College of Creative Arts Sparkfest
Friday, Apil 17,
Arts Quad
Where students shine on the quad.
FREE
Inspired by the multicultural and multigenerational experience on Miami's campus, our Performing Arts Series seeks to celebrate our richly textured heritage and community. Through this series, we produce a full calendar of events, including chorale and instrumental performances, festivals, and virtual productions.
Where students shine on the quad.
FREE
Experience the power of voices raised together.
Saturday, May 2nd, Oxford Uptown Parks, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., FREE
An Arts and Culture Festival for All Celebrating Communal Joy with Radical Hospitality. Join us for a vibrant festival that honors arts, culture, and the power of togetherness. Rooted in radical hospitality, we welcome you to a space where creativity connects us all. With a shared vision for unity and joy, we invite you to experience a festival where creativity sparks connection, and community comes alive.
Sponsored by the Larry and Mary Geren Lutz Family Fund
The Electric Root Festival Community Choir will close the festival with well known melodies connecting everyone with music. The choir is a collaboration of campus and community, with all backgrounds, beliefs and identities represented.
Interested in Joining the choir? Click the button below for more details and/or sign up!
Join the ChoirThe festival includes activities and performances for kids and adults.
Interactive intentional art activities for ages 0 -99.
Miami Art Education Students get a chance to practice facilitating the art activities they developed in class.
Regional professional musicians, dancers, and more are part of the on stage line up at the festival.
Local students bring their incredible talents to help spread radical joy at the festival.
Grab a taste of the festival from one of the food trucks.
"The group's energy and music was inspirational. At the end, everyone sang Bohemian Rhapsody with the Vitamin String Quartet, and that is an experience I will never forget doing with my friends."
–Audience Member
Vitamin String Quartet Plays the Music of Bridgerton, Oct., 2024
"(They) have an authentic means of expressing in voice and body their feelings of black spirituals and slavery experiences. The music is compelling and addresses deep into the soul of a person. It was glorious!"
–Audience Member
Fisk Jubilee Singers, Sept., 2025
"You could say it was love at first line! Missoula Children's Theatre Summer Drama Camp was a journey of imagination and skills that I could use on and off the stage"
–Bryce
Summer Drama Camp with Missoula Children's Theatre
102 Hall Auditorium
101 S. Campus Avenue
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-6333
PerformingArtsSeries@MiamiOH.edu
The Miller Center for Student Disability Services can assist in coordinating accommodations for university sponsored events. To request accommodations (i.e., sign language interpreters, captioning, materials in alternative format, etc.), please contact the Miller Center at (513) 529-1541, 7-1-1 (TTY-TDD), at least 2 business days prior to the event to ensure the smooth delivery of services.