Wake Forest launches Center for Literacy Education
Wake Forest University has launched the Center for Literacy Education to explore how literacy education can strengthen individuals and communities through teaching, research, creative activities and programming. In today’s world, literacy means more than the ability to read and write. “Literacy affects all aspects of how we live and learn,” said Alan Brown, director of…Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Every four years since 1963, a small group of students has traveled to New York City, with University funds, to purchase art for Wake Forest’s Student Union art collection. This year they purchased nine works.
Wake Forest University Hanes Gallery, under the direction of Paul Bright, is partnering with American artist Dread Scott and Cristin Tierney Gallery (NYC) on an installation for the 60th International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia.
Thirty-seven student-acquired artworks spanning six decades will be displayed in Hanes Gallery this spring. The exhibit, “Of the Times,” opens Jan. 19 and runs through March 31.
On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Secrest Artists Series will host the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
In this Q&A, Wake Forest art professor David Lubin explores iconic images of Kennedy and his family and how these photographs shined a light on the American cultural landscape of the time.
WFU Theatre is launching its 2023-24 season with Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution." The play opens on the Tedford Stage on Friday, Sept. 22.
A $3M NIH grant will help Wake Forest researchers take the next steps in nearly a decade of research that indicates dance can promote brain health.
A $10,000 National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America grant will help support a collaboration between Wake Forest and Loire Valley Theater Festival, Inc. to bring the civil rights musical drama, “Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom,” to Wake Forest University in October 2023.