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Photo: Lewis & Clark Fir Acres Theatre presents Tiffany Mills Dance Company

Tiffany Mills Dance Company Viola Trilogy

Friday, April 4th at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 5th at 7:30pm 

2025, ArtsLC, performing arts, theatre
Photo: Lewis & Clark Fir Acres Theatre presents Tiffany Mills Dance Company

Tiffany Mills Dance Company Workshops

Tiffany Mills Dance Company offers five dance workshops, free and open to the public April 1st-5th.

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare will be coming to Lewis & Clark's Fir Acres theatre on March 7- 15, 2024

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

March 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 15th at 7:30pm
March 9th, 2:00pm 

2025, arts, ArtsLC, Dance Minor, Theatre Major, Theatre Minor, theatre, Watzek Library
Watzek Arts Friday: Macbeth Monologues

Watzek Arts Friday: Macbeth Monologues

Arts@LC brings art out into the library with short performances in the Watzek Library atrium. This spring, Arts@LC has expanded beyond just first Fridays to bring arts programming to more Fridays! 

3pm in the Watzek Library Atrium 

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Watzek Arts Friday- Tiffany Mills Dance Company

Watzek Arts Friday: Tiffany Mills Dance Company

Arts@LC brings art out into the library with short performances in the Watzek Library atrium. This spring, Arts@LC has expanded beyond just first Fridays to bring arts programming to more Fridays! 

3pm in the Watzek Library Atrium 

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Black Futures Farm 2024 experience from the HWI project.

Applications for the Nielson Social Change Grant- OPEN!

Applications Due March 31st 2025
Do you have a vision of enacting change in your community, locally or overseas?

Then the Nielson Social Change Grant should be of interest to you!

This grant provides Lewis & Clark College undergraduate students with funds to cover project costs such as equipment or technology, educational resources, travel expenses, or other items used to strengthen grassroots efforts for progressive, systemic social change. This fund prioritizes applications that address community outreach and education, leadership development, root cause and power analysis, and coalition building.

Proposals that directly address racial equity and social justice will be prioritized.

Award amounts range from $500-$5000

APPLY HERE!

2025, arts, ArtsLC, Creative Writing, English Major, English Minor
Watzek Arts Friday- Pauls Toutonghi Reading February 28th

Watzek Arts Friday: PAULS TOUTONGHI Reading

Arts@LC brings art out into the library with short performances in the Watzek Library atrium. This spring, Arts@LC has expanded beyond just first Fridays to bring arts programming to more Fridays! 

3pm in the Watzek Library Atrium 

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Belonging Resource: Black History Month

Happy Black History Month! As part of L&C’s membership with the Council of Independent College’s Belong: Inclusive Learning Community, we wanted to share a few resources exploring the origins of observing Black history, its integration with American history, and its contemporary impact.

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Lewis & Clark's (Anti)Valentine's Concert is an annual tradition of sharing music for all lovers and haters!

This (Anti)Valentine’s Concert Is Sure to Mend Any Broken Heart

The (Anti)Valentine’s Concert, an annual Lewis & Clark tradition, will feature the musical groups Cappella Nova, Kith & Kin, Community Chorale, Voces Auream, as well as several talented soloists. Come see this fun, lighthearted production on Wednesday, February 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Auditorium.

From AI to Experiential Learning: Sign up for Free Belong Courses

As part of L&C’s membership with the Council of Independent College’s Belong: Inclusive Learning Community, faculty and staff are invited to enroll by February 15 for a series of free self-paced courses on cutting-edge topics. 

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Watzek First Friday: String Trio

Watzek First Friday

Watzek First Fridays expand to more Arts Fridays in February! LC Chamber Music String Trio kicks off the First Fridays for the year. 

2025, Art History Major, Art History Minor, Art Minor, Art Studio Major, art, arts, ArtsLC
Transgressors at the Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center

Native Artist Scholar Visit to Chachalu

You are invited to join our 2024-25 Native Artist/Scholar in Residence, Anthony Hudson, for a day at the Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center. 
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Those high ceilings! Those acoustics! Said performer Tiani Ertel BA '25, I've learned that, truly, a big part of the magic of I...

The Arts Come Alive at Watzek Library

Music, theatre, and dance might not be the first things you think of when you hear “library,” but Lewis & Clark’s Aubrey R. Watzek Library is much more than a place for quiet study. On the first Friday of every month, Arts@LC takes over the Watzek atrium to showcase student participation in the performing arts. The final events of the fall semester featured actors from the Main Stage theatre production Into the Woods and dancers from theatre’s contact improv class.

Come to Narrative Medicine Skills Training!

With support from the Mellon Foundation, Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative (NWNMC) is developing Narrative Medicine Skills Training.

Narrative Medicine Skills Training introduces the narrative medicine principles of attention, representation, and affiliation and develops participant skills of listening and witnessing. We will reflect on how listening and witnessing can be applied to stories of health, illness and healing in diverse healthcare settings to improve care and support healing.

Training is open to students, health professionals, faculty, staff and community members– anyone curious about the practice of narrative medicine. 


Narrative Medicine Skills Training

Saturday, February, 22
8:45-3:30

in-person and on-campus
Smith Hall
Lewis & Clark College 

Register Here

Addressing Gun Violence Through Art and Community Activism

Addressing Gun Violence Through Art and Community Activism

Vision Quilt, in partnership with Art for Social Change (ASC), invites you to a powerful interactive workshop series: Addressing Gun Violence: Creating Visionaries, Storytellers, and Community Activists (AGV). This program empowers participants to explore solutions to gun violence through art, education, and visionary thinking, culminating in the creation of unique Vision Quilt art panels.

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Lewis & Clark Fir Acres Theatre Spring 2025 Auditions for Macbeth

AUDITIONS for Macbeth Spring 2025

Lewis & Clark’s Department of theatre invites all students (regardless of major) to audition for the Spring 2025 MainStage production of Macbeth on January 22nd and 23rd from 7-10pm with Callbacks on January 24th - 6-10pm. See full details below!

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Spring 2025 Auditions

Audition for Spring 2025 Theatre Productions!

Lewis & Clark’s Theatre Department is pleased to announce the audition schedule for Spring 2025 Productions! All Students (regardless of major!) are welcome!

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Tiffany Mills Dance Residency Auditions- Spring 2025

AUDITIONS for Tiffany Mills Dance Residency Spring 2025

Lewis & Clark’s Department of theatre invites students to audition for the Tiffany Mills Dance Company Residency on January 22nd from 6:30-8:30pm in the Fir Acres Theatre Black Box. See details below.

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Arts@LC 2024 Fall Newsletter

Arts@LC’s Fall 2024 Newsletter is out! Read on for more information (and pretty photos!) from the fall to see how Arts@LC “connects and amplifies the fine arts at Lewis & Clark: Music, Theatre, Dance, Art and Creative Writing.” 

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An art project made of tea bags

From Trash to Treasure: Creating Art From Waste

Cara Tomlinson’s Art and Ecology class uses waste materials from around Portland to create beautiful and meaningful works of art. This course offers a fresh approach to creative practice, merging art and ecology to help students respond to the climate crisis, explore the agency of materials, and build connections to place.

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Seeking Nominees for I.D.E.A. Catalyst Awards

The Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement (IME) office presents The I.D.E.A. Catalyst Awards. See here to learn more and to nominate.

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Art at the Center

Art at the Center

The Lewis & Clark Art Therapy program has released a self-reflective, 22-minute documentary film exploring the program’s expansion into the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center and discussing the benefits that the new space has to offer to both graduate students and community members alike.

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Dance X Highlights Student Creativity

Two semesters in the making, Dance X runs from December 5 to 7. The performances offer students the opportunity to have their original choreography fully staged for large audiences.

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First Friday- Contact Improv Dance

Watzek First Friday- Contact Improv Dance

On the first Friday of every month, Arts@LC presents a short performance at the Watzek Library atrium. 

2024, ArtsLC, performing arts, Theatre Major, Theatre Minor, theatre
Dance Extravaganza 2024

Dance Extravaganza

December 5th, 6th and 7th, 7:30pm 

December 7th, 2pm

United Against Islamophobia and Antisemitism

Workshop for Staff and Faculty Brings Antisemitism and Islamophobia Experts to Campus

With sponsorship from the Chamberlin Social Justice Endowment, the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) and the Center for Spiritual Life, scholars Hussein Ibish and David Schraub bring their expertise to Lewis & Clark on December 3, 2024.

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On Being a Porous Boundary

On Being a Porous Boundary

On Being a Porous Boundary is copresented by Lewis & Clark College and A-B Projects at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art from November 19, 2024–February 18, 2025.