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Not just for art majors
May 3, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Student artists spent hours in the studios in Scales Fine Arts Center, creating pieces this semester. Thirty-four of these works will be on display through May 20 as part of the Student Art Exhibition in the Hanes Gallery.
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Sharing the joy of theatre
April 23, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior theatre major Dean Guerra knows the power of bringing stories to life on stage from his participation in 43 productions as actor, director, sound designer, light designer and stage manager. He also shares this love of theatre by teaching children in a local school.
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Students explore diversity through art
April 1, 2013 | Admissions, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Student groups came together to showcase the “Big Tent,” encouraging their peers to think about diversity and identity through art. The project was part of the University’s year-long Faces of Courage celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of integration.
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Film at the Forest
March 29, 2013 | Admissions, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Winston-Salem has become a hot spot for North Carolina’s thriving film industry. And from a student-run film festival to a graduate program in documentary film to an undergraduate film studies program, Wake Forest is part of the “action.”
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Celebrating Latino heritage
March 22, 2013 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Student, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
The University’s first Latino graduates, Carlos Perez (’65) and Peter Bondy (’67), were honored March 21 during the Celebration of Latino Heritage March 21. The event was part of the ongoing Faces of Courage series.
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Finding the next Picasso
March 11, 2013 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Over spring break, seven students will be visiting art galleries in New York City to select works of art for the University’s Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. The buying program is believed to the only one of its kind in the country.
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Year of the Snake
February 19, 2013 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Student, Top Stories
Lion dancers, drummers, and kung fu performers joined Wake Forest students and the community to celebrate the “Year of the Snake” at The Chinese New Year Festival on Feb. 16.
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Meet Greg Murr
January 22, 2013 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
In a Ferris Bueller moment, Greg Murr’s post graduate plans took a turn to Albuquerque, N.M., for graduate school, which propelled him on a course to Italy, New York City and Germany. Now Murr (’93) has returned to Wake Forest to teach printmaking as a visiting faculty member. His art is part of a faculty exhibition at the Hanes Art Gallery.
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2012 Highlights: Humanities
January 3, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Humanistic inquiry is at the heart of Wake Forest’s liberal arts tradition. Together, faculty and students bring to life scholarly and undergraduate research, campus and community programming, and interdisciplinary activities that connect the humanities with science, social science and artistic fields. Here are some of last year’s highlights.
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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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