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Maria Chavez, “Sound Art: Performance and Conversation” at Modlin Center

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New York artist Maria Chavez will complete a ten-day artist residency at University of Richmond with this performance and Q&A that will also feature current students engaged in working with sound as an art form. The university will present this performance and conversation as well as an exhibition of her work in the Harnett Museum of Art, as part of a city-wide Sound Arts Festival running from March to August 2018.

Born in Lima, Peru, Chavez is an an abstract turntablist, sound artist, and DJ. Accidents, coincidence, and failures are themes that unite her sound sculptures, installations, and other works with her solo turntable performance practice. She is a research fellow of the Sound Practice Research Department, Goldsmith’s University in London. Her work and performances have been presented internationally, including at the Donald Judd Foundation in Marfa, Texas; the Rhode Island School of Design; the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; and Berklee College, Valencia, Spain.

Organized by University Museums and presented in partnership with Modlin Center for the Arts, UR Department of Art & Art History, and UR Department of Music. Sponsored in part by the Cultural Affairs Committee.

 

https://modlin.richmond.edu/

Circa, “Carnival of the Animals” at Modlin Center

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“Our zebras juggle and flip… Our kangaroos skip and somersault… We’ve elephants with street-cred and rhythm… And even our dinosaur bones shake, clatter, and roll to the music.” – Yaron Lifschitz, artistic director

The lines between movement, dance, theatre, and circus are beautifully blurred by the Circa carnival and its whimsical tales of creatures of land and sea, who tumble, fly, leap, and spin their way through the many wondrous worlds of the animal kingdom. Carnival of the Animals whisks you away on a thrilling escapade inspired by the music of Camille Saint-Saëns. In a delightful salute to feathers, fur, and fins, Circa’s acrobats bring this classical music suite to life for a new generation of circus, music, and animal-lovers. A work of sophisticated and delightful family entertainment, it is both contemporary and old-world while it amazes, amuses, and uplifts.

Modlin Arts After Words
Join members of Circa following the performance for a question-and-answer session.

https://modlin.richmond.edu/

No Blame To Give: Our Conversation With Gill Landry Before Wednesday’s Show At The Modlin Center

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Gill Landry has been hanging around the music business for nearly 20 years, most of those years spent with the influential and wildly popular Americana group Old Crow Medicine Show, which started in the heart of Virginia. The multi-instrumentalist quickly became a stand-out at Old Crow shows, and with the start of his solo career in 2007, he’s shown that his deep appreciation and understanding of the folk genre makes him able to write new music in the genre that’s just as intricate and exceptional as the genre was forty years ago.

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