Atlanta NPR station WABE recently welcomed Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Director Elizabeth Peterson Jennings and Oglethorpe senior studio art major Sophia Sobrino ’24 to City Lights with Lois Reitzes for a discussion on the museum’s current exhibition “Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection.” On view through January 31, 2024, the […]
A new painting now adorns a feature wall in Oglethorpe’s Turner Lynch Campus Center. “Estela Tejiendo (Estela Crocheting),” a massive portrait by burgeoning Atlanta artist Yehimi Cambrón, was recently installed at the top of the main staircase of the busy student hub. Featuring an inspiring representation of the artist’s immigrant mother, the painting now serves […]
Oglethorpe’s prime location in Atlanta gives students the opportunity to explore the city and see what they’re learning in the classroom in action. OU Museum of Art Director Elizabeth Peterson Jennings recently took her Museum Studies class to visit the High Museum of Art and meet with Dr. Claudia Einecke, the Frances B. Bunzl Family […]
Nine Oglethorpe Theatre students have been cast in the upcoming dance musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” a co-production of Atlanta theatre company Actor’s Express and Oglethorpe University, set to premiere at the Conant Performing Arts Center on Feb. 17. Student Shashi Yammada was cast in a leading role as “Pritti,” Jamie’s supportive best friend, while […]
Two outstanding Oglethorpe University theatre students have secured nominations for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical by BroadwayWorld Atlanta, one of the nation’s largest theater review sites. Emma Jean Scott was recognized for her captivating performance as the young ingénue-turned-resistance leader Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, last year’s annual co-production of Oglethorpe University and Atlanta theatre […]
The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is breaking new ground with its bi-semester exhibition series, “Oglethorpe’s Own” featuring exhibits created and curated entirely by Oglethorpe students. This innovative, new series aims to amplify underrepresented voices while providing students the opportunity to take ownership of an exhibition that tells their unique stories. The student-focused series was […]
Oglethorpe professors Dr. Tom FitzStephens and Dr. Nic Deuson recently took their COR 103: Music and Culture classes to Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center to experience the captivating program “Folk Tales, Ragas, and Lost Love” performed by the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The multicultural concert opened with a Peruvian folk piece performed by Gabriela Lena […]
The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art has announced the next exhibition of fall 2023: “Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection,” a selection of fine prints dated between 1984 and 2011, and inspired by the ideals of the 1960’s Chicano movement. Featuring over 61 works on paper by 44 artists, “Estampas” is […]
Nominations are in for Atlanta’s 2023 Suzi Bass Awards honoring excellence in theatre — and Oglethorpe sophomore Tatum McBride and Oglethorpe Theatre are among those recognized. “Urinetown,” a co-production of Actor’s Express and Oglethorpe Theatre staged in February 2023, garnered a total of 10 nominations, including Outstanding Musical alongside the Alliance Theatre’s “Water for Elephants” […]
Atlanta artist Yehimi Cambrón hopes that her solo exhibition at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art tells a more complete story about the immigrant experience in the South. Though themes of injustice and detention are present in her installations, “Yehimi Cambrón: Documenting the Undocumented in the South” is suffused with warmth and happiness, often inspired […]