SUNY Potsdam's LoKo Arts Festival highlights campus creativity
POTSDAM, N.Y. (WWTI) — SUNY Potsdam brings together campus and community with its annual celebration of creativity… the LoKo Arts Festival.
The 2025 LoKo Arts Festival will feature an array of free events highlighting the beauty and complexity of the visual, language and performing arts. The festival will run from Tuesday, April 30, to Sunday, May 5.
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SUNY Potsdam students talent and creativity will be on full display throughout the LoKo Festival, from choreography to poetry to artwork. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the arts and experience the joy and creativity of the SUNY Potsdam campus at the height of the spring semester. Check out all the events and the downloadable schedule:
Jason Chin, Guest Author & Illustrator from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Rebecca V. Sheard Literacy Center;Rocks Revealed: Nature's Hidden Beauty Opening from 5 to 6 p.m., Dr. Page Quinton, Timmerman Commons;Verismo Presents: Construction & Creation: An Interactive, Free Improvisation Workshop at 7:30 p.m., Rehearsal Room C119, Crane;
BIG INK from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., PAC Lobby, PAC;Matthew Carey Salyer Reading at 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU;Spring Dance Concert 2025 at 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC;
BIG INK from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., PAC Lobby, PAC;Crane Spring Festival Concert at 7:30 p.m., Hosmer Hall Watch the livestream HERE;Spring Dance Concert 2025 at 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC;
North Country Claw to Day 1;• Overwatch 2: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.• Mario Kart: 1 to 4 p.m.• Rocket League: 4 to 6 p.m.• Pokemon Showdown: 6 to 8 p.m.Art-in-the-Quad from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Academic Quad;Madfest from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Bandshell, Marshall Park;Spring Dance Concert 2025 at 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC;
North Country Claw to Day 2;• Smash Melee: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.• Rivals of Aether II: 2 to 5 p.m.• Smash Ultimate: 5 to 9 p.m.Spring Dance Concert 2025 at 2:00 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC.
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Kathryn Kofoed Lougheed '54 and Donald Lougheed (Hon. '54) founded the LoKo Arts Festival in 2012 to bring the campus festival tradition back to Kathy's alma mater.
For more information, you can visit SUNY Potsdam's website.
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