AZAD (the rabbit and the wolf)a multimedia theatrical experiencewritten by Sona Tatoyan (’00) in collaboration with Jared Mezzocchi February 1, 20247:30pm, Tedford Stage Those who tell the stories hold the power in this kaleidoscopic, multi-media story-within-a-story-within-a-story blending Armenian and Arabic folklore with Karagöz shadow puppetry. […]
Film screeningsNovember 1 and 8, 2023 The IAC supported a collaboration between the Department of German and Russian with the Documentary Film Program, who together will screen documentaries that engage environmentalist concerns and portray human beings in their interaction with the environment.
Orchestra concert, guest artist, workshopOctober 26-27, 2023 Paving the Way supported a two-day guest artist residency with award-winning trumpeter Courtney D. Jones (Florida Atlantic University). This was a collaboration with the IAC, WFU Symphony Orchestra and the Research Engagement and Collaboration in African-American […]
Performance, lecture, and workshopOctober 26, 2023 Exploring the Arts of Chinese Dance featured a performative talk delivered by Dr. Melody Yunzi Li, Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of Houston, who shared the history and practice of Chinese dance forms with new Wake […]
2nd Annual GatheringOctober 6-7, 2023 ECAR, a non-profit program based in Greensboro, NC at Guilford College provides best practices on how colleges and universities around the globe can become a refuge by assisting them in resettlement. Wake hosted the second annual ECAR Gathering to […]
Opening night eventSeptember 28, 2023 As part of it’s ten year anniversary celebration, Winston-Salem’s OUT At The Movies International Film Festival held its Opening Night Screening at Wake Forest’s Kulynych Auditorium and featured two short documentaries made by Documentary Film Program (DFP) graduate […]
Performance & poetry readingSeptember 12-15, 2023 Cultural theorist and poet Fred Moten was a featured guest in The Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series for two events: a Poet’s Theatre presentation and a night of Poetry Readings & Performances. Alongside transmedia artist Lynn Book, poet and […]
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 […]
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 […]
A collaboration with Art and African American Studies, the screening of the film “Black Fire” was followed by a conversation with Kevin Jerome Everson (William R. Kenan Professor of Art, University of Virginia) and Claudrena N. Harold (Edward Stettinus Professor of History, University of Virginia). […]
