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Photo by Harrison Jones, BFA, Photojournalism 2019; April 2018 Corcoran Dance concert.

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The Corcoran invites you to major events and exhibitions, school celebrations, lectures and workshops, theatre, dance and music performances.

INTER | SECTIONALITY: NOVEMBER 14, 2019–MARCH 20, 2020

DIASPORA ART FROM THE CREOLE CITYOpening Night: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, 6–9 p.m. Open Nov. 14, 2019–March 20, 2020, Tuesday–Friday 10 a.m.–6 p.m., weekends 1–6 p.m.

The Atrium Galleries at the Flagg Building Corcoran School of the Arts and Design 500 17th St., NW

Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City is a bold, multiregional, multidisciplinary curatorial collaboration and exploration of the emergence of the “Creole City” as a local, regional and global phenomenon. Internationally recognized curators Sanjit Sethi, former director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, and Rosie Gordon-Wallace, founder, president and curator of DVCAI (Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator) have designed this collaboration to provide a lens through which communities and community leaders internationally can begin to better understand themselves, their diversities and their unlimited possibilities.

Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City will be presented in our nation’s capital at a time when diaspora artists and voices are challenging social justice, celebrating identities and reactivating and bridging communities through contemporary art and scholarship. The complexities and diversities represented by this exhibit are emergent and, in many cases, ascendant across the world.

Highlighting the work of 25 Miami-affiliated visual artists, along with two guest artists, the exhibit is grouped around themes that encompass diaspora and Creole City life stories, memory, politics, myth, religion and culture. Special performances and programs will be presented throughout the run, which will be from Nov. 14, 2019, through March 20, 2020.

“PIXAR’S MEMORIES”: JANUARY 17

A LECTURE BY PROFESSOR DANIEL GOLDMARKFriday, Jan. 17, 2020, 3:15–5 p.m.

Room 226 in the Flagg Building (2nd floor) Corcoran School of the Arts and Design 500 17th St., NW

The ever-increasing popularity of Hollywood animation, driven in part by the dominance of Pixar, has come about not just through technological advances or the breaking down of decades-old biases about cartoons being just for kids, but also through the emotionally nuanced storytelling deployed recently by studios.

Practically all of Pixar’s features are overrun with issues of nostalgia; their most recent films—Inside Out, Finding Dory, Cars 3—have gone further than simply reveling in the remembrance of times past (real or imagined), and have explored the creation of memory and the reasons why memories fade or endure. Sound and music have played key roles in the recollections and impressions of all these films, with 2017’s Coco breaking one of Pixar’s cardinal rules (no musicals!). In this presentation, Prof. Daniel Goldmark looks at some trends in scoring and sound design to show how the melodies of childhood—and adulthood—are being used to drive the stories of recent Hollywood animated features.

Daniel Goldmark is Professor of Music and Director of the Center for Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of books on animation, music, and cinema, including Tunes for ‘Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon (California, 2005).

Cosponsored by the GW Department of American Studies.

This event is free and open to all GW students and the public.



INTERVIEW/TALK BACK JANUARY 22

– MAIDA WITHERS WITH MIRTES CALHEIROSWednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, 5–6 p.m.

Building J Dance Studio 2131 G St., NW (Rear)

An interview and talk back with Mirtes Calheiros of Dance Theatre Company, Artesaos do Corpo (Brazil) and Dance Professor Maida Withers.

This event is free and open to all GW students and alumni.

SILVER-GARBURG PIANO DUO LECTURE, JANUARY 22

“SCHUBERT’S LAST SONATAS”Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, 5–7 p.m.

Hammer Auditorium Corcoran School of the Arts and Design 500 17th St., NW

Join Music for the Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg’s lecture, “Schubert’s Last Sonatas.” The sonatas in C minor were all written in 1828 during the last months of Schubert’s life, when he knew he was dying. They are known for their sad beauty.


CORCORAN SCHOLARS’ FRIDAYS AT FIVE JANUARY 24

Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, 5–7 p.m.

Phillips Hall, B-120 801 22nd St., NW

Fridays at Five is a relaxed environment where students can gain experience performing in front of their peers. This event features Corcoran Scholars, an exceptional group of undergraduate students. Learn more about Scholars at corcoran.gwu.edu/scholars.

This event is free and open to all GW students.



LA RAMPA: JANUARY 30

A CONVERSATION WITH CHANTAL JAMESThursday, January 30, 2020, 6–8 p.m.

Hammer Auditorium in the Flagg Building Corcoran School of the Arts and Design 500 17th St., NW

This student engagement lecture with Chantal James includes discussion and a hands-on activity reacting to La Rampa magazine, her project on decolonization. Chantal James, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a Canadian of Guyanese and Welsh descent. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, she is co-founder and editor of the three previous issues of La Rampa magazine and its current editor-in-chief.

MUSIC FACULTY INCUBATOR SERIES: FEBRUARY 7

HEATHER STEBBINS AND DOUGLAS BOYCEFriday, Feb. 7, 2020, 7:30–9:30 p.m.

Mount Vernon Campus, Post Hall 2100 Foxhall Road, NW

Join Music for the Music Faculty Incubator Series with Heather Stebbins and Douglas Boyce.


FEBRUARY 13-15

WELLThursday–Saturday, February 13–15, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 16, 2020, 2 p.m.

Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre Marvin Center 800 21st St., NW

Students/Seniors: $10 General Admission: $20

Tickets are available online at corcoran.gwu.edu/mainstage, by calling 202-994-0551 or by visiting the box office on the first floor of the Marvin Center on the night of the performance.

By Lisa Kron Directed by Jodi Kanter

Well explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of a mother’s extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself.



THE MAJOR MINORITY: FEBRUARY 27

AN EVENING WITH OCTAVIA YEARWOODThursday, February 27, 2020, 6–8 p.m.

The Bridge (2nd Floor) in the Flagg Building Corcoran School of the Arts and Design 500 17th St., NW

The Major Minority is an interactive workshop that navigates how art practices participate in intersectionality with freedom, time and space as the focal point. Octavia Yearwood will engage participants in various activities anchored in performance, the literary arts and visual art as tools to embed the conversation in the body. Participants will engage in dialogue around the experiences thereafter as they relate to being black and/or overall marginalized. The goal is to have participants think about how their practice can speak in multiple tongues.

FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB: FEBRUARY 22

CAVANI QUARTETSaturday, Feb. 22, 2020

MASTER CLASS: morning at Phillips Hall, B-120 (email [email protected] for details) PERFORMANCE: 3–5 p.m. at:


Join Music for a special performance of the Cavani Quartet, part of the Friday Morning Music Club.

Founded in 1886 as a community of music lovers and musicians, the Friday Morning Music Club has promoted classical music in the Washington area for over 130 years. FMMC’s public concerts—now held throughout the week and no longer just on Friday mornings—provide performing members with a host of outlets for their talents and delight audiences in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. All concerts are free and performed as a public service.

This event is free and open to all GW students and the public. Stay tuned for ticket information!



PLANTING PARADISE: MARCH 23

LANDSCAPES OF LUXURY IN ANCIENT ROME Monday, March 23, 2020, 5–6:30 p.m.

Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 801 22nd St., NW

Mention of ancient Roman gardens conjures images of lavish estates outfitted with sprawling gardens containing specimen plantings from around the world, aviaries and fishponds, pergolas for outdoor dining and sculpture-lined swimming pools such as those described by the younger Pliny in his letters or evidenced by the remains of Hadrian’s villa at Tivoli. This lecture, given by Annette Giesecke, Ph.D., examines the debt of such luxurious landscapes to the much older royal garden traditions of Persia, Mesopotamia and Egypt.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by Corcoran’s Art History Program.

SARGENT AND SPAIN: MARCH 25

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXHIBITIONVISITING ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS COMMITTEE (VASC) LECTUREWednesday, March 25, 2020, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 801 21st St., NW

In this lecture, National Gallery of Art curator Sarah Cash will present her past and present work on the artist John Singer Sargent. In particular, she will discuss the evolution of her current exhibition project, Sargent and Spain, which she is developing with fellow Sargent scholars Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray.

Sarah Cash is associate curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Previously she served as curator of American art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, director of the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and assistant curator at the Amon Carter Museum. She has also held positions at Yale University Art Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery, in addition to previous positions at the National Gallery of Art.

Ms. Cash received a B.A. in art history from Smith College and an M.A. in the history of art from the Williams College Graduate Program. She is a 2014 fellow in the Center for Curatorial Leadership and a graduate of the Museum Management Institute in Berkeley, California. She serves on the national advisory board of Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

This lecture is presented by the Visiting Artists and Scholars Committee and the Corcoran Art History Program.

This lecture is free and open to the public.



EXHIBITION DESIGN LECTURE 2020: MARCH 26

PROBABLE CAUSEThursday, March 26, 2020, 6:30–8 p.m.


How can the world of objects and spaces alternate between the functional and ordinary on one hand and the playful and poetic on the other? In this talk, SPORTS Collaborative will discuss their ambition to flexibly flicker between these states in their work and in doing so, embrace ideas of ambiguity, novelty and discovery.

Organized by SPORTS Collaborative, the award-winning multidisciplinary architecture and design collaborative of designer and educator Molly Hunker and designer Greg Corso, based in Syracuse, New York. SPORTS approaches architecture in a playful way by balancing rigor and research with amusement and curiosity. Since forming in 2010, SPORTS has designed and constructed a number of large-scale architectural installations and pavilions around the country, and their work has been exhibited, reviewed and published widely.

Hearts of Gold: Buttonwillow Rest Area, 2018

GW BANDS SPRING CONCERT MARCH 28

Saturday, March 28, 2020, 3–5 p.m.

Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St., NW

Join the George Washington University Bands for our spring concert. The GW Bands consists of students dedicated to enriching the community through music. Members have the opportunity to perform in a variety of ensembles including Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and our renowned pep band, the Colonial Brass.

This event is open to all GW students and the public.

HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL APRIL 2-5

Thursday–Saturday, April 2–4, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2020, 2 p.m.




By Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy

There are three of them, and the three Heathers rule Westerburg! Veronica is torn—to be popular or to... well, to do what? Luckily, J.D. arrives with answers, but this Prince Charming has a deep, dark side. Based on the cult hit movie, this Off-Broadway musical is a co-production with the Program of Music. High school—it’s not for kids anymore! Be advised: As Heathers: The Musical is set in a high school, it contains strong language and addresses issues such as bullying, body image, school violence, suicidal ideation and...Slurpees.



SPRING DANCE CONCERT APRIL 16–18

Thursday–Saturday, April 16–18, 2020, 7:30 p.m.




This concert will feature internationally acclaimed guest artists and faculty as well as student choreographers.

GW ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT APRIL 19

Sunday, April 19, 2020, 3–5 p.m.

Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St., NW

Join Music for the GW Orchestra Spring Concert. As GW’s largest symphonic ensemble, the orchestra strives to produce high quality music with an enjoyable and collaborative group.

This event is open to all GW students and the public.

DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF VISÕES APRIL 21

URBANAS INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVALTuesday, April 21, 2020, 12:45–2 p.m.

Building J Dance Studio (Up) 2131 G St., NW (Rear)

Learn about the Design and Management of Visões Urbanas International Dance Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil with Ederson Lopes of internationally acclaimed Dance Company, Artesaos do Corpo from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

This event is open to all GW students.



NEXT 180 APRIL 23

Thursday, April 23, 2020 5–6 p.m.

Flagg Building 500 17th St., NW Hammer Auditorium

Before the festivities begin at 6 p.m. for the NEXT opening night party, join your classmates for NEXT 180! NEXT 180 features a series of rapid-fire creative presentations from graduating students throughout the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. Each student has three minutes and nine slides (which automatically advance every 20 seconds) to enlighten, inspire and entertain. These presentations can be dance performances or talks about any topic.

There will be voting and prizes. The event will be first-come, first-seated, with no RSVP necessary, so come early to cheer them on. Doors open at 4:45 p.m.

To apply to present at NEXT 180, stay tuned for e-mails.

NEXT CAPSTONE MUSIC RECITALS APRIL 24–26

Friday–Sunday, April 24–26, 2020

Various locations, various times

Join Music at the Corcoran for NEXT Capstone Music Recitals. Stay tuned for details!

Photo credit: Nicole Kremin (B.A., ‘19) at her senior thesis recital, Renovations: “Investigating the Boundaries of Repertoire Ownership.”

PIANO CAMERATA APRIL 21

Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 7:30–9:30 p.m.


Curated student performances in a salon atmosphere presenting eclectic piano repertoire.




NEXT EXHIBITION AND OPENING NIGHT APRIL 24–MAY 18

Opening night party Thursday, April 23, 2020, 6–8 p.m. Open Tuesday–Friday, April 24–May 18, 2020, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., weekends 1–6 p.m.

Flagg Building 500 17th St., NW Atrium Galleries

Held every spring, NEXT is a dynamic, interactive and innovative end-of-year show that gives D.C.’s visual and performing arts communities the opportunity to see the latest in contemporary art from fresh perspectives.

CHAMBER CAMERATA APRIL 27

Monday, April 27, 2020, 7:30–9:30 p.m.


Curated student performances in a salon atmosphere presenting eclectic chamber repertoire.

This event is free and open to the public.

ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC MAY 7

(ECM) CAMERATAThursday, May 7, 2020, 7:30–9:30 p.m.

Phillips Hall, B-120 801 22nd St., NW

Join Music for the Electronic and Computer Music (ECM) Camerata.




CORCORAN GRADUATION PARTY (2020) MAY 15

Friday, May 15, 2020, 5–7 p.m.

The Atrium of the Flagg Building Corcoran School of the Arts and Design 500 17th St., NW

Graduating students will take the first step of their lifelong journey as GW Corcoran alumni by celebrating with their friends, family, professors and fellow students. Come raise a glass to the class of 2020! This event will have light appetizers and refreshments.

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