Arts at Bucks
Bucks County Community College's Department of the Arts invites you to join us for a Celebration of the Arts. Bucks County Community College is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the National Association of Schools of Music. View our full-color brochure!
| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 | ||
| Gateway Auditorium | Web World: The Future of Online JournalismTalks by three distinguished journalists: Chris Krewson, Executive Editor for Online News for The Philadelphia Inquirer; Robert Moran, online reporter for the Inquirer; and Bob Kellagher, Chief Operating Officer for Interactive Media for the Calkins Media group, owner of the Bucks County Courier Times. | 10:00 a.m. |
| Music & Multimedia 001 | Dave Douglas Modern jazz trumpet master performs with his new trio featuring Donny McCaslin on saxophone and Marcus Rojas on tuba. Recognized as one of the most important and original American musicians of the last decade, two-time Grammy nominated Dave Douglas is an acclaimed trumpeter, composer and jazz artist of the year.. Admission $10 | 7:00 p.m. |
| THURSDAY, APRIL 23 | ||
| Penn Hall 257 | A Reader's Theatre: The Beat Writers Oral Interpretation class | 10 - 10:45 a.m. |
| Music & Multimedia 001 | BC3 Jazz Faculty Quintet Jazz faculty members perform original compositions. | 7:00 p.m. |
| FRIDAY, APRIL 24 | ||
| Penn Hall 255 | Open Forum: New Explorations in Media Media and Society class. | 12 - 12:50 p.m. |
| SATURDAY, APRIL 25 | ||
| Tyler Hall 142 | Tyler Formal Garden Tour & Landscape Lecture. Jenny Rose Carey presents English & American Gardening: 100 Years of Exchange & Cooperation. Followed by a tour of the Tyler Formal Gardens. Admission $15, students $7. For information or advance tickets, email rosenbel@bucks.edu or call 215-504-8500 x-6007. | 9:30 a.m. - Noon |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| SUNDAY, APRIL 26 | ||
| Tamanend Middle School | Gloria Patri The BCCC Concert Choir joins forces with the Youth Orchestra of Bucks County, high school students, professional singers and community members in a special presentation of Professor Steve Bresnen's Gloria Patri. Rochelle Reed Milhous will conduct the orchestral premiere of the work. Tickets available at the door. Admission $10, students and seniors $5. Tamanend Middle School, 1492 Stuckert Road, Warrington, PA | 7:00 p.m. |
| MONDAY, APRIL 27 | ||
| Music & Multimedia 001 | Dedication Performance Madrigal Singers, Voice Master Class, piano students and faculty perform a concert in dedication of the Presser Music Room. | 7:30 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| TUESDAY, APRIL 28 | ||
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 | ||
| Music & Multimedia 001 | Jazz Band A repertory ensemble consisting of students as well as community members, performing arrangements of compositions from the jazz canon. | 7:30 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| THURSDAY, APRIL 30 | ||
| Artmobile | Seeing is Believing An interactive exhibition for all ages presenting the many tools artists use to create the illusion of space on a two-dimensional surface. The Artmobile is parked across from 3-D Arts Building. | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| FRIDAY, MAY 1 | ||
| Artmobile | Seeing is Believing An interactive exhibition for all ages presenting the many tools artists use to create the illusion of space on a two-dimensional surface. The Artmobile is parked across from 3-D Arts Building. | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| Gateway Auditorium | Student Film Festival A juried selection of student films. | 6:00 p.m. |
| Orangery | Steven Huff: A Reading The Fraser Distinguished Visiting Poet and winner of the Fraser Open Poetry Competition, Huff is a poet and fiction writer. He teaches creative writing at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Eastman School of Music. His new book of poems, More Daring Escapes, is due out this fall from Red Hen Press, as is his new book of stories, A Pig in Paris, from Lake Affect Publishers. | 7:30 p.m. |
| Gateway Auditorium | BC3 Dance Team Performance A high-energy performance set to contemporary music. | 7:45 p.m. |
| Gateway Auditorium | Improvisational Showcase Short comedic performances created by students. Admission $5 at the door. | 8:00 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| SATURDAY, MAY 2 | ||
| Gateway Auditorium | James McBride: The Color of Water and Identity The award-winning author, screenwriter, musician and composer will discuss issues of identity and his extraordinary memoir The Color of Water. It tells the story of James McBride and his mother - a rabbi's daughter born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a church and put twelve children through college. A book signing will follow. Admission $10. | 7:30 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| SUNDAY, MAY 3 | ||
| Gateway Auditorium | Bucks County Piano Teachers Award Show | 1 - 5 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition Reception | 1 - 4 p.m. |
| Artmobile | Seeing is Believing An interactive exhibition for all ages presenting the many tools artists use to create the illusion of space on a two-dimensional surface. The Artmobile is parked across from 3-D Arts Building. | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| Hicks 100 | Student Art & Craft Sale Jewelry, ceramics, wood and printmaking. Free posters. Hicks 100 or Music & Multimedia Courtyard (weather permitting) | 1 - 4 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center | Open Studios Ceramics, Room 001; Fine Woodworking, Room 130; Jewelry, Room 111; Photography, Rooms 118 & 120; Printmaking, Room 106. | 1 - 4 p.m. |
| 3-D Arts Building 010 | Glassblowing Open Studio & Demonstrations Hot glass will be worked by teams of students. Demonstrations of different glassblowing techniques will be given throughout the afternoon. | 1 - 4 p.m. |
| Music & Multimedia Center 001 | BC3 Jazz Nonet A student performance of newly composed works in the Hard Bop tradition of Art Blakey and Horace Silver. | 1 - 2 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center 130 | Woodturning Demonstration Featuring the use of single and multi-axis lathe-turning techniques | 1 - 2 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center 106 | Silkscreen Printing Demonstration Photo-silkscreen printing using nontoxic, water-based inks on t-shirts. Bring a t-shirt to print. | 1 -2 p.m. |
| 3-D Arts Building Metal/Foundry | Bronze Foundry Pour Demonstration The process of creating bronze sculpture will be explained as molten bronze is heated in a furnace and poured into molds by a team of artists. | 3 p.m. |
| MONDAY, MAY 4 | ||
| Artmobile | Seeing is Believing An interactive exhibition for all ages presenting the many tools artists use to create the illusion of space on a two-dimensional surface. The Artmobile is parked across from 3-D Arts Building. | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| TUESDAY, MAY 5 | ||
| Artmobile | Seeing is Believing An interactive exhibition for all ages presenting the many tools artists use to create the illusion of space on a two-dimensional surface. The Artmobile is parked across from 3-D Arts Building. | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 | ||
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| THURSDAY, MAY 7 | ||
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| FRIDAY, MAY 8 | ||
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
| SATURDAY, MAY 9 | ||
| Hicks Art Center Gallery | 44th Annual Student Exhibition through Saturday, May 9. Hours: Monday and Friday, 9 AM-4 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM. | |
