The Libraries hosts the “Interdisciplinary Arts Capstone Festival: Student Roundtable”

Ohio University Libraries will be hosting the “Interdisciplinary Arts Capstone Festival: Student Roundtable” on Thursday, April 3 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Alden Library’s 1951 Lounge on the fourth floor. The event will be open and free to all, as upper-level students pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in the Interdisciplinary Arts discuss their creative process behind their artistic projects, which they have created for the festival.

The festival itself will be occurring for its third year. It will take place between March 31 and April 4, and is a collaboration with the Fine Arts Library, Music & Dance Library and the School of Interdisciplinary Arts. The purpose of the festival is to showcase the creative work of the BFA students who are completing their capstone project.  The BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts is designed for students to explore multiple areas of concentration within the College of Fine Arts, with this year, students exploring acting, musical theater, photography, playwriting, video installation and sculpture.

During the week of the festival, students will perform, exhibit and talk about their projects.  The roundtable is a new addition to the festival, and students Emma Archer, Emma Hocter, Hannah Black and Jean Daniel Kaba will be speaking about their capstone projects for the festival. During the week of the festival, Archer’s play will be performed, Hoctor’s artwork will be on display, Black will perform a one-woman show and Kaba will be present a video and live performance of his acting monologues.

Carla Williams, music and special projects librarian, came up with the idea of a festival roundtable. She, along with Heaven Herrold, educational technology and arts librarian, met with students to help encourage them to explore how the Libraries could help with their capstone projects.

Williams mentioned that “the festival gives the students a chance to showcase the work they have done during the semester and during their career at OHIO."

Garrett Field, associate professor of Ethnomusicology/Musicology, teaches the capstone course. He mentioned that the Interdisciplinary Arts Capstone Festival is an opportunity for the students to develop their portfolios and take a step toward their desired career path. He noted that the roundtable discussions will hopefully benefit not only the students but anyone interested in creativity.

“This roundtable is for anyone interested in artistic processes, that is, how artists ‘make something come from nothing,’” Field said. “I hope the students’ reflections offer members of the Ohio University community insights into interdisciplinarity and creative thinking.”

For more information, contact Carla Williams williac3@ohio.edu or Garrett Field fieldg@ohio.edu.