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  DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS

  EVENTS:  August-September 2014
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The Department of Fine Arts coordinates the University Concert Choir, Cut Time (vocal show ensemble), The University Theatre, the University Concert Band, the Music Industry Ensemble, the University String Ensemble, and the Fine Arts Chamber Recital Series.

In addition, the Department stages the music, dance and theatre performances brought in by the University Artist Series and maintains the Art Gallery Series featuring a varied rotating program of two- and three-dimensional art exhibits in Hyman Fine Arts Center galleries.

All of these events are open to the general public and main campus events are free of charge.

Visit the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center website for information about this great new venue. The PAC is now bringing professional music, dance, theatre and family entertainment to the Florence community.

Maps & Driving Directions
Arts Events Calendar
Art Gallery Series
Performing Arts Center
Performing Arts Highlights
FMU Choral Program
FMU Instrumental Program
FMU University Theatre

Rhodes
Bits and Pieces - New Works by Adrian Rhodes.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Aug 19 - Sept 16
Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

Putin's Kiss
Putin's Kiss.
Thomas Middleton, guest baritone soloist.

3:35 & 7:30 pm Tuesday, September 16.
Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

Department of Fine Arts
Francis Marion University
P.O. Box 100547
Florence, SC 29502
843-661-1385  (Hyman Fine Arts Center)
843.661.4444  (Performing Arts Center)
843-661-4622  (University Switchboard)
http://departments.fmarion.edu/finearts

Visual and Performing Arts Events
August-September 2014
Music, Art & Films!

oMetzger Jazz
Artist Series Concert: John Metzger Jazz Quartet.
7:30 pm, Thursday, September 25.
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.


August 2014
August 19 - September 16, 2014
Bits and Pieces - New Works by Adrian Rhodes.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

August 24, 2014
Planetarium Show (check with staff as final scheduling is dependent upon delivery/install of new projector)
.
University Astronomy Program.
3
:00 pm, Dooley Planetarium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

September 2014
September 4, 2014
Evgeny Rivkin, piano. Professor Evgeny Rivkin was born in Russia and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
Francis Marion University Artist Series Recital.
7:30 pm, Perfoming Arts Center, Downtown Florence.
(Call
PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 for reservations.)

September 9, 2014
Hewn Timber Cabins open for public viewing.
10:30 am - 2:30 pm (weather permitting) the second Tuesday of every month, March-November.
For more information call Karl McAlister (843) 661-1311.

September 14, 2014
Planetarium Show (check with staff as final scheduling is dependent upon delivery/install of new projector)
.
University Astronomy Program.
3
:00 pm, Dooley Planetarium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

September 16, 2014
Putin's Kiss. Lise Birk Pedersen. Denmark/Russia. 2011: 85 mins.
Ambitious 19 year-old begins to question her involvement with a Kremlin political youth group when a dissident journalist friend is savagely attacked. Russian with English subtitles.
FMU Cinema Series.
3:35 & 7:30 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.


September 19 - November 6, 2014
World Consumerism - Bethany Luhman.
Lowcountry Clay Sampler sponsored by cone 10 studios
.

Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

September 23, 2014
The Maltese Falcon. John Huston. USA. 1941: 100 mins.
Hard-noised private detective Sam Spade unravels the tangled plots of an unsavory lot chasing a jewel encrusted statue.  Quintessential film noir: dark alleys, a femme fatale, justified paranoia, and an American culture bereft of a moral compass.  Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet.
English Department Film Series.
3:35 & 7:30 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.


September 25, 2014
Jon Metzger Jazz Quartet. A three-time Grammy nominee, vibraphonist Jon Metzger has served as a United States jazz ambassador in more than 20 countries.
Francis Marion University Artist Series Recital.
7:30 pm, Perfoming Arts Center, Downtown Florence.
(Call
PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 for reservations.)

September 28, 2014
Planetarium Show (check with staff as final scheduling is dependent upon delivery/install of new projector)
.
University Astronomy Program.
3
:00 pm, Dooley Planetarium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

The Department of Fine Arts offers major programs in Art Education, Music Industry, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts. Minors are offered music, theatre arts, visual arts, and art history. Collaterals are offered in music, theatre arts, and visual arts. Introductory courses in art and theatre are offered for nonmajors. All Francis Marion University students may pursue the introductory course in music and performance ensembles.

Students majoring in Art Education, Music Industry, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts combine general education courses with lecture courses in art education, art, music or theatre history, and upper-level courses emphasizing studio/performance. Theatre Arts majors may specialize in performance areas or design and technical production areas. Visual Arts majors may specialize in ceramics, visual communication, painting, or photography. A Music Industry degree is offered. These major programs serve as ends in themselves as well as preparation for graduate study, related careers, and the teaching of art.

In support of the University's mission to enrich the culture of the surrounding region, members of the community having an interest in the arts are welcome to take advantage of our visual and performing arts classes as non-degree students.  Such classes include ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, acting, costume design, stagecraft, concert band, etc.

Rivkin
Evgeny Rivkin, piano
.
7:30 pm, Thursday, September 4.
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.

Hewn Cabins
Hewn Timber Cabins.
10:30 am - 2:30 pm Tuesday, September 9.
Wallace Woods Road, FMU Campus.