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Fall 2024

Narrative Provocations, an exhibition by Dr. Chris Lonegan
Tuesday, September 3 – Sunday, October 6
Exhibition Reception
Thursday, September 19, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Julio Fine Arts Gallery

(self) Portrait(s) performance at Charm City Fringe Festival, directed by Dr. James Bunzli
Thursday, October 3 – Sunday, October 6
The Peale Museum

The Sterlings, an exhibition by 2024-2025 Artist-in-Residence, Bria Sterling-Wilson
Thursday, October 10 – Friday, November 22
Julio Fine Arts Gallery
Collage Workshop #1
Monday, November 4, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Clay/3D Studio (College Center W312)
Artist Talk
Thursday, November 7, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Black Box Theatre
Exhibition Reception
Thursday, November 7, directly following Artist Talk
Julio Fine Arts Gallery
Collage Workshop #2
Tuesday, November 12, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Clay/3D Studio (College Center W312)
Collage Workshop #3
Tuesday, November 19, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Clay/3D Studio (College Center W312)

John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower, directed by Dr. Natka Bianchini
Presented by the Evergreen Players
Thursday, October 31 – Sunday, November 3
4th Floor Program Room
Andrew White Student Center

Reading is Tactile: Bookbinding Workshop
Professor Heather Braxton, Instructor
Thursday, November 7, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. 
Loyola Notre Dame Library Idea Space

Why Museums Matter: Mission and Management for the Public Good with Dr. Daniel Weiss
Tuesday, November 12
Q&A with a CEO Event with Dr. Weiss
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. 
Career Center
Public Lecture
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Kohn Hall B01

Puffs by Matt Cox, directed by Ange Dickson, ’25
Presented by the Poisoned Cup Players
Thursday, November 14 – Sunday, November 17
McManus Theatre

Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo Concert
Mark St. Pierre, Director
Thursday, November 21, 8:00 p.m.
McManus Theatre

Concert Choir Concert
Dr. Clay Price, Director
Saturday, November 23, 5:00 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel

Chamber Ensemble Recital
David Lavorgna, Director
Tuesday, December 3, 7:00 p.m.
Recital Room (College Center W040)

Freestyle, the 2024 Visual Arts Capstone Exhibition
Thursday, December 5 – Thursday, December 19
Opening Reception
Thursday, December 5, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Julio Fine Arts Gallery

Voice Studio Recital I
Julie Kurzava, Instructor
Sunday, December 8, 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel

Steel Pan Ensemble Concert
Barry Dove, Director
Monday, December 9, 5:50 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Boulder Atrium

Voice Studio Recital II
Julie Kurzava, Instructor
Monday, December 9, 7:00 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel

Spring 2025

Rockley Family Foundation Instrument Sale
Thursday, January 9, 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday, January 10, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 11, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Mcguire Hall, Andrew White Student Center
Click here for more information.

From Destruction to Abundance, a Messina Common Text exhibition
Curated and organized by the Fall 2024 Museum Studies course
Monday, January 13 – Friday, February 14
Julio Fine Arts Gallery
Reception
Thursday, January 16, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Julio Fine Arts Gallery
Panel Discussion
Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 p.m.
McManus Theatre

Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman, directed by María López González, ’25
Presented by the Spotlight Players
Thursday, January 16 – Sunday, January 19
Black Box Theatre

Headley Memorial Student Lounge Dedication Ceremony
Wednesday, January 22, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Headley Memorial Student Lounge (College Center W037)

We're All Stories, a post-sabbatical exhibition by Professor Mary Beth Akre
Thursday, February 20 – Thursday, April 3
Opening Reception
Thursday, February 20, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Closing Reception
Thursday, April 3, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Julio Fine Arts Gallery

Tchekhov by Ana Rosa Genari Tezza, directed by Ana Rosa Genari Tezza, Ave Lola Theatre Company
Presented by the Evergreen Players
Thursday, February 20 – Sunday, February 23
Black Box Theatre

University Festival Sing
Friday, March 21, 5:30 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel

Noises Off by Michael Frayn, directed by Dr. Jim Bunzli
Presented by the Evergreen Players
Thursday, April 3 – Sunday, April 6
McManus Theatre

2025 Annual Student Exhibition
Thursday, April 10 – Monday, May 5
Reception and Awards Ceremony
Thursday, April 24, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Awards Ceremony starts at 6:00 p.m.
Julio Fine Arts Gallery

Concert Choir Concert
Dr. Clay Price, Director
Saturday, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel

Cantorei Concert
Dr. Clay Price, Director
Tuesday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
Black Box Theatre

Chamber Ensemble Recital
David LaVorgna, Director
Tuesday, April 22, 7:00 p.m.
Recital Room (College Center W040)

Guitar Studio and Ensemble Recital
Ian Hrdlicka, Instructor and Director
Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 p.m.
Recital Room (College Center W040)

Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo Concert
Mark St. Pierre, Director
Thursday, April 24, 8:00 p.m.
McManus Theatre

Voice Studio Recital I
Julie Kurzava, Instructor
Sunday, April 27, 8:00 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel

Steen Pan Ensemble Concert
Barry Dove, Director
Monday, April 28, 5:00 p.m.
Academic Quadrangle

Voice Studio Recital II
Julie Kurzava, Instructor
Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Chapel

Student, Alumni, & Faculty Achievements

Student Achievements

• Katherine Albert, ’26 (studio arts major) received the third prize in studio arts for the 2024 Student Annual Exhibition for her drawing, “Hidden”.
• Nez Blaho, ’24 (theatre major and studio arts minor) was accepted into the Master of Arts in Theatre Education program at the Catholic University of America.
• Julia Case, ’24 (theatre major) directed Spotlight Players' production of Recommended Reading for Girls. All proceeds from the production – $2,101 in total – were donated to the American Cancer Society.
• Emily Coccovizzo, ’25 (music minor) was the Assistant Stage Manager for Iron Crow Theatre’s award-winning production of RENT.
• Sydney Eichel, ’24 (theatre minor) directed the Poisoned Cup Players' production of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.
• Jess Franchock, ’24 (photography minor) was mentored by Professor Malis in an independent study, during which she developed a sustained body of work investigating nonlinear visual storytelling techniques using photography.
• Izzy Guerrero, ’24 (photography major) won first place in the arts category at the Undergraduate Student Research and Scholarship Colloquium. Their presentation, “Hacking Instantaneous: Process-Based Creative Explorations in an Everyday Medium”, built off their creative work completed in the Fall 2023 Senior Capstone for Artists (PT/SA 400). The project contextualized their process-based approach to using Polaroids as their photographic medium of choice and explored how altering photographic prints contributed to new meaning of the images. Izzy also was mentored by Professor Malis for an internship in photography and corporate communications with getGFTD, a 2022-2023 Baltipreneurs Accelerator participant.
• Anna Landi, ’24 (studio arts major) served as a Research Assistant for Professor Friebele for the spring 2024 semester.
• Kevin Lankford, ’24 (music major) was mentored by Dr. Nygren for an internship in music.
• Riley Loz, ’24 (theatre minor) was accepted into the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program at Loyola University Maryland.
• Warren Megger, ’24 (studio arts major) received the second prize in studio arts for the 2024 Student Annual Exhibition for his painting, “fundamentally unserious animal”.
• Em Olson, ’24 (art history major) was mentored by Dr. Boeye in a 400-level independent study looking at a Florentine Book of Hours in the Loyola Notre Dame Library.
• Matt Piccinini, ’24 (theatre major) was mentored by Professor McAfee in an internship in which he was the Head Electrician for the Theatre Program's spring musical, The Prom.
• Sophia Randle, ’25 (studio arts major), in collaboration with Vilnis Chakars, ’25, received the third prize in photography for the 2024 Student Annual Exhibition for their video, “Poetry”. Sophia also created art in collaboration with Evan Casas, ’23, Allie House, ’25, and Randi Little, ’23, responding to Loyola's connections to slavery, redlining, and segregation as part of Professor Friebele’s SP23 Public Art (SA 367) class. Their art was printed on banners for the Untold Truths book launch, which were exhibited at the event and on the quad for two weeks.
• Trevor Sangiorgio, ’26 (studio arts major) received the first prize in studio arts for the 2024 Student Annual Exhibition for his mixed media piece, “Chasing Vinyl Dreams”.
• Monyaé Smalls, ’24 (music major) was accepted into the Master of Divinity program at Wake Forest University.
• CJ Sommers, ’24 (photography minor) was mentored by Professor Schlapbach for an independent study on antique photographic processes.

Alumni Achievements

• Evan Casas, ’23 (studio arts major) and Randi Little, ’23 (studio arts major) in collaboration with Sophia Randle, ’25, and Allie House, ’25, created art responding to Loyola's connections to slavery, redlining, and segregation as part of Professor Friebele’s SP23 Public Art (SA 367) class. Their art was printed on banners for the Untold Truths book launch, which were exhibited at the event and on the quad for two weeks.
• Anna DeBlasio, ’15 (theatre major) was the substitute for the roles of Hilma and Cornelia in the world premiere of Hilma – a contemporary opera about the early 20th century queer mystic and artist Hilma af Klint – at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.
• Christina Guerra, ’23 (art history major) was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Education to study languages in the graduate program at the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Joe Mucciolo, ’17 (theatre major) was company member at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, for the 2023-2024 season. Joe also became a member of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
• Tenley Pitonzo, ’13 (theatre major), an Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) stage manager, served as the Stage Manager for Public Obscenities at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Faculty Achievements

• Dr. Irene A. Bal received a grant from the University of Maryland System through the Maryland Center for Computing Education to provide computer science professional development to the entire education faculty at Loyola’s School of Education and support the integration of Computer Science into the initial certification Education Program.
• Dr. Natka Bianchini was named Managing Director of Iron Crow Theatre, Baltimore’s award-winning and critically acclaimed queer theatre, in November 2023. In February, under her leadership, the company’s production of Jonathan Larson’s RENT (which sold out during its initial run at the Baltimore Theatre Project) transferred to the brand-new M&T Bank Exchange, an event space in the France Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of the historic Hippodrome Theatre. This transfer (which also sold out the additional five performances) was history-making, representing the first time a small theatre company in Baltimore transferred a production to a union, equity house.

• Dr. Kerry Boeye presented a paper at the 2024 College Art Association Annual Conference in Chicago. His paper was part of a session titled “The Double: Identity and Difference in Visual Art”.

• Dr. James Bunzli performed his original solo performance piece, 1973 Dodge Monaco Station Wagon, at the Charm City Fringe Festival in October 2023. The culmination of a years-long research project, the piece examines Professor Bunzli's childhood in Mexico in the 1970s and especially the massive station wagon his family of seven traveled in during that period.

• Professor Billy Friebele was awarded the Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship, which is supported by the Aspen Institute, Social Art and Culture, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
• Professor Giulia Livi was named as a semifinalist for the 2024 Janet and Walter Sondheim Art Prize.
• Dr. Chris Lonegan was granted emeritus status after over two decades of service to the University, making him an Assistant Teaching Professor Emeritus of Studio Arts.
• Professor Jon Malis was awarded a competitive Artist Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council in recognition of his ongoing creative practice.
• Dr. Barnaby Nygren presented a paper titled “‘Rugged, Mountainous, and Rainy to the Extreme’: Reimagining the Thebaid in Early Colonial Mexico” at the Renaissance Society of America conference in Chicago.
• Professor Daniel Pinha was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for his set design for The Tell-Tale Heart at Synetic Theater. Professor Pinha also designed the set for A Midsummer Night's Dream for the award-winning international company Ave Lola in Brazil, which participated in the largest Latin American Theater Festival. The show has been highly successful, featuring sold-out performances and extensive media coverage across Brazil.
• Dr. Michael Rickelton was named Assistant Conductor of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.

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