Creative Art Series

7:30 p.m. April 12 / Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center

Third Coast Percussion will present a concert exploring and expanding on the extraordinary sonic possibilities of the percussion repertoire. The group delivers exciting performances and has developed an international reputation of inspiring energy and subtle nuance through its concerts and recordings.

Third Coast Percussion is known for enhancing its performances with cutting-edge new media, including Apple apps that let audience members create their own musical performances and experience a deeper look at its music. 

Reception 3:30 p.m. April 20 / Kiehle Gallery, Kiehle Visual Arts Center 

The 51^st Annual Student Art Exhibit will showcase student artwork from projects throughout the academic 2016-2017 school year.

Gallery show at Gallery St. Germain, Paramount Theatre, 913 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud

This juried exhibition at the Gallery St. Germain in downtown St. Cloud hosts 26 works by St. Cloud State alumni.

The works were selected by juror Michael Strand '94. The artists were feted at a Sept. 16 Celebrate St. Cloud State reception.

View photos of selected pieces.

0 p.m. Sept. 23 / Performing Arts Center, Center Stage 

Butoh artist Gadu Doushin and Minneapolis-based composer and artists Michael Flora present “nothing,” their new work for sound and movement as part of the Creative Art Series.

Doushin will explore movements and space to complement Flora’s digital synthesis and acoustic music as it explores a play of colors, textures and overarching shape.

“Nothing is not anything; something that does not exist; someone or something of no value or size; nothingness; nonexistence; absence of quantity; void; zero. In the instance of this performance, nothing could refer to an absence of suggested meaning. 

7 p.m. / Miller Center Auditorium 

Accomplished filmmaker Moon Molson presents three of his short films — “Pop Foul”, “Crazy Beats Strong Every Time” and “The Bravest, the Boldest” as well as his sci-fi drama production “Advantageous” 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Miller Center Auditorium.

The three short films have been shown at some of the best festivals around the world and won more than 100 awards. His films have been shown at Sundance Film Festival and at more than 250 international film festivals.

A question and answer session will follow the screening of the films.

Moon Molson is an accomplished filmmaker with extensive experience making and promoting short films. He is an assistant professor of film and media arts at Temple University in Philadelphia and is the filmmaker in residence at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.

In addition to showing his films, Molson will sit down with film studies students in a filmmaking master class, where he will discuss the process of making his most recent short film. 

Molson will lead a filmmaking master class from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Miller Center Auditorium. During the master class, Molson will discuss the process of making his most recent short film. 

7:30 p.m. / Paramount Theatre 

Waayaha Cusub, a performance group of Somali artists, will bring Somali culture to life through music.

The group is made up of Somali artists from Minnesota and around the world.

The Creative Art Series is partnering with The Cedar Cultural Center’s Midnimo project to bring Waayaha Cusub to the Paramount.

Midnimo means unity, and the Midnimo project connects Somali singers with local musicians to transcribe Somali music into western notions and flies Somali musicians from different parts of the world to perform with the featured artists.

Noon / Pioneer Place on Fifth Theatre 

The Student and Alumni Film Showcase is kicking-off the first day of the Nov. 5-12 St. Cloud Film Fest.

• View the program (PDF)

St. Cloud Film Fest supports filmmakers through the annual festival and year-long outreach. Films of various genres are screened, including live action, animation, documentary and avant-garde. 

7 p.m. (2 p.m. Dec. 4) / Performing Arts Center, Center Stage 

St. Cloud State theatre department presents “Dead Accounts,” a comedy by Theresa Rebeck first performed on Broadway in 2013.

The play begins when Jack’s unexpected return throws his family into a frenzy, and his sister Lorna needs answers.

Is he coming home or running away? Where is his wife that everyone hates? And how did he get all that money?

The comedy tackles timely issues of corporate greed, small-town values and whether or not your family will always welcome you back … with no questions asked. 

The film tells the story of a tomboy living in Cincinnati who joins an all-girl dance team. The screening will be followed by a Q&A. Holmer will also teach a master class in the Performing Arts Center, room 101 from 4-6 p.m., prior to the screening.

The New Gallery Concert Series will bring new music and visual art to St. Cloud State.

Since its start in 2000, the series has featured works spanning the spectrum from classical-contemporary, improvisation, electronic music, jazz, folk, art song, opera and avant-garde. Visual arts have included sculpture, painting, indoor installations, photography, graphic and children’s book illustrations, visual music, video art and film.

The series’ goal is to build a unique community that encourages interactive collaborations between musicians, visual artists and audience members. Its programs are cohesive, diverse, exciting and intimate. 

Peter Happel Christian

Barbara Held and Benton Bainbridge performance and exhibition opening 4 p.m. March 20. Exhibit runs March 20-April 7 / Kiehle Gallery, Kiehle Visual

Barbara Held concert and discussion 4 p.m. March 22 / Performing Arts Center, Ruth Gant Recital Hall Arts Center 

Barbara Held and Benton C. Bainbridge will perform a live concert on flute, Moog synthesizer, and live electronics. Video footage of their interactions and their subtle visual cues to one another as they perform will be projected live across several channels in the gallery space. The audio and video from the performance will continue as an audio/visual art installation, with this footage transforming over the course of the exhibition using software written by Bainbridge.

Held and Bainbridge’s duo pairs acoustic and electronic sound with analog image. Their live shows and studio work are composed using Eurorack video modules and a small Moog synthesizer modulated with acoustic flute sound.