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2012 Highlights: Arts
December 27, 2012 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The arts promote inclusivity, intellectual curiosity, innovation and problem solving. From music competitions to documentary films to art exhibitions, artistic commitment and academic rigor coexist and inspire new connections at Wake Forest. Here are some of this year’s arts highlights.
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Performance meets liberal arts at IPLACe
November 5, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Arts, 2012 Highlights: Humanities, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
The new Interdisciplinary Performance and the Liberal Arts Center (IPLACe) will inspire new ideas and build new connections between the performing arts and other academic departments across the University.
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Understanding Shakespeare
November 2, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Student, Top Stories
If all the world were a stage, and all men and women were players, then Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” would be easier to understand. At least that’s what Wake Forest theatre professors say.
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Under the ‘Big Tent’
October 29, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community, Engaging in the Arts, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The “Big Tent,” a public art project conceived by Wake Forest art professor David Finn, provided a safe space for students at Mt. Tabor High School to talk openly about ethnic and cultural differences.
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Juggling documentaries, non-profit
October 29, 2012 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Bentrice Jusu, a senior studio arts major, not only creates socially and economically conscious documentaries, but she also runs her own nonprofit organization to benefit underprivileged teenagers and the arts in her hometown of Trenton, N.J.
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Weaving education, entertainment
October 16, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Mentoring, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Jawad Wahabzada (’14) finds balancing schoolwork and the global promotion of his documentary “Children of Kabul” a challenge, but says taking courses you love and connecting with a good mentor can make a difference.
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Students lobbied to perform ‘Marisol’
October 4, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Student, Top Stories
For a post-9/11 generation, José Rivera’s play “Marisol” captures the feeling of living life with the fear that something bad could happen at any time. The play, in its final weekend, kicks-off the 2012-13 Wake Forest Theatre season.
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WFU celebrates world cultures
October 1, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Featuring music, dancing and fun, the World Cultural Festival is an annual campus event highlighting differences that unite, inspire and entertain the entire community. This year, the festival was held under the “Faces of Courage” banner — a University celebration of 50 years of integration.
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Sounds like learning
September 26, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Community, Engaging in the Arts, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Student, Working Together
The ring of a wind chime … the chirping of birds … the start of a car’s engine. Noises like these might blend into the background and go unnoticed for many people. But to the 10 children enrolled in 88.5 WFDD’s summer radio camp, these “natural sounds” function as the first building blocks in producing a proper radio segment.
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An artist comes home
September 21, 2012 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest’s Student Art Gallery (START) been showcasing works by Anderson Williams in an exhibit entitled “(Re)Generations.” This Homecoming, the 1999 graduate visits his alma mater and shares his thoughts about what it means to be an artist.
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