FALL 2020
WELCOME TO
We are living in unprecedented, uncharted times. We find ourselves appreciating people that we often took for granted: teachers, healthcare workers, delivery drivers, and the list goes on. Qualities that are often associated with artistic endeavors such as innovation, creativity, and empathy, are used to describe the profusion of virtual offerings to help us stay linked and engaged. But nothing really quite satisfies that need to personally interact and be present with each other. As I write this letter we are still a few months away from the start of the fall season and there is no definitive picture of what the landscape of attending exhibits, museums, and live performances will look like. We have cautiously planned our fall events, considering virtual versions and different formats should we need to adjust. Undoubtedly there will be new and altered procedures to ensure the safety of our students, staff, guest artists, and audience that
will in turn impact programming choices. And while it may be some time before we are able to gather together for a favorite event or explore something new, I know we will find ways to stay connected in the interim. Please visit us at www.babsonarts. org for the latest updates about events and information regarding access to our campus, and new protocols. I look
forward to seeing you soon. Until then stay healthy, safe, and hopeful for the better days ahead. Leslie Chiu, Director BabsonARTS
Support for BabsonARTS programs is made possible through the ongoing generosity of Richard W. Sorenson M ’68, P ’97,’00 and Sandra L. Sorenson P ’98,’00, and other donations from alumni and patrons.
Page left photos: (top row) Babson Music Collective, Street Art Workshop, The Infinite Wrench with the New York Neo-Futurists, (second row) Artist, Ronald Gonzalez, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow presented by TEST, Artist, Naoe Suzuki, (third row) Students and the art of Dell Marie Hamilton, Clay Roses Workshop, Jamie Kent & Friends. All photos by Taline Karozichian ‘20.
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Cover: WAKE UP! by LaShonda Cooks ’10 and Jamaal Eversley ’10
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The Screening Room:
The Breakfast Club Directed by John Hughes Thursday, September 3, 6:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater FREE. Reservations required at babsonarts.org We welcome the incoming class of 2024 and welcome back all students with this cult classic on the big screen. Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes a rebel, princess, outcast, brain, and jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently–and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same. Co-presented by the Film Association of Babson, Olin, Wellesley (FABOW). Made possible in part by the Stearns Memorial Film Society Fund.
Purpose: Where Brand Meets Business
A Conversation with Katie Burkhart Arts and Business Conversation Friday, October 30, 11:00 A.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater FREE. Reservations required at babsonarts.org While we’re experiencing a massive influx of brands attempting to do good, leaders struggle to get everyone on the same page with their vision. Branding has become a revolving door of costume changes, with authenticity often lost in the script. How do we find the critical place where brand engages employees as agents of change, inspires loyalty in customers, and drives business growth? In a word, we must find purpose. We must move past branding as an outside activity and embrace it and our organization as one in the same. Katie Burkhart, founder and lead brand strategist for Matter 7 and CEO of tech company Illumyne, leads a session on what operating as a purposedriven organization looks like and what role brand plays in strategically advancing both the organization and its impact.
The Empty Space Theater The Empty Space Theater (TEST) was founded by Professor Beth Wynstra as Babson’s cocurricular theater company and has expanded to include Olin and Wellesley College as well. TEST’s objective is to produce socially relevant, thought provoking, and compelling theater. Every TEST production aspires to strengthen and formalize curricular ties, making the classroom to theater experience highly integrated, intellectually stimulating, artistically challenging, and rewarding for both participants and audiences. TEST takes its name from the book The Empty Space by legendary director and artist Peter Brook and believes that dynamic theater can happen anywhere, even in non-traditional performance spaces. In these challenging times, where theater must be reimagined and reconceived, TEST is committed to explore and produce performance in new places and in new mediums.
Directed by Beth Wynstra Digitally presented in early November FREE. Reservations required at babsonarts.org We are living through a moment of great change right now: the social, political, and national states are being altered all around us; our personal, mental, and emotional states are being altered within us. Altered States takes on this moment of transformative potential and offers a curated series of digitally presented, 21st-century monologues to demonstrate the complexity, creativity, and resilience of the human spirit when faced with extraordinary challenges. Both individually and together, these works deepen and enrich the ways we might think about change as we work our way through the altered states we live in right now. Altered States is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Services, Inc., New York; Samuel French, Inc.; and, by special permission of Christina Anderson, Sam Chanse, Idris Goodwin, and Ashley Lucas.
Parasite Directed by Bong Joon-Ho Wednesday, November 11, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater FREE. Reservations required at babsonarts.org
Winner of the 2019 Academy Award for best film, Parasite is a black-comedy thriller that follows the members of a destitute family who scheme their way into the household of a wealthy family. The symbiotic relationship and the battle for dominance that develops between the two clans is simultaneously hilarious and heart-wrenching. A darkly funny and suspenseful satire, Parasite is a devastating indictment of social inequality, class privilege, and greed–and the contemporary cultural values that allow them to fester. Post-screening Q&A session can be joined virtually. Check babsonarts.org for more details. Co-presented by the Global Film Series and the Arts and Humanities Division.
Babson Music Collective
The Babson Music Collective is rooted in the jazz traditions of improvisation and creative expression. The group finds inspiration in a range of musical styles, from pop and afro-beat, to classic jazz standards. Drawing on each member’s personal playing style and experiences, the collective creates unique arrangements for all of the music it plays. The Babson Music Collective performs at a number of concerts and events throughout the year, with the goal of fostering a community of Babson’s many student musicians and listeners. Check for updates at babsonarts.org.
Workshops BabsonARTS workshops give participants the opportunity to explore their own creativity and build important visual and communication skills. Space will be limited to observe physical distancing but there will be additional spots for remote participation. In person participation is open ONLY to Babson students, faculty, and staff of all levels of experience. Workshop kits will be provided for participants on campus. A recording of the workshop and a materials list will be available on the BabsonARTS website for those who aren’t able to participate in the live workshop session. Visit babsonarts.org for more information and specific workshop details.
Acrylic Pour Painting with Matthew Hard ’16 Wednesday, September 16, 5:30 P.M.–7:30 P.M. Trim Hall 215 and Remote-Access FREE. Reservations required at babsonarts.org
Cement Coaster Pour with Matthew Hard ’16 Wednesday, October 14, 5:30 P.M.–7:30 P.M. Trim Hall 215 and Remote-Access FREE. Reservations required at babsonarts.org
Check our website for additional offerings throughout the semester. Dates, times, and topic subject to change. Dates, times, and topic subject to change.
Left, Bottom right: Artwork by Maria Blanco ’20
Center, Top right: Photos by Joseph Nash ’20
Sorenson Arts Scholars Spotlight
Our two graduating scholars overcame a challenging final semester of their college experience and lost the chance to present their final projects in the Sorenson Arts Scholars program. BabsonARTS congratulates Joe and Maria on their accomplishments and we look forward to sharing their final projects in the spring.
Maria Blanco ’20
Joseph Nash ’20
My time as a Sorenson Arts Scholar has deeply enriched my time at Babson. Having access to fellow artists as mentors along with a structured program of yearly projects, was the perfect push I needed to continue developing as an artist, while obtaining a business degree. My Sorenson projects allowed me to reflect on my identity and values as they continued to shift and change. I will always recall my time spent working through the Sorenson Arts Scholars program as one of the most enjoyable, rewarding, and productive parts of my time at Babson.
I have always been fascinated by storytelling, so I decided that my projects would all be geared towards stories. I would’ve been presenting two pieces of work. The first focused on bringing light to the stories of our peers at Babson. We engage in surface-level conversation far too often. This prevents us from getting to know each other on a deeper level. Babson students submitted stories about a defining moment in their past, which I then photographed in a mood similar to the story. Through this project, I learned a lot about myself as a photographer, but also about my peers and their own life stories. The second project was a photo collage of a group of Babson students from the LGBTQIA+ community with the goal of destigmatizing of the community in certain spaces at Babson and normalizing seeing us. Visibility and exposure is an important part of building safer spaces.
Student Arts Clubs There are amazing and talented student artists at Babson. These are just a few of the student-led groups that perform and create on campus. Come check them out! Performances in the Carling-Sorenson Theater unless otherwise noted. Performance and event dates for the fall are pending.
Babson Players
Babson Dance Ensemble
The Babson Players produce, perform, promote, and create a space for unity in the living arts for members of the Babson community and surrounding public primarily through the production of professional, high-quality theater including plays, musicals, and other theatrical projects.
BDE is a student organization that produces a dance concert each semester showcasing the talented dancers and choreographers of Babson and is one of the largest student-run organizations on campus.
@BabsonPlayers @babsonplayers
@babsondance @babsondanceensemble
To learn about other clubs and organizations on campus, visit
engage.babson.edu
CREATE
FABOW
CREATE is a collective of artistic Babson students who enjoy making things together. We regularly host events embracing all forms of artistic mediums and expressions.
The Film Association of BOW is dedicated to bringing film enthusiasts together for film screenings, collaborative projects, speaker events, and more. Whether you are interested in a career in the entertainment industry or simply love watching movies, FABOW is here to support you.
@createinthestudio @createinthestudio
Film Association of Babson Olin Wellesley @faofbow
Rocket Pitches, a cappella group
SAG: Students Against Gravity, Improv
The Rocket Pitches are Babson’s premiere acapella group. Featuring voices from all class years and performing pop, folk, and classic music, the Rocket Pitches bring vocal performance to the Babson stage and beyond.
Students Against Gravity specializes in short form improv, and has been making the Babson community laugh since 2016. Students of all levels of experience are welcome to join us for weekly practices and monthly shows throughout the semester.
@babsonrocketpitches @rocketpitches
@SAGBabson @sagbabson
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