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Choir performance at Lovefeast 2024

Wrapping up the semester

Happy holidays from Wake the Arts

Photos from a vibrant semester of arts on campus

Caiya Hanks '26

Performance on the stage and the field

Caiya Hanks '26 talks about being a soccer star and theatre minor

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Jesmyn Ward discusses her work

Talking with Jesmyn Ward

Acclaimed novelist speaks to student audience

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Two students perform onstage

“Constellations” falls in love for the first time over and over again

The student-produced plays explores parallel universes, relationships and heartbreak

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Students covered in paint

Art, Trauma, and Somatics

Healing in the Paint Splatter Room

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Xiangning

Learning to play with Chinese Ensemble

Xiangning "Sonia" He ('25) talks about playing the guzheng

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Willa Wasserman discusses her practice as a painter in Hanes Art Gallery

Adding to the conversation on trans art

Willa Wasserman visits Hanes Gallery to discuss her practice as a painter

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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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Will Allegra ('05) discusses his work

Wake Forest alumnus spearheads the film industry

Will Allegra ('05) joins WFU students to discuss his career in the industry

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Students perform in a digital glitch-inspired projection environment

“Love and Information” finds harmony in shocks and glitches

The 90-minute play is jam-packed with 57 glimpses into our modern world

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A Wake Forest student reads a picture book to local school children

Wake Forest launches Center for Literacy Education

The initiative connects campus and community partners

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Theatre students dressed as pirates perform spooky antics

Haunted Tunnels 2024

Behind the scenes of a terrifying tradition

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Blair Newsome '26

Blair Newsome '26

Student artist interview

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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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Evan Harris '26

Evan Harris '26

Student artist interview

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Three performers wave to an enthusiastic audience

World Premieres from icarus Quartet

icarus Quartet performs new works by Higdon, Bresnick and Cuong

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Sawako Nakayasu reads in Hanes Gallery

Sawako Nakayasu reveals the practice behind the poetry

The international poet and translator performs for the Dillon Johnston Writers Reading series

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Steven Dunn and Drew Shamir perform in Hanes Gallery

Literature in Performance

The Dillon Johnston Writers Reading series opens with Steven Dunn and Drew Shamir

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Black performers on stage

International Black Theatre Festival 2024

Collaboration with NC Black Repertory Theatre, Luce Foundation and School of Divinity

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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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Caldwell Tanner (’09) drawing at the computer

For the laughs

From Lilting Banshees to Disney to D&D podcast, Caldwell Tanner (’09) builds a successful and roll-of-the-dice comedy career

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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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Close up of hands drawing with charcoal

The Art of Seeing Anew: Kristi Chan (’15)

Wake Forest Magazine invited five professional photographers who are alumni to return for 48 hours. They zoomed in on the Wake Forest they want you to see.

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a grid of black and white photos by Mark Atkinson (’77)

The Art of Seeing Anew: Mark Atkinson (’77)

Wake Forest Magazine invited five professional photographers who are alumni to return for 48 hours. They zoomed in on the Wake Forest they want you to see.

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A tree in a parking lot

Stopping to notice

An art professor found inspiration in a vast expanse of asphalt when he slowed down to appreciate and film a single tree.

Essay by Joel Tauber

Icarus Quartet is (left to right) pianists Larry Weng (standing) and Christopher Goodpasture (seated), and percussionists Matt Keown and Jeff Stern. Pianist Max Hammond is not pictured here. Photograph courtesy of Frank Hamilton

The Art of Collaboration

icarus Quartet's world premieres

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Mary Wayne-Thomas and Sadie MacDonald ('26) in the costume shop

Caring for costumes

Mary Wayne-Thomas and Sadie MacDonald ('26)

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Art alumna Mattos Paschal ‘14 shares her story in the world of art sales

From Scales to the Sales Room

Art alumna Mattos Paschal ‘14 shares her story in the world of art sales

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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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“The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940”

Theatre stabs into the Fall season

“The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” pulls off humor and suspense

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President Wente walks and talks with Nina Lucas, Professor of Dance

Walk with Wente: Nina Lucas

President Wente walks and talks with Nina Lucas, Professor of Dance

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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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Anthropology Prof. Andrew Gurstelle and URECA Scholar Annelise Witcher (’26) pose for portraits at the LAM Museum and work on reach together about “Efficacy of Photogrammetry Practices for Archival Research and Replication of Artifacts”. Annelise is experimenting with 10 artifacts that pertain to illness or disability across cultures.

3D models for hands-on museum experiences

Anthropology Prof. Andrew Gurstelle and URECA Scholar Annelise Witcher (’26) on photogrammetry and accessibility

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street photography by Evan Harris ('26)

Student artwork opening at OPCD

street photography by Evan Harris ('26)

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Scales Fine Arts building

Wake the Arts this semester

A preview of the semester

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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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Hans Hoffman’s “Phylogenesis”

“Founders Vision” opens at Reynolda House

The private collection celebrates modern American art

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The Lilting Banshees perform onstage

Welcome to Wake

The Lilting Banshees deliver in their first performance this Fall

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headshots of five panelists

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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A group of people at the International Black Theatre Festival gala

WFU and NC Black Rep collaboration ‘Finding Holy Ground’ to spark community conversation

Grant funds two plays featured at International Black Theatre Festival

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A woman looks at a large colorful painting in Hanes art gallery

Student-Acquired Art Collection featured in Burnaway

Eating Chick-Fil-A under the Christian Marclay

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Professor Harry Titus

Remembering Professor Emeritus of Art Harry Titus

Titus brought his love of art history to the classroom where he taught generations of students over 32 years.

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A group of people practice improvisational movement

How Improvisational Movement and Dance Affect the Brain

A Q&A With Wake Forest Researchers Christina Hugenschmidt, PhD, and Christina Soriano

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Poster for

"our wife"

exhibition and artist talk in Venice

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Collage of 2024 seniors

Wake the Arts celebrates the class of of 2024

Meet the future

Read about these brilliant students

WFU Chamber Choir performs in a large church

2024 Chamber Choir On the Road

Tour of the Southeast USA

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An exhibition in Hanes Art Gallery

A Student-Acquired Art Collection Reflects the Times

Wake Forest University is one of the few American institution of higher education to establish a collection of student-acquired art.

Read about the Collection on Hyperallergic

Mary Wayne-Thomas applying makeup for a student actor

Mary Wayne-Thomas

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Brantly Bright Shapiro teaching students in the ballet studio

Brantly Bright Shapiro

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Peter Kairoff stands next to a piano

Peter Kairoff

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Sharon Andrews directs students in costume onstage

Sharon Andrews

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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A group of students on a staircase

2024-25 Wake Forest Fellows announced

Half of them are arts students

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A young person lies down next to a variety of media including VHS tapes, records and cassettes

The Magnolia: Spring 2024

For its fifth edition, The Magnolia explores the music community at Wake Forest and in the broader Winston-Salem area

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A group of students at Speas Elementary

How the performing arts can teach kids concepts in science

Wake Forest partners with Speas Elementary for innovative program

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A student plays the violin

Giles-Harris music competition redefines performance

WFU music students compete for cash prizes

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A group of students near a colorful mural in New York City

2024 student art-acquisition trip selections unveiled

Students continue Wake's 60-year tradition

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A group of people at a film festival

‘RiverRun’ offers opportunities for WFU film students to shine

The University is well-represented at this year’s RiverRun International Film Festival

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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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Professor Sule james

"Art is what it takes to be human."

Sule James is guiding his students toward a deeper understanding of humanity through art.

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Students perform on stage

WFU Theatre closes season with ‘Urinetown’

Urinetown is a wickedly funny, fast-paced, surprisingly intelligent musical satire

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Students perform in 19th-century costume

‘Sense and Sensibility’: WFU Theater ‘Combines humor with sentimentality’

The acclaimed production from Wake Forest’s theater department transported viewers to another period

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Luthier Garrett Lee

Physics & Guitar/Lute Construction

Luthier Garrett Lee works with physics and music students

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WFU Press publishes two books by award-winning Belfast poet Stephen Sexton

WFU Press publishes two books by award-winning Belfast poet Stephen Sexton

Wake Forest University Press is proud to reissue both titles

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"Words, Music, Memory"

Songs commemorating the Holocaust

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Sona Tatoyan ('00)

The Storyteller

Sona Tatoyan's ('00) discovery of 100-year-old shadow puppets in a "magic box" in a war zone inspires hope and healing.

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Poster for the film

Maestro

Panel and Film Screening

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United documentary film

“UNITED” pleads for solidarity amidst Crystal Towers crisis

Documentary captures a pivotal moment in Winston-Salem’s ongoing housing crisis

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Lorenzo Steele

Artist Lorenzo Steele Jr. offers a sobering look into the American prison system

‘Behind These Prison Walls’ author’s work was on display at Scales Fine Arts Center

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Chalkboard with poetry notes

‘Quantum Poetics’ marries quantum physics and poetry

Professor Amy Catanzano discusses her groundbreaking work across multiple disciplines

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Exhibition

Exhibit, performance commemorate voices from the Holocaust

Exhibition combines literature, music and performance

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A woman walks through an art gallery

Hanes Gallery allows guests to feel art and spark conversation

WFU leading the way in art gallery accessibility

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Artist presents portrait to an athlete

Kyan Patel ('27) builds business by painting portraits of North Carolina's biggest athletes

Patel is an art and economics major

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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 students looking at Bura artifacts

The Future of the Past

How Wake Forest is Collaborating to Reimagine Cultural Preservation

More about blockchain and art

A piece of art by artist Dread Scott resembling a passport

Hanes Gallery/Paul Bright, American artist Dread Scott, and Cristin Tierney Gallery partner on installation at ‘La Biennale di Venezia’

Alumna and gallery director on the international stage

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Dr. Lisa Sponcler Norman (’93)

A Writing Promise

Dr. Lisa Sponcler Norman (’93), surgical pathologist and mom of four, reignited a childhood passion as a way to give back.

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New gallery exhibit highlights six decades of art ‘Of the Times’

Celebrating 60 years of Wake Forest University student-acquired contemporary art

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Isata Kanneh Mason seated at the piano in front of a colorful background

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to perform at Secrest Series

The concert will feature internationally renowned British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason

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A group of people on stage in a fashion show.

AfriCasa presents ‘Walking in a Winter Afro-Land’

Beza Zelalem (‘26) shares her experience participating in the fashion show, which highlighted African diasporic groups

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Two book covers

Two WFU Press titles included in year-end roundups

WFU Press is the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America.

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Scales Fine Arts Center on a Fall day

Artistry Unveiled

A Conversation with Yan Cheng (‘19) and Caroline Perkins (‘16)

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Inaugural Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence Award winner Debbie Allen in Wait Chapel with President Susan Wente.

Debbie Allen moves and inspires

Inaugural Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence

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A young man

A Poet Without A Country

Enzo Menghini ('25) on finding his artistic voice

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Three women in conversation onstage.

In conversation with Debbie Allen

Wake Forest welcomed Debbie Allen to campus this week to receive the inaugural Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence Award

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A woman performs onstage

‘Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom’

The play gives a topical testimony to a uniquely American story

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Two women perform traditional Chinese dance and opera

‘Doing nothing to achieve everything’

Asian philosophical wisdom blossoms in Chinese dance and operas

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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 group of designers stands next to a Barbie-themed car

The Voice of Barbie

For Carrie Buse (’89), a career at Mattel has been “Kenough,” providing a path from copywriting to design and innovation.

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Actors perform on stage

Theatre presents Civil Rights Drama

Based on the award-winning memoir by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

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Dublin Guitar Quartet

Secrest Artists Series to host the Dublin Guitar Quartet

Dublin Guitar Quartet is the first classical guitar quartet entirely devoted to new music

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Musicians onstage

WFU Symphony to host award-winning trumpeter and educator Courtney D. Jones

“Paving the Way” is an interdisciplinary concept designed to magnify underrepresented composers and musicians

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Slavery, Race and Memory Project

Slavery, Race and Memory Project hosts film screening & panel discussion

panelists discussed social relevance, artistic merit, and other issues

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A woman stands near a bridge

The dramaturgy of ‘Turning 15 On the Road to Freedom’

The research behind making Wake Forest’s new musical as impactful as possible

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Peter Kairoff playing piano

Kairoff inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame

Professor recognized for "fostering passion, creativity and discipline in the next generation of piano artists.”

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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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Three performers onstage

Eerie secrets reach a fever pitch in ‘Witness for the Prosecution’

WFU theatre’s fall show steps into the intriguing world of Agatha Christie

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A group of people at a film festival

OUT at the Movies

Opening night event

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A man speaks into a microphone in an art gallery.

A pair of poetic evenings break political, artistic boundaries

The Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series brings four poets and performers to campus

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Variations in the Dream of X

Variations in the Dream of X

Performance & poetry reading

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Jason Moran and the Bandwagon

Jazz pianist opens Secrest Artists Series Sept. 21

featuring Jason Moran and The Bandwagon

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A man appears twice—as an orchestra conductor and playing a video game

What’s driving diverse audiences to symphonic music? Video games

Aaron Hardwick explains how video games are creating a new generation of classical music fans

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A woman learns about art on her phone

Wake Forest launches a new digital guide to art collections, exhibitions

The University joins more than 200 cultural institutions around the globe on Bloomberg Connects app

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Artist Melissa Godoy Nieto in Hanes Art Gallery

Melissa Godoy Nieto

Artist in residence in Hanes Art Gallery

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Artist Carl E. Hazlewood in Hanes Art Gallery

Carl E. Hazlewood

Artist in residence in Hanes Art Gallery

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A Black man performs with a turntable

9th Wonder details the history of hip-hop during master’s course

9th Wonder teaches courses at Wake Forest University

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Ronaldo V. Wilson in Hanes Gallery

Ronaldo V. Wilson

Artist in residence at Hanes Gallery

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A medieval stained glass window

A Secret History in Plain Sight

With persistence and innovation, materials scientist Laura Ware Adlington (’10) delved past what meets the eye at Canterbury Cathedral to solve a mystery and make history.

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A group of happy people gathered together in a beautiful plaza in Spain

Wake Forest Chamber Choir Tour 2023

Take a journey with WFU Chamber Choir to see the sights and sounds of southern Spain and Portugal

Experience our travelog

Chase Clark ('26)

Chase Clark ('26) helps young musicians to take stage at Carnegie Hall

Middle to high-school-aged kids from the Piedmont Triad perform

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A collage of portraits of graduating seniors.

Arts Seniors Spotlight 2023

The Class of '23 is off to change the world

Meet the future

J. D. Wilson admires artwork in Hanes Gallery

Distinguished Arts Ambassador

J. D. Wilson (’69, P ’01) is a living legend at Wake Forest and in the arts community of Winston-Salem

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dancers onstage in front of a blue background

Dance Concert

Photos from the 2023 Student-Choreographed Dance Concert

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A man in an art studio

David Finn

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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A man wearing headphones at a basketball game

Kevin Bowen

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Large painting in an art museum.

The Art Connector

Caitlin Berry (’09) makes public access and community conversations a focal point as director of the new Rubell Museum DC.

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A man and woman pose for a photo

Reflecting the Spirit of Pro Humanitate

J.D. Wilson (’69, P ’01) receives the Distinguished Alumni Award

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Two performers under a blossoming tree onstage

Chinese drama club BiMoo in ‘Unborn’

The play addresses the One-Child Policy

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Two women sing together onstage.

Ellie Howell ('25) sings with Kristin Chenoweth

A surprise performance with a legend.

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Two large paintings in a storage facility.

Reflecting the times

Every three years, students travel to New York to buy contemporary art. But what happens to it when it gets here?

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A group of people in an art gallery.

‘Artivists’ bring together art and local activism

The organization is partnering with stArt gallery to display their sustainably made collection

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Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen named ‘Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence’

Emmy award-winning director and producer is inaugural recipient

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A group of enthusiastic students attending an arts festival.

Wakeville

WFU's First Student-Organized Arts Festival

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Three people sit for a panel in front of an impressive set onstage.

Waiting for Gunderson

Playwright Lauren Gunderson attends Wake Forest’s acclaimed production of her work, ‘Silent Sky’

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Actors take a bow on stage

Silent Sky

A peek at WFU Theatre's fantastic production

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Georgia Kathryn Duncan

Creativity during COVID-19

Georgia Kathryn Duncan ('25) discusses her quarantine hobby

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Stage designer Héba Elkomy

Winner of international scenic design competition to stage WFU Theatre’s production of ‘Silent Sky’

Egyptian stage designer Héba Elkomy's work selected

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Black Student Alliance’s Celebration of Black Arts

Celebration of Black Arts

Highlights from Black Student Alliance’s Celebration of Black Arts

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A woman wearing a head scarf presents an exhibition to a group of people.

WFU students explore redlining, art and local history

“Undesign the Redline” is a national exhibit exploring the history of racism and inequality.

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Zac Contreras

Deacon Profile: Zac Contreras

The senior’s artwork is on display at the stArt gallery

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Kate T. Parker (’98)

Force of Nature

Photographer Kate T. Parker (’98) couldn’t be stopped in creating a career that led to best-selling books about the power of letting girls and boys be themselves.

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A young woman sings onstage in front of a piano and accompanist.

Music department encourages recognition for unsung heroes

Students perform the works of Florence Price at a recent concert

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Cameron Michles

Play by Cameron Michles (’23) featured in festival

The play was among six winning plays to be featured in Barter Theatre’s College Playwrights Festival

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A young woman and young man on stage in period attire.

‘Three Sisters’ brings 19th century Russia to the stage

The production tells the story of sisters who dream of moving to Moscow to pursue a more meaningful life.

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A young woman outdoors on a swing.

WFU senior turns her passion for sustainability into art

Gretchen Castelloe ('23) is helping develop the university’s first interdisciplinary arts festival

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A grid with four young people in a digital meeting

A Conversation with Sarah Slappey ('06) & Mitchell Anderson ('07)

catching up with alumni at stArt Gallery

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A theatre production

Wake Forest student makes theater more accessible

Cameron Michles ('23) researches how theaters can include audiences with sensory issues

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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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Alice Hauser

Deacon Profile: Alice Hauser

Hauser ('23) was named as a Rhodes Scholar recipient

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Native American artists in a museum

Ramson Lomatewama Residency

Hopi artist, poet, and educator joins colleagues

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A black man with a tattoo on his back stand in a driveway

Wake the Arts to collaborate on the debut of ‘ArtCities’

Guilty by Association (GBA) is dedicated to raising visibility for underrepresented artists

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Black Fire poster image

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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A man speak on stage in a chair next to a sign

How To Be Perfec (t)

Michael Schur, writer/producer of “The Good Place” and “Parks and Recreation,” visits Wake Forest

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An orchestra rehearsal

Paving the Way

Elevating women composers

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Songbird logo

Songbird Musical Service spreads musical joy

The newly-founded club pays weekly visits to a local assisted-living facility

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Meredith Mulhearn (’01)

Green with Wonder

From precise botanical illustrations to surprising QR codes, artist Meredith Mulhearn (’01) stays rooted in the natural world.

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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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JuCoby Johnson and Eljon Wardally

NC Black Rep and Wake Forest announce winning playwrights

"Finding Holy Ground" plays are collaboration among School of Divinity, NC Black Rep and Wake the Arts

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Harvest Moon Festival 2022

Harvest Moon Festival 2022

hosted by Asian Student Interest Association

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A group of musicians onstage

Sones de México Ensemble

Mexican folk music performances

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THM Gellar-Goad

Classical Performance Grant

Gellar-Goad receives largest-ever federal grant earned by a WFU humanities professor & award from Women’s Classical Caucus

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Student in front of artwork

ArtChats

Students share favorite works from the WFU Art Collections

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poet Michael Longley

Michael Longley Wins Feltrinelli International Poetry Prize

Wake Forest University Press has published Michael Longley’s poetry in the United States since 1981.

more about Michael Longley

Allison Perkins

Presidential appointment for Allison Perkins

Perkins was appointed by President Biden to the National Museum and Library Services Board

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HiddenSTEM: Engineering Portraits

HiddenSTEM: Engineering Portraits

Commission: portraits of underrepresented figures in STEM fields

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A person paints on a ceramic bowl

Kintsugi and the virtue of resilience

The Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with liquid gold

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Dancers perform onstage

Summer Dances

An Evening of Dance and Music

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objects arranged in museum display

LAM Museum of Anthropology Embraces International Student Realities

exhibition highlights how international Chinese students navigate between invisibility and hypervisibility

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Iyana Trotman ('24)

Politics of Black Art & Education

Iyana Trotman ('24) shares her URECA-funded research

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Caitlin Berry (’09)

Caitlin Berry (’09) directs Rubell Museum

Berry was appointed to be the inaugural director of forthcoming complex in Washington, DC

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National Black Theatre Festival

National Black Theatre Festival underway this week

Productions at WFU are being held at the Scales Fine Arts Center in the Tedford Mainstage Theatre

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a Black man in a sweater

9th Wonder to teach the culture and history of hip-hop

Grammy Award-winning producer, DJ, lecturer, and Winston-Salem native

Listen to an interview

Aaron J. Hardwick

Gaming and Music

WFU Symphony Orchestra's new director loves the diversity of video games

Read about Aaron J. Hardwick

Choir students pose together in a church

Chamber Choir Tour

See performances from the inaugural Spring Tour

See the Virtual Booklet

A group of students in the highlands of Scotland on a cloudy day

The Art of Meditation

WFU Students Follow Ancient Pilgrimage Route Across Scotland

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A woman smiles, surrounded by scientific diagrams

Higgs Boson: The Cosmic Glyph

To mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson, the poet Amy Catanzano celebrates the Higgs in verse

Read the poem

A group of students in Italy

LUV It (Vesuvius)

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

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Lynn Book

Lynn Book

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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David Hagy

David Hagy

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

Read about David Hagy

A collage of Arts Seniors from the WFU Class of 2022

Arts Seniors Spotlight: Class of '22

Hitting the ground running

Learn about a few of our graduating seniors

Student-Choreographed Dancers

Dance Concert

Student-Choreographed Dance Concert: Spring 2022

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Student Performers Examine the Arts’ Influence On Their Character

student performers share their reflections about the arts during a time when the pandemic prevented them from performing

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Students at the Venice Biennale

Our Guide to the Venice Biennale

A guided tour from our Art students

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A surreal painting with a heron and playing cards

The Ultracontemporary

Spring '22 edition of WFU's literary magazine

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A great poet smiles

Migrant Horizons

Poetry and Storytelling in Scenes of Crisis

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Behind the curtain

Hands-on learning for a large-scale musical based on NYC industry practices

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The Magnolia: Spring 2022

Once-a-semester arts and culture magazine

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Leadership and Character in the Arts Showcase

Year End Reception

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Wake The Arts

“Living in Color”

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

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President Wente gives award to J.D. Wilson

Navigating the Art World

A visit from Sandy Heller and a special award for J.D. Wilson

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Jay Buchanan ('17)

The Grid in Millennial Vision

Jay Buchanan ('17) guides us through the exhibition

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Students dance joyfully

"She Loves Me" Brings Frothy, Funny, Sweet Song and Dance

Musical receives rave review

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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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Student in BiMoo theatre production

Bringing diversity to the stage

The Bimoo Chinese Theatre Group stages Mandarin theatre

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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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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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Poster for Aeneid: Proem and Vulcan’s Reply

Aeneid: Proem and Vulcan’s Reply

Poetry and performance

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Quynh Vu

Life Through the Lens: Quynh Vu

Grappling with expectations of the art made by women of color

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Yo Yo Ma performs with students

The Power of Music

Yo Yo Ma on Art, Life and Happiness

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New stArt exhibit features student photography

A brand new Wake Forest digital photography class displays their work in local art gallery

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For the Love of Art

Wake Forest’s premier art collection gets a new name and lots of love

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Stylized artwork by Caroline Suber

Artist Spotlight: Caroline Suber

Art as a mirror

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Professors James Dodding and Thane McDonald

The show must go on!

Alumni share in the applause.

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Claire Chase & Levy Lorenzo

Collaborations

Claire Chase & Levy Lorenzo

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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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U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

"Food for minds and spirits"

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo performs on campus

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Black Joy: Centering Community & Individual Expression

Artworks in diverse media by Black creators

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Fresco depicting Black woman leading congregation

'Theirs is the Kingdom’

Filmmaker and Wake Forest faculty member Christopher Zaluski (MFA ’13) documents the making of a holy fresco, an ancient technique with a modern message to see the invisible among us.

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Abstract painting by Maggie Hodge

Artist Spotlight: Maggie Hodge

Exploring aesthetic opposites

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Christina Soriano, Jackie Alexander, and Dean Walton

Henry Luce Foundation to fund discourse on race, justice and religion

Funds to commission two original plays to be presented at the 2024 National Black Theatre Festival

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Ammar Basha

Ammar Basha

Artist Protection Fund Fellow in Residence

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Roadside Assistance

Workshop addressing bias in policing

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Keyword Crossings: Form

humanities, visual arts, and performing arts

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Watercolor painting of upraised hand with veins displayed

Reminiscing on my relationship with art

Selinna Tran ('23) uses art to approach life and emotions

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"In a word, joyful."

Meet PSDA Scholar Gretchen Castelloe ('23)

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Annie Leist

Annie Leist: Beacons

Accessibility and art

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Nazar poster

Nazar: Beauty and Monstrosity under the Gaze of Power

A talk by artist Saba Taj

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Chris Cates

"Not afraid to speak my mind"

Chris Cates ('22) on theatre, queerness, and his journey at Wake

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Yaser Salamah performs

"I am brown, I am Muslim, and I belong here."

Meet PSDA Scholar Yaser Salamah ('22)

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The Art Gallery as Laboratory

The chemistry of art conservation

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Divinity Dean Wlaton

Inspiring moral imagination through art

Divinity Dean Walton works with music, storytelling, theatre

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Elizabeth Pacheco Rose

Rejuvenating the performing arts

Getting back into the swing of things with music professor Elizabeth Pacheco Rose

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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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Framed artwork in Hanes Gallery

“Means of Identification” exhibition opens

Every piece in the collection expresses some sort of timely take on current politics or social issues

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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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Donovan Livingston performs at IdeasCityWS

City of Arts and Ideas

IdeasCityWS Festival marks year of creative collaborations

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Students present their research

Arts at Undergraduate Research Day

Neurodiverse theatre, prison abolition, and fantasy film scores

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Virtual Exhibitions

Check out Virtual Exhibitions from the WFU Art Collections

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ByteSize Learning helps kids learn to code at IdeasCityWS

New startup helps children from 8 to 18 become more software savvy

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"The world is wide"

Meet Dr. Elizabeth Clendinning

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Bentrice Jusu

She’s one of 6 female firefighters in her N.J. department

And that’s just her day job

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An Evening of Dance, Music, and Art

Alums and faculty create summer magic together

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Peggy Smith

Great Houses and Their Stories

Professor emerita and author of a book on Winston-Salem’s architectural history sees the city in a new light in retirement

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Gospel Choir

Exploring the arts at Wake Forest

Wake Forest offers avenues to discover and engage with creative endeavors

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Dancers perform in a historic room

An Evening of Dance, Music & Art

Music Carolina

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Gospel Choir

Were You There?

Gospel Choir performance during the 2021 Easter Service

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Music Carolina

WFU Music and Dance to headline Summerfest

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Arts Seniors Spotlight

2021 Arts Grads excel across disciplines

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Wake Forest Fellows

Two Arts students selected among 10 Fellows

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Heaven Laughs!

Choral Music of Bach & Beethoven

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Teresa Radomski

Teresa Radomski

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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David Levy

David Levy

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Page Laughlin

Page Laughlin

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Louis Goldstein

Louis Goldstein

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Bernadine Barnes

Bernadine Barnes

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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chalk drawing

Behind the Forest

The Philomathesian team's community art project

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Promoting the Arts amidst COVID-19

Virtual performances on campus have allowed for live entertainment for students

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Freeing Dreams ‘Stuck in Notes’

Two alumni create a literary zine for nudging ideas into action, including their own.

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sunlight and outdoor art

$1M Gift for Interdisciplinary Arts

Momentum for the Interdisciplinary Arts Center

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dancers outdoors

Choreography for Climate

How will we fall?

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Still I Rise poster

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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Say Her Name

Choral Collaboration for Justice

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Two singing groups hold outdoor concerts

Minor Variation and Demon Divas performed for students at two separate concerts this week

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Zhane Waye

Noise Makers

Musician, teacher, neuroscientist

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WFU student art purchases unveiled

Reveal the works and hear students talk about the new acquisitions

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SUAAC Acquisitions

A new generation selects contemporary art

See the 2021 artwork

student ballet class

Dancing Together

Community Ballet brings together students, community, faculty

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Giles-Harris Winners

44th Annual Awards

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Earth Day show

presented by Wayward Fashion

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Studio Art major; Theatre, History, & Creative Writing minors

Meet Kaylah Bozkurtian (’22)

Studio Art Major. Theatre, History, & Creative Writing minors

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence Award

New award celebrates Pro Humanitate

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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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Chris Gilliam

Christopher Gilliam

Leading with song

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Pandemic Piano

Music to get through tough times

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Gregg Mozgala

Theatre & Dance Department course enhancement

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5 and Under

Young Art alums reconnect and share advice

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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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Hack to the Future

WFU students take Hackathon First Prize

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Celebration of the Black Arts

2021 Archive

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telephone cans

Telephone Game

Creative translation from artist to artist

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Performers

14 Lines For Now

Shakespeare Reimagined

Be Amazed

Tiffany Waddell Tate

Resilient Practices for the Actor

Department of Theatre & Dance Course Enhancement

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Tiffany Waddell Tate

Leading Inclusion

Applying collaboration learned as a theater student

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Kathryn Levy

Center Stage

Flute virtuoso Kathryn Levy takes the stage

Virtual Concert

Black Theatre poster

Black Theatre Insights

Daily insights compiled by Chris Cates ('21)

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Willie Cole

Black Art Matters

Artist Talk by Willie Cole

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Student artists flourish in spite of pandemic challenges

Wake Forest’s talent shows out in the fantastic forms of music and writing

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Paul Bright and Leigh Ann Hallberg

Working Together

Leigh Ann Hallberg and Paul Bright dig in and create during quarantine

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Wake The Arts

Tim Miller

Department of Theatre & Dance course enhancement and public performance

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Alexander Blake

Classical Music and Racial Equity

Alexander Blake ('10) redefines the field

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Wake The Arts

"Oslo" Talk

Department of Theatre & Dance Course Enhancement and Public Talk

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Henrietta Lacks

Art, Research, and Justice Combine

Honoring Henrietta Lacks

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Mixtape

Wake Student Singers Perform In Symphony Valentine’s Day Production

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Wake The Arts

WFU Counseling Master’s Program Course Enhancement

Theatre students simulate therapy situations

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Mark Sucoloski

Putting His Best Foot Forward

Singer-songwriter Mark Sucoloski ('22)

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student painting

Unique Deac

Wake Forest might lead the ACC in budding artists

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Jalen Johnson

Two-Way Artist

Jalen Johnson's two passions

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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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We Wish You A Merry Christmas

A socially-distanced greeting from the choir

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babydoll

Monuments of Community

Students create public art in response to extraordinary times

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toy theater

Redesign For The Soul

DIY in Pro Humanitate style

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Bhangra

Music Department Course Enhancement

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Student performer

Young Voices of Protest

WFU Theatre and NC Black Rep

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Haunted Trails

The Curse of Thyme

Virtual walkthrough experience

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Breaking from traditional art

Student and artist, under the alias Maria Salviadore, sat down to discuss their artistic perspective

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Joel Tauber in baseball uniform

Using Baseball to Build Connections

WFU professor’s film on his 40-day pilgrimage along the U.S.-Mexico border

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Jalen Johnson

Teaming Up for Change

Arts & Athletics

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Connected in the Deep

Connected in the Deep

Audio productions launch Wake Forest Theatre’s fall season

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Facilities cast members

The Making of From The Ground Up

Facilities skill on display in performance of a lifetime

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Panelists from Event

Confronting Complex Issues

Hanes Gallery and Slavery Race and Memory Project host panel discussion

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Wake The Arts

“The Search for Wachovia”

Cultural Performance

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stArtStream

Student video art

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Explorations of Self

Explorations of Self

Black Portraiture from the Cochran Collection

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Theatre class

Week One

Wake Foresters return to campus Fall 2020

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Anna Hustrulid Jarrell paints

100 Faces in 100 Days

Anna Hustrulid Jarrell (’05) paints portraits for COVID-19 relief

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Creativity From Home

Creativity From Home

Expression fuels remote students

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Manifestos

Manifestos!

Students dig deep and take a stand

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Dancer outdoors

Reflecting the Times

When dance goes digital

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Brian Gorelick

Brian Gorelick

Teacher-Scholar Legacies

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Birds of a Feather Learn Together

Arts enliven a new generation

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Creative Connection

Drumming class finds a new rhythm

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Record collection

Pink Floyd vs. Pink

Modern music class bridges generations

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Paul Bright in Hanes Gallery

Beyond Cut and Paste

Collage before, after, and including Motherwell

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Shadow Puppet

Shadow Puppet Screens

Traditional Balinese performance goes virtual

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Birds 101

Wake Forest students head to Florida to photograph birds

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Student playing guitar

Giles-Harris Music Competitions

43rd Annual Giles-Harris Music Competitions

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Beijing Opera Story Tile

Living Tradition

Beijing Opera comes to Wake Forest

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Celeste Allen reflected in Olaffur Eliasson sculpture

On Art and the Heart: My London Story

An alumna shares her fresh perspectives after touring museums in her adopted home city abroad with new Deacon friends.

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Music Professor David Levy

Beethoven at 250

Why does Beethoven's music matter today? Ask Wake Forest music professor David Levy.

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Cast of Ever In The Glades

Finding A Way Out

WFU Theatre's Production of "Ever In The Glades"

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Lainey Drake

Lainey Drake

Wake Forest sophomore named Brooke Owens Fellow

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Monet Beatty

Breathe

An interview with Monet Beatty ('20)

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Marc Palmieri

Marc Palmieri ('94) Came to Play Baseball and Left a Playwright

“It allowed me to stumble into something that I fell in love with”

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Interior of Hanes Gallery

Ripped Off and Pasted On

Exhibition at Wake Forest highlights Robert Motherwell’s forays in collage

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How Allison Orr (’93) worked her magic to win over a host of skeptical carpenters, custodians and landscapers to put on a show.

Under Her Spell

How Allison Orr (’93) worked her magic to win over a host of skeptical carpenters, custodians and landscapers to put on a show.

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Alex Acquavella

Arts Experiences to Last a Lifetime

How Alex Acquavella (’03) plans to bring the arts more to the forefront at Wake Forest.

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Students Shadow Workers Behind the Scenes

Students Shadow Workers Behind the Scenes

‘You know they’re there, … but you don’t realize how much goes into it day by day’

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Director of Photography Ken Bennett shares a few favorite photographs that serve as defining images of the movement, spirit and multifaceted creativity abounding in the fine arts scene at Wake Forest.

Inside / Outside Scales

Director of Photography Ken Bennett shares a few favorite photographs that serve as defining images of the movement, spirit and multifaceted creativity abounding in the fine arts scene at Wake Forest.

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Hillary Heard Baack

A Call to the Stage

Hillary Heard Baack (’02) thrives in film and on stage with an outsider’s acute observing of human nature and stories.

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Aha! Moments

The moment they knew they wanted a life in the Arts

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Jeannette Sorrell (’86) made her way from modest beginnings to the stage of Carnegie Hall as a pioneering female conductor who lets nothing stop her.

A Fiery Vision

Jeannette Sorrell (’86) made her way from modest beginnings to the stage of Carnegie Hall as a pioneering female conductor who lets nothing stop her.

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Bri Butler (’14) dazzles on the Broadway stage in STOMP.

Dancing Machine

Bri Butler (’14) dazzles on the Broadway stage in STOMP.

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Christina Soriano

Shining a Light on the Arts

Christina Soriano aims to give every student access to a transformative experience.

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Allyson Currin

Constant & True – Allyson Currin (’86)

Dreams need power tools, says a Wake Forest alumna who is an award-winning playwright.

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Dan Locklair

From Beach Boys To Bach

Composer Dan Locklair found magic in music.

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Brianna Casini

Art, anthropology, and accounting

Brianna Casini ('19) on creativity and process

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Joel Tauber playing baseball

Border Ball

Joel Tauber's pilgrimage along the U.S.-Mexico border

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Riley Phillips

On the Runway

Riley Phillips ('21) at Vancouver Fashion Week

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Nathaniel Mackey

Nathaniel Mackey's Powerful Performance

Our True Day Begun Soon Come Qu’ahttet

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From The Ground Up Story Tile

From The Ground Up

A Performance on Hearn Plaza Starring WFU Facilities Staff

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Students outside the gallery

stArt @ 10

Alumni reflect on can-do experiences as art entrepreneurs at the student gallery.

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Meagan Hooper '03

Acting Gigs to Finance

Meagan Hooper ('03)

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A Tango Star is Born

Kelly FitzGerald (’17) pivots from handing out Oscars and working in film to competing in a difficult Argentine dance

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video projections

Adding to the Cultural Landscape

Video art on the streets

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Aerial view of Venice

Redeye To Venice

Sean Wilkinson (’15) had an unexpected chance to join Wake Forest students at La Biennale in Venice, Italy

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Sacred Arts of Tibet

Sacred Arts of Tibet

Tibetan Monks create a sand mandala in Hanes Gallery

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Curt Beech '94

Making Movie Magic

Curt Beech ('94) creates the look of 'BlacKkKlansman,' other films, TV shows

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Unity Project

Forty-foot art project celebrates diversity

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Traveler

Xiaoying Yu represents Chinese dance

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Donovan Livingston

Artist as Leader

Lift-off with Donovan Livingston

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Melissa Proctor

From Ball Girl to CMO

Art alumna shares her career journey to the Atlanta Hawks

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The Sweet Sounds of Nashville

Christian Sedelmyer ('07) hits all the right notes in his blossoming music career.

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Art Gallery with Bench

Priceless

The Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art

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Paradise Found

Conservation photographer Carlton Ward Jr. (’98) defends a side of Florida few know

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Zack Chan

Forest Folk

Zack Chan photographs diversity on campus

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Life Into Art

Aaron Fallon (’00) Behind The Camera

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Students in Costume

Collidescope 3.0

World-renowned theatre artist Ping Chong puts on a show with Wake Forest students

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Comedy Tonight

The Play's the Thing

Wake Forest's University Theatre takes front and center

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Mattos Paschal

Student Art Buying Trip

The only university art collection in the country selected by students

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Tintype Photography

Wake Forest students get hands-on with a 150-year-old photographic process

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Performance of No Normal

There Is No Normal

Senior Sarah Fine's theater piece about inclusion and rejection, featuring a cast of actors of varying abilities

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The Literary Maven of Hub City

Sparking a movement to nurture writers and cultivate readers in her hometown

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Keith Haring print

On Tour with the Wilsons

An inside look at the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art

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Michael Barron

A Funny Thing Happened to Michael Barron

Twenty-five years after falling in love with theatre at Wake Forest, he returns to honor venerable professor Harold Tedford

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Catherine Woodard

Catherine Woodard (’80)

Art changed her personal history — and Wake Forest's

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Jenny Moore

Out of This Art World

Jenny Moore ('95) left the frenetic New York art scene to oversee an extraordinary museum in the middle of nowhere.

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Kate Lambert (’03)

‘Teachers’ brings books — and baggage

Kate Lambert (’03) TV Pilot

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A group of students take notes on a two-person interaction

Afternoon at the improv

Taking on roles has taken on new meaning for a group of theatre students helping to train counseling students.

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Hands holding ceramic art

Boundary Hopping

Jan Detter's creative spirit shines from the community to the classroom

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Emmy Red Carpet

Emmy-Winning Stars

Two clever computer junkies turn classic film into award-winning Web broadcast

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Documentary Filmmakers

To Tell the Truth

Compelling stories and a sense of social responsibility drive the new Documentary Film Program

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