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Professor del Amo’s Digital Photography course will be visiting the “Who Shot Sports’ A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. The show “Who Shot Sports’ A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present” includes 170 photographers ranging from commercial to fine art, and includes artists like Richard Alvedon, Rineke Dijkstra, Leni Riefenstahl, Alexandre Rodchenko, and Catherine Opie. It is the most comprehensive presentation of sports photography ever organized. The Digital Photography class is primary populated by non-majors who learn to master the digital camera and to develop basic composition skills. The exhibition will expose students to a wide range of photographic approaches and styles– from technical virtuosity to a personal artistic vision–, and will raise questions about the historical and political context in which images were made.

This event is open to students ARTS 207-02 only.

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Professor del Amo’s Portrait Photography class will be visiting the “Diane Arbus: In the Beginning” exhibition at the Met Breuer Museum in NYC. Diane Arbus is one of the most important portrait photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition “In the Beginning” features early and less known works that she created during the first seven years of her career (1956-62). Students will have the unique opportunity to see original works that will inform what they will learn about this artist in the Portrait Photography class.

This event is open to students ARTS 328 only.

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Professor Davis’ class will be visiting the Newark Museum, in Newark NJ.

This event is open to students ARHT 322 only.

The Ramapo College Concert Band will hold its Fall Organizational meeting on Tuesday, September 13th in the H-Wing Auditorium at 6PM. The band is open to all interested instrumentalists and auditions are not required.

Bring your instruments, we’ll start to rehearse! Please email our director, Dr. Chris Wilhjelm if you have any questions at cwilhjel@ramapo.edu

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Professor Shamash’s “The Craft of Costume” class will be visiting the “Uniformity” exhibit at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Students will observe first-hand examples of uniforms within a historical contest as it relates to the societal contexts in which they were worm, covering several centuries. The tour will be led by the curator for the exhibit.

This event open to students of THEA 203 only.

Professor Ben Neill has arranged for guest speaker Brian McAndrews to visit his MUSI 263: Business of Music, MUSI 313: Music Online, and MUSI 450: Capstone Seminar is Music courses. Brian McAndrews is an outstanding figure int he contemporary music, media, and technology industries. His visit is a great opportunity for students to directly interact with a highly successful individual whose past experience includes being CEO of Pandora, the leading music streaming service int he United States, as well as Vice President at Disney and Microsoft. He serves on the board of the New York Times where he is Chair of the Technology and Innovation Committee.

This event is open to all students and to the college community.

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Students of Professor Gidal’s “Music, Technology, and Media” course will be visiting the outstanding exhibit at the Morris Museum which features an immense collection of mechanical music boxes, player pianos and organs, and related automata which will enhance their understanding of the development of recording devices beginning in the 18th and 19th centuries. They will receive a tour and live demonstration of the key devises for the course.

This event is open to students of MUSI 316 only.

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Professor Davis’ ARHT 225: 20th Century Art class will be visiting the New Museum in NYC to enhance their curriculum and learning outcomes.

This event is open to ARHT 225 students only.

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Professor Davis’ class will be visiting the Museum of Modern Art to enrich the curriculum and student learning outcomes.

This event is open to students ARHT 225 only.

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Professor Peter Campbell’s History of Theater class will be visited by Noh performer Elizabeth Dowd of the Noh Training Project. Dowd will engage students in observation and experiential activity on the art of Japanese Noh Acting. Students will watch an expert performer use her body and voice to perform the difficult, ancient art of Noh and then have opportunities to learn movements and vocal methods as well which will tie into their learning about acting methodologies, performance culture, and the links between culture and representation.

This event is open to students of THEA 232 only.