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SUMMARY:EXHIBITION: Storytelling by Libby McFalls
DESCRIPTION:Image: Float | Mixed Media (Monoprint\,wood block\, lithograph\, screen print\, graphite\, acetate\, and gold leaf) | 26 x 39″\nRaised in East Tennessee\, Libby McFalls’s love of storytelling began during her childhood through attendance at the National Storytelling Festival. Her love and appreciation of oral storytelling increased over time\, emphasized by the summers she and her sisters spent among extended family of five living generations. She creates nonlinear visual narratives that examine issues of loss and family. Her work explores moments\, blurring the line between fact and fiction\, life and death\, humor and sorrow demonstrating the contradiction and complexity of life. Her latest work will be featured in Storytelling in the Milliken Art Gallery. \nMcFalls is a Professor of Art and the Department of Art’s Art Foundation Coordinator at Columbus State University. She also holds the position of VP of Communications for Foundations of Art: Theory & Education. She received her MFA in Printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art (MI) and her BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design (OH). McFalls’s work has been exhibited in national and international locations\, including the Athica Athens Institute\, South Bay Contemporary (Los Angeles)\, SoLA Gallery\, Kai Lin Art Gallery\, and Gallery 1 in Edinburgh\, Scotland. \nStorytelling will run from August 25-September 22\, 2022. McFalls will present a Gallery Talk on September 1st at 6:00pm in the gallery followed by a reception from 6:30-8:00pm. \nThe exhibition is located in the Milliken Art Gallery and is free of charge. Gallery hours are Sunday 2:00-5:00pm\, Monday – Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. The Gallery is closed during school holidays. \nArtist’s Website \nClick here for the gallery talk and reception details.
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/exhibition-storytelling-by-libby-mcfalls/
LOCATION:Milliken Art Gallery\, 580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,General Events,Humanities,Visiting Lecturers
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SUMMARY:GALLERY TALK & RECEPTION: Storytelling by Libby McFalls
DESCRIPTION:Image: Float | Mixed Media (Monoprint\,wood block\, lithograph\, screen print\, graphite\, acetate\, and gold leaf) | 26 x 39″\nOn September 1 at 6:00pm\, Libby McFalls will present a Gallery Talk discussing Storytelling and her art process. The talk will be followed by a reception from 6:30-8:00pm. \n Storytelling will run in the Milliken Art Gallery from August 25-September 22\, 2022. \nThe exhibition is located in the Milliken Art Gallery and is free of charge. Gallery hours are Sunday 2:00-5:00pm\, Monday – Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. The Gallery is closed during school holidays. \nArtist’s Website \nClick here for exhibition details.
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/reception-storytelling-by-libby-mcfalls/
LOCATION:Milliken Art Gallery\, 580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,General Events,Humanities,Visiting Lecturers
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SUMMARY:Creative & Professional Writing Program Info Session: MFA and BFA
DESCRIPTION:Discover Why Converse is the Place to Write Your Next Book \nDrop in for an information session on South Carolina’s only Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing and on our BFA program in Creative and Professional Writing: Thursday\, September 1 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Zimmerli Common Room\, Howard Hall (near the cabin on back campus). \nProgram features include: award-winning faculty in poetry\, fiction\, YA fiction\, and creative nonfiction\, as well as opportunities to work with visiting writers\, editors\, and agents.  \nFor MFA students there is a flexible schedule with brief on-campus residency sessions followed by mentoring semesters from your home. Scholarships\, publishing prizes\, and additional opportunities for both MFA and BFA students. \n 
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/creative-professional-writing-program-info-session-mfa-and-bfa/
LOCATION:Zimmerli Common\, 580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Events,General Events,Humanities
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ORGANIZER;CN="Converse Low-Residency MFA Program":MAILTO:rick.mulkey@converse.edu
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SUMMARY:Robert Olmstead: Sara Lura Mathews Self Writer-in-Residence Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Creative and Professional Writing Program is excited to host award-winning novelist Robert Olmstead for a reading on September 20 at 8:00 p.m. in Zimmerli Common Room\, Howard Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Contact Prof. Rick Mulkey with questions. \nRobert Olmstead is the author of nine books\, including Savage Country which was published by Algonquin\, and was an Amazon “Best Book of October 2017.” Other recent award-winning novels include The Coldest Night\, and Coal Black Horse published by Algonquin Books. He also has published a textbook for fiction-writing workshops (“Elements of the Craft”) and a non-fiction memoir (“Stay Here with Me: A Memoir”)\, plus numerous individual stories and essays in some of our nation’s finest magazines. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and an NEA grant. He has taught in numerous colleges\, universities and writing workshops\, including Dickinson College\, UC Irvine\, Boise State University and the Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg\, Russia. His novel Far Bright Star is in the early stages of production as a feature film directed by Casey Affleck and adapted for the screen by Damien Ober. \nOlmstead is a core faculty member in the Converse Low Residency MFA program\, and he is visiting campus for a month in Fall 2022 as the Sara Lura Mathews Self Writer-in-Residence\, and is teaching an Advanced Tutorial Fiction course.
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/robert-olmstead-reading/
LOCATION:Zimmerli Common\, 580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29302\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hub City Bookshop Welcomes Neil deGrasse Tyson to Converse University
DESCRIPTION:Hub City Bookshop is excited to welcome author and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to the Converse University Twichell Auditorium at Zimmerli Performance Center on Tuesday\, September 27th for an evening celebrating the release of his new book\,  Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization.  Bringing his signature insight to some of the most crucial fault lines of our time—war\, politics\, religion\, truth\, beauty\, gender\, and race—Tyson’s book provides an antidote to the earth-bound point-of-view that so often divides us in contemporary times. The author will be joined in conversation by Dr. Will Case\, Converse University Associate Professor of Chemistry. \nThis is a ticketed event\, with each ticket including a signed copy of the book. Tickets are available through the Converse University website.
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/neil-degrasse-tyson/
LOCATION:Twichell Auditorium\, 580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29302\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Events,Humanities
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITION: Who I was\, who we are
DESCRIPTION:Who I was\, who we are will feature the latest work from Yvette L. Cummings in the Milliken Art Gallery. Cummings’s work explores the complicated path of youth\, beauty and femininity as expressed through the viewpoint of a sexual abuse survivor. “I am interested in the way female bodies are not autonomous; whether the victim of sexual assault or the governments constant regulation\, ownership of my body is not my own. I want to exert power back to the body\, regardless of gesture or appearance\,” states Cummings. Her paintings will challenge the viewer to move beyond adult experiences and remember the innocence of children. \nImage: Mother Don’t Worry | Oil on Canvas | 60 x 60″\nCummings is currently an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts in Painting/Drawing at Coastal Carolina University in Conway\, South Carolina. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design\, Art\, Architecture\, and Planning. Her work can be found in both public and private collections and has been exhibited in multiple group and solo exhibitions throughout the south and mid-west of the United States as well as internationally. Cummings has been featured in the 701 Center for Contemporary Art South Carolina Biennial 2015 and 2019 in Columbia\, SC\, winner of the 2016 701 CCA Prize for artist under 40 in South Carolina\, as well as Contemporary South at Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh\, NC. She was one of 65 artists chosen for The Mint Museum’s Coined in the South Exhibition 2019. In 2020\, Cummings was shortlisted for the international Mother Art Prize and in 2021 awarded Honorable Mention for the Women’s Art Prize exhibition. \nWho I was\, who we are will run from September 29-October 20\, 2022. Cummings will present a Gallery Talk on September 29th at 6:00pm in the gallery followed by a reception from 6:30-8:00pm. \nThe exhibition is located in the Milliken Art Gallery and is free of charge. Gallery hours are Sunday 2:00-5:00pm\, Monday – Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. The Gallery is closed during school holidays. \nClick here for gallery talk and reception details.
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/exhibition-who-i-was-who-we-are/
LOCATION:Milliken Art Gallery\, 580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Conferences & Workshops,Humanities,Visiting Lecturers
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SUMMARY:GALLERY TALK & RECEPTION: Who I was\, who we are
DESCRIPTION:Image: Mother Don’t Worry | Oil on Canvas | 60 x 60″\nOn September 29 at 6:00pm\, Yvette L. Cummings will present a Gallery Talk discussing Who I was\, who we are and her art process. The talk will be followed by a reception from 6:30-8:00pm. \nWho I was\, who we are will run in the Milliken Art Gallery from September 29-October 20\, 2022. \nThe exhibition is located in the Milliken Art Gallery and is free of charge. Gallery hours are Sunday 2:00-5:00pm\, Monday – Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. The Gallery is closed during school holidays. \nClick here for exhibition details.
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/reception-who-i-was-who-we-are/
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