Austin College’s Think Transatlantic program will host “An Evening of Art and Music” on Friday, November 2, in Craig Hall from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The events are free and open to the public.
At 4:30 p.m., a German Expressionism-Inspired Student Art Exhibition will be held in the Craig Hall Student Gallery. At 5 p.m. “A Transatlantic Recital” in Craig Recital Hall will feature junior Edward Kim of Carrollton, Texas, playing violin; Mildred S. Mosher Professor of Music Ricky Duhaime playing clarinet and cello; and assistant professor of German Wolfgang Lueckel, playing selections from Brahms and Mozart as well as from Lueckel. A reception and Art Contest Award Ceremony will follow.
The events are hosted by the Art and Art History Department and the Music Department. The program is made possible by a generous grant from the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Austin College is one of 25 colleges in the United States selected as grant recipients and project partners with the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., in an interdisciplinary campaign, “Think Transatlantic: United States and Germany in the 21st Century.” Ruth Cape and Wolfgang Lueckel of the German faculty are coordinating the Austin College partnership activities.
Initiated by the German Information Center USA, the center for public diplomacy at the German Embassy, the Think Transatlantic campaign aims to stimulate discussion about the historic importance and stability of the German-American partnership and its relevance for the future, as well as the the importance of transatlantic partnership, strategic alliance, and mutual values between Germany, Europe, and the United States The campaign is designed to promote dialogue and to exchange ideas of how to build upon past transatlantic successes with new initiatives. The campaign also highlights cultural aspects of German life.
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges That Change Lives.