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  DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS

  EVENTS:  February-March 2016
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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

bestill
February 17-21, 2016
bestill - an original musical

Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.

(Call PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 between 12pm and 5pm Mon-Fri for Theatre seating availability.)

Kate Shakeshaft Murray

February 23 - March 31, 2016
Life Is a Long Story - Ceramics by Kate Shakeshaft Murray.
Roadside - by Lauren Greenwald.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

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
Music, Theatre, Art & Films!
SC Chamber Music Festival
February 22-26, 2016
South Carolina Chamber Music Festival.
Department of Fine Arts and Lecture Series.

February 2016
2 February 2016
Within Our Gates. Oscar Micheaux. 1920: 79 mins.
Micheaux’s brilliant response to the revisionist history and racial stereotypes in D. W. Griffith’s incendiary Birth of a Nation (1915).  This film helped launch independent black cinema.  Seeking funds for an African American school, Sylvia Landry travels to a northern city, where she finds corruption, racism, and hope in a burgeoning African American middle class.  Evelyn Preer and Mattie Edwards.
English Department Film Series.

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


February 4, 2016
Rob Tudor and Bobb Robinson, baritones.
Francis Marion University Artist Series Recital.
7:30 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.
General Admission - No Reservations.


February 9, 2016
Concert: FMU Concert Band. Kelly Jokisch, director.
Department of Fine Arts.

7:30 pm, Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.
(Call
PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 for reservations.)

February 14, 2016
Grand Tour of Earth
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University Astronomy Program.
3
:00 pm, Dooley Planetarium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

February 17-21, 2016
bestill - an original musical by Keith Best and Brandon Goff, directed by professor Best.
The University Theatre.
7:30 pm Wednesday - Friday; 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Saturday; 3:00 pm Sunday.
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.

(Call PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 between 12pm and 5pm Mon-Fri for Theatre seating availability.)

February 22-26, 2016
South Carolina Chamber Music Festival.
Department of Fine Arts and Lecture Series.
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence, and Lake City.

(Call
PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 for reservations.)

February 23 - March 31, 2016
Life Is a Long Story - Ceramics by Kate Shakeshaft Murray.
Roadside - by Lauren Greenwald.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

March 2016

Marcy 7, 2016
Paolo Andre Gualdi, piano.
Francis Marion University Faculty Recital.
7:30 pm, FMU Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.
(Call
PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 for reservations.)

March 8, 2016
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.

March 8, 2016
O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Jel Coen. 2000: 106 mins.
A comical romp through the Deep South in the 1930’s by way of Homer’s Ulysses.  Three escapees from a chain gang encounter semi-mythical and historical characters as they seek hidden riches and evade capture.  George Clooney (Golden Globe Best Actor in a Comedy), John Turturro, John Goodman.
English Department Film Series.

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


March 29, 2016
My Father's War presented by Ponder Anew: Carol Ponder and Robert Kiefer.
Francis Marion University Artist Series Performance.
7:30 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

March 31, 2016
Concert: FMU Percussion Ensemble. The percussion ensemble performs music written expressly for percussion. The works performed by the ensemble utilize a variety of percussion instruments and encompass a multitude of musical styles.
Department of Fine Arts.

7:30 pm, Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.
(Call
PAC Box Office 843-661-4444 for reservations.)

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.

Bobb RobinsonRob Tudor
February 4, 2016
Rob Tudor and Bobb Robinson, baritones.
Francis Marion University Artist Series Recital.
7:30 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

Concert Band
February 9, 2016
Concert: FMU Concert Band. Kelly Jokisch, director.
Department of Fine Arts.

7:30 pm, Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence.

Ponder Anew

March 29, 2016
My Father's War presented by Ponder Anew: Carol Ponder and Robert Kiefer.
Francis Marion University Artist Series Performance.
7:30 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.