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Cultural & Arts Events

Here are some links to events happening around the Oxford area and beyond. If you have one you'd like to add, let us know! We'd be happy to promote it! For students required to complete event responses, use the format below.

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On campus

Miami University Lecture Series (university-wide)

John Altman Program in the Humanities (lecture series)

​Visual Arts at Miami (overview, brochure)

Contemporary Art Forum (Art 281) Lectures

Miami University Art Museum (events and ongoing exhibitions)

Miami Art Department Galleries (Hiestand, Faculty, Student, Alumni)

Miami Performing Arts Series (upcoming shows)

Miami Theatre Department (upcoming shows)

Miami University Events Calendar

Late Night Miami calendar
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Off campus

​Oxford Community Arts Center (events, exhibitions)

Oxford Area Community Theatre

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park (Hamilton)

Fitton Center for the Arts (Hamilton)

Cincinnati Art Museum

​Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati)

Taft Museum of Art (Cincinnati)

Cincinnati Theater

Dayton Art Institute

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For some art education courses, you must attend and report on cultural/art events. This gives you experience with art criticism and aesthetics and imagining applications for your future teaching/classroom. It involves attending at least two different cultural/arts events on campus or in the community and writing short critiques of the events. The goal is to be “fully present in the moment” while experiencing the events.

• Using the format here responding to the topics/questions in sequence
• Post completed reports on your website
• If it’s possible, include links and/or images from the event​

When writing, make your reports informative rather than appearing like a class assignment. You are gathering useful experience – take advantage and share your new knowledge.

USE THIS FORMAT:

• Name of Event
• Date and Location of Event
• Description of Event: Don’t be skimpy here. What was this event? Was there a theme? Who was involved? What was it for? What went on?
• Interpretation & Analysis of Event: What did you experience? What do you think it meant and why? How did you connect (or not connect) to this event and why?
• Connections to the art education classroom: How could you use this content/idea with your future students? How could it connect to the classroom?
• End your report with overall reflections on the event.

This approach to art criticism follows Edmund Feldman’s (1967) process involving description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment.