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10 years of the moss arts center

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When the late Charles W. Steger became president of Virginia Tech in 2000, he announced his desire to enhance the presence and practice of the arts on campus. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary season, we look back at the creativity, culture, and community over the years.

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Performances

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    The Brentano String Quartet wears evening attire in a grand, wood-paneled room, light streaming in from large windows to the right. The quartet is comprised of two white men, one white woman, and one Asian woman, who is seated. They each hold their instruments.
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    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 7:30 PM: Having first performed in the Fife in 2014, Brentano String Quartet returns for the center’s 10th anniversary season, joined by leading violist and Juilliard faculty member Hsin-Yun Huang.

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    Women drummers from Rwanda perform onstage. They are Black women with brightly colored long braids, some of which are flying through the air with their motion. They wear blue and brown patterned dresses in slightly different styles.
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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 7:30 PM: Rwandan writer and activist Gakire Katese Odile “Kiki” takes to the stage with Ingoma Nshya, the Women Drummers of Rwanda, for new theatre project "The Book of Life," a deeply moving perspective on life, loss, and recovery.

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    Host Kathy Mattea sings into a microphone on stage during a Mountain Stage performance. Mattea is a white woman with long grey hair. She wears a black blazer and plays an acoustic guitar, which is just visible behind a music stand. The background is ethereal-looking blue and grey lights.
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    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 7 PM: Join Grammy-winning country and bluegrass star Kathy Mattea for an episode of Mountain Stage recorded live from the Fife Theatre.

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Exhibitions

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    A detail of william cordova's "can't stop, won't stop: tenets of southern alchemy." This collaged work shows a black and white image of a row of city apartment buildings with red letter jacket-style letters on the windows reading, from top left to bottom right, P, W, O, N, T, S, T, O, and P. Black and white and color images of Black men and women appear to sit on stoops, walk on the sidewalk, or peer through windows.
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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17: william cordova examines the visual aspects of transition and displacement, studying the evolution and adaptation of objects and perception across time and space.

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    An installation view of Laurie Steelink's "Gathering Power," 2022. Photo by Yubo Dong, ofstudio. A three-paneled wood structure on which hangs two paintings. The painting in the center is a multicolored starburst or dream catcher pattern. Sculptural elements at left and in the center are reminiscent of totem poles. At right, a deer head and a willowy tree branch hang on a panel.
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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17: Exploring connections to her Native American roots, multidisciplinary artist Laurie Steelink creates assemblages of found objects and reassembled paintings to question authenticity and consider spirituality.

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Faculty

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