Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts

Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts Combining music, theater, and the arts to create a centerpiece and gateway for culture and creativity

What better way to begin summer than with a film set to explore all the feelings of entering a new chapter?๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Friday, Ju...
06/02/2026

What better way to begin summer than with a film set to explore all the feelings of entering a new chapter?

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Friday, June 12
โฐ 7 p.m.
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free

Enter, ๐‘ป๐’– ๐’…๐’๐’“๐’” ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’„๐’๐’๐’†: a coming-of-age film that follows Nicole and her relationship with her best friend against the backdrop of a hot Quebec summer. Whisps of nostalgia and ennui thread throughout, furthered by the film's black-and-white 35mm cinematography. ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

As our last event of the 2025-26 season, bring your friends to this final Free Film Friday and create a memory together before summer โ€” and your own next chapters โ€” begin.

๐Ÿ”— Claim your free tickets now: beav.es/fhy

Music meets meditation with our Well-Being Concerts series, a new PRAx series in partnership with the Carnegie Hall Weil...
05/28/2026

Music meets meditation with our Well-Being Concerts series, a new PRAx series in partnership with the Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute.

The series originated to creatively explore the impact of live music on individual and collective well-being. Unlike traditional concerts in Detrick Hall, a smaller cohort of patrons will be welcomed onto our stage alongside featured musicians. Patrons will be welcomed to sit, lie down or meditate throughout the shortened performances.

Each concert creates an immersive, nurturing space in which audiences and performers share in the soul-nourishing benefits of music, create shared experiences and explore tools for well-being that last long after the performance.

PRAx is proud to offer three installments as part of the series:
โ–ช๏ธ September 30: Maeve Gilchrist and Seamus Egan โ€” beav.es/fPo
โ–ช๏ธ February 4: Roopa Panesar โ€” beav.es/fP5
โ–ช๏ธ April 29: Ablaye Cissoko and Cyrille Brotto โ€” beav.es/fPG

Join us for these transformational experiences of music and mindfulness.

05/27/2026

All brought together by one thing.... PRAx! โค๏ธ

PRAx is proud to partner with OSU Extension and Engagement for the inaugural PRAx Open. Artists across the state are inv...
05/20/2026

PRAx is proud to partner with OSU Extension and Engagement for the inaugural PRAx Open. Artists across the state are invited to submit their work for consideration for this Stirek Gallery exhibition.

See details and apply: https://prax.oregonstate.edu/prax-open

It's a Pink Martini all-stars year at PRAx!Founder of the legendary โ€œlittle orchestraโ€ Pink Martini, Thomas M. Lauderdal...
05/20/2026

It's a Pink Martini all-stars year at PRAx!

Founder of the legendary โ€œlittle orchestraโ€ Pink Martini, Thomas M. Lauderdale brings an extraordinary vision to his appointment as the 2026-27 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence.โ€‹

In collaboration with the Music Education program at OSU, Lauderdale launches The Melodica Project!, an experiment in K-12 musicmaking.โ€‹

As part of the program, PRAx and the School of Visual, Performing and Design Arts will distribute melodicas to classrooms, where OSU student teachers will work side-by-side with district teachers and Lauderdale to uplift the joyful, creative spirit of music.โ€‹

Throughout the year, Pink Martini performers will join us in rockstar performances:

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Oct. 28 โ”‚ Ari Shapiro: Thank You For Listening
โค๏ธ Dec. 10 โ”‚ Meow Meow's Feline Festive
๐ŸŽค Feb. 14 โ”‚ Edna Vazquez
๐ŸŽน June 10 & 11 โ”‚ Pink Martini. Commencement Concerts

See more about Thomas Lauderdale, our 2026-27 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence program and related events: beav.es/fdJ

Spring has sprung, which means the term is nearly over! And what better way to blow off some mid-terms steam than with l...
05/19/2026

Spring has sprung, which means the term is nearly over! And what better way to blow off some mid-terms steam than with live music and rocking races?

Students are welcome to join us tomorrow (May 20) for a live musical performance at 4 p.m., curated by the PRAx Directorโ€™s Council, featuring psychedelic rock HyperSigil and reggae band Cane Cutters in the Austinโ”‚Parrish Arts Plaza.

Gaming begins at 5:30 p.m. with snacks and Koopa shells galore! Join us for this free study break!

RSVP: beav.es/fdk

From photos to poetry, from poetry to voices โ€” Eras by Third Angle New Music and the Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choi...
05/17/2026

From photos to poetry, from poetry to voices โ€” Eras by Third Angle New Music and the Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir is a performance exploring the intersection of past, present and future for both people and planet.

The creative journey of Eras began in April 2025, when students from the ORS Youth Choir and Third Angle Ensemble visited the World Forestry Center to see the exhibition Following Fire, a powerful photo documentation of wildfire destruction and regrowth in the Cascade Range.

Members of the youth choir spread out amongst the photos of skeletal trees and budding fireweed to write poetry, which was then transformed, setting the childrenโ€™s own words into three parts: After Darkness; After Fire; Then, Light!

Join us for this beautiful exploration of art and regrowth in the face of climate change:
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Friday, May 22
โฐ Lightbox Happy Hour at 6 p.m. before the performance begins at 7 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Detrick Hall at PRAx
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ General Admission $20, Students $5

Get your tickets now: beav.es/fQx

05/15/2026

Hey everyone! ๐ŸŒŸ So, guess what?! The new season is just around the corner, and we are buzzing with excitement to kick things off! ๐ŸŽ‰ We canโ€™t wait to dive into this next chapter and share all the fun stuff weโ€™ve got planned! Have you checked out our new season booklet yet? Itโ€™s packed with some seriously cool events ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“–

Get ready for an epic time! Letโ€™s make this season unforgettable together! ๐Ÿ™Œโœจ

Join us to celebrate the projects of the 2025-26 PRAx Student Fellows. We'll hear from three fellows reading from writte...
05/14/2026

Join us to celebrate the projects of the 2025-26 PRAx Student Fellows. We'll hear from three fellows reading from written work and performing original songs, and then experience the opening of the exhibition, which features interdisciplinary projects created over the past year by this cohort of fellows. All students will be on hand to talk about their projects. Refreshments will be served.

The PRAx Student Fellowship program offers graduate and advanced undergraduate students the opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary creative project informed by active engagement with OSU research in science or engineering. Part of the Arts-Sci Initiative, this program is supported by external sponsors and campus partners from across OSU. Special thanks to the artists, scientists, filmmakers, writers, musicians and engineers who work with the student fellows as mentors throughout the year.

Projects will be on display in the Arts Corridor of PRAx from May 18 to July 6, 2026.

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