Susan Bland
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Video ItemCategory: culture Moss Arts Center partners with Candoco Dance Company , video
The Moss Arts Center hosted Candoco Dance Company — a groundbreaking, inclusive dance company based in the United Kingdom renowned for integrating disabled and non-disabled dancers in its work — for a series of residency activities at Virginia Tech. Follow along as Candoco dancers engage with Virginia Tech students, faculty, and community members, visiting an Introduction to Dance Class and leading an accessible dance workshop open to all. Watch as students with different abilities and dance experience from different academic areas of focus move, explore, and learn together. And visit Virginia Tech’s Embodied Brain Lab, where a Candoco dancer was outfitted with a helmet that measured her brain activity during movement.
Date: Feb 05, 2025 -
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Category: culture Visionary choreographer Mark Morris pays tribute to Burt Bacharach in ‘Look of Love’ , articleMorris presents an homage to the legendary late hitmaker Bacharach on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Moss Arts Center.
Date: Feb 07, 2024 -
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Category: culture Moss Arts Center exhibition celebrates the life and work of Blacksburg artist Joe Kelley , article“I am gone, expanding” brings together a comprehensive selection of the much-loved artist’s drawings, paintings, and sculptures. The exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, Jan. 5, from 5-7 p.m.
Date: Dec 20, 2023 -
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Category: campus experience The state of the arts , articleIt’s hard to imagine Virginia Tech without the Moss Arts Center, which for 10 years has created opportunities for students and the greater community to see world-class artists and performers and has served as a catalyst to create connections between research, technology, and creativity.
Date: Dec 09, 2023 -
Video ItemCategory: culture Virginia Tech students learn from internationally renowned artists , video
Artists Anne Samat and Yanira Collado spent two weeks on the Virginia Tech campus, working with students and creating new works specifically for the Moss Arts Center galleries. Learn more about the center's exhibitions on the Moss Arts Center's website.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
Video ItemCategory: culture Chitrasena Dance Company engages with community , video
In addition to an evening performance at the Moss Arts Center, members of Sri Lankan Chitrasena Dance Company participated in several outreach activities, including leading two workshops in Kandyan dance -- one at Springhouse Day School in Floyd and another on-campus workshop for Virginia Tech faculty and students and other community members. The ensemble also joined Nrityagram Dance Ensemble for a free matinee performance for area students.
Date: Jan 17, 2023 -
Video ItemCategory: culture Chromosome structure inspires art , video
A collaboration between a Virginia Tech entomology professor, art professor, and computer science professor working in biophysics has resulted in the creation of stunning works of art that can help researchers and the public better understand the function of DNA and chromosomes in many important cellular processes.
Date: May 28, 2019 -
Video ItemCategory: culture Third Coast Percussion teaches area students the science of sound , video
The arts, science, and technology inform each other in many meaningful ways. The Moss Arts Center offers opportunities for area students to experience the unique relationships between these disciplines through special engagement events with its visiting artists. Watch music ensemble Third Coast Percussion present their WAVES (wonder, arts, vibration, engineering, science) workshop to area students in third through sixth grades at the center. The interactive presentation introduced students to the science of sound--presenting art and music alongside science and technology.
Date: Feb 08, 2019 -
Video ItemCategory: academics Students explore the creative process with Lucky Plush dance company , video
A dancer from Lucky Plush Productions gives a group of Virginia Tech students a glimpse into the dance company’s creative process. Watch as Lucky Plush dancer Meghann Wilkinson teaches how she and her colleagues work together to create an authentic experience for audiences. Drawing on the company’s performance, “Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of Superstrip,” Wilkinson leads participants through a series of improvisational exercises that encourages them to be more creative, live in the moment, be vulnerable, and create relationships with each other in new ways. This approach helps Lucky Plush dancers deliver an authentic performance for their audiences. The Moss Arts Center helps students discover new ways to incorporate creativity into their lives—both inside and outside the classroom.
Date: Feb 08, 2019 -
Video ItemCategory: academics Student singers work with founder of the world-renowned Tallis Scholars , video
Music education major Maggie Good participated in a master class with the Virginia Tech Chamber Singers led by Peter Phillips, director and founder of world-renowned vocal ensemble the Tallis Scholars. Watch as Phillips works closely with the students, providing valuable feedback and advice, and listen as Maggie describes her experience and explains why music helps us overcome boundaries. The Moss Arts Center helps create meaningful connections between students and artists.
Date: Feb 08, 2019