Culture

  • Gautam Rao unveils “Unblocked”

    WRITTEN BY BRITTANY GARRETT, STAFF REPORTER Butler University professor and artist Gautam Rao had garnered attention for some of his works in the form of a weeks-long show. Rao premiered his series of paintings, “Unblocked,” Friday at the Arts Council of Indianapolis’ Gallery 924. Gallery 924 will show “Unblocked” from Sept. 6-27. Rao’s previous works…

  • Mallory Meets…Dan Leonard

    Butler flowers. Always appreciated but never really thought about. In the case of flora, appearance garners appreciation. If their beauty doesn’t catch the eye, flowers aren’t given a second glance. One man’s mission is to help Butler’s flowers get that first glance, along with the second. He has spent most of his life behind the…

  • Shaken, not disturbed

    WRITTEN BY JACLYN MCCONNELL, PHOTOGRAPHER It’s a good thing James Bond is with the Butler University Marching Band this year. The band is rolling out a Bond-themed halftime show this academic year while battling through a number of troubles in order to have a successful show. Besides making an appearance in their show, the marching…

  • Alumni Spotlight: Laura Kramer, class of 2012

    WRITTEN BY ALBERTO MANTOVANO, STAFF REPORTER It is by design that Butler University prepares all students—regardless of major—for the professional world beyond college. It is rare to see, however, a career that utilizes two vastly different fields of study to accomplish a goal. Laura Kramer, a Butler alumna, has done just that with business and…

  • Elizabeth Mix to direct Art and Design program

    WRITTEN BY MARIA LEICHTY, STAFF REPORTER Elizabeth Mix has been named director of the Art and Design program after helping build it from the bottom up. The art program today has changed vastly from  what it was a decade ago. It started as a visual arts minor in the Media Arts program, which used to…

  • Shakespeare specialist returns to theatre department for semester

    WRITTEN BY GINNY SPELLMAN, STAFF REPORTER Tim Hardy is returning to campus this November, again as the Christel DeHaan Visiting International Theatre Artist (V.I.T.A). Back in 2009 and 2011, Hardy graced Butler University’s Department of Theatre with his talents and insight on Shakespearean performance. Under the auspices of V.I.T.A., prominent theatre artists from abroad reside…

  • IndyFringe Festival

    ALBERTO MANTOVANO, STAFF REPORTER Butler alumni Georgeanna Smith and Michael Burke—together with the rest of the theatre company NoExit Performance—produced a show for this fall’s IndyFringe Theatre Festival, a celebration of theatre in all its various forms that takes downtown Indianapolis by storm each year. The IndyFringe Theatre Festival, this year held August 15-25, contained…

  • Alumni Spotlight

    MALLORY DUNCAN, ASST. ARTS, ETC. EDITOR Four years at Butler University to prepare for life in the real world. Four years to figure out what to do for the rest of your life. Because after graduation, the show must go on. For two Butler alumni, Michael Burke and Georgeanna Smith, their four years at Butler…

  • From revolution to fairy tales: the dean’s expectations for 2013-2014

    The Butler Collegian: What changes, big or small, should art students expect this year from JCA? Caltabiano: One thing is that I have asked for more contact with students. I’ve asked for meetings with students from each program in both semesters. Mostly, the contact I get now is from going to performances, and you really…