Spring at the AU Museum

Learn more about current exhibitions and see the museum event calendar.

• The Tree around the Corner
  Barbara Kerne, Artist
  Vivienne M. Lassman, Curator
• Art and the Demands of Memory
  Works by Second Generation
  Holocaust Survivors

  Artists:
  Trudy Babchak
  Michael Steiner Borek
  Coos Hamburger
  Micheline Klagsbrun
  Kitty Klaidman 
  Dalya Luttwak
  Miriam Mörsel Nathan
  Margot Neuhaus 
  Chaya Schapiro
  Mindy Weisel

  Aneta Georgievska-Shine, Curator

• Dana Hart-Stone: Kaleidoscope
  Dana Hart-Stone, Artist
  Brian Gross, Curator
• A Drawing Like No Other: Marilyn Brought Back to Life in 9,000,000 Marks
  Billy Pappas, Artist
  Gary Vikan, Curator
• The Human Flood
  Ellyn Weiss, Artist
  Sondra N. Arkin, Artist
  Laura Roulet, Curator

• Looking for the Light

  Artist: Bob Schieffer
  Curator: Michael Beschloss

• SURFACE TENSION
  The Visible and The Hidden
  AU Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

• Image: Barbara Kerne, Day and Night, 2022. Oil on linen, 39 x 39 inches.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
American University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Brown, director (AU Symphony Orchestra)
Casey Cook, director (AU Chorus)
April 27, 7:30 p.m. and April 28, 3 p.m.
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Tickets: $10-$15, free for AU students

The AU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus collaborate to perform a lesser-known but important oratorio by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor—”Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast.” This work sets text from a section of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem Song of Hiawatha (1855) to jubilant music that narrates the marriage celebration of the fictional Ojibwe warrior Hiawatha to Minnehaha, a Dakota woman.    

The program also includes Saint-Saëns' Symphony no. 2 in A minor, the world premiere of “January Sunrise” by AU student composer Matthew Lipka, and soloist Madeleine Corrigan, AU student and winner of the annual Concerto and Aria competition, playing the first and second movements of Shostakovich's Cello Concerto no. 1.

Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha contains some misrepresentations of Native American culture. Learn more about Hiawatha in context.

Mixed Ensembles Concert
Monday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Free and open to all, no RSVP required

Celebrate the end of classes with AU's mixed ensembles—chamber music with strings, piano, winds, brass, percussion and voice! Will also include appearances by the Songwriters' Hub, Improvisation class, and the West African Drumming ensemble.

FINALE Senior Capstone: Photography and New Media and Studio Art Majors

April 17-May 1
Reception: April 26, 5-7 p.m.
Katzen Arts Center Rotunda

The capstone exhibition, FINALE, represents the culmination of intensive research and creative exploration by students from two sections of the Studio Art Capstone class. Showcasing a diverse array of backgrounds, practices, and themes, this exhibition serves as a testament to the transformative journey each student has undertaken. Through their dedicated efforts, they have not only synthesized their learning from this education but also forged a new language of expression, one that reflects their unique ideas, imagination, and craftsmanship. FINALE invites viewers to embark on a journey of discovery, where each artwork offers a glimpse into the rich tapestry of perspectives and experiences cultivated within our Studio Art program at AU.