Campus visit by Dr. David Odo, Director of Academic and Public Programs, Division Head and Research Curator Harvard Museums. Through a series of class visits, workshops and lectures, Dr. Odo engaged with WFU students and faculty in Art and East Asian Languages and Culture, staff […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As a course enhancement for Wanda Balzano’s study abroad program in Italy WFU Learning Under Vesuvius, the IAC supported a curated collection of diverse local music and dance traditions and events that were co-sponsored by the Sant’Anna Institute. The programming included a lecture and demonstration […]
April 28, 2022, Starling Hall Patio In conjunction with the Program for Leadership and Character, the IAC hosted our Student Advisory Committee, AY 21-22 grant recipients, and students and faculty involved in the production of Performing Character, from Stage to Page. An informal final meeting with our […]
Spring 2022, Benson Hall Following a field trip to Happy Hills Association and a tour of the surrounding Winston-Salem neighborhood, students created art pieces to be displayed in Benson Hall. The exhibition “Silence” showed what they had learned in the class; it was a huge […]
March 24, 2022 Cornelio Campos, an important pillar of the regional Latinx arts scene for more than 15 years, shares his work during with the WFU community. His work thematizes immigrant experiences and transnational social struggles often combined with traditional cultural imagery. His paintings have […]