Loyola University Chicago
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Fine & Performing Arts is working remotely. During this time, our preferred method of contact is email. Please visit the DFPA Faculty and Staff Directory for detailed contact information. For general questions, please email us at dfpa@luc.edu
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Online Tours Available
Department of Fine and Performing Arts virtual tours to prospective students and families in Dance, Fine Arts, Music, and Theatre. These individualized meetings are available M-F during regular business hours and are guided by our friendly and knowledgeable guides.
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Virtual Performance
The Boys and the Nuns
Written by Sandra Delgado
Music by Michael McBride
Co-Directed by Sandra Delgado & Mark E. Lococo
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 25
Join us for the world premier of The Boys and the Nuns, developed with Loyola students during Sandra Delgado’s residency with the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. To pass the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance, members of Chicago’s LGBT+ community and an order of Catholic Sisters come together to change both their city and their world. Set in the 1980s, this play with music explores dignity, identity, and the power of faith in a striking period of Chicago history. Tickets are priced on a pay-what-you-can scale if you wish to support the department. All price levels include a ticket.
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Virtual Concert
One World, Voices United
Tickets on sale now for One World, Voices United on Friday, April 23 at 7pm CT
Featuring the Loyola University Chicago Chamber Choir, University Chorale, & Women's Chorus, this virtual program celebrates music and singing from around the world, featuring music from South Africa, Japan, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Brazil, the Mediterranean, and India. Tickets are priced on a pay-what-you-can scale if you wish to support the department. All price levels include a ticket.
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Arts Research
DFPA at the 2021 Climate Change Conference
Director of Dance Sandra Kaufmann and Director of Choral and Vocal Activities Kirsten Hedegaard participate in the Arts as a Platform for Climate Advocacy panel during the 2021 Climate Change Conference, hosted by the Loyola University Chicago School of Environmental Sustainability. Kaufmann, Hedegaard, and visual artist Meredith Leich discuss projects and the intersections of the arts and environment, moderated by Thomas Aláan. Watch the full panel discussion.WATCH VIDEO -
An Interview with Bill Brown
To read Shakespeare’s work – let alone to direct and perform it – is no easy feat. Guest Director Bill Brown has made a remarkably successful career out of his love for the Bard. Now, he’s teaching students how to embrace the beauty of Shakespeare’s plays in Loyola’s production of All’s Well that Ends Well. Production dramaturg Lily Cate Gunther-Canada spoke with Bill about his journey as an artist and his aspirations for this spring’s show.
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Exhibition
Let Us Vote! Voting Stations for Those Who Legally Can't
March 12 - April 11, 2021
Organized by Aram Han-Sifuentes
What can voting look like if it were more accessible? What can voting look like if the disenfranchised could be the ones to determine what shows up on the ballots? Ballots and ephemera from the 2020 Official Unofficial Voting Stations will be on view at the Ralph Arnold Gallery in addition to Loyola student projects created in FNAR 393. Official Unofficial Voting Station is a site of empowerment, site for protest, site for sharing resources, site for social engagement and discussion, and is a collective art project making disenfranchisement visible and fighting against it in the United States.
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Alumni
Theatre alum LaNisa Frederick featured in Playbill
How Hashtag Booked's Danielle Pinnock and LaNisa Renee Frederick Are Using Comedy as Activism
While theatre has been on pause and auditions have been on Zoom, Danielle Pinnock and LaNisa Renee Frederick have taken their comedy-activism to new heights. Launched in 2018, Hashtag Booked is Pinnock and Frederick’s improvised sketch Instagram series that shares “a raw slice of the #actorslife,” diving into their experiences of being Black actors in show business.
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FNARFEST 2021
Join us for FNARFEST 2021, a two-day virtual celebration of the Fine Arts Division at Loyola University Chicago. See event details and registration below. -
Film Screening and Artist Discussion with AJ McClenon
Friday, February 19
Screening: 6:00pm CST
Discussion: 6:30pm CST
AJ holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has performed and shown work throughout the US, at locations like Steppenwolf, The Promontory, Woman Made Gallery, Echo Park Film Center, Chicago Filmmakers, Terrain Exhibitions. AJ is currently the co-director of Beauty Breaks, an intergenerational beauty and wellness workshop series for black people along the spectrum of femininity. AJ is also a co-founder of F4F, a domestic venue that cultivates a femme community, centers blackness, and expands upon understandings of what domestic space can be.
Join us in conversation with A.J. McClenon after the screening.
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Protest Banner Making Workshop with Aram Han Sifuentes
Saturday, February 20 | 5:30 - 6:30pm CST
Make protest banners with Protest Banner Lending Library creator and artist-in-residence, Aram Han Sifuentes. No sewing skills are needed. Come with a short slogan ready to go.
You'll need: fabric big enough for a protest banner (cotton works best); another fabric for the letters (such as felt); sharp scissors; a sharpie; at least one yard of Heat 'n Bond ultra hold (you can purchase this at Joann's, Michael's, Amazon); an iron; and some sewing pins or t-pins.
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Student Juried Exhibition
SAT FEB 20 | 6:30-7:00 PM CT on Zoom
Student Juried Exhibition Reception and Awards Ceremony
From a strong pool of over 100 submissions, Ruby T. has selected the most outstanding works based on their level of originality, thoughtfulness, and skill. The most exceptional artworks will be honored at this reception with first, second and third place.
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Artist-in-Residence
Aram Han Sifuentes Appointed 2020-2021 Artist-In-Residence in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow, 3Arts Awardee, and Sustainable Arts Foundation Awardee, Aram Han Sifuentes will be teaching socially engaged art and present Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for All Who Legally Can’t in the Ralph Arnold Gallery during her residence at Loyola University Chicago's Department of Fine and Performing Arts.
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STUDENT
Dance Major's Passion for Flamenco
Rising junior Mia Potter was recently featured in the Loyola Phoenix on her love of flamenco and her plans to study the dance and it's historical and cultural context abroad. In Spain, Mia plans on following in the footsteps of her inspirations, such as Carmen Amaya, a trailblazer flamenco dancer who was the first female to master footwork commonly used for men, and Rocio Molina, a choreographer known for her reinventions of traditional flamenco, and immerse herself in the culture. Read the full feature and view the accompanying video!READ MORE -
Alumni
Drawing, Painting & Printmaking Alumna Creates a Series of "Stay-In" Posters
Sylvia Bueltel (BA, '18) draws inspiration in World War II propaganda posters for her her series of posters responding to the COVID pandemic. Since beginning the project in late March, Bueltel has completed five posters in the series, each saturated with patriotic colors and evincing themes of sacrifice and duty -- with the "We Can Do It" ethos of "Rosie the Riveter" and "Uncle Sam." Sylvia's urgent and timely work is featured on ABC News. Click to read the full article.READ MORE -
STUDENT
Student featured in National Association of Pastoral Musicians Lunchtime Virtual Concert Series
Rising senior majoring in Music and Psychology, Laura Bottei recently performed an organ concert titled "Play Like A Girl" as part of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians Lunchtime Virtual Concert Series. A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Laura began studying piano at the age of 5. At Loyola, she studies organ with Steven Betancourt, voice with Sarah Ponder, and previously studied piano with Anthony Molinaro. During the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years, she is serving as the organ scholar at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Following graduation, Laura plans to pursue an MM in organ performance. Program: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 531- J.S. Bach (1685-1750); Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650- J.S. Bach; Sonata No. 4 in B flat Major- Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): I. Allegro con brio, II. Andante religioso, III. Allegretto, IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace,; Carillon, from 24 Pieces in free style- Louis Vierne (1870-1937) WATCH VIDEO -
Arts Research
Music Students and Faculty Collaborate Remotely to Create Online Soundscapes
Celebrate Earth 1 is the first part in an ongoing YouTube virtual project designed by students and faculty from the DFPA. This online soundscape is based on variations of the medieval chant, "Adoro te devote," culminating in the hymn "For the Beauty of the Earth." The singers and instrumentalists recorded their parts individually, then were compiled into a cohesive work. This first installment features over one hundred choristers from the LUC Women's Chorus (conducted by Jennifer Budziak), University Chorale, and Chamber Choir (conducted by Kirsten Hedegaard), as well as guest musicians: Rich Leasure, organ, Jim Gailloreto, soprano saxophone, and Jill Kaeding, cello. Sound production was done by Sam Mason, and video production was completed by Alec Loftus, both students in the music program. Part 2 will feature music from Paul Winter's Missa Gaia, which was set to be performed by the choirs and dance division in late March. Future installments will be completed over the summer.WATCH VIDEO
