For Phillip Chen, inspiration is everywhere: an antique spike from a circus tent, the stories of his great-grandfather working in a California gold mining town, or even the rock piles his children arrange in their backyard. From this collection of materials, ideas, stories, and histories, Chen, professor of art and design and printmaker, creates works...
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2015-04-212019-06-26by Ashton HockmanIn AlumniArtSci NewsCAS NewsCollege of Pharmacy and Health ScienceseBlue NewsletterFine Arts at Drake
Art Imitates Life
It is a masterful design of cells and tissue, organs and vessels, ligaments and bone. The human body is a work of art. Dr. Meyer Emanuel understood its intricacies and translated them with brush and palette. The urologist and gastrointestinal surgeon took to the canvas at age 55, and over the next three decades produced...
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Multi-media senior thesis exhibition opens May 1 at the Anderson Gallery
Drake art and design seniors present Seek, their senior thesis exhibition starting Friday, May 1 in Drake’s Anderson Gallery. The exhibition, featuring painting, drawing, printmaking, graphic design, and installation, seeks to both identify and redefine basic human constructions.
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Keys to Excellence Series Features EStrella Piano Duo
The EStrella Piano Duo will perform at Drake University on April 10 as part of the Keys of Excellence series.
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Drake Theatre: “A Flea in Her Ear” opens April 2
The Drake University Department of Theatre Arts will present David Ives’s adaptation of “A Flea in Her Ear,” by George Feydeau, beginning Thursday, April 2.
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Forward-thinking senior thesis exhibition opens April 10 at the Anderson Gallery
Four Drake University art and design students will present their forward-thinking senior thesis exhibition starting Friday, April 10, in Drake’s Anderson Gallery.
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New York big band to perform works of Gil Evans at Drake
One of New York's best big bands, Ryan Truesdell's The Gil Evans Project, will perform free at Drake University on Sunday, March 29.
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44th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition opens March 8
The 44th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at Drake University will open Sunday, March 8, in the Anderson Gallery.
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Drake Theatre Presents “The American Plan”
The Drake University Department of Theatre Arts will present The American Plan by Richard Greenberg, beginning Thursday, Feb. 26.
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Keys to Excellence Concert features Israeli pianist Asaf Zohar
Israeli pianist Asaf Zohar will perform a free concert Feb. 22 at Drake University as part of the Keys to Excellence series.