Student Art and Performances

The SRCC will feature several artistic displays:

Paintings by 2025 USRF awardee Ariel Joyce (mentor: Salem Browning). SAMC atrium 9 am–12 pm
Ceramic and art pieces on display in the SAMC atrium.
Student AURA and Small Grant winners will exhibit in the Margaret Eschner Bacon Gallery from 10 am - 5.30 pm; reception 3–6 pm.
Directing I (THA 350) will present excerpts from Almost, Maine by John Cariani from 11 am-12 pm in the Planetarium

Performances follow 12:30 pm SHowcase Welcome at the Social Hall (b rown-bag lunch with dessert and beverages provided):

1 pm–2 pm (Social Hall)

Jazz Dance: Swing, Dance, and Groove
- performers: DAN 250–Jazz Dance Technique I
- faculty mentor: Naila Ansari, Theater and Africana Studies
Love Notes (Musical Theater excerpts)
- created and directed by students Anne Gerace and Emily Cannon
- faculty mentor: Jennifer Toohey)
- student performers and pieces:
  - Adrian Morales, “Her Voice” from The Little Mermaid by Menken and Slater (4 min.)
  - Sequoia Fazzary, “Hopelessly Devoted” from Grease by John Farrar (3 min.)
  - Adrian Morales and Connor Johnson, “What Would I Do?” from Falsettos by William Finn (4:30 min.)
  - Raeanna Gott, “Someone to Watch Over Me” from Oh, Kay by Gershwin

2 pm–3:30 pm (Social Hall)

Anne Frank Project–The Seed student-created play and interactive workshop (faculty mentor: Drew Kahn)

4 pm–5 pm (Donald Savage Building Flexible Theater)

The Playwright’s Performance (student producer: Manuel P. Mejia , faculty mentor: Kimberly A. Taylor)
A Trojan Birthday Party (student author and director: Tamarii Sharpe, faculty mentor: Kimberly A. Taylor)

Opening events at the Burchfield Penney Art Center:

2 pm–4:30 pm (Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium)

Communications students films (Faculty mentors: Meg Knowles and Dorothea Braemer)

5 pm–6:30 pm (Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium)

Television & Film Arts students films (Faculty mentors: Jeffrey Hirschberg and Megan Weaver)

Student artwork will be on display in several venues:

All day – Czurles-Nelson Gallery in Upton Hall

10am–5:30 pm – Margaret Eschner Bacon Gallery in Upton Hall

student AURA and Small Grant winners exhibit and opening reception (Faculty mentor: David Mawer). Reception 3–6 pm.

10 am–6 pm – Burchfield Penney Art Center, 2nd floor reception area and hallway

Art & Design Student Exhibition and Juried Competition. (Faculty organizer: Shasti O'Leary-Stoudant). Reception 6–8 pm.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center (BPAC) will host an evening performance featuring students from a variety of disciplines:

7:30 pm–9 pm (Peter and Elizabeth Tower Auditorium, BPAC)

Buffalo State Saxophone Quintet (faculty mentor: Rick Fleming)
- Heart Strings by John W. Casto; arr. G. E. Holms
- America's Destiny by G. E. Holms
West African Drumming Ensemble (faculty mentor: Tiffany Nicely)
- Didadi, traditional Bamana/Mali, as taught by Moussa Traore
- Mane, traditional Susu/Guinea, as taught by Mbemba Bangoura
Scenes from Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau (faculty mentor/Director: Jennifer Toohey)
- Scene 6 actors: Amari–Jamar Parker; Nya–Tamarii Sharpe
- Scene 8 actors: Laurie–Rio Wood; Dun–Alvaro Rodriguez; Nya–Tamarii Sharpe
Modern Dance: The Dog Days are Over
- Performers: DAN 302–Modern Dance Techniques students
- faculty mentor: Naila Ansari Carbonell Catilo
Literature readings:
- Devin Hogan But not Farewell to my fondest thoughts (excerpt of a Pecha Kucha poem)
- Matthew Lopez Conformity (poetry/spoken word)
- Imire Oakes Permission (spoken word)
- Rena Spangler When Liberty Weeps and Where were you (poems)
- Tyler Spivey Garden (poem)
- faculty mentor: David Ben-Merre
Award winners: Grounding Roots: New Era Design-A-Thon Competition
- Holly Nagel (FTT–Fashion Merchandising)
- Grace Maldonado (FTT–Fashion Design)
- Eric Monin (Art & Design–Graphic Design)
- faculty mentors: Arlesa Shepard and Erin Habes

Spring Student Showcase–Student Art and Performances Guide