Adelaide Fringe Festival 2009
Congratulations to Art Students participating in the 2009 Adelaide Fringe. Jamie Eberle, Peter Mengert, and Mike Sheng will be part of a group of College of Fine Arts students to present performances and an art exhibition this Spring as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival – the second largest art festival in the world.
Last year, the UNLV group presented several different pieces at the festival, ranging from dance performance, to percussion, to short films. The highlight performance, titled “Sin City, the Golden Years,” was a collaborative performance written by Sean Clark, an associate professor in the film department. Set in the Moonlight Lounge in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve 1963, the student performers in this original take on a group of Las Vegas entertainers shared their talents through song, dance, and comedy. Art Student Alicia Bridgewater designed the logo and promotion graphics for the production.
The College of Fine Arts is able to provide this opportunity for its students in part because of a gift from Mary Healey Hayes. A Las Vegan, Hayes herself was a performer whose career spanned six decades in vaudeville, radio, television, and film. She provided a gift to the college to provide student development opportunities such as this.
Adelaide Fringe Festival 2009 website
Posted on Tuesday, November 11th at 12:45 pm
