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The California State University released its 2024 Summer Arts impermanent creator show calendar, announcing a play that opens connected Friday, June 28, and runs done Saturday, July 20. This year’s offerings see a assortment of unrecorded music, comedy, theater, dance, ocular arts and more
CSU Summer Arts is an immersive, multi-disciplinary arts acquisition that offers masterclasses successful the fields of art, originative writing, dance, media, euphony and theater. Classes are taught by impermanent artists and CSU professors who are renowned successful their fields.
During Summer Arts, the nationalist is invited to unrecorded performances by visiting impermanent artists. Attendees acquisition world-class endowment that is often lone enjoyed successful large metropolitan areas. Summer Arts students besides proudly showcase their creator talents and what they person created during the intensive summertime program. Student Showcases are July 5 and 6, and July 19 and 20.
Thanks to a generous acquisition from Prieto Automotive, tickets this twelvemonth are $10 for adults; $5 for seniors, Fresno State module and staff; and escaped to students and children. Additionally, the Fresno State Alumnx and Allies Club provided a sponsorship of the “Paris Is Burning” movie screening to little the big summons terms to $5. Student Showcases are escaped to the public.
The calendar of nationalist events includes:
“On the Page and successful the World: Voices of Action” (literary reading)
7 p.m. Friday, June 28, John Wright Theatre
Join acclaimed writers Faith Adiele, Bushra Rehman and Kimberly Dark for a almighty evening of inspiration and laughter arsenic they execute their enactment and stock strategies for penning to alteration lives, families, communities and, ultimately, the satellite (mature themes).
“An Evening of Chicago Style Comedy” (live comedy)
7 p.m. Saturday, June 29, John Wright Theatre
Prepare yourself for a hilarious premix of improv and sketch drama from artists from Chicago’s Second City and more, including: Dave Razowsky, Amy Seeley, Jamie Moyer, Mike Ross, Patrick Rowland and Carlos Santos (mature themes).
STUDENT SHOWCASES
Friday, July 5
Social Action Writing — 4 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Hip Hop and Street Dance — 7:30 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Saturday, July 6
Process-Oriented Photography — 11 a.m. Phebe Conley Art Gallery
Scoring for Video Games — Begins astatine 1 p.m. and runs concurrently with events passim the day successful the Woods Theatre.
Screen Scoring — 2 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Chicago Style Comedy — 4 p.m. John Wright Theatre
“An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare” (theatrical show based connected Homer’s “The Iliad”)
7 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, John Wright Theatre
Award-Winning histrion MaConnia Chesser performs a modern-day retelling of Homer’s epic poem. Poetry and humor, the past communicative of the Trojan War and the modern satellite collide successful this captivating theatrical acquisition (mature themes).
“Feeding Ghosts: Telling Stories with Graphics” (artist talk)
7 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, John Wright Theatre
Artist and writer Tessa Hulls leads a speech astir however comics and graphics tin bring captivating stories to beingness by utilizing idiosyncratic experience, memoir and culturally applicable content.
“Paris is Burning” Screening, Conversation and Drag Reception (film screening)
7 p.m. Thursday, July 11, John Wright Theatre
Join america for the award-winning movie “Paris is Burning” hosted by Cuautémoc Peranda. Cuautémoc volition pb a treatment with Dr. Katherine Fobear and prof Dion Foster astir the cultural, humanities and aesthetic important of this documentary that explores race, class, sex and sexuality successful America (mature themes).
A reception with resistance performances volition travel the lawsuit featuring Dr. Angel Gonzalez, Lucy Yale and Miguel Cisneros. (Sponsored by the Fresno State Alumnx and Allies Club)
An Evening With The John Santos Quartet (concert)
7 p.m. Friday, July 12, John Wright Theatre
A Summer Arts favorite, The John Santos Quartet returns to Fresno for an electrifying evening of Latin Jazz. Move to the rhythms of four-time Latin Grammy nominee
John Santos (percussion and vocals), Marco Diaz (piano and trumpet), Saul Sierra (bass) and David Flores (drums).
Dohee Lee Puri Arts “Ritual connected the Road” (dance performance/live music)
7 p.m. Saturday, July 13, John Wright Theatre
Experience the almighty show of Oakland-based creator Dohee Lee Puri Arts utilizing dance, ocular creation and soundscapes, including accepted instrumental and vocal music. The show includes Puri Arts collaborators and unrecorded musicians.
STUDENT SHOWCASES
Friday, July 19
Triple Threat: Writing for Film, TV, And Theatre — 2 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Comics and Graphic Storytelling Workshop — 4 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Dance Improvisation and Ritual — 7:30 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Saturday, July 20
Art >Anthropocene<Action Exhibit — 11 a.m. Phebe Conley Art Gallery
Business of Acting — Beginning astatine 1 p.m. and moving concurrently with events done the day successful the Woods Theatre.
Jazz Con Clave — 2 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Animation Production Studio — 4 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Shakespeare and Company — 7:30 p.m. John Wright Theatre
Tickets to each events are connected merchantability now. For the afloat calendar oregon to acquisition tickets, sojourn csusummerarts.org.
The CSU has offered this multidisciplinary programme since 1985. Summer Arts is being hosted in-person astatine Fresno State for the 19th time, from June 24 to July 20. The program was hosted astatine Fresno State from 1999 done 2011 and returned to the Central Valley successful 2017 aft being held astatine CSU Monterey Bay from 2012-16. It wasn’t offered during the COVID shutdown successful 2020 and was exclusively online successful 2021. This summer, 12 intensive courses are being taught astatine Fresno State, 2 people are being taught online, and 3 courses are being offered overseas successful Germany, Italy and Mexico City.
