2 PM 5:30 PM Time Unplugged: A Family Friendly Celebration of the Arts & Sciences

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1 SATURDAY, MAY 3 2 PM 5:30 PM Time Unplugged: A Family Friendly Celebration of the Arts & Sciences On Going Events, from 2 5:30pm This will be a fun filled, educational family and community event. We encourage everyone to join the festivities at Art West and visit Gallery 406, and then follow the artwork through the sculpture walk up to Young Commons, where you ll find a wide array of activities. Archeological excavation and science education activities for children of all ages will be featured on Young Commons. (We hear there may be some reptiles involved.) Soundscapes will be shared in the Center for the Arts. Percussion music, performed by Elon and community musicians, will be shared all around Lake Mary Nell. Students and faculty from the English department will share how their creative writing moves us to a greater appreciation of the environment and its finite supply. Costume designs developed from recycled materials will be displayed, and anthropological insights into the social construction of time will be shared. In addition to these and other Elon generated events, local community artists will also be on hand, bringing their talents and showcasing their work sculpture, painting, bonsai trees, instrument design, etc. We are thrilled to have them join us! There is no ticket required to join in the daytime festivities on May 3rd. A suggested donation of a nonperishable food item is encouraged to support Campus Kitchen and Allied Churches. We will be collecting these items in the parking lots in front of Arts West and the Oaks. Young Commons, Lakeside Patio, Center for the Arts, Moseley, Belk Library Full details for the festival schedule are listed below: A Convergence of Art and Science Students from the Interactive Art class create kinetic sculptures utilizing the Arduino microprocessor format. These sculptures will respond to the elements of nature in various ways. The students design and program these sculptures to activate only when a visitor enters the space. Faculty Leaders: Michael Fels & Joel Hollingsworth Location: Greenhouse Gallery near Arts West, opens at 1:00pm

2 Family Activities to Celebrate Reptiles and Amphibians and the Places Where They Live Arts and Crafts Games, Puzzles and Reading Room Face Painting Try Your Hand at Science Practices Picture Perfect Photo Booth: Picture yourself as a Scientist Sea Turtle Stranding Simulation Puppet Stories about the Natural World Nature Chronicles: Tell a Story, Leave a Legacy [Octagon Room in Moseley] Faculty leader: Terry Tomasek Sponsored by The HERP Project Location: on Young Commons Alamance County Artist Activities/Demonstrations/Exhibits Young s Common. Alamance Artisans Weaving Project Burma Shave Signs Burlington Writers Club The Voronoi Tessellation in science, technology, nature & art Pat Scheible Puzzle piece Sculpture Arts Council Community Leader: Cary Worthy and additional artists Location: on Young Commons Digital Show of Environmental Photographs & Facts about the world wide state of Amphibians. Visiting Scholar: Robin Moore, International Amphibian Researcher & World Renowned Environmental Photographer Location: McKinnon Hall in the Moseley Center Making Something from Nothing This event serves as a metaphor to help us rethink how we value our resources, our environment and ourselves. Ten pairs of future teachers will provide short hands on creative activities for event participants. Recycled

3 materials transform into collages, sculptures and musical instruments. Music and movement provide insights into our connections to and guardianship of our environment. Demos on how to use everyday materials easily found at home as infinite art projects and a take home packet of dozens of creative ideas for engaging children and families are also a part of this time and space celebration. Faculty Leader: Barbara Rhoades (Art & Art History) Location: Arts West, Room 114 (Design Studio), starts at 2pm Activities are sequenced as minute participatory experiences. Participating Audience: Parents, children accompanied by parents, and those who may want to offer creative activities for children. Exhibit of Environmentally Recycled Costumes for the dance work "Acquiring Dawn". The dresses are fashioned from re purposed costumes with no start up fund necessary to produce the garments. Faculty Leader: Karl Green Location: Young Commons Public Archaeology: Preserving Our Past The connection of archaeological resources to the environment is directly tied to the concept of preservation and conservation of cultural resources. Archaeological/Cultural resources are finite in the ground resources much the same as our natural resources. This necessitates our every effort at preservation and conservation. This interactive archaeological display is for all ages and will address our collective community responsibilities along with an overview of the Maya archaeological project of Dr. Rissa Trachman. Faculty Leader: Rissa Trachman Location: Young Commons Elon Academy Students display their photos & response to Robin Moore s Haiti Project, Frame of Mind. Faculty Leader: Terry Tomaseck Location: McKinnon Hall

4 Looping Short Bird Videos showing us the fascinating lives of birds and their adaptations to the encroachment of human beings on their habitats Locations: Center for the Arts building, Yeager Recital Hall Birds Moseley 216 More Birds Belk Library 113 Even More Birds Scheduled Events: Climate Change, Coyotes, and Constellations: Readings about the Environment Elon creative writers will read their poetry and prose focusing on the natural world and humans relationship to the Environment. Faculty Leader: Cassie Kircher Time: 2:15 3 Location: Lakeside Amphitheater "Acquiring Dawn", a presentation of Choreography by Renay Aumiller and costumes by Karl Green The presentation will include a discussion of the work "Acquiring Dawn", choreographed by Renay Aumiller. Renay will explain her process as well as the inspiration of the work. The work is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel the road by Cormac McCarthy. Renay will show a video of the work. Karl will discuss the origins, making of the costumes and the collaborative creative process. Faculty Leaders: Renay Aumiller & Karl Green (Performing Arts) Time: 2:30 3 Location: Belk Library 113 Off the Grid: Time as a Social Construction US Americans (USANS) are increasingly tyrannized by a turbo charged tempo that has far reaching implications for our health, mental well being and the environment. In this panel presentation, three anthropology students discuss their experiences with being unplugged from time. They interrogate how turbo time may

5 be contrasted with time in other societies, explore the connection between time and world views, reflect on the relationship of time to the transformation of societies from foraging to industrialization, and consider the nexus of time with ecological, economic, technological, and political systems. Faculty Leader: Anne Bolin Student Participants: Maria Castine, Hannah Braun and Clare Rayburn Time: 2:30 3:30 Location: Moseley 217 Choral Performances: Burlington Boys Choir Time: 2:45 3:05 Location: Moseley Center lobby Alamance Chorale Time: 3:15 3:30 Location: Moseley Center lobby Interviewing Trees to Create Poems and Stories What are your dreams? Your worries? Your hopes for the future? These are probably questions that children might ask when interviewing trees for a creative writing project written on site, with inspiration and guidance from Elon creative writers. Faculty Leader: Cassie Kircher Time: 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 Location: Young Commons Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread performance by Studio One Time: 3 3:15 Location: Center for the Arts patio The blip in time we call human history. Two major problems prevent most humans from comprehending their history as a species: 1) an inability or reluctance to comprehend and appreciate enormously long periods of time, and 2) the human bias, which perpetually

6 prompts us to focus exclusively on humans. Using the lenses of mathematics and natural science, the presentation will summarize the two broadest patterns of human history and explore the context these patterns provide for modern economic, social, and environmental dilemmas. Faculty Leader: Dave Gammon (Biology) Student participants: Briana Pfeuffer Time: 3:30 4 Location: Moseley 217 Choreography Showing Students of the Dance Program discuss their creative process; researching, developing, rehearsing, and presenting a work of their choreography. Moderator: Lauren Kearns, Director of the Dance Program. Faculty Leaders: Lauren Kearns (Performing Arts) Time: 3:30 4 Location: Center for the Arts, Studio A Unveiling Visions Magazine The editors of Visions, Elon s magazine on environmental awareness and sustainability, will unveil the 2014 issue of the magazine. Copies of Visions will be distributed to the public after the event. Faculty leader: Cassie Kircher Time: 3:30 Location: Lobby outside of McKinnon Hall Elon Music Ambassadors The Elon Music Ambassadors, under the direction of Virginia Novine Whittaker, perform excerpts from their spring program, "Postcards from Europe. This elite instrumental and vocal ensemble will perform selections that will take you on a musical journey. Experience music from the pubs of Ireland to the opera houses of Italy! Faculty leader: Virginia Novine Whittaker Time: 3:30 4 Location: Lakeside Amphitheater Robin Moore, Presentation on Haiti Project Frame of Mind.

7 Time: 4:00 4:30pm (Meet & Greet), 4:30 5:00pm (Presentation) Location: McKinnon Hall Elon Academy Students Photovoice Presentation Meet & Greet Faculty Leader: Terry Tomasek Time: 4:00 5:00pm Location: McKinnon Hall Choral Performances: Burlington Boys Choir Time: 4 4:15 Location: Center for the Arts patio Alamance Chorale Time: 4:30 4:45 Location: Center for the Arts patio Elon University Percussion Ensemble performs Inuksuit by John Luther Adams "Some musical events encourage a community to take stock of its surroundings, but very few so seamlessly fold into the environment itself that they become part of a community's memory and imagination. John Luther Adams' Inuksuit is one of those works. Scored for 9 to 99 percussion players who are meant to be widely dispersed in an outdoor area, Inuksuit has been described as the ultimate environmental piece." It will be performed by members of the Elon University Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Mariana Poole together with select Music Department students, and community percussionists. Faculty Leaders: Jon Metzger & Mariana Poole Time: 5 5:30 Location: Outside the Center for the Arts on Pardue Court and around Lake Mary Nell

8 6 PM 9:30 PM Parent s Night Out PNO is being made available through the generosity of our Education students. It will be running from 6:00 9:30pm. We encourage faculty & staff parents to take advantage of this opportunity to attend the President s Music Concert and please contact PNO at pno.elon@gmail.com to let them know of your plans to attend. Please include the number of children attending, their names, ages and your contact information. 7:30 PM 9 PM President's Music Concert An evening to showcase the Department of Music at Elon, free admission / ticket required. McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts