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Upcoming College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Events

Planetary Sculptural Stone Garden by Maria Gambino Closing Reception & Garden Walk

Date: Monday, September 14, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Join us in celebrating the completion of the botanical stone garden created by Maria Gambino, the 2025-2026 Padnos Distinguished Artist-in-Residence. The event will start in the Padnos Student Gallery where Gambino will have print-based works on displa...

GVSU Arts Celebration: Maria Lux Exhibition Reception & Meet the Artist

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Please join us for an exhibition by the GVSU Arts Celebration Visiting Artist Maria Lux. Maria and GVSU students from the Department of Visual and Media Arts created and installed the art exhibition which will remain on view until October 9, 2026, duri...

Chalk Art Symposium

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

The symposium is a way to feature the work of student researchers, scholars, and musicians through non-traditional means. We have partnered with Grand Valley State University Alumna and chalk artist Emily Miller, 14 and 20, who worked with students to...

Guest Artist Recital with Conversations: Ayunia Indri Saputro, Imagining Gamelan at the Piano

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Works by Debussy, Ravel, Godowsky, and possibly some Indonesian compositions *This event is co-sponsored by University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Ayunia Indri Saputro is a pianist and educator from Surabaya, Indonesia. She has bee...

GVSU Arts Celebration: Art as a Way of Knowing (and not knowing) Animals: An Artist Talk by Maria Lux ( INT 100 approved)

Date: Friday, September 18, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Always focused on animals, Maria Luxs research-based artworks take on serious topics, often through an unserious approach like absurdity, humor, playfulness, cuteness, darkness, horror, or narrative. Broadly, Marias work joins that of other research-dr...

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