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Arts & Sciences, 2nd Fl 3415 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
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Our Public Programming series organized by the Fine Arts, Communication and Performing Arts Departments offer students, faculty, staff, and the broader community an opportunity to explore their engagement with the arts and the dynamic field of communication and media studies.
Through an interdisciplinary approach, our programming strives to create, support, and advance robust, collaborative discourse that is transformative and thought-provoking; and of interest to the region and the campus community. Examples of our curated programming series range from lectures, symposia, performances, and temporary installations. All events are free and open to the public.
2025
Lunchtime Lectures
December 3, 2025, More than a Career: Music and Art Therapy as a Vocation, Justina Abah
November 20, 2025, “I saw you on TikTok!”: Promoting yourself as an artist today,
March 28, 2025, Careers for Creatives: finding your unique professional path,
March 27, 2025, Befriend your Butterflies:
February 25, 2025, Panel Discussion - In Motion: A Conversation with
Community Workshop
December 5, 2025, Ceramics, Ryan Bennett
September 19, 2025, Mosaic Garden Stone Workshop, School of the Arts and Center for Urban and Regional Excellence
July 11, 2025, Mosaic Garden StoneWorkshop, School of the Arts and Center for Urban and Regional Excellence
April 14, 2025, Paper Making Workshop,
Mainstage Theater
October 15, 2025, Raíces to Roots- Unpacking Home:
September 20, 2025, and Friends Concert
March 29, 2025, Songs of the Voiceless:
February 25, 2025, Dancing in the Streets Workshop:
2024
Lunchtime Lectures
December 3, 2024, Music and the Brain: How Music Terapy can Change your Mind:
November 7, 2024, That's So Metal! The Sound and Culture of Metal:
October 10, 2024, The Aesthetics of the Singing Voice: A History of the World through Sound, Erin McHugh
Community Workshops
November 1, 2024, Ceramics Workshop, Ryan Bennett
April 24, 2024, Photography,
April 3, 2024, Still life Painting,
March 1, 2024, Art Making for Climate Justice:
February 2, 2024, Ceramics Workshop Ryan Bennett
Mainstage Theater
May 18, 2024, Euclid Quartet: Bolcom, Britten, Schubert
April 4-13, 2024, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, IUNSOA
February 23,2024, Black History Month Film Festival: Bill Johnson
February 1, 2024,
2023
Lunchtime Lectures
October 18, 2023, The Psychology of Performance,
October 10, 2023, Continues Devotion,
April 3, 2023, The Useful Curator,
Mainstage Theater
November 9–15, 2023, August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, Theatre Northwest and the
June 17, 2023, Freedom in America: Conversation in Movement Juxtaposition, Theatre Northwest and
March 30, 2023, Augusta and Noble, Staged Reading
Workshops
October 20-21, 2023, South Shore Dance Alliance with School of the Arts
May 4, 2023, Exploring Instruments with
January 19, 2023, Exploring Wind Instruments with
Lunchtime Lectures
December 7, 2022, Music in "Christmas" Films: Kitch and Nostalgia, with Musicologist Dr. Erin McHugh
POP-UP Art + Action Interactive Art Exhibition
Southlake Mall, Merrillville, IN
Music on the Pavilion Series
August 25, 2022, August 29, 2022, Billy Foster Trio with Renne Miles-Foster
2022 Educator In-Studio Residency Summer Program
Spring Friday Community Workshops
January > Unlikely Musical Instruments
Joe Rauen
February > Letterpress Printing
Terrance Chouinard/The Wing and the Wheel Press
March > Weaving on a Cardboard Loom
Bryana Bibbs
April > Zine Making 101
Briana Petty
May > Beginner Framing 101
Beth Davis
Mini-Golf Course Challenge
Anderson Library
November 17, 2021 –January 22, 2022
2021 Educator In-Studio Residency Summer Program
Fall Friday Community Workshops
August > Bookbinding
Regin Igloria
September > Vinyl Cutting Basics
Lauren M. Pacheco + Cathy Feeman
October > Beginner Framing 101
Beth Davis
November > Craft Making with Balloons
Cristina Carreto-Soto
TEDxGARY hosted by the School of the Arts > September 17
Improv Boot Camp @Theatre Northwest with Mark Baer and Mark Ryser > August 16-19
Mobile Art + Action Community Lab Pop-Up Events
Chesterton Art Center > January 29 – February 28
Hobart > August 5
Marquette Park, Gary > August 21
Hobart Lakefront Festival > August 19 – 22
Downtown Miller, Gary > September 3
Mobile Art + Action Community Lab Pop-Up Events
Gary > September 19
Hammond > October 10
Hobart > October 16
Campus Pop-Up Installations > October/November
in the Anderson Courtyard + Pavillion
September 15
Regarding. Sculpture. Panel Discussion with , , , and Grace Wells
co-moderated by Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford and Lauren M. Pacheco
February 18
February 12
November 18
November 12
Dia de Los Muertos Festivities
November 1-2
Alumni Lecture Series:
Moderated by Dean Dave Klamen
October 22
Willie Baronet: The , 1993-2018
October 4
presentation and discussion with James Van Drie (In conjunction with the We Are All Homeless exhibition)
October 1
Signs of Humanity, Documentary Screening
September 18
, Charlie Rizzo, Aron Packer, Bert Green, and David L. Carlson
September 11
Curator-Led Gallery Talk by Greg Hertzlieb
February 20