Presented by: Priya Vashist (she/her/they) | March 21, 3pm to 4pm

Anisha and Sharon, two separated lesbian lovers, rekindle their romance once Anisha lets go of her fears and insecurities stemming from her cultural identity. At an important South Asian queer event in San Francisco, which they plan to attend, one of them becomes a victim of gun violence aimed at queer people of color.

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Presented by: Brittney S. Harris, MFA (she/her) | March 22, 3pm - 4pm

Embracing the theme of "social inequality and injustice" during these current times, performance has long been used as a tool to challenge existing systems of power, and to illuminate causes, issues, and people who are often oppressed, undermined, or underserved.

To truly become activism, to cultivate a more collaborative and creative global society from the ground up, theatre demands new interactive tools, adapted to and for artists and spectators, that merge theatrical performance, community building, and conflict resolution.

Topics to be addressed are:

1. A brief exploration of the history of activist theatre
2. Specific performance-based strategies/activities employed by activists building community-based organizations and social movements

Presented by: Meredith Magoun, MFA she/her/hers | March 23 at 1pm

ODU Senior Lecturer, Meredith Magoun, will give an in-depth look at the Old Dominion University's Department of Theatre's production of Cinderella. Exploring the costume design and the importance of how costuming effects the audience's interpretation of a production.

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Presented by: Robert Wojtowicz (He/Him/His) | March 24, 2pm - 3pm

When artist Joshua Shaw passed through Norfolk two hundred years ago, he encountered a borough recovering from a nationwide financial panic but also brimming with construction and activity. He was especially fortunate to be received into the small community of artist-travelers that had gathered around businessman Thomas Williamson, who entertained guests frequently at his Norfolk townhouse and at Ferryville, his nearby country estate. This presentation will focus on Shaw, Dunlap, and the small, but lively group of artists who started Norfolk's first artistic awakening.

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Presented by: Natalia Pilato (She/Her/Hers) | March 25, 10am - 11am

This presentation highlights 3 artistic research projects created by students enrolled in ARTS495 - Arts for Social Justice, a special topics studio art class offered in the Fall of 2021, led by Dr. Natalia Pilato. Each student researched using books, scholarly articles, and news media from Hofheimer Art library on their topics. Students were then split into 3 groups and collaborated to create large, collaged art pieces to represent their research findings, which were displayed in Perry library and the Barry arts building rotunda.

Dr. Pilato is joined by Amber Pierce, an ODU Art Education and Fine Arts major, and by Annaliese Weimer, a Senior Theatre major at ODU who hopes to open a social-justice-centered theatre company after graduation and by Elizabeth Baker, an ODU Art Education major.

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Presented by: Elizabeth M. Hogue (She/Her/Hers) | March 25, 1pm - 2pm

A virtual experience uncovering the score and recording collections of 21st Century composers located in the ODU Music Library. Elizabeth will demonstrate how to search for scores and recordings in both electronic and physical formats. The New Music Performance Collection and Alexander Street Press electronic collections will be featured.

Presented by: Tony Quaranta

Life moves pretty fast, and our world moves faster. The job of a producer is to keep up. Whether it's emerging technologies, unpredictable world events, or even just the introduction of a new streaming service, in the world of content creation, it's adapt or die. Let's dive in to see who has adapted, who hasn't, and what we can learn from each.

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Presented by: Dr. Jared Benton

In the Spring of 2020, students from ODU's Art Department intensively studied a small collection of ancient Bronze-Age and early Iron-Age vases from Cyprus. Several undergraduate research projects resulted from that initial work, including a poster for the Undergraduate Research Symposium and several papers. Their work, ranging from issues of cultural patrimony to the exploration of their function in ancient contexts, will one day help the Special Collection department display these objects in a way that helps visitors understand them. This presentation highlights the students and the work that each of them did individually or in groups.

Presented by: Meredith Magoun, MFA

In this talk, professional Costume Designer Meredith Magoun will be talking about how we can use clothes to transform, beguile, and disguise, to create magic on stage and off.

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Presented by: Brittney S. Harris, MFA

Community performance has long been used as a tool to challenge existing systems of power, and to illuminate causes, issues, and people who are often oppressed, undermined, or underserved. To truly become activism, to cultivate a more collaborative and creative global society from the ground up, theatre demands new interactive tools, adapted to and for artists and spectators, that merge theatrical performance, community building, and conflict resolution. Topics to be addressed are: a brief exploration of the history of activist theatre; performance-based strategies employed by activist organizations and social movements; and how performing artists have taken on social issues and engaged in activism by devising performance-based interventions.