Arts Festival ’08
M A C O N S T A T E C O L L E G E
M a k i ng a L i v i ng i n t h e A r ts
Tuesday 15 April Rick Dahl, the Senior News Graphic Artist for the
Rochester Post-Bulletin, has won numerous awards
12:30 p.m. MSCtv Greenway Awards, Student Life Center Lobby for illustration, page design and
news graphics. Rick is also an
6:00 p.m. “Threads that Tell Stories: A Short Look at Historical Tapestries” award-winning actor, playwright
Micala Sidore, Arts Complex Theatre and director.
Micala Sidore, a tapestry
Wednesday 16 April weaver, learned the techniques and
12:30 p.m. Performance of the play “Dog Logic” aesthetics of traditional French
Rick Dahl, Arts Complex Music Recital Hall tapestry at the Manufacture
Nationale des Gobelins in Paris.
6:00 p.m. Performances of the plays “DISPATCHES” and “I Sing Earth” Sidore established the Hawley Street
Andrea Hairston and Pan Morigan, Arts Complex Theatre Tapestry Studio and developed the
TraveLoom, a patented portable
tapestry frame loom.
Thursday 17 April
Caroline Aiken is an indie
11:30 a.m. Free Outdoor Concert
Caroline Aiken, Student Life Center Amphitheater folk/rock artist and teacher
based in the Decatur/Atlanta
12:45 p.m. Performance of the play “Dog Logic”
area. An accomplished singer/
songwriter, she is also a
Rick Dahl, Warner Robins Campus Theatre
respected musician known for
her skill on both the 12-string
1:00 p.m. Panel Discussion on Making a Living in the Arts guitar and piano. She has
Aiken, Hairston, Morigan and Sidore played with the Indigo Girls and
Learning Support Auditorium Bonnie Raitt and been nomi-
nated for a Grammy.
6:00 p.m. Poetry Reading
Catharine Brosman, Arts Complex Theatre
6:00 p.m. Workshop on Songwriting and Performing
FREE AND OPEN
Caroline Aiken, Arts Complex Music Recital Hall TO T HE PUBLIC
Andrea Hairston, the Louise Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor
of Theatre at Smith College, directs, teaches playwriting,
and African, African American, and Caribbean theatre litera-
ture. An award-winning playwright, author, director, actor,
and musician, she is the Artistic Director of
Chrysalis Theatre and has produced original
theatre with music, dance, and masks for over
twenty-five years.
Pan Morigan, a critically acclaimed singer,
composer, and instrumentalist, has produced
music for over twenty theatre productions
as the Musical Director of Chrysalis Theatre,
toured with Bobby McFerrin’s a
cappella Voicestra, and produced and
performed Castles of Gold, Songs and
Stories of Irish Immigration as both
a stage production and as a radio
special for Public Radio International.
Chrysalis Theatre, a cross cultural,
multidisciplinary performance
ensemble, has presented innovative
and progressive cultural work in Western Massachusetts
since 1978. Its multidisciplinary group of artists draws on a
range of cultural backgrounds to develop new music-theatre
productions and to engage in community education and
training.
All events are sponsored by the Macon State College Artists
and Lecturers Committee, the Arts Festival Committee, the
Office of Student Life, and the Division of Humanities.
Backg round photog r aph by Ger ald Luc as . Poster by Gi les Hoover, Macon, Georg ia.