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Transylvania University’s art program graduates the largest class of art majors to date; senior exhibition, "Ten," runs April 2-20

Posted on April 2, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

Hansel’s Sewn. LEXINGTON, KY—Transylvania University’s art program is graduating a record 10 art majors this year: Isabel Barr, Alison Cahill, Sara Escobedo, Allison Fender, Kara Hansel, Ryla Luttrell, Alexis Schuman, Julia Sebastian, Megan Wainscott and Kayla Weber. The culminating event of their Transylvania arts education is their senior thesis exhibition appropriately titled, “Ten,” opening April 2 and running through April 20 in the Morlan Gallery. There is a reception for the artists on Friday, April 20, 5-8 p.m. as part of the Lexington Gallery Hop. The gallery is open weekdays from noon-5 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Barr is a studio art and education double major. She grew up in Takoma Park and Bethesda, Maryland. She plans to receive a master’s degree in art therapy from the University of Louisville and create an after-school program for special-needs children. Cahill is an art major and art history minor from Richmond, Ky. Her primary medium is photography and she has recently worked with Triple Play Productions taking sports action photography. After graduation she plans to pursue her passion for art. She is currently looking into the photography and ceramic fields. Escobedo is a studio art major minoring in biology and Spanish from Wheaton, Ill. She hopes to pursue a career that will lead her to working with animals and expanding her artistic endeavors. She works in digital illustration, ceramic, mixed media sculpture, carving, painting and costume-making. Fender is

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Transylvania’s Concert Band and Chamber Orchestra to present free concerts April 3 and 4

Posted on March 30, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

Transylvania’s music department is offering two concerts, April 3 and 4, in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. Both performances are free and open to the public. The Concert Band will present Seitz’s “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise,” Arnold’s “Peterloo” and Piazzolla’s “Oblivion,” featuring Joe Carucci on the alto saxophone, on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. The Chamber Orchestra will offer Mozart’s “Horn Concerto No. 3, first movement,” featuring Alex Yaden (photo at left), “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” and Bizet’s “Suite from L’Arlessienne,” the following evening, Wednesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Carrick Theater.

Award-winning poet Bianca Spriggs to deliver Transylvania University commencement address on Saturday, May 26, at 9:30 a.m.

Posted on March 29, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Affrilachian poet, multidisciplinary artist and Cave Canem Fellow Bianca Spriggs will deliver the commencement address at Transylvania University on Saturday, May 26, at 9:30 a.m. on the steps of historic Old Morrison. Spriggs, a 2003 graduate of Transylvania, was named as one of the Top 30 Performance Poets by TheRoot.com, is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a recipient of multiple Artist Enrichment Grants and an Art Meets Activism Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. In partnership with the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association, she is the creator of “The Swallowtale Project,” a creative writing workshop dedicated to the women inmates at the Federal Prison Camp, and the creator and artistic director of the Gypsy Poetry Slam featured annually at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference. She has taught poetry and creative writing classes at Lexington’s Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and is currently in the doctoral program for creative writing at the University of Kentucky. She was visiting writer and instructor in Foundations of the Liberal Arts at Transylvania from 2008-09. She is the writer, producer, editor and director of the film “Waterbody” and the author of poetry books “Kaffir Lily” and “How Swallowtails Become Dragons.” Her work may also be found in the anthologies “New Growth: Recent Kentucky Writings” and “America! What’s My Name?,” and in the journals “Union Station Magazine,” “Tidal Basin Review,” “Muzzle,” “Caduceus,” “Alehouse,” “Reverie,” and Appalachian Heritage Magazine, among others. Spriggs currently serves on

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"Jewish Views of Jesus" lecture at Transylvania March 29, at 7 p.m.; free and open to the public

Posted on March 28, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The theological boundaries and historical relationship between Jews and Christians is the focus of a pair of back-to-back lectures offered by rabbi, speaker, author and professor David Sandmel this month. The lectures are part of the Moosnick Lectureship in Judaic Studies, sponsored by the Moosnick Endowment. Sandmel’s lectures are presented by Transylvania University, Lexington Theological Seminary, Ohavay Zion Synagogue and Temple Adath Israel. Both lectures are free and open to the public. Sandmel will present the first lecture, “Jewish Views of Jesus,” Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in Strickland Auditorium in the Brown Science Center at Transylvania. The lecture is free and open to the public. The second lecture, “Jews, Christians, and Israel” is March 30 at 5 p.m. at Temple Adath Israel. The lecture is free and open to the public. Sandmel is the Crown-Ryan Professor of Jewish Studies at the Catholic Theological Union and Rabbi Educator at Temple Sholom, both in Chicago. He is a former director of the National Jewish Scholars Project, a major initiative to promote discussion within the Jewish community and between Jews and Christians about the differences and similarities between the two traditions. He is the co-editor of “Christianity in Jewish Terms.” In addition, he is the lead editor of “Irreconcilable Differences? A Learning Resource for Jews and Christians,” which focuses on core theological issues on the boundary between Judaism and Christianity. Sandmel is also involved in Jewish-Muslim dialogue and in the

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Economic update by Federal Reserve economist LaVaughn Henry at Transylvania March 23, free and open to the public

Posted on March 22, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—LaVaughn Henry, vice president and senior regional officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, will offer an in-depth presentation on current economic conditions at a public forum in Carrick Theater at Transylvania University on March 23, from 8-10 a.m. The event is sponsored by The United Way of the Blue Grass, Business Lexington and Transylvania, and is free and open to the public. Henry will take questions from the audience following his presentation. Henry is responsible for building and maintaining a strong presence and reputation for the Federal Reserve Bank throughout the central and southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky region. He has diverse experience in the private and public sectors and recently served as senior director of market economics and risk analysis at PMI Group, one of the nation’s largest mortgage insurers. Henry has served as a senior economist with the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (formerly OFHEO) and the FDIC’s Resolution Trust Corporation. He has held positions at Fannie Mae, Ford Motor Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Carrick Theater is in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center at Transylvania. Parking is available in the lot behind the building, at the corner of Fourth and Upper streets. RSVPs are not necessary, but you can RSVP via this link http://lexeconforum.eventbrite.com