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 […]
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 Wake Forest University Symphony Orchestra welcomes our new Orchestra Director Dr. J. Aaron Hardwick to the podium and features award-winning faculty pianist Larry Weng performing Clara Schumann’s powerful Concerto in A minor. The WFUSO will close the evening with Beethoven’s iconic and moving […]
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 […]
Tuesday, September 27, 5:30pmScales Fine Arts Center Room 102 Ammar Basha will screen his documentary and host a premiere script reading of his new screenplay. Ammar Basha is an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence at Wake Forest University. The Artist Protection Fund […]
Bioethics professor Ana Iltis brought Dr. Gretchen Case into two classes in the Bioethics, Humanities and Medicine minor. Case brought incredible expertise in integrating arts into medical school and other health sciences education. The 65 BHM students, many of whom plan to pursue careers in […]
Songbird is an IAC-funded student-organized service club providing musical therapy to local residents diagnosed with dementia. The students connect with them for an hour, employing body language and communication skills tailored specifically to those with dementia to make them feel at ease. Through trial and […]
Saturday, September 17, 9:30-11pmRing Theatre In collaboration with the Department of Theatre and Dance, the LGBTQ+ Center and Wake the Arts, Will Nolan (’94) brings Leola, a 72-year-old redneck lesbian who loves Jesus, Kelly Clarkson, and casseroles, to Wake this Homecoming Weekend to celebrate 10 […]
September 8-10, 2022 Sones de México Ensemble is the country’s premier folk music organization specializing in Mexican ‘son’, including the regional styles of huapango, gustos, chilenas, son jarocho, and more. Brendle Recital Hall, Wake Forest UniversityThursday, September 8, 7:30pm Musical performance and lecture presentation on “Music […]
This project merged the arts with STEM disciplines through an arts commission by Engineering faculty Erin Henslee and Lauren Lowman. They commissioned student artist Julia Powers (‘23) to create 9 portraits of underrepresented figures in STEM fields. These paintings were then digitized into postcards […]
