Influx of acclaimed arts faculty shows depth, breadth of Rice’s commitment to art education
Rice students with an interest in the arts have more opportunities than ever to deepen their knowledge of, skill in and academic understanding of art in all of its forms thanks to ongoing efforts and investments by Rice’s School of Humanities toward arts education at the university.
Rice Theatre senior show kicking off VADA’s end-of-year activities
Rice Theatre’s “Small Mouth Sounds”— a play entirely produced, staffed and performed by this year’s senior cohort, a first in the program’s history — is set for April 14-16 at Hamman Hall.
Actors From The London Stage dazzle throughout campus visit
The Actors From The London Stage, the international touring troupe based in London and at the University of Notre Dame, shared their talents with Rice students and the Houston community at large during the group’s recent on-campus residency Jan. 31-Feb. 4.
Rice Owls and Houston art lovers were invited Jan. 20 by the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts to campus for the opening reception of “Butterflies,” an original multimedia video and sound installation created by Rice senior Ling DeBellis and University of Houston student composer Antonio Sanz Escallón.
International Shakespeare troupe returning to Rice Feb. 2-4
The world-acclaimed Actors From The London Stage, the international touring theater troupe based in London and at the University of Notre Dame, will be in residency at Rice Jan. 31-Feb. 4. The troupe will perform “Romeo and Juliet” at Hamman Hall on campus at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2-4.
Puppetry workshop brings Owls, performers together for larger-than-life performance
Thanks to a collaboration between the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts and the Department Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures within the School of Humanities, the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and Bread and Puppet Theater — one of the oldest nonprofit political theater companies in the country — Rice students got the chance to play roles in a larger-than-life puppet show Nov. 22.
Comic Art Teaching & Study Workshop receives original comic art gift worth six figures
A rare art collection featuring some of the most famous cartoon characters in American history has been acquired by Rice University’s Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop (CATS) within the School of Humanities’ Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts.
Rice Theatre to present fresh take on ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Oct. 21-29
Rice University Theatre will present Kate Hamill’s “Pride and Prejudice” for two weekends only at Hamman Hall: Oct. 21 and 22 at 8 p.m., with a matinee Oct. 23 at 3 p.m., and Oct. 27 and 29 at 8 p.m.
Moody Center hosts thrilling night of experimental music, dance
Local arts aficionados from the Rice community and the Houston area gathered at the Moody Center for the Arts on April 14 for the latest iteration of the “Dimensions Variable” programming series. This one-of-a-kind evening of experimental music and dance performances marked yet another unexpected interdisciplinary event during the Moody’s fifth anniversary year.
Writing about women across the disciplines
The Friends of Fondren Library annual event Feb. 16 honored Rice-affiliated authors, editors and composers
Rice Cinema screening Blue’s ‘Olive Trees of Justice’ over two nights
Algerian-set drama was legendary film professor’s only non-documentary film
Rice Theatre presents ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’
Acclaimed musical comedy comes to Hamman Hall Feb. 25-26, March 3-5
Puppetry design course challenges students to explore their creative boundaries
“Never in a million years did I think I’d be designing and making a puppet”
Sperandio’s genre-bending, post-apocalyptic comic presents puzzles, one-eyed pigs
The newest comic book from the VADA professor comes from respected Latvian publisher Kuš
Inaugural cohort of Humanities Dean’s Fellows hails culture of collaboration
New program funds undergraduates passionate about humanities research
