Sheridan College announces 2023-24 Whitney Center for the Arts Season

Sheridan College has announced the complete schedule of visual and performing arts events that will take place in the Whitney Center for the Arts. 

Patrons can browse the complete season by clicking here. According to the college, the season includes award-winning artists’ performances and talks alongside showcases of the work of students and faculty with performances in Kinnison Hall, art exhibitions in the Edward A. Whitney Gallery, and theatre performances at the WYO Theatre in downtown Sheridan.

The 2023-24 includes an lineup of nearly 40 performances, kicking off with the acclaimed “Ameri-Chicana” duo of fiddler and songwriter Carrie Rodriguez and Luke Jacobs on Aug. 31. As the finale of Sheridan’s Celebrate the Arts month of arts events throughout August, Rodriguez finds beauty in the cross-pollination of diverse traditions. A passionate performer, she melds fiery fiddle playing, electrifying vocals, and a fresh interpretation of new and classic songs.

September brings an artist talk on Sept. 14, with Kate Collyer, the 2014 recipient of the Southern Graphics Council International Graduate Fellowship Award, and an acclaimed printmaker and visual artist. On Sept. 21, there will be another artist talk and opening reception with works by SC Alumni Peytin Fitzgerald, Jandey Shackelford, and Nichole Wolz. September closes out with a performance by YAZZ Band, led by Greg Yasinitsky, acclaimed composer and saxophonist. They are the winner of the American Prize for Composition, and a recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Commission Project, Artist Trust, and ASCAP. Yasinitsky’s YAZZ Band recordings have enjoyed international radio play and critical recognition. This concert is part of Sheridan College’s new Dinner and a Show series, with limited all-inclusive $50 dollar tickets that feature a concert ticket, themed-buffet dinner, and two drinks (beer, wine, soda), beginning at 5:15 p.m.

Late fall continues into winter with student and faculty performances, an artist talk with Anthony Marchetti on Nov. 9, a theatre production at the WYO on Nov. 17 and 18, and culminates in the popular Holiday Swing on Dec. 8 and 9, now spread over two nights with free tickets to secure reserved seating.

The Spring Season features a performance on Feb. 24, from Pamela Z, a composer/performer and media artist working with voice, live electronic processing, sampled sound, and video. A pioneer of live digital looping techniques, she processes her voice in real-time to create dense, complex sonic layers. Pamela Z is the recipient of many honors and awards including the Rome Prize, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Dorothea Tanning Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, the United States Artists Fellowship, and many others. This concert is also part of the Dinner and a Show series.

Another highlight of the spring season is a string of diverse performances from April 25, through the 28, starting with Brandon Welch Dance troupe premiering their new dance piece Inbreaking on Thursday the 25, and Friday the 26, with the Friday performance offering our Dinner and a Show ticket option. SC Theatre then continues the weekend with two performances at the WYO Theatre of their spring production yet to be announced, and the weekend closes with Quatuor Stanislas Octet, an acclaimed French group performing at 4 p.m. on Sunday the 28.

Explore the full season schedule of events and purchase tickets by clicking here, or call the Whitney Center for the Arts Box Office at 307-675-0360.