Chengzhong Focus Foundation
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A Selection of Sponsored Events at the University of North Florida ​
​Fall 2014 - Fall 2019


​Fall 2019
  • Andrew Epstein, Ph.D., (Florida State University), speaking on the poet John Ashbery (as well as conducting a graduate seminar).
  • Carl Stone, renowned electronic composer and musician (Los Angeles Tokyo). An evening concert of new music.


Fall 2018
  • Ange Mlinko, poet and literary critic, (University of Florida), a public reading (as well as meeting with  UNF undergraduate poetry students).
  • Kevin Drumm, composer and musician (Chicago, Illinois).  A concert of new music.


Fall 2017
  • Andrew Lee (Denver, CO); two separate evening concerts, as well as a seminar/workhshop with UNF piano students.
  • Julia Jarcho, Ph,D., (New York University), an evening lecture on modern theater and a class visit.


Spring 2017
  • A performance of Erik Satie's Vexations, a 21-hour uninterrupted concert, using 28 pianist from UNF and the surrounding community.
  • Tim Albro (Jacksonville), art installation at UNF.
  • Mark Creegan (Jacksonville), a durational performance art event at UNF.

Fall 2016
  • Eric De Luca (Reykjavík, Iceland), a sound art installation and a class visit and lecture presentation.
  • Jaap Blonk (Arnhem, The Netherlands), a sound art installation and a class visit and lecture presentation on Dada.
  • Jed Rasula, Ph.D., (University of Georgia), an evening public lecture on Dada, and a class visit and lecture on the same topic.


Spring 2016​
  • William Baskinski (Los Angeles, CA) An evening concert of contemporary electronic music.


Fall 2015
  • Tatsuya Nakatani (Osaka, Japan) and Michel Doneda (Paris, France). An evening of percussion and saxophone improvisations.
  • Jaap Blonk (Arnhem, The Netherlands), in a performance of Antonin Artaud's "To Be Done With the Judgement of God."
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Fall 2014
  • Rae Armantrout, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, (University of San Diego), giving a public reading (as well as meeting with  UNF undergraduate poetry students).
  • Marta Werner, Ph.D., (Loyola University), an evening public lecture on Emily Dickinson, and a class visit and lecture on the poet.​
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