It’s October and we are finally getting some much needed fall weather! It’s the perfect time for s'mores, hot apple cider and ghost stories. It is also National Arts and Humanities Month! This week I had the opportunity to talk to Tanner McCormick, one of the student writers and directors of Miami University Theatre Department’s Echoes of Miami, and got to learn what it’s been like to be involved with such a daunting project. Kaitlin: What is Echoes of Miami? Tanner: Echoes i

After attending my first music festival, I truly could not get enough. The long lines to get through the front gates. The various stages my friends and I are constantly running back and forth from. The colorful and elaborate outfits festival-goers wear. The abundance of food stands ranging from fresh fruit smoothies to delicious island noodles. The booths selling beautiful jewels and unique artwork. And, most importantly, the phenomenal community of people that attend music f

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” the prompt on the whiteboard reads. “Why? What do you like about that job? Why do you think you’d be good at it?” Third-grade Caroline doesn’t hesitate. She whips out her Dixon Ticonderoga— they have the best erasers—and begins to write. “When I grow up,” she begins, whispering to herself as she writes. “I want to be an actress. But not a movie actress—an actress on Broadway. I love everything about this job: the singing, the dancing

When was the last time you read a children’s book? Do you have a childhood favorite? You might gain a new perspective on children’s literature, and particularly children’s book illustrations, at the Miami University Art Museum’s upcoming exhibition Telling a People’s Story: African American Children’s Illustrated Literature on January 30 – June 30, 2018. For curator of exhibition, Jason Shaiman, children’s literature holds a special place in his heart. Shaiman has a particula

Over the course of the 17/18 school year, I served as the Arts Management Intern at the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM) in Oxford, OH. This year-long internship allowed me to focus each semester on a different aspect of the museum, providing a more well-rounded and hands-on learning experience. After working last fall as a Curatorial Intern under Curator of Exhibitions Jason Shaiman, I knew the opportunities at MUAM were vital in continuing my education. As an Arts Managem

There’s something special about the amount of thought, effort, and talent that goes into endless forms of art. Art cannot be defined simply and it feels that the definition is always becoming broader. For me, that moment I see an incredible artist walk on stage and flawlessly sing, dance, and perform in front of audience is magical. When a symphony orchestra is seamlessly in sync, when a dancer breathes life into music simply by the movement of their body, or a live theater p

When the board of the Miami University Symphony Orchestra learned that we would be performing Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, we knew that we wanted to do something special. The Russian composer originally wrote a suite of 10 pieces, interspersed with movements titled Promenades, for piano. The piece depicts a journey through an exhibition of paintings, inspired by the paintings of Viktor Hartmann. Each promenade is a depiction of the viewer or listener walkin