Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

D Y S O N Y E A R I N R E V I E W 2 0 2 1 – 2 0 2 2 16 News & Notes EYE ON ARTS We Wear the Mask June 1–September 17, 2021 This exhibition from alumnus Dondre Stuetley '15 examines the reclaiming of Black identity and space within a societal oppressive state. Through po raiture, he questions the roles of patriarchy, racism, homophobia, and gender discrimination on the dismantling of Black subjectivity. Sights Unseen June 1–September 17, 2021 This two-person alumnae show, Sights Unseen, from Ashleigh Deosaran '16 and Alexandra Gauss '11, could also be called "Sites Unseen." Deploying different signs, both bodies of work represent the limits of vision and consider how we "see" the unseen as simultaneously orienting and disorienting. Substance September 27–October 30, 2021 For the first time in-person, Substance brought together the work of five abstract a ists—Diego Anaya, Liz Atz, Linda Ekstrom, Adebunmi Gbadebo, and Albe o Lule—who express meaning via their materials rather than through representational imagery. 2 0 2 1 Affairs of the A s This fall, the Pace School of Pe orming A s put on a hybrid production of Fugitive Songs, where pe ormers were on stage while audiences watched through a livestream. As Pace University's first production featuring pe ormers on stage since the sta of the pandemic, Fugitive Songs included 19 musical pieces, blending traditional folk music, gospel, and contemporary pop to spotlight the stories of people on the run in America. Bella Lopez '23, Musical Theater, described the show as a collection of "beautiful stories of friendship, love, and loss, and a bunch of beautiful harmonies, beautiful voices singing together." In September 2021, the cast of Fugitive Songs was featured on the big screen at the Tony Awards, appearing in a "Broadway is Back" video, welcoming live theater back to the stage. When Rebecca Aparicio, director of the Pace production of Fugitive Songs, received an invitation to have the cast pa icipate in the video—which was shown that night at the Winter Garden Theatre—she jumped at the oppo unity. "Being in the video shown at the Tonys was really special because it was the first celebration back for live theater," said Sam Foti '24, Musical Theater. PPA Students on Big Screen at the Tonys

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