October 12, 2021
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Faculty Art Show Marks Reopening of Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery

Worcester State University’s Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Department has announced the reopening of the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery with an inspiring Fall 2021 Faculty Art Show. A free . . .

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September 15, 2021
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VPA Department’s Steve Gagliastro to Appear in Star-Studded Film and TV Projects

As nearby Devens, Mass., steadily grows its reputation of being a “Hollywood of the East,” Worcester State Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) voice instructor Steve Gagliastro’s impressive acting . . .

May 18, 2021
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VPA Students Deliver Spring 2021 Messages of Hope and Emergence Through ‘Extreme Artery’

For Worcester State’s Visual and Performing Arts Department, the conclusion of the Spring 2021 semester marked an important moment of hope and emergence as theater students returned to Fuller . . .

April 30, 2021
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Music of Carlos Odria, Ph.D., Featured in Finalist Video for National ‘Culture of Health’ Prize

  The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has selected the music of Worcester State Visual and Performing Arts Professor and Guitarist Carlos Odria, Ph.D., to be featured in a key video . . .

April 27, 2021
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‘Dancing with Demons’ Combines Live and Filmed Presentations to Tell Mythic Tale

  The Visual and Performing Arts Department will open “Dancing with Demons,” a devised, interdisciplinary production by students, faculty, and staff, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 29 on . . .

April 20, 2021
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Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery Hosts Virtual Student Thesis Art Exhibition

The Visual and Performing Arts Department and the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery will open the annual Student Thesis Art Exhibition on Thursday, April 22. This year’s presentation will be accessible . . .

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March 16, 2021
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Visual and Performing Arts Department Offers New Theater Major

Students will soon be able to major in theater through the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). The new Bachelor of Arts in Theater will provide interdisciplinary and specialized artistic . . .

February 23, 2021
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Ensemble Creates Music, Together from Afar, With Innovative Technology

  As ensembles of Worcester State University continue to adapt to virtual learning and online performances, the first in a series of professionally produced music videos launched last week . . .

December 15, 2020
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VPA Faculty Join With Other Local Artists to Help Make Holiday Performances Possible

  Faculty of the Visual and Performing Arts Department are joining performing artists across the Greater Worcester community—and beyond—in making attendance at concerts and performances . . .

December 1, 2020
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‘Oedipus, the King’ by Sophocles Opens on Dec. 3 with a Live Cast ‘Talk Back’

  The Visual and Performing Arts Department will present “Oedipus, the King” by Sophocles on Thursday, Dec. 3, through Wednesday, Dec. 9, via an online performance. The special theater . . .

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