The Arts from Home

USM Arts from Home

Unleashing Creativity during COVID-19

As semesters culminate, our Golden Eagles usually look forward to seeing their hard work come to fruition: performing their choreographies on stage at the Repertory Dance Concert with other company members; inviting family and friends to the Gallery of Art and Design to enjoy the capstone exhibitions; giving a graduate poetry reading at a local favorite T-Bones Records & Cafe; filming the last episode of the season for the series Hub City Sessions; closing-off the 100th Anniversary Season of the USM Symphony Orchestra; and being part of the Southern Arena Theatre production, a long-standing summer tradition.

Towards the end of the semester, as COVID-19 became our new reality, faculty and students unleashed their creativity during their pivot to all things virtual. You may call it an unfair advantage, but artistic creativity gave our arts community resilience and the power to meet the challenge. 

 

Our New Reality: USM Arts from Home

As faculty continued to work with students to enhance their skill and encourage their passion for the Arts, our students found solace as they shared their work virtually. Dancers recorded and edited recital videos from outdoor locations; musicians live-streamed concerts from their living rooms; writers hosted live Instagram poetry readings; theatre students produced podcasts to relive the cancelled productions; and art and design students hosted virtual exhibits and worked on the creation of new environments to transform spaces with art. 

As their projects and assignments were reimagined and the world became their stage, we invite you to explore some of the work created during this unprecedented time. Let’s continue connecting through the Arts!