Student Art and Performances

The SRCC featured 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 followed the 12:30 pm Showcase Welcome at the Social Hall:

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 were held 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 was on display in several venues:

All day – Czurles-Nelson Gallery in Upton Hall

• Spring Art and Design Student Exhibition

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) hosted an exciting evening performance featuring students from a variety of disciplines:

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

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