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- Topic: The Arts
Wines Found at Liberty Hall Sold at Auction; Will Improve Access to Museum
Wines Found at Liberty Hall Sold at Auction; Will Improve Access to Museum
A collection of centuries-old Madeira wines uncovered at Liberty Hall recently went up for auction at the famed Christie’s auction house in New York, and the proceeds will help restore a 1920s-era elevator at the landmark museum that was once the home of New Jersey's first-elected governor.
Graduate Student Brings Passion for Public Art to Kean Galleries in Water Is Life Exhibition
Graduate Student Brings Passion for Public Art to Kean Galleries in Water Is Life Exhibition
Art and the public good come together for graduate student Cristina Fittipaldi at Kean University Galleries where she combines her two passions — art and improving the public welfare.
Premiere Stages – Theatre Students’ First Act
Premiere Stages – Theatre Students’ First Act
Premiere Stages’ Understudy Program offers a leg up to theatre students by giving them professional acting credits before leaving college.
Kean Choir and Chorale Take Music on Tour
Kean Choir and Chorale Take Music on Tour
The Kean University Concert Choir, Chorale and Men’s Chamber Choir’s 20-year annual touring tradition continued this spring with six concerts in five days in New Jersey and the Washington, D.C. area.
Kean Rocks Through the Ages
Kean Rocks Through the Ages
Think of it as Kean’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – an exhibition, curated by Holocaust and Genocide Studies graduate student Frank Harpster, that looks back at the big name artists who have performed at the University over the last 40 years.
Cellblock Visions: Art by Prisoners
Cellblock Visions: Art by Prisoners
An exhibition featuring art created by inmates is now on display at the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery. Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America, curated by Phyllis Kornfeld, includes 60 works by men and women imprisoned in jails and penitentiaries across six states.
New Art Exhibition Features Line Drawings Inspired by Italy
New Art Exhibition Features Line Drawings Inspired by Italy
A new exhibition at Kean University’s Nancy Dryfoos Gallery in Union, Diane Pokorski: A Reinvention, is a collection of line drawings inspired by the art and culture of Italy and informed by the artist’s disability.
Italian Geology Professor Talks Art Restoration, Masterpieces
Italian Geology Professor Talks Art Restoration, Masterpieces
Professor and researcher in geological studies at the University of Siena in Italy Marco Giamello shared insights on the science of art with Kean University’s Fine Arts Conservatory students.
Talk to Me: A Reading About Aphasia
Talk to Me: A Reading About Aphasia
Talk to Me is a poignant comedy that explores communication, human relationships and what it means to love at all stages of life.
A Playwright’s Narrative
A Playwright’s Narrative
Emily Conklin ’15 began turning her experiences into stories at age 10. In developing her own life’s script, becoming a playwright seemed like an unlikely ending. But that all changed when she, on a whim, signed up for a playwriting class at Kean University.