THANK YOU
You make the difference.

Our 2022-23 season was as robust as ever with thousands of visitors coming through our doors to experience a season that was moving, entertaining, and reminded us all of the power of live performances and the community we build through engaging speakers and dialogue.

The Quick Center is deeply grateful to the generous Quick Members, donors, foundations, and government agencies for your generous support of this season’s artistic and arts education programs. We want to take a moment to also note the incredible businesses and corporate sponsors that provide support of our season and work with the Quick as partners to ensure we provide world-renowned artists and speakers in the comfort of our community.

Thank you to all who made our 2022-23 season possible!

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MAKING A STAR
How do Summer Intensives at the Quick make an impact?

We are so proud that our Summer Intensive alumnus, Carlos Velasquez Escamilla, has been cast in Gypsy for Goodspeed Musicals! Last year he participated in “Singing for the Stage” with Juilliard soprano opera singer Lucia Palmieri. He had such a great experience that he continued his studies with Lucia afterwards with several private lessons.

“ Participating in the Summer Intensive at the Quick Center helped me improve my confidence while performing onstage. Lucia challenged me and I realized I could do things I was not sure I was capable of before her teachings.”   
- Carlos Velasquez Escamilla   

Please make sure to check out Lucia’s Summer Intensive classes this summer and go see Carlos perform in Gypsy running at the Goodspeed Opera House now until June 25.

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BIG NEWS FOR THE ARTS

Philip Eliasoph, PhD, Named Special Assistant to the President for Arts and Culture

Fairfield University is pleased to announce that Philip I. Eliasoph, PhD, professor of art history and visual culture, will serve as special assistant to the president for arts and culture, beginning at the start of the next academic year.

In this role, and working as a member of the University’s senior leadership team, Dr. Eliasoph will spearhead the University’s efforts to promote and enhance arts and cultural offerings to the greater community, work with partners across campus to enhance the quality of the overall Fairfield undergraduate experience, and more sharply define the profile of the arts at Fairfield.

"Dr. Eliasoph is ideally suited to this critical role at this time in our evolution," said President Mark R. Nemec, PhD. "He is a greatly respected advocate for our University, and for the profile of arts and culture in particular."

In 1996, Dr. Eliasoph founded (and remains director and moderator) of the Open VISIONS Forum, the University’s well-known public affairs series, which has brought many global and national thought leaders and newsmakers to the Fairfield community. As an art historian, Dr. Eliasoph has made significant scholarly contributions to his field as the author of numerous books and studies, including works on Adolf Dehn, Colleen Browning, Robert Vickrey, and Paul Cadmus.

"Building from our Ignatian tradition," Dr. Nemec noted, "we have a particular mission to engage in a life-enhancing way with the community around us, inviting our neighbors into a dialogue with our history and culture, and forming our students so that they have a deep appreciation for the role that the arts play in the expression and articulation of the human spirit and its aspirations."

"Dr. Eliasoph has always keenly expressed his desire for Fairfield to reach its potential as a center for arts and culture in our region," Dr. Nemec continued, "and I am confident that working with the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, the Fairfield University Art Museum, and all of those in our community engaged in the arts, he will help lead us to the next phase of our evolution in this most important work."

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