Annual VAPA Student Festival: From the Ashes

This year we are commemorating the 20th Annual UCCS Student Short Film Festival Film Festival, the 15th Annual Senior Visual Art Exhibition “Awakening” at GOCA Downtown, UCCS Theatre & Dance’s production of “Medea,” music recitals, art history presentations, and so much more.

No matter what medium fits your fancy, we hope you will come engage with the phenomenal works created by students and participate in the many festivities we have to offer!

Opening Ceremony
Thursday, May 6 from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Betty and Murray Ross Lobby & Livestream
Pre-registration is requested.

Art History Presentations
Thursday, May 6 (5:00pm-6:30pm)
Heller Center for Arts & Humanities AND simultaneously live-streamed as a zoom webinar

Research Colloquial Presentations
Friday, May 7 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Osborne Studio Theatre (Live Streamed)
Pre-registration is requested.

Dance Composition (Site Specific Dance)
Friday, May 7 & Sunday, May 9 (1 hour 15 minutes)
Murray and Betty Ross Lobby
Pre-registration is requested.

MUS 1100 – Symphony 21: UCCS Symphony Orchestra
Glen Whitehead, director
Friday, May 7, (5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
Shockley-Zalabak Theater at the Ent Center for the Arts
UCCS students receive free admission. Contact the Ent Center Box Office at tickets@uccs.edu to receive your complimentary ticket. General admission is $7. Seniors and military are $5.

MUS 1300 – University Choir
Solveig Olsen, director
Saturday, May 8, (4:30pm-6pm)
Shockley-Zalabak Theater at the Ent Center for the Arts
UCCS students receive free admission. Contact the Ent Center Box Office at tickets@uccs.edu to receive your complimentary ticket. General admission is $7. Seniors and military are $5.

20th Annual Student Film Festival
Saturday, May 8, (2 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall

Dance Showcase
Saturday, May 8 (6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.)
Overlook Studio
Pre-registration is requested.

Dance Composition (Site Specific Dance)
Sunday, May 9 (1 hour 15 minutes)
Murray and Betty Ross Lobby
Pre-registration is requested.

Balinese Gamelan
Sunday, May 9 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
Outside Ent Center Main Doors
Pre-registration is requested.

Theatre Showcase
Sunday, May 9 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.)
Osborne Studio Theatre
Pre-registration is requested.

Music Showcase
Sunday, May 9 (7:30pm-9:00pm)
Shockley-Zalabak Theater
Pre-registration is requested.

Unless otherwise noted, these events are free and open to the public.

Image credit: poster design by Becca Hurley