News & Events

The College of Charleston Friends of the School of the Arts will host their annual sneak preview of the Spoleto USA and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals. This hour-long event will be presented by music professors Edward Hart and Robert Taylor, theatre professor Todd McNerney, and director of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Mark Sloan. The lecture will highlight various, must-see arts events, as well as a brief history of both Festivals. The presentation will take place Monday, May 13, 2013 at 6 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts (54 St. Philip Street). Admission is free and seating is limited. A reception will follow the event. Read More »

This year marks the first time the College of Charleston has had two graduates living, learning, and working abroad as Fulbright Scholars. Sytske Hillenius ’12, who graduated with a double major in arts management and music, and Lauren Fuess ’12, a graduate in marine biology, earned prestigious Fulbright Scholarships while attending the College. Read More »

Each spring, current College of Charleston students are eligible to submit their recent work to the Young Contemporaries, offering an opportunity to have their work chosen by a nationally prominent juror and exhibit in a professional gallery setting. Young Contemporaries 2013 will be on view in the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art from April 5 through May 4, 2013, with an opening reception on April 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. This  annual exhibition, which is free and open to the public, shows off the brightest talents coming out of the College’s School of the Arts. Watch a video from Young Contemporaries 2011. Read More »

The College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture will host an exhibition entitled, “Color in Freedom Experience: An Interactive Journey Along the Underground Railroad” by Maryland artist Joseph Holston from April 10, 2013 through May 20, 2013. The artist will attend an opening reception at 6:00 p.m. on April 10. Both the opening reception and the exhibition are open to the public. Read More »

Lights, camera, action! College of Charleston theatre students got an inside look at set design when they went on location at Lifetime’s hit TV drama Army Wives. Professor Charlie Calvert’s Scene Painting class focuses primarily on scene design for the stage, but many students are interested in TV and film, so Calvert used the experience to introduce them to painting techniques used by TV artists. Read More »

College of Charleston alumni and athletes racked up awards in the Charleston City Paper’s annual “Best of Charleston 2013” review. Read More »

Chucktown Music Group, Charliewood Pictures and the College of Charleston are pleased to announce their first joint venture to create “Live at The Charleston Music Hall” featuring a concert with hit singer/songwriter (and former College of Charleston student) Edwin McCain and multiple Grammy-winner Sam Bush taking place on Saturday, March 30 at 8pm at the historic Charleston Music Hall, home of the nation’s first passenger train station. The double headliner, one night concert, will be filmed as the debut episode of a forthcoming television series. Read More »

The College of Charleston will present “Uniting Through Song”, an evening of spirituals and gospel music, on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sottile Theatre. The concert will feature the Claflin University Concert Choir and a guest performance by the College of Charleston Gospel Choir. Admission is free. Read More »

The College of Charleston Orchestra, led by Yuriy Bekker, performed the score for Pencil Point, a South Carolina Film Commission Indie Award-winning short animated film that will debut at the Beaufort Film Festival, held February 15-17, 2013. Bekker is a faculty member in the School of the Arts as well as the concertmaster and acting artistic director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Read More »

College of Charleston alumna Amanda McLenon has been named the Griffith/Reyburn Lowcountry Artist of the Year. McLenon, who received a Master of Science in Marine Biology in 2010, was awarded a $5,000 grant which enabled her to create 20 works of art to showcase and sell.  Read More »