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Young, Gifted and Black

Blue Dancer, painting by Tunji Adeniyi Jones

Hanes Art Gallery at Wake Forest University is pleased to announce Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, an exhibition that highlights artists of African descent whose work explores identity, politics and art history from January 23 – March 29, 2025. 


Young, Gifted, and Black: A BSA Affair

Poster for BSA event

Saturday, March 1, 6pm-10pmHanes Art Gallery and University Activity Space “Young, Gifted, and Black: A BSA Affair” is a formal event held to continue the celebration of Black excellence beyond Black History Month. This evening will honor the strength, perseverance, and talent of Wake Forest’s Black student body, both present and past, highlighting […]


Sick-Amour: A Love Story

Joel Tauber digs

Sick-Amour: A Love Story (2024) a film by Joel Tauber Screening & Reception: March 3, 2025Scales Fine Arts Center, Film Screening: Room 102 | Reception: Scales Lobby Sick-Amour: A Love Story (2024) celebrates the forlorn and lonely Tree that Joel Tauber adopts in the middle of a giant parking […]


We Were Here

Still from "We Were Here"

We Were Here The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe Film screeningMonday, March 3, 2025 5pm to 7pmZSR Auditorium We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe sheds light on the overlooked presence of African and Black individuals […]


Art, Trauma, and Somatics

Students covered in paint

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. […]


A magical wish comes true

A young girl happily performs onstage with Wake Forest students

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

Student performer

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 […]


Art, Activism, and the Anthropocene

Black and white print by Mary Mattingly

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 […]


Lion Dance Show and Outdoor Film Screening

Traditional lion dancers perform

Friday, October 25, Manchester Plaza 6:30pm Lion Dance Show & Workshop by Thundering Wave Martial Arts7:30pm Outdoor Film Screening: I am What Am 雄獅少年(2021) Brought to you by: Rain Location: Annenberg Forum, Carswell Hall 111 For more information, contact Professor Ziyi Geng gengz@wfu.edu


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