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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
March 18, 2022 at 5 pm, Benson 401B Experience an evening with Sona Jobarteh, a griot from the West African nation of Gambia, on Friday, March 18 from 5-6 pm. As a griot, Sona is a highly-trained instrumentalist who performs on the kora and whose […]
March 17, 2022 at 6 pm, The Lam Museum of Anthropology The Lam Museum welcomes I Gde Made Indra Sadguna, a musicology doctoral candidate specializing in Balinese gamelan, and Made Ayu Desiari, who specializes in Balinese dance. Indra will speak about the many ways of […]
February 24, 2022, 6 pm, Brendle Hall On February 24, the Secrest Artists Series will host Dawn Upshaw and the Brentano String Quartet for a night of compositions inspired by Dido, the mythic queen of Carthage and key figure in Vergil’s Aeneid, the most world-influential […]
February 4, 2022, Brendle Hall A Creative Writing and Musical Performance Collaboration. Claire Chase presents “Grace.” Vocalizing texts written by her grandmother (edited in collaboration with Pauline Oliveros), Chase is joined by Levy Lorenzo controlling Oliveros’ Expanded Instrument System (EIS). Join students from Creative Writing […]
November 11, 2021 and December 1, 2021, Virtual LA-based actor and filmmaker Tiffany Cox led two zoom workshops about bias in policing with her short film Roadside Assistance as the backdrop. The film presented many scenarios that challenged participants to check their biases and discuss […]