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Professor Margaret Laurena Kemp is among the artists
exhibiting in “Monitor: Surveillance, Data, and the New
Panoptic” at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the Maine
College of Art and Design. The installation opens Oct. 1 and runs
through Dec. 10.
Professor L.M. Bogad, chair of the Theatre & Dance
Department and member of the Performance Studies Graduate Group,
has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
from the John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation. Bogad received his fellowship for his
achievements in the category of Theatre Arts and Performance
Studies.
American Theatre Magazine has spotlighted Professor L.M.
Bogad, chair of theatre and dance, for his efforts as an activist
clown during the 2020 presidential election. In an article
titled “Send in the Activist Clowns,” writer Nicole Gluckstern
details the work of numerous performers who used street
theatre to provoke laughter and political introspection
nationwide.
Margaret
Laurena Kemp, associate professor of theatre and dance, has
been presented with the Forum Article of the Year Award by the
board of the journal Voice and Speech Review (VSR),
the official publication of Voice and Speech Trainers Association
(VASTA). The award was given for Kemp’s article
It Is All about Love. Listen to Me, Y’all. Yeah.
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