Join this year's graduating @mfastudioartau cohort for a gallery talk on the exhibition "If That Makes Sense," exploring their culminating work at the end of two years of rigorous questioning, experimentation, and refinement.
Featuring artists Rob Balsewich, Michael Dodson, Julia Fouser, Kelvin He Hao Low, Ryan Kennedy, Lexi Moser, Austin Remetta, Brenay Spencer, and Sarah Bell Wilson.
📅 Today! 2-3 p.m. in-person at the AU Museum and online. RSVP at the link in our bio.
📷 Greg Staley 🎨 Works by Austin Remetta (left), Ryan Kennedy (back), and Rob Balsewich (right).
To our students,
This year, we watched you your creativity and hard work go into every performance, project, rehearsal, and critique. You gave it your all—and it showed.
To our graduates: congratulations on this incredible achievement! And to all our students, faculty, and staff: have a creative and well-deserved summer.
💙 AU Arts
📷: AU Jazz, Some Spring Swing, photo: Zeyna Mbengue; Aadam Amanat, photo: Manavi Singh; Fall Dance Concert 2025, photo: David Dowling; "Disarming Girls," photo: Elena Zimmerman; Chamber Singers, photo: Zeyna Mbengue; Camille Perry, photo: Manavi Singh; "The Two 'Gentlemen' of Verona," photo: Ethan Kauffman; Senior Dance Capstone 2025, photo: David Dowling.
Step into the @aumuseum_katzen with Aidan Dowell (CAS ’26) for a virtual tour of “The Magical World of Joan Danziger,” including a look at this career-spanning retrospective including Dowell’s favorite artwork and behind-the-scenes insights. 🎨 Dowell is a graduating Art History major @auarthistory who serves as the AU Museum’s Gallery Attendant Shift Supervisor.
The AU Museum is free and open to the public Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Danziger’s exhibitions and three others are on view now through May 17. Learn more at the link in our bio!
🎥 Sophy Zhao
Immerse yourself in the soundscapes and landscapes of Harriet Tubman’s birthplace, in a journey of freedom, songs, and identity. 🌳
“Landscapes of Freedom: Harriet Tubman in Context” is an interdisciplinary art and sound exhibition created by AU Harriet Tubman Heritage Project Fellows and Professor Maya Cunningham. The exhibition is presented by students who studied the Harriet Tubman Heritage
Corridor of the Maryland Eastern Shore on an Alt Spring Break trip.
📅 On view now in the Katzen Arts Center’s Kreeger Lobby. Closing tomorrow! Friday, May 1.
📷: Photography by Haley Armstrong (1-2); Mercy Asamoah (3); Morissa Henry (4); and Thao Nguyen (5-7).
Happy #InternationalDanceDay from @au_dances ! 💃 Take a moment to find your rhythm and move in your very own way.
📷: DANCEWORKS 2026. Photos: Jeff Watts
The @americanuniversity Songwriters’ Hub transforms experimentation and collaboration into published music. Part of the Department of Performing Arts’ Music Program, this course provides an outlet for students to explore popular genres, find their sound, and grow alongside fellow musicians.
“It’s enormously gratifying to see these students’ hard work paying off in the form of such awesome recordings, as well as tons of live performances both on- and off-campus,” says Matthew Brown, Songwriters’ Hub founder and director.
🎧 Learn more about our talented students and listen to their music on our Songwriters’ Hub Spotify playlist at the links in our bio.
📷: Birdcage; Alizeh, photo: Luke Batarseh; fly fish fly; kid named rhi; Michael Mazey
Celebrate the end of the academic year with an evening of mixed music featuring a Mozart duet, a Dvořák piano quintet, the Quiet Storm ensemble, and student bands Kid Named Rhi and Birdcage. Free and open to all, no RSVP required!
📅 Monday, April 27, 7 p.m.
📍Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
This weekend, experience the epic symphony of all symphonies... Beethoven's Fifth! 🎼
The AU Symphony Orchestra will also play works by Brahms and Elgar. Plus, soloist Ava Filocamo, student winner of the annual Concerto and Aria Competition, will play a Poulenc flute sonata.
📆 Saturday, April 25, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m.
📍Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
🎟️ $10-$15, free for AU students at the link in our bio.
📷: Elena Zimmerman
The AU Jazz Orchestra and Combos are celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month! 🎷 Earlier this month, they played at the Smithsonian American History Museum's University Jazz Jam.
Only a few tickets remain to Some Spring Swing! 📅 Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Katzen Sculpture Garden. Free for AU students or $10-$15 at the link in our bio.
Shake off the finals dread with the AU Pep Band on Sunday in the Katzen Recital Hall! 🎶🥁
The @aupepband will join the AU Symphonic Band for a spring concert featuring classic and contemporary composers plus band favorites. Plus, hear the bands play the AU Fight Song together! 🦅
🎟️ Free for AU students with ID or $10-$15 at the link in our bio.
📆 April 19, 6PM, Katzen Arts Center, Recital Hall
📷 Zeyna Mbengue
Explore boundary-pushing art from AU Studio Art’s MFA Program. “If That Makes Sense,” the graduating cohort’s thesis exhibition, opens Saturday @aumuseum_katzen ✨
The exhibition’s title, a phrase frequently used within the cohort, reflects a shared inquiry into material, concept, and process as they consider what it means to cultivate a studio practice. The works featured in this exhibition mark the moment when ideas, materials, and intentions finally make sense.
The exhibition features artists Rob Balsewich, Michael Dodson, Julia Fouser, Ryan Kennedy, Kelvin He Hao Low, Lexi Moser, Austin Remetta, Brenay Spencer, and Sarah Bell Wilson.
📅 On view April 18-May 17. Opening reception: April 18, 6-9 p.m. Learn more about each student artist at the link in our bio.
📷 Lia Latty
On view now in the Katzen Rotunda: "ten," our @studioartau capstone exhibition! 👏👏👏
This exhibition highlights the research and creative journeys of 10 undergraduate studio art majors and minors. Featuring work that ranges from experimental abstraction to experiential documentation, the exhibition reflects the diverse voices and concerns that shape our program and campus.
📅 On view through April 30. Reception: April 17, 5-7PM.
