Arts & Culture

Opening Reception & Artist Talk - Elaine Qiu: Unwound

Join multimedia artists, Elaine Qiu, to explore the Unwound exhibition together and gain insights into how she creates art to explore the liminal spaces between reality and fiction, past and present, and physical and psychological.

Wednesday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m.  |  Asian Arts Gallery, CA 2037

Lecture: Artist Etty Yaniv

Yaniv is a Brooklyn-based artist who exhibitions nationally and internationally, including Venice Art Biennial, Italy, The Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia, Newark Museum of Art, NJ, Monmouth Museum of Art, NJ, Torrance Art Museum, CA, Sheen Cultural Center, NYC, and many more. In her work, she draws on patterns from nature and images from daily life, altogether forming landscapes which blur the line between the real and the imagined, the organic and the artificial, the chaotic and the orderly. Yaniv received a MFA from SUNY Purchase, NY, a BFA from Parsons School of Design, NYC and a BA from Tel Aviv University.

Reception following the lecture.

Thursday, September 11 at 6:30 p.m.  |  Art Lecture Hall, CA 2032

Inertia

The Department of Dance proudly supports the artistic voices of our students, faculty, and alumni as we all come together for an eclectic and imaginative performance series. As part of this year's performance experience dance and sculpture in dynamic interplay from gallery through atrium to dance theatre as each space activates with unique artistic meaning. Knutson's choreography partners with the exquisite design of Yaniv's sculptural textiles expanding the concept of performativity in motion, vision and sound. The rich physicality of dance and visual art intersect to elevate the experience for the viewer as they join the exhibition performatively as audience collaborators. 

Friday, September 12 at 7 p.m.  |  Saturday, September 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.  |  Dance Studio Theatre, CA 1003

COFAC Latin American Arts Festival | Música de Cámara – Faculty Recital

Join us for an afternoon of evocative and exhilarating music as the faculty of Towson University's Department of Music perform works by Latinx composers in collaboration with the COFAC Latin American Arts Festival at TU! Featured on the program will be " Divertimento Caribeño No. 2" by Sonia Morales-Matos, "Descarga" by Ernesto Cordero, and music by Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal.

Sunday, September 21 at 3 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

COFAC Latin American Arts Festival | Bomba Workshop with Cultura Plenera: Rhythms of Puerto Rico

In this guided workshop by Cultura Plenera as part of the COFAC Latin American Arts Festival, embrace and participate in the rhythms of Puerto Rico! This Bomba workshop is an interactive experience with visitors taking up hand drums and learning traditional Puerto Rican rhythms. Drums will be provided to participants. It’s free to attend, but registration is encouraged to provide an estimate of drums needed.

This event is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org).

Sunday, September 28 at 3 p.m.  |  Band Room, CA 3071

COFAC Latin American Arts Festival | Afro-Puerto Rican Sounds with Cultura Plenera

Experience two uniquely traditional Puerto Rican musical styles with the Cultura Plenera Ensemble. With heavy African influences, Bomba expresses the sentiments of Puerto Ricans and their culture through barrel drums, maraca, cúa, singer and dancers. Plena narrates stories of the Puerto Rican experience through hand drums, güiro and singers. Both Bomba y Plena are central to life in Puerto Rican communities inside and outside of the island.

This event is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org).

Sunday, September 28 at 4:30 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Lecture: Artist Gina Osterloh

Photography is the foundation of Gina Osterloh’s interdisciplinary and multi-medium art practice. Osterloh's photography, video, performance art, and text works activate photographic conditions including replica, representation, flatness and volume, presence and absence, illusion and the Real, desire and repulsion. Osterloh has had recent solo exhibitions at the Columbus Art Museum and MOCA Detroit. She is the recipient of a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. Osterloh received her BA from DePaul University and her MFA from the University of California, Irvine. Her work is represented by Silverlens (Manila, Philippines and New York) and Higher Pictures (New York) Osterloh’s work is featured in Spatial Affinities.

Tuesday, September 30 at 6:30 p.m.  |  Center for the Arts Gallery, CA 3040

Exhibition: Unwound

How have recent upheavals—from the pandemic to global conflicts, amplified by media—reshaped our private lives? How do personal memories become collective history? In a world forever changed, how do we find our way forward? Elaine Qiu’s awe-inspiring installation of painting, video, and sound invites visitors into a multi-sensory exploration of communal consciousness, connection, and healing in a fragmented, post-pandemic world.

September 10 – December 6 (closed October 17 & November 26 – 29)  |  Asian Arts Gallery, CA 2037

Exhibition: Etty Yaniv: Adrift in the Sargasso Sea

In her work, Yaniv draws on patterns from nature and images from daily life, altogether forming landscapes which blur the line between the real and the imagined, the organic and the artificial, the chaotic and the orderly. This large installation is a collaboration with the Department of Dance, and considers, in multi-modal ways, life and loss, journey, metamorphosis, complexity, and culture-nature (endangered).

Reception following the 6:30 p.m. lecture and dance performance.

September 11 – October 11  |  Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040