ArtsWinthrop Events Calendar

X-change 

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries 

Common within the print community and among many publishers and collectors, print portfolios serve to utilize the original concepts of printmaking, which are to perform and facilitate mass information exchange. With technology swiftly moving forward, these exchanges which utilize traditional printmaking processes, have become primarily for fine art purposes, ideal for groups who share common interests, for the furthering of conceptual research, and/or fundraising campaigns. This exhibition will display various portfolios from students, faculty and professional artists. 

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

"Meshing the Madness: How Prima Donna's Scenas of Insanity Unite Divisions Between Verdi and Wagner" performance by Dr. Kristen Wunderlich, accompanied by Arlene Shrut

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Batman’s Investigative Techniques, Recontextualizing & Decontextualizing the World's Greatest Detective 

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Design 

Professor Jason Tselentis examines Batman's appearances in comic books and cartoons, comparing the Caped Crusader's character, methods, and ideals to other detectives found in literature and movies. Includes background on Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman, Nightwing, and Robin, as well as the 1968 movie "La Mujer Murcielago" (The Bat-Woman) starring Maura Monti. Friendly for all ages, PG & PG-13 content. 

Admission: Free and open to public  

Event Contact: tselentisj@winthrop.edu 

35th Undergraduate Juried Exhibition 

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries

Juror: Jon Prichard

Each spring, current Winthrop University students are eligible to submit their recent work to the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. This exhibition is an opportunity for students to have their work selected by a prominent regional juror to exhibit in a professional gallery setting. Open to students in the Departments of Fine Arts and Design, this yearly exhibition showcases Winthrop’s brightest talent from areas such as painting, sculpture, jewelry/metals, printmaking, interior design, illustration, and photography.

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

Fin

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries 

A solo exhibition with works by Winthrop Art Education professor, Dr. Michelle Livek.

When working though physical or emotional pain, humans have developed uniquely personalized methods of safe escape. Actions or habits that are not associated with the pain, manifest as a boundary between being in the “spaces” that might re-traumatize, and the journey toward re-associating with the self — differently. Fin is an exhibition of works in a fixated style of analog (insert arrow with two directions) digital drawings and layerings that invite viewers to witness the multitude of hours, colors, patterns, habits, and momentum that it takes to find safety in fluidity.

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

Opening Reception for UJE 35, Fin and X-change

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries 

Winthrop University Galleries presents an opening reception for UJE 35 in the Rutledge Gallery, Michelle Livek in the Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery and X-change in the Lewandowski Student Gallery.  

Admission: Free and open to public 

Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

Songs of the Soul

Chorale/ Chamber Singers/ Collegiate Choir Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Ensemble Series 

Jeremy Mims, director 

The Winthrop University Department of Music presents the Winthrop Chorale, Chamber Singers and Collegiate Choirs, with conductor Jeremy Mims.

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu

Un Dance

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Theatre and Dance

This is a special topics performance for black history month. The showing will feature works of the untold stories of the black community through a dance lens. The works are choreographed by current dance education majors in the Department of Theatre & Dance. This performance is also in collaboration with the African American studies committee. 

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: tullg@winthrop.edu  

"Bridging Worldly Desires and Transcendence: A Tale of Two Sisters in Toshio Hosokawa’s Opera Matsukaze"

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music,

DEI lecture series 

Department of Music Professor, Dr. Tomoko Deguchi will present a lecture.

"Born in 1955, Toshio Hosokawa is one of the most successful and influential Japanese composers whose works are performed in Europe, United States, and Asia. His music references to Japanese classical aesthetic and philosophical ideals, especially the aesthetics of Noh Theatre. Opera "Matsukaze" is an adaptation of a popular 14^th century Noh play by the same title. The story’s protagonists are the spirits of two sisters who linger in this world. This lecture will focus on the role of the chorus in the opera, acting as a passageway of the two sisters’ spirits, as their psyches shift from lingering in the earthly world to the state of hysteria, eventually attaining transcendence, disappearing to the other world."

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Our Illustrated World

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries 

2023 Illustration Student Gallery Show

"Images were our first form of communication. From the Caves of Lascaux to video games of today – we have long told our stories through the images we create. Look around you - we live in an illustrated world. This show celebrates just a few avenues of creation under the umbrella term of “illustration” which has expanded to include everything from figure drawing to pattern making, graphic novels to invented worlds. Come enjoy works by our next generation of image-driven story makers."

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

Eurydice

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Theatre & Dance 

By Sarah Ruhl: Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.  

Directed by J. Christopher Brown 

Admission: $10 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public

Event Contact: boxoffice@winthrop.edu 
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Ancestors of the Trumpet

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Lecture Series

Featured Presenter: Dr. Elisa Koehler, Chair of the Department of Music

The Winthrop University Department of Music presents a lecture-demonstration featuring high brass instruments from 1600 – today.

Admission: Free and open to public  |  Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu

Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Ensemble Series 

Lorrie Corchet, director |  Doug Presley, director 

The Winthrop University Department of Music presents the Winthrop Wind Symphony and Symphonic Bands, with conductors Dr. Lorrie Crochet and Dr. Doug Presley.

Admission: Free and open to public  |  Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu

"Visual and Performing Arts Presentations, presented as part of Winthrop University's Movement(s) in a Dynamic World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference"

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Theatre & Dance 

This event will feature the presentation of three back-to-back performance works of approximately 20 minutes each, with a faculty-let Q & A session with the artists following the conclusion of the performances. The three performances will feature a variety of visual and performing arts components, including visual art works projected on a screen, the performance of live music and dance choreography, and live poetry reading and storytelling. 

The titles of the three individual performance pieces and the participating faculty members are:

1). "The On-going-ness of Earth and Humankind"  Featuring: E.E. Balcos (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Leonard Mark Lewis (Winthrop University), Claudia O’Steen (Winthrop University) 

2). "Our Bodies’ Movement in Poetry and Painting"

Featuring: Mary E. Martin (Winthrop University), Caroline Rust Ward (Winthrop University) 

3). "The Family-Just ice-Home Project"

Featuring: Leonard Mark Lewis (Winthrop University), Mary E. Martin (Winthrop University), Kelly Ozust (Winthrop University), Gabrielle Tull (Winthrop University)Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: burmeistera@winthrop.edu 

Guest Artist Series: The Brookwood Trio

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Guest Artist Series

Guest Artists, The Brookwood Tro will be performing for Winthrop's community.

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Inner Portraits: The Mind-Body Connection Through Plant and Animal Forms

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries 

This 2022-2023 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition will feature new work by artist Bethany Salisbury, completing her M.F.A. graduate program in the Department of Fine Arts. 

Admission: Free and open to public  |  Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

Batman: Crime & Punishment

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Design 

Bruce Wayne became the Batman to fight crime and seek justice, but is his vengeful approach appropriate? Is he suited to, and able to, do the work by himself? And does Gotham's (corrupt and entitled) inner circle get in his way or help the mission? In addition to Batman, learn about other crime fighters like Tintin from the Belgian weekly "Le Petit Vingtième" to pulp fiction and comics like The Shadow or Little Orphan Annie, as well as movies like the "Knives Out" series, plus cartoons like "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" FREE to attend, FUN and friendly for all ages, PG & PG-13 content.

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: tselentisj@winthrop.edu 

Pop Culture, New Media, and the End Times in the Art of Paul Pfeiffer and Christian Jankowski

2023 Virtual Visiting Artist & Scholar: Dr. Isabelle Wallace

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Fine Arts 

What does American Idol have to do with the book of Revelation? What do professional basketball players and new media have to do with the apocalypse? In this wide-ranging discussion of art since the year 2000, we will attempt to answer these questions through a consideration of several works by Paul Pfeiffer and Christian Jankowski. Those by Pfeiffer are typically erudite and sober, despite recurring references to the raced iconography of popular sports, while those by Jankowski are seemingly light-hearted and silly, despite religious and often cataclysmic subject matter. Two sides, perhaps, of the same coin, works by these artists will guide us as we grapple with the following essential questions: how does apocalyptic rhetoric function in art at the beginning of the second millennium? And, what connections might we make between it, technology, and pop culture?

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: calvertm@winthrop.edu

Pippin *

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Theatre & Dance 
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz 
Book by Roger O. Hirson 

Directed by Rachel Dawson 

With an infectiously unforgettable score from Grammy and Oscar winning musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man's journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. 

Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the unextraordinary moments that happen every day. 

*Mature subject matter 

Admission: $10 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public

Event Contact: boxoffice@winthrop.edu 
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Pippin ***

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Theatre & Dance 
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz 
Book by Roger O. Hirson 

Directed by Rachel Dawson

With an infectiously unforgettable score from Grammy and Oscar winning musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man's journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. 

Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the unextraordinary moments that happen every day. 

*Mature subject matter

Admission: $10 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public

Event Contact: boxoffice@winthrop.edu 
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Rock Hill Music Club: Student Spectacular 

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music

Recipients of the Rock Hill Music Club Scholarships will be performing during this recital.
Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu

Cultural Event

Admission: Free and open to public

Silience, 2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition 

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries 

An exhibition of works by senior students completing their B.F.A. program in the Department of Fine Arts. 

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Dr. L.H. Dickert, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Silience, Unnoticed Excellence, B.F.A. Artist Talks

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Fine Arts 

The current Seniors of the BFA show will be giving talks on their work. These include Rachel Burkhart, Sophie Metclaf, Sydney Gambrell, Isabella Yanes, Sierra Cauthen, Khadeejha Jones, Riley O'Rourke, Fairis Devore, Julia Langevin, Caitlin Marsh, Vix Nicholas, Cori Little, and Kate Turner.

Admission: Free and open to public, Approved Cultural Event

Event Contact: osteenc@winthrop.edu 

M.F.A. Thesis Artist Talk, Bethany Salisbury

Inner Portraits: The Mind-Body Connection Through Plant and Animal Forms

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Fine Arts 

This public talk covers the thesis research and supporting artwork exhibition by MFA candidate Bethany Salisbury. Q&A after. 

Admission: Free and open to public, Approved Cultural Event

Event Contact: suttons@winthrop.edu 

Jazz and Commercial Music Ensembles

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Dr. Tracy Patterson, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Percussion Ensemble

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Dr. Doug Presley, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Loves Melody featuring Winthrop Chamber Singers

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music

Ensemble Series

Jeremy Mims, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Winthrop Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Ensemble Series

Dr. Elisa Koehler, conductor

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Student Choreography Showcase

Featuring students: Kayla Alexander, Caroline Bergvist, Alyssa Boyd, Alen Brown, Lexus Lyles, Steffan Mayrides-Jolon, Jaiden Mosley, and Trinity Robinson 

Event Contact: boxoffice@winthrop.edu
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Carolinas Wind Orchestra

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music 

Ensemble Series

Dr. Lorrie Crochet, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

M.F.A. Open Studios

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Fine Arts 

Please join the Master of Fine Arts candidates for a casual tour and conversation through their new art studios in Canterbury House.

Admission: Free and open to public  |  Event Contact: suttons@winthrop.edu

Batman Incorporated

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Design

Professor Jason Tselentis examines Batman's cultural impact, not only as a character from comic books & movies, but also as a product that's earned DC and Warner Brothers lots of money over the years. Selling plenty of comics and toys, the business and branding of Batman means big bucks that'll keep the Bat-Brand going forever and ever. Why do we always seem to get more and more Batman? Who stands to gain? Who stands to lose? Free admission, friendly for all ages, PG & PG-13 content.

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: tselentisj@winthrop.edu 

Bio Dive

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

Coordinated by Winthrop University Galleries 

This 2022-2023 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition will feature new work by artist Morgana Faucett, completing their M.F.A. graduate program in the Department of Fine Arts. 

Admission: Free and open to public  |  Event Contact: galleries@winthrop.edu 

Chorale and Collegiate Choir Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music

Ensemble Series

Jeremy Mims, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu

Brass Ensemble Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music

Ensemble Series

Dr. Justin Isenhour, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu

Spring Dance Showcase

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Theatre & Dance

An evening of selected works by students, faculty, and guest artists. Come see an eclectic showcase of the best of the year's dancing in the Department of Theatre and Dance. A variety of dance styles will be featured.

Admission: $5 with Winthrop ID/$10 general public

Event Contact: boxoffice@winthrop.edu 
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Dr. Matthew Manwarren and Dr. Mark Lewis, Faculty Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music

Faculty Series

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

Wind Symphony Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music

Ensemble Series

Dr. Lorrie Crochet, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu 

MFA Thesis Presentation: Morgana Faucett

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Fine Arts

This public talk covers the thesis research and supporting artwork exhibition by MFA candidate Morgana Faucett. Q&A after. Cultural Credit Event.

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: suttons@winthrop.edu 

Symphonic Band Concert

Coordinated by Winthrop University Department of Music

Ensemble Series

Dr. Douglas Presley, director

Admission: Free and open to public

Event Contact: music@winthrop.edu