Hobart and William Smith Colleges

On Thursday afternoon, Merritt Hall is surrounded by snow.

The Bartlett Theatre is transformed for the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts opening weekend celebration dinner on Friday.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri plays the grand piano in Bartlett Theatre during the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts celebration dinner on Friday.

Members of the HWS community take part in a movement workshop in the Dance Studio, a gift of Rita Goldstein Ashton P'04, P'07. The exercise was led by Professor of Dance Cynthia Williams as part of the opening celebrations on Saturday.

Members of Mosaic NY perform in McDonald Theatre during Saturday evening’s celebration in the Gearan Center for Performing Arts.

Professor of Media and Society Lester Friedman introduces student-created works in the Fish Screening Room, a venue equipped with a theatre-quality projection, sound and screen system. In the front row are Theresa Amott L.H.D. ’11, former Provost and Dean of Faculty and current President of Knox College, and Ray Miller.

Jenny Wu '12 poses for a photo with Janice Race Keith '43. Keith is a resident of the retirement community where Wu works part-time while also painting. Wu recently earned her MFA from American University.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri directs the jazz ensemble during an open rehearsal in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. The Hall is named in honor of Nozomi Williams L.H.D. ’14.

Students perform an African dance piece in Deming Theatre during the opening celebrations of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

The Colleges Choral directed by Professor of Music Bob Cowles performs in Froelich Hall on Saturday evening.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Tarah Rowse and Town of Geneva representative Joe Bracko give a tour of the municipal solid waste transfer station for the Town of Geneva to students in the class Sustainable Community Development Methods and Tools taught by Rowse and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Robin Lewis.

Rio Schmidt '16 and Katie Kaftan '16 bevel the edges of pieces of Plexiglas before drawing on them with printmaking ink to create a unique print during Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth's class Intaglio Printmaking.

Director of Introductory Biology Laboratories Susan Flanders Cushman ’98 speaks with students during lab in Eaton Hall.

Micaela Loconte '16 and Morgan Onorato '16 study for biology classes in Eaton Hall.

Haipeng Lin '18 works on seeing and creating measured color interactions during the class Color and Composition with Professor of Art and Architecture Michael Bogin P’04 in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center.

Light snow settles on Houghton House, home to the Colleges' Art Department. Through Feb. 26, The Davis Gallery on the first floor will feature the exhibition “Chromatherapy” by Patrick Ryoichi Nagatani.