students of the arts

Music

The Native American Flute
Vesela Morova, who has been learning to play the traditional flute of her native Bulgaria, has received a Steinbrecher Fellowship to study the Native American flute. Read more

Photography

Remembrance of Things Past
Christopher Miller '06 is using an Anton Fellowship to support production of a handmade book that will unite his interests in photography and Worcester's industrial identity. The subject of the book is the Standard Foundry Company, now existing only as a building shell, but once an important employer in the Main South area. Read more

Music

Aesthetics and all that Jazz
At Clark Zachary Galen '05 decided to major in philosophy and minor in jazz studies, and an Anton Fellowship allowed him to spend two summer months immersed in the Berlin, Germany music scene, exploring the link between the philosophy of aesthetics and jazz improvisation. Read more

Film

Needing a Creative Outlet
Screen studies and psychology major Jason Simpkins '04 was one of several students designated as a Bickman Music and Arts Summer Intern for 2004. He recently wrote and produced a feature-length film about life at Clark. Read more

Theater

Unveiling and revealing: breathing life into a character
Theater directors employ a variety of games and exercises during rehearsals to help actors "become" their characters. Professor Raymond Munro is developing a set of rehearsal exercises based on meditation practices and spiritual techniques used to connect with one's essential self. Read more

Painting

Creating What I Want
Sarah Reardon '05 used an Anton Fellowship to fund seven weeks of concentrated artistic work during the summer between her junior and senior years. Sarah's paintings, which explore diversity at Clark, were on display during the fall semester of 2004 at Clark's Traina Center for the Arts. Read more