Quilter Learning Lab

A diverse group of people at a quilt-making workshop

Quilter, folk art painter, writer, entrepreneur, and journalist Kimberley Pierce Cartwright (Durham, NC) shared a lecture on the history of African American quilts and led participants in a workshop to create their own quilting projects. Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Arts Center, The Center for Research […]


Ramson Lomatewama Residency

Native American artists in a museum

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Lam Museum brought award-winning Hopi artist, poet, and educator Ramson Lomatewama to campus for a week-long residency. While on campus, Ramson spoke to over 300 students in 10 courses across the disciplines of Anthropology, Creative Writing, Art […]


The Shape of the Collection

Dr. David Odo

Campus visit by Dr. David Odo, Director of Academic and Public Programs, Division Head and Research Curator Harvard Museums. Through a series of class visits, workshops and lectures, Dr. Odo engaged with WFU students and faculty in Art and East Asian Languages and Culture, staff […]


Place, Place-making, and Well-Being in Oceania

Kelema Lee Moses

Assistant professor of Art History Merih Denali organized a powerful visit with Kelema Lee Moses who shared the ancestral relationships and oral storytelling traditions of Pacific Islanders to the land, sea, and sky – to places and spaces. The familial relationships between Kānaka Maoli (Native […]


Itinerario:boarding gate C71

Musicians improvise in an art gallery

Musicians Laurent Estoppey, David Menestres and Polyorchard, with audience involvement, performed from a graphic score provided by Hanes Gallery director Paul Bright as part of his collage-based exhibition Matter of Style at SECCA. When entering the exhibition, the audience was invited to join a […]


The 24/7 Art Cart for the Business School

Undergraduate student Rebekah Lassiter ‘23 organized a physical cart that holds paints, paper, canvases, etc. that lived in Farrell Hall’s lobby so when students felt a creative spark, especially in the evenings when conventional places, like the WakerSpace are closed, they had an outlet for […]


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