Fall 2023 Arts Calendar
May 23 - Aug 31, 2023
Art Gallery: Jesse Ring Exhibition
Location: PAC, Art Gallery
Jesse Ring received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Jesse was Assistant Professor of Art at Arkansas Tech University from 2017-2020. He is currently Assistant Professor of Art teaching in Ceramics, Sculpture, and WARP at University of Florida in the School of Art + Art History. He was a visiting artist at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, University of Kansas, and University of Cincinnati. He was a Windgate fellow at Vermont Studio Center, and artist in residence at Zentrum fur Keramik Berlin, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and forthcoming at Bunho in Portugal. His work has been shown nationally and internationally in China, Germany and Hungary. Exhibitions include at Art in Craft Media at Burchfield Penny Museum of Art, Clay Landmarks at Arabia Steamboat Museum, and A Dead Recknoning: Navigating Contemporary Ceramics at Pensacola Museum of Art. Jesse’s first peer reviewed article, Material Mind: gum on walls, drifting stones, and other acts of community sculpture, will be published in Technoetic Arts : A Journal of Speculative Research, Issue 1, 2023.
Lecture: August 31, 4:30 p.m. in PAC A-72
Reception to follow in Art Gallery
Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Art: Jesse Ring Lecture
Location: PAC, A-72
Reception to follow in Art Gallery
Exhibition to run May 23 - Aug 31 in the Art Gallery
Sep 7 - Nov 9, 2023
Art Gallery: Sarah-Anne Winchester Exhibition
Location: PAC, Art Gallery
Sarah-Anne Winchester received her BFA in ceramics from Union University in 2016 and completed a postbaccalaureate at SUNY New Paltz, NY, in 2021. Since graduating, Sarah-Anne has been a part of Baltimore Clayworks, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Natchez Clay Studio, and Women’s Studio Workshop in various roles. She has also exhibited in shows across the United States, including the NCECA Student Showcase and the San Angelo Ceramics Symposium. Winchester is working on completing her MFA in ceramics at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. When not in the studio, she takes her 20+ pound cat on “walks” and practices time-consuming hobbies such as bread making or quilting.
Lecture: November 9, 4:30 p.m. in PAC A-72
Reception to follow in Art Gallery
Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
Lyceum: The McCain Duo
Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)
"Pushing the Needle" features standard repertoire as well as other styles from gospel to jazz
Sponsored by the Union University Lyceum and Department of Music
Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Music: Symphony Orchestra Concert
Location: PAC, Savage Chapel
An exciting program of Orchestra music including Beethoven's Symphony #7 in A Major and selections from Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt.
There is no charge for admission and the concert is open to the public.
Tue, Oct 10, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Faculty Recital: DJ Culp
Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)
Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Music: Worship Choir Concert
Location: PAC, Savage Chapel
Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Music: Symphonic Band Concert
Location: PAC, Savage Chapel
Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Music: Commercial Music Ensembles
Location: PAC, Savage Chapel
Come hear Surrender, Bluegrass Band, the Gospel Singers, and the Union University Jazz Band. And come for the music and fellowship.
Tue, Oct 31, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Music: Symphony Orchestra Concert
Location: PAC, Savage Chapel
The Union University Symphony Orchestra will be performing Brahms Symphony #1 and music from Harry Potter.
Tue, Nov 7, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Music: University Singers Concert
Location: PAC, Savage Chapel
The Union University Singers present "From Darkness to Light" with video art by Angela D. Lee, M.F.A., Professor of ARt
Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Art: Sarah-Anne Winchester Lecture
Location: PAC, A-72
Reception to follow in Art Gallery
Exhibition to run Sept. 7 - Nov. 9 in the Art Gallery
Thu, Dec 7, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Music: A Union Christmas
Location: PAC, Savage Chapel
Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 8:00 a.m.
Art: Annual Christmas Pottery Sale
Location: SUB, Main Hallway