International interdisciplinary dancer brings mindfulness and body awareness to students

Hagan, an interdisciplinary artist with a background in dance and film, worked with dancers at Ohio University as part of a weeklong residency in the School of Dance at the end of August and beginning of September.

The Athena Cinema launches a new film series focusing on accessibility

The Athena Cinema has introduced a new film series focused on providing an accessible theater experience for visitors that features screenings of contemporary independent films.

The Kennedy Museum of Art opens intermedia exhibition, LACUNA

The Kennedy Museum of Art and two College of Fine Arts faculty members recently opened a new exhibit, LACUNA, on Friday, Aug. 20.

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The Athena Cinema reopens to the public at reduced capacity July 16

The Athena Cinema will reopen to the public at reduced capacity on July 16 with “Movies You’ve Missed,” a series of films that launched during the pandemic but couldn’t be seen on the big screen until now. 

Dr. Matthew Cornish to research theater and ethics in Germany thanks to Humboldt Fellowship

Cornish, associate professor of theater history, received a Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, an international, competitive fellowship that supports scholars by connecting them to institutions in Germany to further their research goals. 

CoArts champions women in recovery healing through the power of the arts 

The Ohio Valley Center for Collaborative Arts  at Ohio University, or CoArts, is a relatively new center and it’s been busy. Of its many endeavors, one is to support programs that serve the healing of those living in the Appalachian Ohio region and beyond by

Athena Cinema launches crowdfunding campaign to support its reopening this summer 

While the ‘Jewel of Uptown Athens’ readies to open its doors, it continues its robust virtual screenings of poignant films, meaningful programming

Global Musical Arts Fall Course Offerings

This Fall our resident expert, Paschal Yao Younge, is offering courses featuring the global musical arts including African Ensemble 1, Intro to World Music, and Music of Africa at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. 

Athena Cinema takes Science on Screen films to outdoor Ridges space

The Coolidge Theatre and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation recently announced that the Athena Cinema in Athens, Ohio, along with 37 other nonprofit film organization nationwide, received its ninth annual grant award to showcase Science on Screen events, all of which will be held outdoors at The Ridge

Dr. Garrett Field Publishes in Anthropological Linguistics

The Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology/Musicology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and School of Music recently published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Anthropological Linguistics on sung poetry of the Maldives.