{"id":140531,"date":"2023-08-22T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=140531"},"modified":"2023-08-22T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:21:56","slug":"vicki-oleen-this-artsgala-is-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/08\/22\/vicki-oleen-this-artsgala-is-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicki Oleen, this ArtsGala is for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_140536\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/08\/22\/vicki-oleen-this-artsgala-is-for-you\/victoria-oleen-theatre-arts-managing-director-theatre-dance-motion-pictures8-6-15\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-140536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140536\" class=\"wp-image-140536 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2023\/08\/Victoria-Oleen-03-8-15-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-140536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicki Oleen<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\" data-wp-editing=\"1\">It can be said that every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/artsgala\">ArtsGala<\/a> is special, but the most recent one was more so. That\u2019s because it was the last one for Vicki Oleen, who is retiring after 48 years with Wright State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As managing director in the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberal-arts.wright.edu\/fine-and-performing-arts\">School of Fine and Performing Arts<\/a>, Oleen played a large role in making every ArtsGala happen since its inception in 2000. So much so that the recent event was dedicated to her. At ArtsGala\u2019s opening ceremony, she was presented with a bouquet of flowers and a bouquet<br \/>\nof praise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She first became involved when the art, music, and theatre, dance, and motion picture departments prepared to stage the inaugural event. \u201cI was asked to work with everyone to coordinate\u2014it was the first time we transformed the Creative Arts Center into an entertainment venue. I then did it every year. I love ArtsGala.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Oleen continued, \u201cThere\u2019s something special about everyone coming together and working together, especially in the week before. It\u2019s good for the students to have the opportunity of putting together a show with short rehearsals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She shares the success with students who helped her. \u201cI\u2019ve always had student stage managers. Without them it would be difficult. For them, it\u2019s about event planning in addition to stage managing. It\u2019s part of their education without them being in a classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Anna Hunter, a theatre design technology major concentrating on stage management and property art, helped Oleen during the 2022 and 2023 ArtsGalas. \u201cShe\u2019s fantastic about letting students take the lead and supporting them when they need it,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cI adore Vicki. She\u2019s a wonderful, wonderful woman. It\u2019s been an incredible learning experience that I wouldn\u2019t necessarily have received in a lot of other places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As for Oleen retiring, Hunter said, \u201cA piece of my heart will go with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>This article was originally published in the fall 2023 issue of the Wright State Magazine. Read more stories at\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/wright.edu\/magazine\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>wright.edu\/magazine<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As managing director in the School of Fine and Performing Arts, Vicki Oleen played a large role in making every ArtsGala happen since its inception in 2000. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/08\/22\/vicki-oleen-this-artsgala-is-for-you\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":140537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,733,4309,4312,4859,725,747,4827,715,2024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-alumni","category-alumni-association","category-artsgala","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-home-news-sidebar","category-liberal-arts","category-magazine","category-news","category-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140531"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140704,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140531\/revisions\/140704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}