Multimedia: Sheer Good Fortune
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison took place on Oct. 16, 2012, in Burruss Hall on Virginia Tech's campus. The event, hosted by Maya Angelou, Joanne Gabbin, and Nikki Giovanni and sponsored by the Center for the Arts, was an opportunity to honor and love Morrison, an American novelist, editor, and professor.
- Watch the full event here: Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison.
Toni Morrison responds to friends reading her words
Maya Angelou honors Toni Morrison
India.Arie pays tribute to Toni Morrison
Jericho Brown reads from Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"
Photos: Sheer Good Fortune - Celebrating Toni Morrison
'Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison' was an opportunity to honor and love the American novelist, editor, and professor.
Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech
Opening in late 2013, the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech will include a 1,260-seat, state-of-the-art performance hall for music, theatre, and dance performance and visual arts galleries for traditional, digital, and new media exhibitions. Center programs will bring national and international artists to campus and celebrate the region’s culture through performances, exhibitions, outreach, and learning opportunities.
The center a is uniquely partnered with the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, an applied research environment housed in the center wherein researchers from multiple disciplines partner to prepare students in kindergarten through 12th grade and higher education environments to succeed in a world that demands teamwork and collaboration, and to promote new research domains that transcend institutionalized boundaries.