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A Brain Awareness Week event

Led by Lizzy Cordon ’27 and Jen Graham, Director of MFA & Assistant Professor of Dance

90 minute Workshop | 30 min lecture & 60 min practice/experientials

Through a combination of embodied experiences, theoretical discussion, and Q+A, participants will learn the foundational principles of somatic theory and practice, the pitfalls of the mind/body duality fallacy, and everyday applications of somatic practice in support of awareness, balance, connection, regulation, and overall wellbeing. 

An exhibition featuring artwork by visual arts and graphic design faculty from 51Ʒ�� and Hagerstown Community College will open Wednesday, February 26, in Cooley Gallery, 51Ʒ��. The show runs from February 26 to April 30, 2025. There will be a reception to open the exhibition on Wednesday, February 26 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Admission to the exhibition is free.

An exhibition featuring artwork by visual arts and graphic design faculty from 51Ʒ�� and Hagerstown Community College will open Wednesday, February 26, in Cooley Gallery, 51Ʒ��. The show runs from February 26 to April 30, 2025. There will be a reception to open the exhibition on Wednesday, February 26 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Admission to the exhibition is free.

Cumberland Valley Chorale at 51Ʒ�� presents the Spring '25 Concert

Threads of Song: Weaving our World Together

Livestream link: 

Documentary Purvis of Overtown

Featuring the acclaimed artist Purvis Young who was born, lived and died in Overtown Miami. The self-taught artist is world renowned and his pieces can be seen all over the world, from the Smithsonian to the New Orleans Museum of art. The art he paints is the portrait of his community, Overtown Miami and the trials and tribulations that went on throughout history. He is known as the Picasso of our generation.

Purvis of Overtown will be shown and then a talk back will be held after. 

Adam DelMarcelle, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and academic curator Matthew Clay-Robison will be discussing the work of artist Purvis Young and the importance of academic galleries and museums. 

This event is free and open to the public. 

The interactive exhibition, “Cut Through — Purvis Young: Stories of Overtown.” is on display on the ground and first floor of John Stewart Memorial Library. 

This exhibition features a body of work that Professor Philip Lindsey created during his sabbatical in the spring of 2024. The pieces selected for this particular show are only some of the art he made for his research project during that sabbatical, including paintings and charcoals, both single- and-mixed media.

This exhibition was collaboratively curated with Wilson’s MFA Students. 

The exhibit will be on display from July 20, 2024 to January 31, 2025
51Ʒ��'s Cooley Gallery
in the John Stewart Memorial Library

Gallery Talk with Philip Lindsey about his new exhibit "Passages: New Work by Philip Lindsey"

This exhibition features a body of work that Professor Philip Lindsey created during his sabbatical in the spring of 2024. The pieces selected for this particular show are only some of the art he made for his research project during that sabbatical, including paintings and charcoals, both single- and-mixed media.

You are invited to a Festival of Nine Readings and Carols. 

Featuring the Cumberland Valley Chorale, BrassWorks, organist John Angle, pianist Diana Reinert, and readers from 51Ʒ�� and the Chambersburg community. 

A livestream of the event will be available here:

The 51Ʒ�� Juried High School Art Exhibition is an opportunity for student artists to exhibit and possibly win cash or a scholarship.

51Ʒ�� will host the 14th Annual Juried High School Student Art Exhibition from October 26 – December 2, 2024. This exhibition will be an installed exhibition of artwork in Bogigian Gallery at 51Ʒ��. The Opening Reception will be on November 6 from 4:30-6 p.m.