Arts and Culture

Internationally distinguished ontologist Barry Smith, Julian Park Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, has received a $535,000 grant from the European Union's 6th Framework Programme on Research and Technological Development (FP6) to support his work in the field of medical informatics.

A 47-week international tour of the Tony Award-winning musical "Fosse" will begin at the Center for the Arts with a two-week residency leading up to public performances at 8 p.m. Sept. 18 and 8:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.

The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts and the internationally renowned jazz dance choreographer Gus Giordano will present the 12th annual Jazz Dance World Congress Aug. 6-10 on the UB North Campus.

After a semester hiatus, Buffalo Film Seminars will return this fall with a lineup that includes such classics as Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver."

If you've harbored dreams of starring in productions on stage or in the movies, Josephine R. Anstey has an offer that you can't refuse. In fact, she has two offers in the form of virtual, interactive dramas in which you would play the main protagonist.

The experimental Print Imaging Center (ePIC) in the Department of Art in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences is offering single-session and multi-session workshops this summer on a variety of topics.

The University at Buffalo Libraries and the Department of English in the UB College of Arts and Sciences have announced the winners of student poetry competitions.

Morton Feldman. George Gershwin. Paul Hindemith. Arnold Schoenberg. Edgard Varese. Five world-renowned composers who, to the surprise of many, also were avid artists or had strong ties to the art world. The composers' deep connections to the visual arts form the basis of "The Composer's Eye," an exhibition at the University at Buffalo of works of arts created and/or admired by the five composers that serves as a complement to this year's June in Buffalo festival and its theme of "Music and the Visual Image."

Harvey Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Art in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, has received the College Art Association's 2003 Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, presented at the association's annual meeting.

The UB Center for the Arts will conclude its 2002/2003 KeyBank Dance Series with a performance by the Limon Dance Company at 8 p.m. April 11 in the Mainstage Theatre of the center on the North Campus.