Arts & Humanities

FSU film professor wins prestigious Independent Spirit Award

Published: March 7, 2018 | 5:10 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

FSU's faculty filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for his film “Life and Nothing More” at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, March 3.

Something very unexpected happened when Florida State University’s Antonio Méndez Esparza, a gifted and impassioned faculty filmmaker and teacher at the College of Motion Picture Arts, heard his film “Life and Nothing More” announced as a winner at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards. His mind went blank. Esparza didn’t expect that. He’d practiced a […]

Art alumnus donates hundreds of hand-painted backdrops to College of Fine Arts

Published: March 5, 2018 | 12:42 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

A Florida State University alumnus has donated hundreds of hand-painted backdrops to the College of Fine Arts for use in photo shoots and filming. Chuck Whited, who graduated from FSU in 1976 with a degree in studio art, donated the inventory of backdrops from his Atlanta-based company, C&M Backdrops. He recently closed the business after […]

The Ringling announces $100M campaign to secure future vitality of landmark arts campus

Published: March 2, 2018 | 5:30 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

The Ca'-d'Zan mansion is the centerpiece of The Ringling, the State Art Museum of Florida — one of the preeminent art and cultural collections in the United States.

The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida administered by Florida State University (FSU), announces a $100 million comprehensive campaign to preserve and expand its legacy for the 21st century and beyond. The Ringling Inspires: Honoring the Legacy and Building for the Future campaign has raised $92 million to […]

The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art set to announce largest comprehensive campaign in its history

Published: February 7, 2018 | 11:33 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

On March 2, 2018, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling), the State Art Museum of Florida administered by Florida State University, will host their first black-tie event in more than a decade. The evening will recognize and honor the donors who have contributed to The Ringling’s transformative comprehensive campaign to preserve […]

FSU professor offers students unique course on North Korea

Published: January 26, 2018 | 1:47 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Experts

Culver’s course will explore the fraught history of conflict and invasion that produced the modern North Korean regime. (Wikipedia)

Professor Available to Discuss North Korean Politics, History When Florida State University Associate Professor of History Annika A. Culver surveyed the state of Florida for examples of college courses on the history and culture of North Korea, she was surprised to come up empty. “I couldn’t find many opportunities for students to learn about North […]

FSU dance students to present MFA concert

Published: January 26, 2018 | 11:46 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University’s School of Dance will present a captivating dance experience aiming to showcase a collage of choreographers’ perspectives on the “where,” the “who,” the “what” and the “how often.” Jasmine A. Booker, Ryan P. McMullen and Gianna Mercandetti will stage “…they go back the way they came” in partial fulfillment of the Master […]

FSU’s Museum of Fine Arts to host exhibition featuring renowned Haitian-American artist

Published: January 23, 2018 | 2:23 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

"Of Cotton, Gunboats and Petticoats," by Edouard Duval-Carrié, 2017, mixed media on aluminum artist’s frame.

A new exhibition at Florida State University’s Museum of Fine Arts will explore historical themes such as regional plantation agriculture and slavery, while highlighting the work of renowned Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrié. The exhibition, “Decolonizing Refinement: Contemporary Pursuits in the Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié,” curated in collaboration with the FSU Department of Art History, will […]

FSU researcher: Pearl Harbor anniversary a day for reflection, remembrance

Published: December 4, 2017 | 12:55 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Experts

Kurt Piehler, director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at FSU.

On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, a fleet of more than 300 Japanese Imperial aircraft launched a devastating attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As the nation prepares to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Florida State University Associate Professor of History and Director of […]

FSU Shakespeare scholar directs theatre students in young version of Hamlet

Published: December 1, 2017 | 1:56 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

“To be or not to be, that is the question” is one of the most iconic theatrical lines in history, yet there is a different version of this soliloquy. And Shakespeare’s name is on it — printed clearly on the title page of the first printed edition of the play, now called the First Quarto […]

FSU researchers: Dancers need more calories, protein

Published: November 27, 2017 | 1:48 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Health & Medicine

The research team examined the nutritional habits of 25 dancers from the FSU School of Dance and Tallahassee-area dance studios.

Dancers are known for their svelte figures, but they often aren’t making the right dietary choices to fuel their bodies for long, intense performances, Florida State University researchers found in a new study. “It is fairly well recognized that dancers often have peculiar eating habits, and they do this in an effort to have the […]

Classics professor Nancy de Grummond honored for research into ancient Etruscans

Published: November 22, 2017 | 11:32 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Nancy de Grummond accepts the award of merit from the Tuscan American Association in the Salone dei Cinquecento (Room of the 500) at the town hall of Florence, the Palazzo Vecchio. Andrea Davis, president of the association, looks on.

Florida State University classics Professor Nancy de Grummond, one of the world’s leading authorities on the ancient Etruscan civilization, was recently recognized for her decades of archaeological work and research during a ceremony held at the Palazzo Vecchio, the majestic town hall of Florence, Italy. De Grummond, the M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics and […]

Suzanne Farrell Ballet to host benefit concert for FSU School of Dance

Published: November 21, 2017 | 9:29 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Suzanne Farrell and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet will conclude a residency at Florida State University with a farewell performance and concert to benefit the FSU School of Dance. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27, at the Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre in Montgomery Hall. Farrell, the Francis Eppes Professor of […]