Beginning Tuesday, January 22, Evelyn’s Café will be expanding its hours to Monday through Friday from 11AM—2PM; it will feature a locally-sourced seasonal menu. Rensselaer’s student run and sustainability focused Terra Café will be serving lunch on Wednesdays. This expansion of café hours makes...
News 2012
November 26, 2012
Our Spring 2013 program of installations, talks, screenings, and events is live. Start planning your calendar now!
August 29, 2012
EMPAC is pleased to announce the appointment of Ash Bulayev as its new curator for dance and theater. From the early 1990s in New York City, Bulayev was active in the theater and dance community as an artist, administrator, activist, and producer. For the past 10 years he has worked as an...
August 1, 2012
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, invites applications for the position of Master Electrician/Lighting Supervisor. The full-time twelve-month position is to be filled immediately. EMPAC...
August 1, 2012
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED EMPAC invites applications for the position of Housekeeper to maintain its two artist and researcher in residence facilities. There are three slots to be filled immediately. These positions do not have a regular schedule but are utilized on an ‘if and when needed’...
July 19, 2012
Local weekly Metroland voted EMPAC "best arts programming" in 2012. -- Best Arts Programming EMPAC Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy EMPAC seemed to come into its own this year, as the curators’ strong, innovative programming were met with big crowds and critical acclaim. Get over it, doubters...
June 1, 2012
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has an opening in the curatorial team for a curator with expertise in the area of time-based visual arts. EMPAC goes beyond a traditional university performing...
May 9, 2012
As one of America’s foremost contemporary artists; a persistent experimenter at the intersection of performance, media, and technology; and an inventor of tools and instruments, Anderson and EMPAC’s exceptional research and production environment for adventurous new work are an ideal match. The...