Turner Theatrical and Performance Design Fund

Honey Pot Performance planned

Written on April 8, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates.

Honey Pot Performance’s Juke Cry Hand Clap (2014) focuses on house music culture as a conceptual ground to explore social practices developed in Black Chicago during the long 20th century. Drawing from music forms such as blues, gospel, disco,...

“The Magic Box” performances

Written on April 6, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Research.

As part of the newly launched Robert L. Turner Theatrical and Performance Design initiative, students collaborated with the Providence Ballet Theatre company to design sets and costumes that support an original ballet. Students worked with RISD faculty...

Hoyle solo performance @ AS220

Written on March 10, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Liberal Arts.

A solo theatre performance by critically acclaimed actor/playwright Dan Hoyle is planned for Wednesday, March 11, in connection with Avishek Ganguly’s (Assistant Professor, Literary Arts and Studies) ongoing “Performance Studies”...

Turner Fund grants awarded

Written on December 9, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates.

Congratulations to recipients of the Robert Turner Theatrical and Performance Design Project grants for academic year 2015-16: Nick DePace (Senior Ciritic, Interior Architecture) and Bob Moody (Critic, Illustration) Behind the scene(s): The artifice,...

Tableaux and/of Performativity production

Written on December 3, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Fine Arts.

A production from the Tableaux and/of Performativity class, funded by a grant from the RISD Turner Theatrical and Performance Design Fund, will be staged on Monday, December 7, 2014.

Turner-funded “Check Your Vernacular” launched

Written on September 30, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Fine Arts.

Dirty Looks NYC celebrates the release of the Angela Dufresne (Assistant Professor, Painting) and Jane South (Critic, Sculpture) publication – CHECK YOUR VERNACULAR– at Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair with a performance and screening...

Painting Department presents

Written on September 10, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Fine Arts.

Painting presents Open Lecture on Performance affiliated with the course Tableaux and/or Performativety September 22 @ 6-9 pm Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center Rebecca Schneider Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Professor of History...

Turner Award recipients announced

Written on April 29, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates.

Congratulations to the 2015 Turner Award recipients: Angela Dufresne (Painting) and Jane South (Critic, Sculpture) will collaborate on the course Tableaux and/of Performativity in the fall semester. In the spring Avishek Ganguly (Literary Arts + Studies)...

Call for Proposals – Turner Project

Written on November 15, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Current Initiatives, Opportunities.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS ROBERT TURNER THEATRICAL AND PERFORMANCE DESIGN PROJECT Rhode Island School of Design’s 2012-‐2017 strategic plan, Critical Making | Making Critical, acknowledges the importance of an immersive and discipline-based approach to...

2014 Award & 2015 Deadline – Turner Theatrical and Performance Design Project

Written on October 28, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design, Fine Arts, Opportunities.

The Robert Turner Theatrical and Performance Design Project at RISD was established to support the teaching of interdisciplinary courses that integrate various elements of theatrical and performance design. 2014 Turner Award Congratulations to Jane...

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