Anna Mendes ‘10 is looking for a female model to pose for several hours a week during the first week of Spring Break for her Painting Thesis:
The poses will be seated and nude. While you are being painted, you can listen to music or books on tape to pass the time.
If you are interested please [...]
February 23, 2010 – 5:00 AM
[ February 26, 2010; 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM. February 27, 2010; 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM. ]
Come see Bad Island, an opera by Ben Bernstein ‘10 based on the book by William Steig. One day on an island filled with horrible, ugly, rotten monsters, complacent in their horrible life, a beautiful flower comes out of nowhere. The monsters then explode into a new kind of violence. This staging uses 16 singers, [...]
January 31, 2010 – 10:31 PM
[ February 3, 2010; 4:20 PM; 4:20 PM; February 4, 2010; 4:20 PM; 4:20 PM; February 5, 2010; 4:00 PM; 4:00 PM; ] Audition for the senior thesis musical project of Anthony Martello ‘10, based on Super Mario:
The story takes place in the original 2D Mario Brothers setting. In short, Mario becomes tired of his monotonous life in the Mushroom Kingdom. He wishes he could escape it all and move far away. In a freak accident, [...]
January 7, 2010 – 5:36 PM
Anthony Martello ‘10 is looking for some key crew members to help manage his senior thesis musical about Super Mario this spring. That’s right – a live-action musical about Super Mario. Are you gonna miss your chance to tell people you helped produce a musical about Super Mario in college?
Only at Wesleyan. Details:
It has [...]
December 5, 2009 – 5:48 PM
Everyone help out the fabulous Andrea Domanick ‘10 by taking this survey. It’s not like you’re doing homework anyway.
Andrea Domanick ‘10 is conducting a study for her honors essay in Sociology on families, class, and money. She’s looking for as many students as possible from a wide variety of socioeconomic backgrounds to take the following [...]
November 3, 2009 – 5:33 PM
[ November 5, 2009 8:00 PM to November 6, 2009 9:30 PM. November 5, 2009 8:00 PM to November 6, 2009 9:30 PM. November 6, 2009; 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM. 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM. November 7, 2009; 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM. 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM. ] From Jessica Brownfeld ‘10:
Come see NEW works by senior dance majors:
Jessica Brownfeld ‘10
Kimberly Denson ‘10
Aaron Freedman ‘10
Yumin He ‘10
Indee Mitchell ‘10
Get tickets at the box office because it WILL sell out!
Date: Nov. 5 – Nov. 7
Time: 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Place: ‘92 Theater
Cost: $4
RSVP to the Facebook event here.
October 14, 2009 – 7:13 PM
Ting Liu ‘10 is directing “Passion, Fruit”, a thesis film digital short about a studio art student who falls in love with his model:
Currently looking to cast:
Jennie [female, 20s]. Must be comfortable with being nude for shooting and for weekly or bi-weekly drawing sessions.
If you have any questions, or would like to [...]
October 8, 2009 – 4:23 PM
[ October 8, 2009; 4:30 PM; October 9, 2009; 4:30 PM; ] From Phil Singleton ‘10:
Come audition for a senior film thesis this Thursday and Friday in Fayerweather 106!
“Case’s Quick Fixes,” directed by Phil Singleton and produced by Kait Halibozek, involves the strange profession of Paul Case, a self-proclaimed “fixer,” and his hired chauffeur, Henry, who learns of the secret behind Case’s strange ability as [...]
October 2, 2009 – 6:35 PM
Anna Mendes ‘10, is looking for a female model for a series of paintings for her painting thesis. This is a long term commitment, from the end of October through the beginning of April. The paintings use natural light, so you must be available to model during the day. Modest compensation will be provided.
For further [...]
September 30, 2009 – 8:30 AM
[ October 3, 2009; 1:00 PM; ] Caroline Offit ‘10 is holding auditions for her senior thesis film:
CASTING NOTICE:
Audition for thesis film: On the Lam (dir. Caroline Offit & prod. Kait Halibozek)
Dark comedy digital short (based on a Roald Daul short story): Mary Maloney, cheerfully anticipating an evening in with her husband, arrives home to discover something quite shocking and unpleasant.
Credit, video [...]
September 18, 2009 – 4:56 PM
[ September 20, 2009; 2:30 AM; ] We are looking for any students interested in acting in Ethan Berger’s thesis film. The project is a coming-of-age comedy tentatively titled “Georgia,” and we are primarilycasting for male and female leads.
Date: Sunday 9/20
Place: 63 Fountain
Time: 12PM- 2:30PM
Please contact producer Conor Byrne at cbyrne@wesleyan.edu if you are at all interested or if you have any questions [...]
[ May 9, 2009; 8:00 PM; May 10, 2009; 8:00 PM; ]
Senior thesis film screenings will resume tonight as scheduled. Instead of the previously scheduled two showings each of 16 mm films and digital films, there will be only one each, on Saturday and Sunday night respectively.
So they will both be absolutely packed – get there early enough to beat the crowds.
Also, the filmmakers say that [...]
April 29, 2009 – 10:25 PM
Senior Film Theses are only a week away, and word is that this year’s batch is especially promising – a rumored three-way tie for Best Film and quite a few honors, so expect great things.
They’re playing for four nights at the Center for Film Studies next weekend. Each showing starts at 8 pm sharp, and [...]
[ April 23, 2009; 9:00 PM; ] Jake Gold’s senior recital, a musical/multimedia production entitled “Helen, or, the face that launched one ship that she never saw,” is tonight:
It’s about a man’s quest in 1902 to find Helen Keller (22 years old at the time, and a total babe) and profess his love for her. How will he do it?!? What obstacles [...]
[ April 14, 2009 12:00 PM to April 19, 2009 10:00 AM. April 15, 2009; 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. ] The fourth and final week of senior art thesis exhibitions starts today. Featured is art by:
Silvie Margot Deutsch – Unmakings
Samuel Wilder Duncan – Still Life Paintings
Alexandra Hutchinson – Autoportraits
Sara Swetzoff – Prints
Liz Wheatley – Portraits
Date: Wednesday, April 15
Time: 4-6pm
Place: Zilkha Gallery, CFA
Refreshments will be provided at the opening.
Work will be on display in the gallery [...]
Congrats on finishing your theses, seniors! The exhilaration and visceral relief outside Olin earlier today almost made me want to do one next year. Almost.
[ April 4, 2009; 9:00 PM; ] Joe Newman ’09’s senior thesis recital, entitled “Homages, Tributes and Mash-ups: an Evening of Original(ish) music”, is tonight:
Come hear some original works inspired (stolen?) from some of the great composers of our time. There’ll be Jazz, Latin, Mambo, Classical, and even some other types of music that we won’t spoil for you now, performed by [...]
[ April 4, 2009; 7:00 PM; April 5, 2009; 2:00 PM; 7:00 PM; ] “She Unnames Them: An Opera”, the music thesis of Xiaoxi Tu ‘09, is happening this weekend. No tickets are required, but show up early to get a good seat.
Credit to Alex Fink ‘09 for the excellent photo.
Three chances to see this post-modern opera, with hoe downs, raps, and arias from the mind of Xiaoxi Tu. [...]
[ March 28, 2009; 2:00 PM; 8:00 PM; March 29, 2009; 7:00 PM; ] Senior thesis shows this weekend:
Art Show at Zilkha:
The first installment of the senior art thesis exhibitions opened on Wednesday, March 25th, and is comprised of:
Catherine Gavriel: In View
Toshiro Osaka: Juxtaposition of Programs: Hyper Rational Approach to
Town Planning
Cara Stewart: Idle
Jeremy Fisher: RE INC.
Have At You Now! An Examination of Violent Encounters. A Senior Thesis Presentation [...]
String instrument players sought for grad music thesis concert:
I’m a graduate student in composition/experimental music and my thesis concert is on April 2 (Thursday) @ Crowell Hall, and I need 1 violin player, 2 violas and 2 cellos for a piece for 12 strings.
The piece is based on very close tunings which produce beating [...]
February 25, 2009 – 7:07 PM
Black Friday, the epic rock opera music thesis of Sam Ottinger ‘09, debuts tonight and is playing until Saturday at the ‘92 Theater.
This description is from early last semester, but according to Aural Wes the show still promises to be a macabre musical tale of American consumerism and blind religious rapture:
This opera is inspired by [...]
February 25, 2009 – 6:07 PM
Black Friday, the epic rock opera music thesis of Sam Ottinger ‘09, debuts tonight and is playing until Saturday at the ‘92 Theater.
This description is from early last semester, but according to Aural Wes the show still promises to be a macabre musical tale of American consumerism and blind religious rapture:
This opera is inspired by [...]
January 26, 2009 – 6:54 PM
Have At You Now!
An Examination of Violent EncountersA Senior Thesis Project by Sean Chin ‘09
This project will involve 6-8 actors performing fight scenes from the theater. There will be a range of plays and styles of performance as well as a variety of weapon disciplines. Each actor will have the opportunity to work with multiple [...]
November 6, 2008 – 3:26 PM
Thesis producer Ethan Berger is looking for dancers for Ted Feldman’s musical thesis, I’ll Never Smile Again:
We are having auditions tomorrow at 545 at the Pine St. Dance Studio. The film will be shot the weekend November 14th and 21st. The dances will be choreographed by Khalif Diouf who will be leading auditions.
Date: Thursday, November [...]
The ghostly senior art project of Matthew Valades ‘08 in a basement tunnel of the Art Studio (artist and art pictured above and below) is featured in today’s Hartford Courant, as is the Wesleying post about it.
Buried in a dank corner of Wesleyan University’s art studio, it hangs from the ceiling, bathed in cold [...]
The ghostly senior art project of Matthew Valades ‘08 in a basement tunnel of the Art Studio (artist and art pictured above and below) is featured in today’s Hartford Courant, as is the Wesleying post about it.
Buried in a dank corner of Wesleyan University’s art studio, it hangs from the ceiling, bathed in cold [...]
April 14, 2008 – 10:15 PM
As a thesis writer myself, I wanted to share this poem with the Wesleying readership because it describes pretty excellently what I and many others went through today. I’m specifically directing this toward everyone who turned in a thesis, but it also applies to anyone who’s ever worked really hard on a paper or problem [...]
As a thesis writer myself, I wanted to share this poem with the Wesleying readership because it describes pretty excellently what I and many others went through today. I’m specifically directing this toward everyone who turned in a thesis, but it also applies to anyone who’s ever worked really hard on a paper or problem [...]
This is late (reception was yesterday afternoon), but senior art theses are on display at Zilkha until Sunday, featuring work by:
Hunter KingZachary DavisJoshua PavlackyKarla HargraveChaz GansterStephanie Calvert
Worth checking out! No pictures available, but they are more interesting than this post describes them to be.
April 10, 2008 – 12:35 PM
This is late (reception was yesterday afternoon), but senior art theses are on display at Zilkha until Sunday, featuring work by:
Hunter KingZachary DavisJoshua PavlackyKarla HargraveChaz GansterStephanie Calvert
Worth checking out! No pictures available, but they are more interesting than this post describes them to be.