Marshall: SMSU Senior Art Exhibit Reception

The SMSU Fine Arts and Communications Department with the Creative Writing Program presents the 19^th Annual Fine Arts Celebration beginning March 24, the entire month of April, and into May 2025 showcasing creative works from SMSU students and faculty.

The 19th Annual Fine Arts Celebration schedule includes:

Art and Design

• Senior Art Exhibit Reception
  April 23 @ 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Whipple Gallery, BA 239
• “It’s Time to Go Gnome”-Gnome Making Workshop
  May 1 @ 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., SMSU Costume Shop
  (Part of Finish Strong Week)     
• Scenic Design Final Presentations
  May 6 @ 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., FA 225
      

Communication Studies

• SMSU Speech Team: Speech Night Before Nationals
  March 24 @ 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Charter Hall (CH) 201
• “Poetry of a Song” (Presented as part of National Library Week)
  April 15 @ 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m., William Whipple Gallery
  6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Marshall Lyon County Public Library
• SMSU 72-Hour Movie Contest
  April 24, starting at 5:00 p.m., Bellows Academic (BA) 171
• MustangsTalk 2025
  May 1 @ 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., FA Theatre
• Broadcast Digital Media Student Media Showcase
  May 7 @ 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., BA 102

Creative Writing

• Telling Women’s Stories: Readings from Competition Winners
  April 1 @ 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Whipple Gallery
• “Stanger Than Fiction: A Fanfiction Celebration of Stanger”
  April 10 @ 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Whipple Gallery
• Hopecore: An Evening of Hip Hop, Experimental Beats, and Spoken Word with Crowfather & See More Perspective
  April 14 @ 7:00 p.m., Upper CC
• Perceptions Student Literary & Art Journal Reading
  April 25 @ 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Whipple Gallery

Music

• Guest Artist Discussion with guest pianist/vocalist Kate Skinner
  March 25 @ 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., FA Theatre
• SMSU Jazz Ensemble with guest pianist/vocalist Kate Skinner
  March 25 @ 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., SMSU Fine Arts Theatre
  also featuring the Jazz Bands from Marshall and Lakeview High Schools
  *Part of the 2025 Guest Artist Series
• Southwest Minnesota Orchestra
  “Children’s Concert”
  April 15 @ 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., SCCPA
• SMSU Student Recital
  April 16 @ 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., FA Theatre
• SMSU Jazz Ensemble Outreach
  April 21 @ 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Minneota Assisted Living and Home Health
  3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Montevideo Veterans Home
• SMSU Glee Club & Alta Voce
  “Hauntings”
  April 22 @ 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., First Lutheran Church
• SMSU Student Recital
  April 23 @ 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., FA Theatre
• SMSU/Community Concert Band & Symphonic Chamber Winds
  “Music for a Night Sky”
  April 24 @ 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., FA Theatre
• SMSU Chorale “To Sit and Dream”
  April 27 @ 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., First Lutheran Church
• SMSU Student Recital
  April 30 @ 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., FA Theatre
• MinnSW Stringfest 2025 from the St. Paul Conservatory
  May 3
  String Festival 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., FA
  SMO & Festival Orchestra Joint Concert 7:00 p.m. –  8:00 p.m., FA Theatre
• Southwest Minnesota Orchestra
  “The Three B’s—Beethoven, Brahms, & Bartok”
  May 4 @ 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
  $12 adult/$5 for Students/Families of 3 or more are $25

Theatre

• Gold College: Unsung Heroes – Prof. Nadine Purvis Schmidt speaking on Hallie Flanagan and the Federal Theatre Project
  March 27 @ 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., BA 102
• GOLD College: “Shout! The Mod Musical” from Page to Stage Presentation
  April 4 @ 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., FA Theatre
• “Shout! The Mod Musical” public performances in the SMSU Fine Arts Theatre
  April 10-12 @ 7:30 p.m.
  April 12 & 13 @ 2:00 p.m.
  April 12—Theatre Alumni Day with Alumni Social at 11:30, Elizabeth Lockwood Alumni Center
• The Gull: A Tragicomedy for One, After Chekhov public performance by TheatreMidwest
  April 17 @ 7:30 p.m., SMSU Black Box Theatre (FA 112)
• GOLD College: “A Scottish Experience”
  April 25 @ 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., CH 208
• Scottish Kilts: Folklore, Tradition and Crafts
  April 29 @ 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Whipple Gallery (Part of the New Works Series)
  And 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Marshall Lyon County Public Library

Mustang Ovations

• April 30 @ 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Upper CC