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SummerFest 2018: Mission Earth seeks to foster climate discussion with innovative concert series

Miranda Moses • June 14, 2018

Music and science may seem like vastly different disciplines, but when combined, they have the ability to make a huge impact. Off the Hook Arts Academy seeks to do just this by presenting Colorado...

The Rams Improv Comedy team performed their first show of the semester Monday night in the Bas Bleu Theatre Company. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

Acting on the edge: Ram’s Improv impresses audience with hilarious performance

Evan Vicchy • May 2, 2018

Making up lines on the spot can be a challenge but this is what Ram's Improv thrives on. The Ram’s Improv group gave Fort Collins’ Bas Bleu Theatre a good laugh with their interactive, hilarious...

Armando Silva, a Greeley based Latino artist, explains his live painting to the four of the five Latina women scientists it was inspired by at FoCo Speaks Ciencia! All of the money raised at the event went to CienciaPR, a Puerto Rican non-profit that encourages young women to pursue science (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Female scientists speak about the challenges that face minority women in the scientific field

Julia Trowbridge • April 30, 2018
For FoCo Speaks Ciencia! on Friday, April 27 at the Horse & Dragon Brewery, five Latina women spoke about their personal experiences pertaining to the scientific field, but overall, their experiences that come from being a Latina woman.
Pictured here is a closeup of Sabin's latest work, "Earthship." This series reflects nature and how man intervenes. Sabin felt we intervene so strongly we have even managed to do it on Mars. (Sarah Ehrlich | Collegian)

Photo gallery: Earthship- a CSU art professor’s pen and ink outer space adventure

Sarah Ehrlich • April 27, 2018

We as humans tend to be an intrusive species. CSU resident artist Eleanor Sabin has finished her most recent drawing and sculpture project, "Earthship", a look at how man-made objects make their way...

Art majors Christian Johnson, Cheyenna Boley, Lexi Caron and Morgan Jones rehearse for their electronic arts performance at the Lafyette Electronic Arts Festival, coming up on April 27 at 7 p.m.. The sound they create corresponds to a visual representation, shown here (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

CSU students to perform at electronic art festival, explore the visualization of sound

Julia Trowbridge • April 26, 2018
Four students in an electronic art class will perform at the Lafyette Electronic Art Festival on Friday April 27 at 7 p.m.. Four art students taking Installation and Sonic Art have created a collaborative art performance using various electronic sounds and instruments that explores the visualization of sound.
Construction materials are not just made for labor, Saxon Martinez emphasizes. For his current assignment, he is using materials such as concrete, wood, and foam installation boards. These materials can be made into art, and Martinez plans to use them as such, depicting his Latino heritage and the stereotypes that come with it. Here, Martinez poses with the beginning stages of his installation set up. (Sarah Ehrlich | Collegian)

CSU art student Saxon Martinez utilizes sculptures to express experiences with racism

Sarah Ehrlich • April 25, 2018
After eight years as a U.S. Marine, Saxon Martinez came to CSU to pursue biomedical science. Now, he’s a well-known student in the Art and Art History department who likes to make bigger than life art installations depicting what he goes through as a minority.
The authors of the GreyRock Review hold up their book. (Mackenzie Pinn | Collegian)

‘Greyrock Review’ editorial staff shares their favorite poems for National Poetry Month

Claire Oliver • April 24, 2018

April is National Poetry Month and a very fitting time for the release of the 2018 edition of Colorado State University’s “Greyrock Review." "Greyrock Review" is a literary journal that helps...

The Gregory Allicar Museum of Art presents MIX (Multicultural Intersectional Inclusivity eXchange) on March 29th from 5 to 7:30 P.M. There will be a panel to discuss social justice and minority representation after an ananlysis of the museum's art through the lenses of the attendees. {Abby Flitton | Collegian}

CSU’s Africa Center opens exhibit to celebrate African art

Isabelle Rayburn • April 18, 2018

Art and beer don't usually go together.  The African & Ale exhibit, which celebrates community and African art with some breweries added, is coming to the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art on April 25...

Members of the Cupcake Cabaret perform during their "80521" 90's themed burlesque show. (Ashley Potts | Collegian)

Local burlesque troupe, Cupcake Cabaret, brings back the 90s in new variety show

Evan Vicchy • April 18, 2018

The Cupcake Cabaret is bringing sexy back one pastie at a time.  The local burlesque troupe performs a monthly variety show. This month, the theme was 90s night, the company showed just enough to keep...

After the screening of the documentary film "Chega de Fiu Fiu," film subject Raquel Carvalho and director Amanda Kamanchek Lemos answer questions from the audience and by moderator Kris Barz Mendonça. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ‘Chega de Fiu Fiu’ advocates expose catcalling culture in Brazil, advocates for intersectional feminism

Julia Trowbridge • April 16, 2018
A woman is raped every 11 minutes in Brazil. This is why the documentary film “Chega de Fiu Fiu,” which is Portuguese for "No More Catcalling," is so important to changing the current climate of sexual harassment, sexual assault and gender based violence in Brazil.
Panelists at the ACT Human Rights Film Festival Sunday afternoon. Left to right, Jacqueline Kozak Thiel, Dr. Scott Denning and moderator Kevin Henry (Erica Giesenhagen | Collegian).

ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ‘Anote’s Ark’ tells grim tale of climate change

Nate Day • April 11, 2018
Anote's Ark tells the story of an island nation sinking under the pressure of rising sea levels.
Naema Shafi models an outfit designed by Cayla Zubarev that was part of the Desert Shadows collection in the 2018 CSU Fashion Show. (Ashley Potts | Collegian)

Photo gallery: CSU Fashion Show, ‘Spectrum’

Ashley Potts • April 7, 2018

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