麻豆影院

Art Is All Around Us聽

Astronauts, the Mars explorer and聽our top-ranked physics department instantly聽pop to mind when people think聽of CU-麻豆影院. Do the arts get lost?

No, CU-麻豆影院 is a dynamic, multi-dimensional聽place, a major public comprehensive聽research university in which聽the arts play a powerful role. The Folger聽Shakespeare Library chose us as the only聽Colorado stop for its traveling exhibit,聽鈥�First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare.鈥� I consider this an international聽recognition of the significance of聽the arts on our campus.

The campus is complementing First聽Folio! with a summer-long program聽of 40 exhibitions and events called聽Shakespeare at CU, but you can鈥檛聽pin a reputation for the arts on one聽major exhibit.聽

CU-麻豆影院 is a cultural hub: home to聽three museums, six galleries and the聽Grammy-winning classical Tak谩cs Quartet.聽It鈥檚 a repository for cultural artifacts聽and a venue for innumerable performances聽and lectures. More than 380,000聽citizens come to campus annually for聽arts and culture, and of course our students聽also greatly benefit.聽

What are some other cultural 鈥渂ig聽hits鈥� on campus besides First Folio?聽

Here are just a few examples. The CU聽Museum of Natural History has a remarkable聽display of ancient tools used to聽butcher ice-age mammals 13,000 years聽ago in present-day 麻豆影院. It will be there聽at least through the summer.聽

The Conference on World Affairs in聽April attracted 20,000 unique attendees聽and featured a 蝉迟耻诲别苍迟-蝉辫辞苍蝉辞谤别诲听办别测苍辞迟别 by Apple co-founder 厂迟别惫别听奥辞锄苍颈补办. The Colorado Shakespeare聽Festival is celebrating its 59th summer聽season on campus. It attracts 30,000 visitors, and its education programs reach聽tens of thousands of children.聽

The Artist Series has been bringing in聽world-class music and dance performers to聽campus for 80 years, including cellist Yo-Yo聽Ma next February. We also offer numerous聽free performances every year by our highly聽accomplished faculty and students.聽

How are students incorporated into聽this cultural hub?聽

This space doesn鈥檛 allow for an exhaustive聽list, but let me mention that聽students act alongside the professional聽theater company in the Shakespeare聽Festival and student art will be displayed聽throughout the University Memorial Center聽this summer. A trio of College of Music聽programs 鈥� Thompson Jazz Studies,聽Ritter Classical Guitar and Eklund Opera聽鈥� introduce audiences to the musical聽leaders of tomorrow and bring worldclass聽artists to campus for concerts,聽classes and collaborations.聽

On a broader scale, why are the arts聽important?聽

We talk a lot about innovation. But聽innovation is not just technology. The聽arts promote innovation by allowing us聽to think creatively and get outside our聽own experience. Performing and visual聽arts are powerful teachers of different聽cultures, 聽perspectives, historical interpretations聽and philosophical discourse.聽You can鈥檛 have a great public university聽without the arts.聽

Illustration by Melinda Josie