[arthistorymajors] Can I go, too?

[Cecilia Flanagan]

As Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, "The world is so full of a number of 
things.  I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."


> *From: *Rodger Rak <Rodger.Rak at ucdc.edu <mailto:Rodger.Rak at ucdc.edu>>
> *Date: *June 19, 2012 8:55:25 AM PDT
> *Subject: **All-UC Arts Focus Term in Washington DC*
>
> I am writing to make you aware of an exciting opportunity available to 
> all UC undergraduates interested in the Arts. UC upper division 
> undergraduate students interested in the Arts & Humanities are invited 
> to participate in the Spring ’13 Arts Focus term at the University of 
> California, Washington Center (UCDC) in Washington, DC. The program 
> combines experiential learning, through a variety of Arts specific 
> internships at DC's many arts & cultural institutions, along with an 
> arts focused curriculum. Additionally students will have an 
> opportunity through courses, forums, lectures, tours and performances 
> to participate in DC's rich landscape of visual, performing and 
> literary arts.
> The just completed Spring ’12 Arts Focus term was marked by a public 
> performances of UC student musical compositions at the National 
> Gallery of Art and Aristophanes’ play “The Congresswomen” by the UCDC 
> Players. UCDC students Diarmid Flatley and Jacob Sundstrom had their 
> musical compositions performed by the internationally acclaimed JACK 
> Quartet at a concert at the National Gallery of Art’s East Building on 
> Sunday, June 3rd. Flatley’s piece “Probabilities” and Sundstrom’s 
> composition “no comment from the Grey Room” were created as final 
> projects for the first All-UC Music Composition course led by UCDC 
> Director of Arts Initiatives Roger Reynolds. Professor Reynolds is a 
> Pulitzer Prize winning composer and University Professor at UC San Diego.
> The UCDC Players performed their interpretation of ancient Greek 
> playwright Aristophanes’ “The Congresswomen” on Monday and Tuesday, 
> June 4th and 5th. This play examines the role of gender in political 
> life and in this re-invention of Aristophanes comedy Ancient Greece is 
> exchanged for contemporary Washington, DC and its characters pulled 
> from the ranks of the US Congress. The performance is the culmination 
> of a theater course led by Professor Danny Scheie. Professor Scheie is 
> Professor of Theater at UC Santa Cruz and is a staple of the DC 
> theater scene with recent starring performances at Arena Stage and the 
> Folger Shakespeare Theater.
> Internship opportunities in the Arts abound. Recent program 
> participants have interned at the National Gallery of Art, Phillips 
> Collection, Hirshhorn Museum, Library of Congress, National Folklife 
> Festival, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theater, Folger Shakespeare Library 
> and many other major museums, galleries, theaters and arts advocacy 
> organizations. Oh, and if they have a political bent there are lots of 
> opportunities on Capitol Hill and in the White House. I invite you to 
> make your students aware of this outstanding opportunity. For further 
> information, please contact Melody Johnson atmelody.johnson at ucdc.edu 
> <mailto:melody.johnson at ucdc.edu>or 202-974-6382. You may also visit 
> our web site athttp://www.ucdc.edu/academic/arts-focus-quarter. We 
> will be updating this web page throughout the year.
> Rodger
> Rodger Rak
> Manager, Business & Information Services
> Arts Impresario
> University of California, Washington Center (UCDC)
> 1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
> 3rd Floor
> Washington, DC  20036
> Tel: 202-974-6224
> Fax: 202-974-6250
> e-mail:rodger.rak at ucdc.edu <mailto:rodger.rak at ucdc.edu>


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