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Adelphi Festival to Celebrate the Arts, Foster Dialogue on War and Peace

Garden City, NY (09/21/2022) — From live performances to installations, Adelphi University's upcoming Fall Arts Festival will bring the campus community together to celebrate the arts while reflecting on and illuminating a particular theme. The day-long, annual event will take place Wednesday, October 12.

The theme of this year's event will be Peace of Art: Fostering Dialogues through the Arts. Participating artists will respond to the concept of war and peace in a number of ways: global war and how current battles are impacting us all; the growing rift that exists nationally (politically, socially, and economically); and personal wars and struggles with mental wellbeing, identity, race, religion and gender.

"This year, we are looking beyond the university to include members of our wider local community in projects like Chalk-Up, and collaborations with alumni artists," said KellyAnn Monaghan, Art Department chair and associate professor. "We are also planning on including community members in dialogues responding to the creative pieces.

In addition to the art installations, the festival will include a poetry reading by creative writing students and alumni, music and dance performances, a film screening, zine-making workshop and screenprinting.

Students will also travel to Brooklyn on Saturday, September 24, to Walk with Amal. An international symbol for human rights, Little Amal is a 3.5 metre-tall puppet who walks in support of refugees. The Walk is a celebration of migration and cultural diversity that tells the story of the contributions made by refugees and immigrants. During the Fall Arts Festival the Adelphi community will create birds for a symbolic walk on campus bringing awareness to the plight of local refugees.

For the first time, students from Division Avenue High School in Levittown will be involved in a community art exhibit at the festival. Students will have their art and digital work displayed. A YouTube video will also be streamed.

"The goal of the festival remains for the Adelphi community to come together using arts as a tool for social connection and dialogue through creative translation and collaboration," said Monaghan.

Learn more about the 2022 Fall Arts Festival at adelphi.edu/fall-arts-festival

Members of the media are welcome to attend and cover.

About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning

Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training, with particular strength in our Core Four: Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.

Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,500 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York -- just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities -- and at dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.

More than 118,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.

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Students participating in Chalk Up at Adelphi’s Fall Arts Festival.

Student performing during Adelphi’s Fall Arts Festival.

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