Baby Book

A film by Machmer Media Nicole Asel, Associate Professor of Music Madeline Harvey, Associate Professor of Dance Link to full Baby Book film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3E1O5506Ew Link to Baby Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLjbzY9Sb2s

Men on Boats

It is set in in 1869, John Wesley Powell famously explored the Colorado River with a group of men. Playwright Jaclyn Backhaus reimagines this expedition and casts this all-male moment in history with a group of non-male performers. Men on Boats disrupt the foundations of history and theatre with a bright, comedic edge. Dr. Wesley […]

The Love Language of Fire

The Love Language of Fire examines the evolving relationship between humanity and wildfire in the forests of the western United States. Once a vital force nurturing ecosystems, wildfire has become catastrophic due to a legacy of fire suppression, poor forest management, and human-induced climate change. Yet, Osborne’s work reveals the astounding resilience of these woodlands—how […]

Illuminating Identity: A Celebration of African Artists in the Digital Era

lluminating Identity: A Celebration of African Artists in the Digital Era is the result of a project undertaken by art and art history students at Colorado State University during a seminar course on Contemporary African Art in Spring 2024. Throughout the semester, students were asked to research and read about the field of African art […]

Cultivando el Fuego, Solo exhibition at the Museo de Arte de Baja California Sur

Fire is a nurturer of ecosystems and cultures. It is an essential element of all life. For millennia, the raw nature of fire shaped the ecology of western North America and the original cultures that inhabited it. Paradoxically, as fire shaped and then settled culture in this region, people began to push it away. Yet, […]

For When We Arrive for String Orchestra and Percussion, Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Budapest, Hungary | Summer, 2024 Video and music recording with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Poelking remotely recorded (via Zoom) with this orchestra in a 1 hour recording session for a new piece for string orchestra with percussion. This music is now available on all streaming platforms. For When We Arrive demonstrates the beauty that can […]

Ghost Variations

Vauhini is a writer. She’s used to being able to describe human experiences in ways that help readers make sense of their world. This is what she does. But she can’t write about her sister’s death – not in a way that captures what she’s really feeling anyway. Sparked by a bit of guilty curiosity, […]