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KENNESAW, Ga. | Sep 8, 2020

Presentation is a collaboration across all disciplines

The Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, a unit of the School of Art and Design, will present 鈥淚nterchange,鈥� an annual collaboration featuring all disciplines of the College of the Arts. The unique presentation celebrates the spark that the creative arts enkindle in one another. This year, eight ArtsKSU faculty will perform in response to the exhibited works in the Zuckerman Museum of Art鈥檚 galleries. At no cost, you may watch 鈥淚nterchange鈥� online. 

School of Art and Design鈥檚 ceramics/metals sculptor and professor kicks off the evening by discussing his piece, 鈥淓xternal Fixator,鈥� and the work of two other artists in the exhibition. Then, Smith will move to the potter鈥檚 wheel and demonstrate his technique for throwing clay, accompanied by School of Music鈥檚 jazz saxophonist and professor sharing his personal musical vocabulary through improvisation.

In the East Galleries, Department of Dance professor and choreographer will move in her own unique and beautiful way through the art in the galleries, including the 鈥淎 Peculiar Proximity to Spiritual Mysteries鈥� exhibition. Lock will wear an original headdress designed by Department of Theatre and Performance Studies鈥� professor Pamela Rodriguez-Montero, who was inspired by the works of Michelle Murillo.

In the Mortin Gallery, performers will take inspiration from the work in the 鈥渋t鈥檚 your world for the moment鈥� exhibition. , School of Music's artist-in-residence in collaborative piano, will play the evocative Cuban piano piece 鈥淢alague帽a鈥濃�攚ith its themes of love, despair, heroism, and high drama鈥攂y Ernest Lecuona.

School of Music professor will sing a melody that may be familiar to the wider Jewish community: 鈥淩ozhinkes mit Mandlen.鈥� This lullaby, taken from an opera by Abraham Goldfaden, is often crooned by grandmothers to their tired grandchildren. , Department of Theatre and Performance Studies lecturer of musical theatre, will remind you that 鈥淣o One Is Alone鈥� with his beautiful rendition of the popular song from 鈥淚nto the Woods鈥� by Stephen Sondheim.

Finally, School of Music鈥檚 , director of percussion studies and senior lecturer, will be playing in front of 鈥淪hita,鈥� which is Japanese for below, down, or under. Lawless describes the piece as 鈥渙ne of the most incredible art works I have ever seen.鈥� He will begin with sounds from the forest, and then move underground, into sounds that could emerge from materials that lie below the forest鈥檚 surface.

The Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art serves as a vital academic resource and cultural focus for students, faculty and members of the community. The Zuckerman presents significant works from the University鈥檚 permanent art collection and regularly exhibits contemporary works of various media by local and nationally recognized artists.

--Kathie Beckett