Arts & Events

Kittredge gets a makeover for The Salon

Tired of keeping music in the music building, paint in the studio and dance on the stage, seniors Amy Jones and Nico Sophiea wanted to see some interaction between the departments.

Starting with only the goals of collaboration and making a familiar working space unfamiliar, they’ve amassed about 20 artists, musicians and performers who will inhabit (mainly) the second floor of Kittredge, including the hallways, kitchen nook and locker room for three hours this Saturday, 6-9 p.m.

The event’s name is a tongue-in-cheek nod to the old French art salons of 17th century, which were exhibitions put on by “the academy.”

Senior Leah Vendl notes, “It’s an installation-people don’t have to stay the whole time.”

Taking cues and what they learned from “Am Was: A Meditation on Mod’n Art,” performed almost exactly a year ago, Vendl, Lana McMullen and Jacki Ward will appear in the event.

Expect original music compositions from Jones and McMullen, a performance from Sophiea and Matthew McBride, large-scale dyed fabric from Alea Robertson, Vendl’s dance piece in the painting studio—among overall luscious light, sound play and viewer interaction, as the group considers and plays with the space’s inherent qualities.

“This is an unprecedented event,” Art Professor Elise Richman said. “Something like this has never been done here before.”

The group hopes that underclassmen might take up and grow the event in years to come as the nature of academia becomes even more interdisciplinary.

The Salon: A Simultaneous Continuous Installation, will run for only one day, March 5.

Admission is free to all community members, and students are encourgaged to come and support their fellow Logger artisits.