When you imagine life on a college campus, you probably think of a place filled with smart, inventive people having inspiring conversations about every subject imaginable. The Wake the Arts Center exists to foster just that.
Drawing together artists, scholars, students, faculty, and staff from every corner of our campus, the Wake the Arts Center uses performance and visual art collaborations—with Chemistry, Religion, History, Politics, Math, Romance Languages, Neuroscience, Documentary Film, and really anything else you can think of—to give us all a place, a time, and a reason to talk to each other about the things we care about.
Executive Committee Members
Christopher Zaluski: co-chair
Christina Soriano: co-chair
Hayden Barnes (Secrest Artists Series)
Brook Davis (Theatre & Dance)
Cagney Gentry (Film)
Steve Morrison (Communications Strategist)
Morna O’Neill (Art & Art History)
Marco Sartor (Music)
Charlene Watkins (Business Manager)
Recently Funded Projects
- Art, Trauma, and Somatics
Art, Trauma, and Somatics: Healing in the Paint Splatter Room In Chemistry professor Jes Bolduc’s First Year Seminar, “Practical Magic: The History, Philosophy, and Art of Chemical Alchemy,” 16 students journeyed to Culture W-S in the Liberty Plaza Building to co-create a collaborative art piece. Through the semester students learned […] - A magical wish comes true
Seven-year-old playwright and actress Gracie shined as she starred in her story, “Queen Cinderella and the Rainbow Magic.” The 15-minute play was performed before a packed audience in Wake Forest’s Ring Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 9. - On Knowing: A Symposium
On Knowing: A SymposiumThursday, November 7, 20246 p.m. Tedford Theatre (Scales Fine Arts Center) How do we ‘know? What is ‘knowing’ and how can you trust the things you think you know? A discussion in partnership with Department of Theatre and Dance’s Production of Caryl Churchill’s Love & Information. With:–Stavroula N.Glezakos: […] - Art, Activism, and the Anthropocene
Mary Mattingly: Art, Activism, and the AnthropoceneNovember 18, 5-6pm, Scales 102 Mary Mattingly is a New York-based artist and a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow. Using photography, sculpture, and public installations, she is currently focused on creating dynamic water clocks that visualize water access and equity.She co-builds ecological systems related to water, […]
