Tag: design

National theater festival provides opportunity for competition, community, and confidence

Trojan Living

Andrea Hammack  Staff Writer Lilly Barnett Contributor Selected Troy University students traveled to Spartanburg, South Carolina, last week to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) that was held from Feb. 6 -9.  Troy has been participating in the festival since the 1980s. Each year, students from numerous universities all over the United States are chosen to compete and show off their abilities.  The KCACTF also offers workshops, presentations and theatrical performances from the 10-state southeastern region.  Quinton Cockrell, associate professor of theater and dance, said the…

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Art exhibition displayed work from 18 alumni

Trojan Living

Georgia Blanchard Chief Copy Editor The Department of Art and Design recently hosted “Back to the Future,” an art exhibition that showcased the work of 18 alumni in the Huo Bao Zhu Gallery of the International Arts Center on campus. The exhibition ran from Aug. 14 to Nov. 5, but an artists’ reception was held Nov. 1 to bring more attention to the exhibit before it was taken down. Greg Skaggs, an associate professor of art and design and the curator of the Huo Bao Zhu Gallery, personally chose and…

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Showcase marries dance and art

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Olivia Nobles Staff Writer Troy’s Department of Theater and Dance and Department of Art and Design are busy preparing their art and dance showcase “Art in Motion,” which will open Thursday, Nov. 8. The production will marry the creations of dance students with those of art students. “Normally, the fall show is all student choreography,” said Olivia Tompkins, a sophomore dance major from Jacksonville. “The premise for this show is that we were each assigned an artist from a collaborative class, and we worked together throughout the semester.” Kara Justice,…

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