Brauer Museum of Art at Valpo Announces 2018–2019 Season Opening Reception is Sept. 7 The 2018–2019 season at the Brauer Museum of Art kicks off with an opening reception Friday, Sept. 7, featuring works in a variety of media ranging from abstract to representational. The fall exhibitions run through Dec. 9 and feature a collection […]
Fewer than 60 miles south and east from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Chicago hangs a painting — which at one point stood sentry over a copy machine of all things — that launched a career. It was there, making copies, staring at “Rust Red Hills” by Georgia O’Keeffe, that Lisa Key ’94 […]
WHO: Valparaiso University student Grace Biermann ’21, Fred Niedner, senior research professor of theology, Aimee Tomasek, associate professor and chair of art, Ed Uehling, former professor of English, and Lee Johnson have all created works of art inspired by personal experiences in Nebraska. WHAT: “Another Beautiful Day in Paradise: NEBRASKA” is an exhibit of visual […]
Valparaiso University’s theatre department will present seven different productions during the 2018–2019 season. These include plays, classics, and musicals. Talented students from across campus will prepare and work alongside the department’s faculty through acting, dance, design, directing, production, technology, and writing. Performances include: “The Dream of the Burning Boy,” Sept. 28 and Oct. 5 at […]
The music department at Valparaiso University presents the fall 2018 performance schedule, which showcases the talents of students, faculty, and visiting performers. Season highlights: Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet, Sept. 22 at 5 p.m., Duesenberg Recital Hall. The quartet was honored as the 2018 Gold Medal winners of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in the Senior […]
When internationally renowned artist Richard Hunt learned that his friend Josephine Ferguson had purchased a 7-foot stainless steel sculpture of his with the intent of displaying it as an outdoor piece at Valparaiso University, Hunt had a better idea. Hunt, a Chicago native, offered to create a larger outdoor piece for Ferguson and the University. […]
WHAT: YAWAna Eat? Educational Dinner, in support of Valparaiso University’s World Relief Campaign. Find out about The YAWA Project: Bettering a Nation Through Education, and learn about the Native American tribe Lakota, their tradition and culture, the importance of education on Native American reservations and the children on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. […]
The Peace and Social Justice Symposium will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, and Thursday, Feb. 28. The purpose of the Peace & Social Justice Symposium is to actively promote civic engagement and social responsibility toward strengthening peace, justice, equality, equity, and unity on campus and in our local and global communities. The Symposium provides an avenue […]
For the third straight year, Valparaiso University and Valpo Men’s Soccer are sponsoring a St. Baldrick’s event on campus. Last year the University raised over $20,000. To donate or for more information, visit the Valpo St. Baldrick’s page. Sunday, April 21, Noon Athletics Recreation Center […]
Welcome Week is the second part of Valpo’s orientation program for new students. Welcome Week 2013 begins on Saturday, Aug. 24 – move-in day for new students living on campus. Welcome activities continue throughout the first two weeks of the academic year. Event highlights for Welcome Week include: Move-in appointments for students living on campus […]