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Theatre and Dance Days for Prospective Students

November 11, 2008

Music Therapy Days for Prospective Students

Interested in a field that combines music with psychology? Music Therapy Day is a full-day program for college-bound students interested in a major and career in music therapy.

The first Music Therapy Day will take place on November 6, 2008. The event features presentations, class visitations, and networking opportunities with students and faculty.

Registration begins at 10:00 in Gallery One in Life Hall*

Schedule(subject to change)
10:30-11:30 , Location: Gallery One --Welcome and Introductions
1:30-12:45, students stay in Gallery I area for class -- Parents move into classroom for Q/A session
1-2, lunch, Student Center, bring or buy your own
2-3:45, selected films, basement, Sprague Library
3:30-4:40, campus tour
5:30-8. option to sit in on grad course

*Gallery One is located in Life Hall, across from Sprague Library/Cafe Diem. You will see a building that says, DuMont Television Center. The door to gallery one is to the right of the TV center. Gallery One is upstairs.

The College of the Arts offers ARTS DAYS events for prospective students in dance, music, theatre, communication, broadcasting and art and design. To learn more and to register for an Arts Days event, prospective students should consult the College of the Arts website and complete the registration form.(Call 973-655-7346 for further information.)

Other Arts Days and Open Houses For Prospective Students

Interested in a career in the arts, broadcasting or communication studies? If so, you should attend one of the College of the Arts (CART) ARTS DAYS events. Arts Days feature participatory workshops with College of the Arts faculty, performances by MSU students, career talks, audition/interview preparation, campus tours and more. Click here to view our ARTS DAYS FLIER.

MSU Open Houses
MSU Open houses are another great way to learn about programs within the College of the Arts as well as gain an overview of Montclair State University. Open Houses feature information sessions on Montclair State University and the College of the Arts as well as break-out sessions for art & design, broadcasting, communication studies, dance, music and theatre.

October 19, 2008
November 9, 2008

MSU Open Houses web page
To Register for MSU OPEN HOUSES, CLICK HERE.

October 19, 2008

Arts Days and Open Houses For Prospective Students

Broadcasting Orientations: Nov. 11, 2008; Jan. 10, Mar. 7,
Apr. 14, June 26, 2009

Dance Days: Dec. 5, 2008, Apr. 17, 2009

Theatre Days: Nov. 19, 2008, March 13, 2009

H.S. Invitational Choral Festival: Feb. 27, 2009

H.S. Concert Band Festival: Feb. 13, 2009

H.S. Orchestra Festival: Feb. 27, 2009

Music Therapy Days: Nov. 6, 2008; Feb. 17, 2009

To Register for ARTS DAYS, CLICK HERE.

MSU Open Houses
MSU Open houses are another great way to learn about programs within the College of the Arts as well as gain an overview of Montclair State University. Open Houses feature information sessions on Montclair State University and the College of the Arts as well as break-out sessions for art & design, broadcasting, communication studies, dance, music and theatre.

October 19, 2008
November 9, 2008

MSU Open Houses web page
To Register for MSU OPEN HOUSES, CLICK HERE.

October 19, 2008

Katrina: the K Word moves to Playwrights Theatre of NJ

Suzanne Trauth, faculty member in the Department of Theatre and Dance, and co-writer and director of the MSU campus production of Katrina: the K Word, is again directing the play as part of the Katrina Week Forum Series at Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey in Madison, NJ. This staged reading is a part of a week long event featuring readings of several Katrina plays, culminating with the reading of Katrina: the K Word on Sunday October 12 at 7:00. There will also be a reading on the campus of Drew University at 8:00 on October 13. Written by Lisa S. Brenner and Suzanne Trauth, this original play was inspired by true stories, with a script based on interviews with New Orleans residents in 2007. It will be performed by an ensemble of professional actors and students from Montclair State University and Drew University and will feature MSU alumni Jon Hoche, Nina Law. Liz Gerecitano, Gia McGlone, and current student Jerome Shuler. A full description of the Katrina project can be found on www.katrinathekword.com. To order tickets, visit www.ptnj.org or call (973) 514-1787. Other productions of Katrina: the K Word will take place this fall at the University of West Georgia, Prince George Community College in Maryland, and Hackensack High School.

October 12-13, 2008

COME TO THE GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE THIS SUNDAY AND LEARN ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

September 28, 2008

COME TO MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY'S BEST OPEN HOUSE EVER !

September 20, 2008

Letters from Dean Newman to College of the Arts Students

September 17, 2008

A Call for Artist - The George Segal Gallery presents "Art Connections 5" and invites artists to display their work

September 16, 2008

Film Forum Fall Schedule Announced - Series brings award-winning filmmakers to campus to discuss the art and business of filmmaking

September 16, 2008

New George Segal Gallery Exhibit Reviewed by The Star-Ledger

September 9, 2008

MSU Offers Arts Management Course, "How to Run a Nonprofit Arts Organization"

September 8, 2008

Summer Filmmaking Workshops for High School students! 7/7 - 7/18 and 7/21 - 8/1. Offered by the BFA Filmmaking Program, for more information click here.

August 1, 2008

MSU faculty member creates Katrina website to 'Storm the Nation'

Suzanne Trauth, Department of Theatre and Dance faculty member, and Lisa Brenner, on the faculty of Drew University, have created a website (www.katrinathekword.com) to raise awareness of the ongoing crisis in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Through productions and readings of their play KATRINA: THE K WORD, originally presented on campus in December, they hope to reach out to universities across the country.

June 25, 2008

Montclair State University Singers Perform in Russia

June 8, 2008

Congratulations, College of the Arts Graduates - Enjoy this Slide Show of CONVOCATION (May 15, 2008)

May 15, 2008

College of the Arts Convocation & Commencement 2008

May 15, 2008

MSU Student Film Screening: May 14

Please come out to see the best of screening of Montclair's New Film Program at Clearview Cinemas' Clairidge Theatre in Downtown Montclair. May 14th, 7:30pm. Please spread the word / forward....
See PRESS RELEASE here.

May 14, 2008

Montclair State Theatre Students Win National Awards

May 1, 2008

MSU Undergraduate Open House - April 27th

MSU's Open House programs feature opportunities to meet university, college and program representatives and gain a larger view of the university. Be sure to attend College of the Arts information sessions (among the Open House activities) to learn more about your intended major and our programs in Art & Design, Broadcasting, Communication Studies, Music and Theatre & Dance.

Undergraduate Open House -April 27, 2008

Click here to register!

Prof. Elizabeth del Alamo Receives Prestigious Appointment

April 21, 2008
Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo, Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Design, has been appointed to a three-year term as Coordinator of the Census of Doctoral Dissertations in Medieval Art for the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA). She will be sharing her responsibilities with Professor Stephen Lamia of the Department of Visual Arts at Dowling College. The ICMA’s Census of Doctoral Dissertations is international in scope, unlike the majority of such lists which are national and not always in electronic form. It is, therefore, an important resource for scholars and students of medieval art, and is listed on the “Resources” page of the ICMA web site:
http://www.medievalart.org/htm/resources.html.
Montclair State University’s College of the Arts and the Department of Art and Design are supporting the Census by hosting its pages on the university web site. The Census may be found at:
http://www.montclair.edu/arts/dept/artdesign/1982-93medcensus.html
http://www.montclair.edu/arts/dept/artdesign/medievalcensus.html
Professor del Álamo served as an Advisor and member of the ICMA Board from 2001-2005. She chaired the Advocacy Committee that wrote the Code of Ethics for historians of medieval art, also posted on the ICMA web site.

April 21, 2008

Theatre Day Rescheduled April 11^th, 2008

April 11, 2008

The College of the Arts Announces an Arts Living Community In Freeman Hall

Are you a visual, performing or communication arts student who would enjoy living and engaging with artists of all disciplines? The College of the Arts’ Arts Interdisciplinary Living Community (AILC) may be the environment you are looking for. Comprised of students majoring in art & design, music, theatre, dance, broadcasting and/or communication studies, the AILC occupies a floor in the Freeman Residence Hall on the south end of the campus – just across from the Cali School of Music and a few minutes walk from all of the college’s visual arts and performance facilities.

But AILC is not just about convenience. It is about students with creative and multidisciplinary interests living together . . . sharing their passions and challenges and discovering their common ground. The AILC is primarily for new incoming students, however, a few spaces will be made available for enrolled students. More information may be found on the AILC webpage.

April 7, 2008

American Spring ! April 2 & 3, 2008 - A Special Performing Arts and Humanities Festival Celebrating the MSU Centennial

April 2 & 3, 2008

Peak Performances @ Montclair Provides Arts for Everyone: $15 For All Performances

April 1, 2008

Organization of American Historians Panel chaired by Professor Neil Baldwin

March 28, 2008

George Segal Gallery Receives Prestigious State Arts Award

March 13, 2008

College of the Arts Scholarship Applications Available

March 1, 2008

MSU Alumnus Creates History-making Public Art Work