Special events at Flagler College

SAINT AUGUSTINE – The Department of Visual Art at Flagler College, and the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum will host the second annual Zine and Print Fest on Friday, Dec. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m., in conjunction with First Friday Art Walk. Otis Sanders will make a special musical appearance from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and Dorian Lopez, who entertains using the name Papi Disco, will be spinning tunes.

This event is organized by Assistant Professor of Art Jason Schwab, and Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Chris Smith. Each of the 32 students from Schwab’s Book Arts course and Smith’s Screen Printing course will be selling zines, artist books, screen prints, and other printed materials which have been created throughout the semester. All sales will be cash only, and proceeds will go directly to the student artists.

For further details about this event, contact Jason Schwab, 904-819-6280. For further information on our programming, please visit the website at www.flagler.edu/crispellert, or contact Julie Dickover at 904-826-8530 or crispellert@flagler.edu. The museum’s hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, 12 to 4 p.m., while classes are in session.

The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum is located in an accessible building. If you are a person with a disability and need reasonable accommodations, please contact Phil Pownall at 904-819-6460. For lectures and speaking engagements, American Sign Language Interpreters are available upon request with a minimum of three days’ notice.

SENIOR CONCERVATORY SHOWCASE

The Flagler College Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents the Senior Conservatory Showcase, with projects in “The Fear of Change” on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5 in Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium. Featured senior directors include John Kearny and Jillianne Tamillo.

Kearny directs “Red” by John Logan, the story of master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko. Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken. Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, “Red” is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.

Tamillo wrote and directed “Brown Eyed Girl: An Ethnographic Documentary” theatre piece, a compilation of interviews and dialogue. The story follows the life of Ann Tamillo. Tamillo explains the events in her life when she had first met Johnny Matthews, an African-American male. Coming from a large family with a sheltered life, Ann faces racism and unacceptance when relations between Johnny and Ann begin.

Tickets are $5 for general admission and may be purchased online at tickets.flagler.edu. Non-Flagler Student tickets are $5 with ID at the box office. Flagler faculty, staff, students and their immediate family members may obtain free tickets at the Lewis Auditorium box office with ID. Please call the box office at 904-826-8600 with any questions.

For more information on the Theatre Arts program at Flagler College, please visit Flagler’s website at www.flagler.edu.