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More information about the Reel Dialogue Series, Bridging Cultures Through Film can be found at:
Screening of The Learning: About Filipina Teachers in U.S.
Sponsored by Reel Dialogue: Bridging Cultures Through Film
March 24 - 10 am, Glenwood Theater at Red Bridge
Phillipine Dance Performance by Sinag-Tala Dance Troupe
Sponsored by Reel Dialogue: Bridging Cultures Through Film
March 23 - 6 pm, Whitfield Center
Screening of Tales from Arab Detroit
Sponsored by Reel Dialogue: Bridging Cultures Through Film
March 3 -10 am, Glenwood Theater at Red Bridge
Voices from Arab/America
Sponsored by Reel Dialogue: Bridging Cultures Through Film
March 2 -5 pm, Thornhill Gallery
February 6, 2012
VISCOM Professor lambasts Super Bowl advertising as lacking in imagination and ingenuity
Professor, Dr. J. Anthony Snorgrass (aka Dr. J) joined Jabulani Leffall host of NPR's Central Standard Program and a panel of ad experts to discuss his hits and flops as part of a Monday morning Super Bowl Adver-Party. Full Story
December 15, 2011
Epsten Gallery features landscape artwork of two Avila professors
The Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom, 5500 W. 123rd St., Overland park, Kansas, is featuring the landscape artwork of two of Avila's professors, Marci Aylward and John Davis Carroll.Full Story
December 1, 2011
New concentration in Sports Communication announced
Beginning in Fall 2012 Communication majors who want to pursue a career in sports media may now elect to earn a concentration in sports communication. Full Story
November 28, 2011
Avila to host Creativity Symposium
Avila University and Steven Fischer present Secrets of Success: The Nature of Creativity, an interactive panel discussion exploring how a person can tap into his or her full creative potential. Full Story
October 11, 2011
Faculty painting purchased by Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
"Ice and Steam Drawing" a mixed media drawing by Art + Design foundations faculty member John Davis Carroll has been purchased by The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College. Full Story
October 5, 2011
Microcinema host second annual filmmaker's panel
On October 5th Caleb Walker, Philipp Muller-Dorn, Yurij Luhovy, and Stephen Schiappo headlined the panel of filmmakers hosted by Avila University's Microcinema. Full Story
September 29, 2011
Aylward participates in biennial Beyond Bounds - Brilliant! exhibition
Art + Design studio arts professor Marci Aylward's painting Pandora's Boxes was exhibited as part of The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art's biennial Beyond Bounds exhibition. Full Story
September 28, 2011
Reel Dialogue: Bridging Cultures Through Film presents first film screening
Reel Dialogue: Bridging Cultures Through Film and the Avila University Microcinema presented a screening of Encounter Point, a film about an Israeli and Palestinian grassroots movement for nonviolence and peace. Full Story
September 19, 2011
Graphic design students attend AIGA event "Designing Change. Changing Design."
Students and faculty from Avila's Graphic Design program attended a presentation by the AIGA National President, Doug Powell... Full Story
August 22, 2011
Graphic design student and faculty work shines at AIGA KC A7 Awards
The work of Avila graphic design students Roberto Camacho, Jonathan Mahoney, Jacklyn Mehalko and Assistant Professor Eric Winter was recently accepted into the AIGA KC A7 Design Awards Exhibition. Full Story
August 21, 2011
Thornhill Gallery showcases the socially evocative work of 'Sister Corita'
Avila University's Thornhill Gallery recently hosted "Sister Corita: The Joyous Revolutionary", an exhibition of prints from artist Sister Corita Kent. Full Story