Wakeville Arts Festival 2024

Collaborate & Celebrate


April 6, 2024

12pm-6pm
Scales Fine Arts Center & Davis Field

Wakeville is a student-led, interdisciplinary arts festival at Wake Forest with many creative offerings in and around Scales Fine Arts Center and Davis Field, including music, dance, theater, visual art, film, comedy and more. On April 6, 2024, Wakeville will shine a spotlight on our campus arts community and showcase the vibrant arts community and entrepreneurial spirit of our creative and committed students.

100+ students. 12+ disciplines. 1 day.
This is your arts community.

A message from Wakeville’s co-directors

Schedule of Events (April 6, 12pm-6pm)

“Flagship Events”

12:00-1:00 Dance Performances (Brendle Hall)
1:00-2:00 Performances in Brendle and in the Breezeway
2:00-3:00 Laugh Tracks (Ring Theatre)
3:00-4:30 Orchestra and Choir (Brendle Hall)
5:00-6:00 Scoby Band (Breezeway)
6:00-7:00 Open Mic performances (Scales M208)

12:00-6:00 Student Art Exhibition (Hanes Gallery lobby – all day)
12:00-6:00 Film Screenings (Scales M208 – all day)


Upper Lobby, Lower Lobby, and Scales Breezeway:

Vendors and Workshops, including…
WakerSpace
WFU Press
World Tea Association
Dr. Hood’s Sonic Laboratory
Kat Tsai: Free LaCroix Sparkling Water
Alice Chong: Clothing Swap & Kandi Bracelet Swap

Davis Field Cul de Sac

1:00-3:00 Food Trucks (SAF and Student Government Sponsored)

Hanes Gallery (Lower Lobby):

12:00-6:00 Student Art Exhibition

Scales M208:

12:00-6:00 Film Screenings, featuring student filmmakers: Parker Beverly, Louie Poore, Christine Dudley, Sydney Johnson, Rodney Wilds, Alissa Simone, Vir Gupta, Evan Harris, Hope Zhu, Maryam Khanum, Rachel Peterson, Claudia Vasbinder, Jack Perez, & Hannah Reynolds
2:30 Discussion Panel for Hope Zhu’s “Welcome(d)”
3:00 Art History Research Presentation: Mackenzie Lael
6:00 Open Mic Night

Scales Breezeway Stage:

12:30 Max and Maggie: A Musical Moment
12:50 Jasmine Marshall
1:15 Minor Variations
1:35 Priya Mendiratta – Kathak Dance
1:55 Demon Divas
2:05 JM Stowers / Gretchen Castelloe
2:15 Wayward Fashion
3:05 Dianna LaTerra
3:25 John Thordsen
4:15 Fifth Son
4:35 Chromatic Chaos
5:15 SCOBY

Brendle Recital Hall:

12:30 Leanna Bernish, Gretchen Castelloe, and Dianna LaTerra (dedicated to Tiffany and Brian Bernish)
12:45 Deacon Dhamaal
1:10 Jazz Ensemble
3:00 WFU Symphony Orchestra
3:45 WFU Choirs

Scales Upper Lobby:

12:55 Marco Li, guitar
1:30 Eric Wang, piano
2:00 Jack Radbill, piano
3:15 Janani Krishnakumar, flute

Ring Theatre:

12:45 AAP Miscast (AAP)
2:30 Laugh Tracks (AAP)

Wakeville 2024 Schedule

Affiliated Faculty and Staff

Faculty Advisor

Christina Soriano, Vice Provost for the Arts

Music Department

Dr. Jacqui Carrasco, Department Chair, Violin
Christopher Gilliam, Assistant Professor of Music & Director of Choral Activities
Aaron Hardwick, Assistant Professor of Music & Director of WFUSO
Julio Jeri, Director of WFU Jazz Ensemble
Marco Sartor, Professor of Music
Liz Thomas, Academic Coordinator
Jean Trowbridge, Academic Coordinator
Larry Weng, Professor of Music

Theater & Dance Department

Brook Davis, Professor of Theatre
Mary Wayne-Thomas, Professor of Theatre, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance

Art Department

Dr. Morna O’Neil, Chair of Department

Creative Writing

Dr. Eric Wilson, Director of Creative Writing

Film

Cagney Gentry, Professor of Communication
Dr. Woodrow Hood, Director of Film and Media Studies
Chris Zaluski, Professor, Documentary Film Program

More Departments

Paul Bright, Hanes Art Gallery
Maya Whitaker, stArt Gallery
Beth McAlhany, Office of Advancement
Wanda Balzano, Professor, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Department

More Office & Groups

Wake the Arts Center
Student Engagement
Student Government
Student Union
stArt gallery
Office of Sustainability
Women’s Center
AAP
Wayward Fashion
Wake Radio
SCOBY

A group of enthusiastic students attending an arts festival.