At the Intersection of Liberal Arts + STEM
Spring 2017
Jenny Bilfield
The president and CEO of Washington Performing Arts and former artistic and executive director of Stanford Live (formerly Stanford Lively Arts), Jenny Bilfield spoke to the Purdue community on April 13, 2017.
"Thought Leadership in the Arts: Curation, Collaboration, Community Engagement and Relevance," explores how cross-disciplinary collaboration creates unusual alliances aimed at serving art, artists, and audiences.
The Gurs Zyklus
In "The Gurs Zyklus," art and technology tell a musicalized story of Jewish people transported by train to a concentration camp. A thermodynamic pipe organ created for the production plays itself with 88 tiny pistons, powered by drops of water.