Projects

Learn about projects funded by the Wake the Arts Center.

Students covered in paint

Art, Trauma, and Somatics

Healing in the Paint Splatter Room

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A young girl happily performs onstage with Wake Forest students

A magical wish comes true

Make a Wish Foundation partners with Wake the Arts to bring a wish to the stage

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Student performer

On Knowing: A Symposium

A discussion in partnership with Department of Theatre and Dance’s Production of Caryl Churchill’s "Love & Information"

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Black and white print by Mary Mattingly

Art, Activism, and the Anthropocene

artist talk by Mary Mattingly

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Traditional lion dancers perform

Lion Dance Show and Outdoor Film Screening

An evening of performance, food and culture

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A group of people smile at the Out at the Movies film festival opening

OUT at the Movies

Opening Night Screening

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Adam Stone ('95), cinematographer

Adam Stone ('95), director of photography

Critical and Creative Media Masterclass Series

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Still from “Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya”

Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya

Indigenous Peoples Day Film Screening

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Bollywood film screening

and Q&A with actor Anshuman Jha

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Dr. Donovan Livingston

Dr. Donovan Livingston

Leadership, Equity, and Education Speaker Series

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Will Allegra ('05)

Will Allegra (‘05), film producer

Critical and Creative Media Masterclass Series

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Art, Community, and Campus Memorialization

A panel discussion with artists and scholars

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Jacqui Carrasco and Marco Sartor

Tanganza

Faculty and Guest Artist Concert with Jacqui Carrasco and Marco Sartor

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Tim Miller performing

Tim Miller

Internationally renowned performance artist

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A group of people smiling in a dance studio

No Lights No Lycra

Dance and Biomechanics course

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A group of people make art on postcards

Environmental Art Visualization Collaboration 

A collaborative, creative data visualization project

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"our wife"

exhibition and artist talk in Venice

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An excited crowd cheers at an outdoor arts festival performances

Wakeville Arts Festival 2024

Hundreds of students showcased their talent

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Luthier Garrett Lee

Physics & Guitar/Lute Construction

Luthier Garrett Lee works with physics and music students

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"Words, Music, Memory"

Songs commemorating the Holocaust

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Maestro

Panel and Film Screening

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Sona Tatoyan ('00)

Azad (the rabbit and the wolf)

a multimedia theatrical experience by Sona Tatoyan ('00)

Azad: the rabbit and the wolf

A group of boys looking at a landscape

German/Russian Documentaries

Documentaries about humans and the environment

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A Black man plays the trumpet

Paving the Way: Origin Stories

Orchestra concert, guest artist, workshop

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Chinese opera performers

Exploring the Arts of Chinese Dance

Performance, lecture, and workshop

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A large gathering of people in front of an office building

Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR)

2nd Annual Gathering

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A group of people at a film festival

OUT at the Movies

Opening night event

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Variations in the Dream of X

Variations in the Dream of X

Performance & poetry reading

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A diverse group of people at a quilt-making workshop

Quilter Learning Lab

Workshop with Kimberly Pierce Cartwright

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Native American artists in a museum

Ramson Lomatewama Residency

Hopi artist, poet, and educator joins colleagues

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Black Fire

Documentary film screening

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Dr. David Odo

The Shape of the Collection

“Art” Photographs of Japan in an “Ethnographic” Archive

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Kelema Lee Moses

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

Lecture by Kelema Lee Moses

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Musicians improvise in an art gallery

Itinerario:boarding gate C71

Musicians and audience perform a graphic score

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An orchestra rehearsal

Paving the Way

Elevating women composers

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Wake The Arts

The 24/7 Art Cart for the Business School

Art supplies for students

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A smiling group of people

Ammar Basha Screening & Script Reading

Artist Protection Fund filmmaker from Yemen

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Wake The Arts

Bioethics and the Arts

Integrating arts into medical school education

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Students gather to sing for dementia patients

Songbird

Students provide musical therapy to local residents diagnosed with dementia

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A drag performer in vibrant clothing

Gay History for Straight People!

a 72-year-old redneck lesbian who loves Jesus

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A group of musicians onstage

Sones de México Ensemble

Mexican folk music performances

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HiddenSTEM: Engineering Portraits

HiddenSTEM: Engineering Portraits

Commission: portraits of underrepresented figures in STEM fields

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Dancers perform onstage

Summer Dances

An Evening of Dance and Music

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A group of students in Italy

LUV It (Vesuvius)

Study abroad enhancement to experience local music, dance, poetry and art

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A great poet smiles

Migrant Horizons

Poetry and Storytelling in Scenes of Crisis

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Leadership and Character in the Arts Showcase

Year End Reception

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“Living in Color”

The Experience of Minorities in the U.S. through Art

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My Roots in Other Lands: Mis raíces en otras tierras

My Roots in Other Lands: Mis raíces en otras tierras

An Artist Conversation with Cornelio Campos

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Swim: Lynn Book Archive

an online portal of experimental projects and research at the intersection of arts, culture, change

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Sona Jobarteh holding a kora

An Evening with Sona Jobarteh

griot from Gambia

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I Gde Made Indra Sadguna

Being Balinese

music, dance, and hands-on experience

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Aeneid: Proem and Vulcan’s Reply

Poetry and performance

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Claire Chase plays a flute

Collaborations: Claire Chase & Levy Lorenzo

An Evening of Works by Pauline Oliveros and others

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Students in an art gallery

Black Joy: Centering Community & Individual Expression

Artworks in diverse media by Black creators

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Roadside poster

Roadside Assistance

Workshop addressing bias in policing

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Keyword Crossings: Form

humanities, visual arts, and performing arts

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Annie Leist

Annie Leist: Beacons

Accessibility and art

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Nazar: Beauty and Monstrosity under the Gaze of Power

A talk by artist Saba Taj

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A man with a guitar performs

The Blues of Achilles

Classical literature, modern folk music, and enduring questions love and grief

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A group of students attends an art conservation presentation

Learning from the Old Masters

Copley, Katz and the Science of Painting Conservation

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Dancers perform in a historic room

An Evening of Dance, Music & Art

Music Carolina

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Still I Rise

Partners in Performance Virtual Choir Collaboration

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A virtual choral performance

Say Her Name

choral collaboration about racial justice

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Dancers perform with live video installation in an art gallery

Interstitial 3

Partners in Performance Dance and Video Installation

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Gregg Mozgala

Theatre & Dance Department course enhancement

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dance performers

“Peony Dreams: On the Other Side of Sleep”

Dept. of History and East Asian Languages and Culture course enhancement

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Tiffany Waddell Tate

Resilient Practices for the Actor

Department of Theatre & Dance Course Enhancement

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Tim Miller

Department of Theatre & Dance course enhancement and public performance

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"Oslo" Talk

Department of Theatre & Dance Course Enhancement and Public Talk

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Wake The Arts

WFU Counseling Master’s Program Course Enhancement

Theatre students simulate therapy situations

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Live & in Color: The Experience of Minorities in the U.S. Through Art

Department of Spanish and Italian Course Enhancement

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man performing bhangra dance

Bhangra

Music Department Course Enhancement

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“The Search for Wachovia”

Cultural Performance

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