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FEATURES
FOX TV coverage

Student journalists cover Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary for
FOX TV

KDFW/FOX 4 and SMU team up to create "FOX U News", providing election coverage from the college student perspective. Read more

Locust

Theatre artists travel to perform play inspired by Darfur
Locust, a play written, produced, and performed by SMU students, will be showcased at the CalArts’ “Arts in the One World” Festival, focused on the genocide in Rwanda. A performance will also be given at SMU on Jan. 23. Read more

Entrance to Auschwitz

SMU group takes tour of concentration camps
Students and faculty visit Poland as part of new "Art, Trauma and Memory" course. Read more

Meadows at the Meyerson

Save the date: Meadows at the Meyerson, April 29 at 7:30 pm
This year's concert, honoring Dallas civic leader Nancy Hamon, will benefit the Meadows Scholars program. Read more


ALUMNI NEWS
Nathan Allen

Noted screenwriter collaborates with Meadows on television pilot
We interview James V. Hart, screenwriter of movies such as Hook and Bram Stoker's Dracula, about his career and his work with SMU. Read more

Coming soon to your e-mail inbox - the Meadows alumni survey
Attention alumni: Meadows will soon be conducting a survey on alumni perception of the Meadows School of the Arts. Look for it in your inbox - we want your input!


FACULTY NEWS

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Greg Warden delivers Eva Lorant Memorial Lecture at British Museum
Dr. Warden discussed the latest Etruscan archaeological finds at the site of Poggio Colla. Read more

Assistant Professor of Journalism Camille Kraeplin completes study on cultural conceptions of beauty
She finds differences in who is affected by images promoting the thin ideal in American culture. Read more


SUPPORT MEADOWS

Private support for the SMU Meadows School of the Arts is a crucial component of our ability to recruit and retain the highest caliber faculty and students. To make a difference in the life of the School, please visit our secure online giving page.


EVENTS

Meadows Theatre: As You Like It by William Shakespeare
SMU students join WaterTower Theatre professional actors for this co-production directed by Terry Martin. Read more

Winslow Homer, Eight Bells, 1886, oil on canvas. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; Gift of anonymous donor.

Comini Lecture Series in Art History: Winslow Homer and the Composite Image
Presented by Dr Michael Leja, Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more

Meadows Museum: Friday Gallery Talk
January 18

Meadows Dance: The Sharp Dance Series
January 19 and 20

Meadows Opera: Opera Free for All
January 25

Meadows Museum Tuesday Evening Gallery Talk: Regionalism/ Nationalism/ Internationalism: Jerry Bywaters the Painter
January 29


Meadows Distinguished Artist Series: Andrés Díaz
February 2


Meadows Museum Gallery Presentation: Coming of Age in American Music
February 5


Meadows Museum Lecture Series: A Century of American Art: Realism &
Beyond - The Search for the Real,
1880 - 1968

February 7



Meadows Museum: Friday Gallery Talk
February 8

Meadows Symphony Orchestra: Liebe, L'amour, L'amour.. Tell Me the Truth about Love! Opera Gala
February 8 and 10


Meadows Museum Symposium: Art in Context: Spanish and American Art, 1850s - 1950s
February 9


Meadows Music Faculty Recital: Christopher Anderson, organ
February 11


Meadows Museum: Coming of Age in American Literature
February 12


Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Julie Ault
February 13


Meadows Museum: Friday Gallery Talk
February 15


EXHIBITS

Jerry Bywaters: Interpreter of the Southwest
Through March 2
Meadows Museum

Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker
Through March 2
Meadows Museum

Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s
Through February 24
Meadows Museum

The Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky Gift of Contemporary American Drawings
January 22 through March 22
Pollock Gallery in Hughes-Trigg

Leonard Stokes: Collages
January 28 through March 15
Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library

SMU Meadows School of the Arts