchinson is an Associate Professor of Art History at Barnard College. Her work focuses on the visual culture of a variety of North American groups and their viewers. Key issues motivating her work include comparative analyses of the visual culture of the United States and other […]

“IMPROV FOR INNOVATION” WORKSHOP

Alumni Lounge SC 158 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

"IMPROV FOR INNOVATION" WORKSHOP MONDAY, MARCH 28, 6:30 PM Student Center Alumni Lounge - SC158 For students, faculty, staff, and the Ramapo community This fun, interactive workshop introduces people to […]