Calendar of Events

The “Beauty in Use: Celebrating Japanese Cultural Traditions” exhibition will be on display Jan. 22 through June 27 in Pensacola State College’s Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts.

The exhibit will feature the works of two artists from Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture ─ Master Potter Masayoshi Shimizi’s traditional handmade pottery and Taisan Tanaka’s contemporary calligraphy.

An opening reception is set for 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in the Lamar Studio Switzer Center’s Charles W. Lamar Studio. Located in Building 15 at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Airport Boulevard, the reception will include live calligraphy demonstrations and the Artist Talks that begin at 6:30 p.m.

Admission is free and open to the public. Gallery are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday. Tours are available with prior arrangements.

For more information, contact the Switzer Gallery at 850-484-2563.

Jan. 28-April 18
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday
Pensacola campus
Upstairs Bldg. 98

March 18-22

Tuesday, March 26
2 p.m.
Pensacola campus
Student Center, Bldg. 5
Free for all PSC students

Tuesday, March 26
2-4 p.m.
Pensacola campus
Student Center, Bldg. 5

Tuesday, March 26
3 p.m.
Hagler Auditorium, Bldg. 2

Wednesday, March 27
1-2:30 p.m.
Pensacola campus
Bldg. 11
Details: 850-484-2120

Pensacola State College will present the Pensacola Guitar Orchestra at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 30, in Ashmore Auditorium.

The orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Joe Stallings, will present its 36^th Annual Spring Recital. Admission is free. Ashmore Auditorium is in Building 8 on the Pensacola campus at 1000 College Blvd.

Performing in the recital are Pensacola State students: Peg Barrett, Patrick Kinnell, Wayne Brouillette, Jackson Talamo, Brenan Woody, Jacob Graffrath and Joanna Dimick.

Also performing are the 2019 Pensacola Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition champions ─ first-prize winner, Benjamin Kennington, 13; second-prize winner, Isaac Railing, 11; and third-prize winner, Israel Railing, 11.

The orchestra will perform works from a variety of composers including John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Jürg Kindle, Dr. Joe Stallings, Nikita Koshkin, Roger Hudson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jorge Morel, Fernando Sor, Matteo Carcassi and Simone Iannarelli.

For more information, call the College’s Performing Arts Department at 484-1847.