SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER, 2018 – UWI TODAY
7
November
09
E3 Entrepreneurship Series
4pm • Foyer of Cheesman Building,
DCFA
12
Art, Education
& Tourism Symposium
5pm • Lecture Room 3,
Cheesman Building, DCFA
19
Cultural Research Colloquium
8.30am CLL Auditorium, UWI
23
Festival of Plays
6pm & 8pm • LRC Auditorium, UWI
24
Festival of Plays
6pm & 8pm • LRC Auditorium, UWI
24
UWI Arts Guitar Ensemble Concert
6pm Lecture Room 3,
Cheesman Building, DCFA
25
Festival of Plays
6pm & 8pm• LRC Auditorium, UWI
25
UWI ArtsWind Ensemble Concert
6.30pm • Bethel World Outreach
Ministries, Arima
26
UWI Arts Indian Classical Recital
6.30pm
•
Lecture Room 3,
Cheesman Building, DCFA
30
UWI Arts Jazz Ensemble Concert
7pm • JFK Lecture Theatre, UWI
30
Festival of Movement
7pm • Little Carib Theatre,
Port of Spain
December
01
Festival of Movement
7pm • Little Carib Theatre,
Port of Spain
01
Festival of Scenes
10am • Cheesman Building, DCFA
02
Festival of Scenes – 10am
Cheesman Building, DCFA
02
UWI Arts Chorale/Steel in Concert
6.30pm • Our Lady of Fatima RC
Church, Curepe
09
UWI Arts Percussion & Brass
Christmas Concert
6pm • Lecture Room 3,
Cheesman Building, DCFA
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272-3232
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Getting it Right
In our last issue of
UWI Today
(October 14, 2018)
, we in error
ascribed an OBE to
Mr Winston
Bailey
; the error is regretted.
CAMPUS NEWS
‘Tis the season to enjoy music
, dance
and culture. November and December
bring diverse performance arts to
brightenThe UWI’s calendar, including
plays, a beautiful guitar ensemble
concert, jazz, pan and classical Indian
music, dance, choral singing and a
Christmas Concert onDecember 9.The
public is invited to come and enjoy this
year-end Season of the Arts atThe UWI,
involving quality performances put on
by students as part of their creative
studies at the Department of Creative
and Festival Arts (DCFA).
Concert details and information for
all the elements of the “Season of the
Arts” are accessible on the Events tab of
the Department’s Facebook page,
www.
facebook.com/UWI.DCFA.
Th e s e a s on s t a r t s w i t h a
public workshop session on arts
entrepreneurship on Friday, Nov. 9 at
3-6pmat the DCFACheesman Building
(Lecture Room 3). In this annual
workshop, members of the public can
join students of the course Introduction
to Business for the Arts, and hear people
speak about their success stories in
creative arts and media businesses.
On November 12, the public is
invited to listen to Caribbean andNorth
SEASONOF THE ARTS
American educators and artists talk
at the
Art, Education and Tourism
Symposium
at 5pm-7.30pm, which
is free and open to all. Building upon
Trinidadian-American choreographer,
dancer and anthropologist Pearl Primus’
concept of performance art as an
effective educational tool and cultural
ambassador, this symposium aims to
better understand how immersion in
local literary, visual and performance art
might facilitatemeaningful, educational
tourist experiences.
Monday, November 19 brings
a chance to hear students showcase
the fruits of their research from the
Level 1 course:
Cultural Research
Methods
. Students are required to
present their research ideas and findings
in a conference-styled forum to help
them develop their skills.
The entertainment factor ramps up
with the three-day
Festival of Plays
on
November 23, 24 and 25 at the Learning
Resource Centre on the St Augustine
campus.This annual student production
showcases student directors pursuing
the Directing 11 course, which is part of
their BA degree in Theatre Arts.
On Saturday, Nov. 24 at 6pm, there
is a free
UWI Arts Guitar Ensemble
Concert
at Lecture Room 3, Cheesman
Building,DCFAinStAugustine,while the
very next evening, on November 25, you
can hear the
UWI Arts Wind Ensemble
Concert
from6.30pmat theBethelWorld
Outreach Ministries in Arima.
November 26 is the night for the
UWI Arts Indian Classical Recital
at 6.30 pm at the DCFA Cheesman
Building, while on November 30, it is
the turn of the
UWIArts Jazz Ensemble
Concert
to impress and entertain
friends, family and all interested guests
at the JFK Lecture Theatre on the main
UWI campus.
Arts activities for the month
of November close with the much
anticipated
Festival of Movement
on November 30 and December 1,
to be held at 7pm at the Little Carib
Theatre in Port of Spain. This event
showcases the work of both the BA
and the Certificate students in Dance,
along with special guests from local
schools.The students will present pieces
that feature traditional Caribbean folk
dance, modern, Indian, physical theatre,
contemporary dance and original
student choreography. Tickets for the
Festival of Movement are $100 for adults
and $50 for students.
