“Explorations of Self: Black Portraiture” to open in Hanes Gallery
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Mentorship
When dance goes digital at WFU
In mid-January, a 3-hour dance audition was held in studio D101. 50 Wake Forest students were selected by 12 student choreographers to perform in the Spring Dance Concert – a usually sold-out event held on the University’s Tedford Stage in Scales Fine Arts Center.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Pink Floyd vs. Pink: Modern music class bridges generations
For an assignment from Elizabeth Clendinning’s modern popular music class, students were tasked with listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” The goal: to experience a concept album. The result: their families engaged, too.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
WFU awards and recognitions briefs
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
WFU’s Hanes Art Gallery to host Robert Motherwell exhibition
Wake Forest University’s Hanes Art Gallery is hosting works by American artist Robert Motherwell. “Motherwell: product. placement” opens January 20 and runs through March 29. The exhibition focuses on Motherwell’s collage pieces utilizing everyday materials. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake
WFU artist Joel Tauber will ‘play ball’ on the U.S.-Mexico border
It’s a whole new ballgame for artist, filmmaker and Wake Forest associate professor Joel Tauber who will be undertaking a 40-day pilgrimage along the U.S.-Mexican border to build community through baseball.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
WFU hosting international exhibition “video ergo sum,” I video, therefore I exist
Wake Forest University’s Hanes Art Gallery and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) are joint venues in the final stop of the interactive video exhibition, “video ergo sum,” by peter campus.Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake
‘From the Ground Up’ put WFU facilities staff center stage
Housekeeping staff, arborists, turf crew members, locksmiths and carpenters were among the nearly 70 participants performing on Hearn Plaza in the original dance piece “From the Ground Up.” Performances were held on Oct. 3, 4 and 5.Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence, University Announcements
WFU facilities staff to star in performance this fall
Wake Forest and Forklift Danceworks will co-create “From the Ground Up” – a large-scale, outdoor 'dance' production featuring the movement and stories of the University's facilities and campus services staff.Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Public art video project to transform Bailey Power Plant
Bailey Power Plant will look different tonight when Wake Forest University students turn the old coal-fired plant into a modern work of public art.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery