(Ashland, Ore.) – Southern Oregon University’s annual campus theme, “Exploring Happiness,” comes to a close Monday, May 13, with “Communicating Happiness.” The presentation features Richard Hutton, developer of many award-winning documentaries and currently the executive director of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Carsey-Wolf Center, which supports media research, teaching and literacy. SOU Associate Professor of Theatre Jackie Apodaca, will moderate the conversation at 7:00 p.m., Monday, May 13 in the Meese Auditorium of the SOU Art Building. Admission is free, and is open to the public. Parking is available in the metered lot off Indiana street adjacent to Cox Hall, along Indiana street, and in a few spaces behind the Schneider Museum of Art. Continue reading
Southern Oregon Arts and Research 2013, Biggest Yet
SOU’s Southern Oregon Arts and Research (SOAR) will Feature 277 Poster Presentations, 49 Podium Presentations, 21 Laboratory and Studio Open Houses, 12 Live Performances, 27 Faculty panels, Eight Art Exhibitions, and a Student Film Festival Continue reading
SOU Department of Performing Arts Presents Tony Kushner’s adaptation of “The Illusion”
(Ashland, Ore.) – The Theatre Arts program of the Department of Performing Arts at Southern Oregon University presents “The Illusion,” adapted loosely by award-winning playwright Tony Kushner from the 1936 “L’Illusion Comique” play written by Pierre Corneille. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, May 23-25 and May 30-June 1 and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2. Continue reading
A Maypole, a Hanging Tree, a Boundary Marker, Lecture by Daniel Duford,
Schneider Museum of Art Curator and Artist-In-Residence
Ashland, OR – The Schneider Museum of Art is presenting A Maypole, a Hanging Tree, a Boundary Marker, a lecture by Daniel Duford, on Thursday, May 9, at 5:30 PM in the Meese Auditorium at the Center for the Visual Arts on the Southern Oregon University (SOU) campus. The Museum will be open at 5:00 – a half hour before the lecture on May 9. Continue reading
SOU Launches the Institute for New Writing/Ashland
(Ashland, Ore.) – Southern Oregon University (SOU) is offering a special opportunity to aspiring writers this summer – the chance to spend a week with published, creative writers and receive one-on-one training, advice, and criticism. It’s the inaugural offering of the Institute for New Writing/Ashland (INWA), to be held August 12-17 on the SOU campus. The deadline for application to INWA is May 15. Continue reading

