Projects
The IAC is excited to share a variety of interdisciplinary events with the entire Wake Forest community and beyond. The WFU community is invited to enjoy the myriad ways that art connects us to our common humanity and enriches us all. Keep checking back to our event list below for upcoming events, or take a look back at the many past IAC sponsored events and programs.
Archive
Click to view the IPLACe archive, featuring events from 2010-2019
- “Azad (the rabbit and the wolf)” by Sona TatoyanAZAD (the rabbit and the wolf)a multimedia theatrical experiencewritten by Sona Tatoyan (’00) in collaboration with Jared Mezzocchi February 1, 20247:30pm, Tedford Stage Those who tell the stories hold the power in this kaleidoscopic, multi-media story-within-a-story-within-a-story blending Armenian and Arabic folklore with Karagöz shadow puppetry. This isn’t a play, but instead a mosaic of centuries […]
- German/Russian DocumentariesFilm screeningsNovember 1 and 8, 2023 The IAC supported a collaboration between the Department of German and Russian with the Documentary Film Program, who together will screen documentaries that engage environmentalist concerns and portray human beings in their interaction with the environment.
- Paving the Way: Origin StoriesOrchestra concert, guest artist, workshopOctober 26-27, 2023 Paving the Way supported a two-day guest artist residency with award-winning trumpeter Courtney D. Jones (Florida Atlantic University). This was a collaboration with the IAC, WFU Symphony Orchestra and the Research Engagement and Collaboration in African-American Life Center (RECAAL). Jones provided a trumpet masterclass for students, […]
- Exploring the Arts of Chinese DancePerformance, lecture, and workshopOctober 26, 2023 Exploring the Arts of Chinese Dance featured a performative talk delivered by Dr. Melody Yunzi Li, Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of Houston, who shared the history and practice of Chinese dance forms with new Wake Forest professor, Dr. Shu-Yu Yang who specializes in Chinese Opera […]
- Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR)2nd Annual GatheringOctober 6-7, 2023 ECAR, a non-profit program based in Greensboro, NC at Guilford College provides best practices on how colleges and universities around the globe can become a refuge by assisting them in resettlement. Wake hosted the second annual ECAR Gathering to reflect and improve the core educational goals of all the […]
- OUT at the MoviesOpening night eventSeptember 28, 2023 As part of it’s ten year anniversary celebration, Winston-Salem’s OUT At The Movies International Film Festival held its Opening Night Screening at Wake Forest’s Kulynych Auditorium and featured two short documentaries made by Documentary Film Program (DFP) graduate students. Following the screening, there was a panel discussion featuring […]
- Variations in the Dream of XPerformance & poetry readingSeptember 12-15, 2023 Cultural theorist and poet Fred Moten was a featured guest in The Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series for two events: a Poet’s Theatre presentation and a night of Poetry Readings & Performances. Alongside transmedia artist Lynn Book, poet and playwright Ken Taylor, and actor and drag king V Riebel, […]
- Paving the WayThe Wake Forest University Symphony Orchestra welcomes our new Orchestra Director Dr. J. Aaron Hardwick to the podium and features award-winning faculty pianist Larry Weng performing Clara Schumann’s powerful Concerto in A minor. The WFUSO will close the evening with Beethoven’s iconic and moving Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Wake Forest University Symphony […]
- Ammar Basha Screening & Script ReadingTuesday, September 27, 5:30pmScales Fine Arts Center Room 102 Ammar Basha will screen his documentary and host a premiere script reading of his new screenplay. Ammar Basha is an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence at Wake Forest University. The Artist Protection Fund (APF) is an initiative of the Institute of International Education, […]
- Gay History for Straight People!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 years of the LGBTQ+ Center at Wake Forest.
- Sones de México EnsembleSeptember 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 Geography of Mexico,” with reception to follow. UNC-Chapel HillFriday, September 9 […]
- Summer DancesThursday, August 11 – 7:30 p.m.SECCA Auditorium$26 General Admission An Evening of Dance and music with choreographers Elizabeth Clendinning, Janice Lancaster, and Monet Beatty, return to SECCA for an evening of dance and music. Music for the performance features violinist Ruth Kelly, a jazz trio with Matt Kendrick on bass, Michael Kinchen on saxophone, and […]
- Migrant HorizonsMay 5, 2022, Hanes Gallery As a culmination of the interdisciplinary readings and discussions in the Humanities Institute’s Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on Precarity, seminar convener Lucy Alford brought poet-scholar Edgar Garcia (English and Creative Writing, University of Chicago) to Wake Forest for two events. First, a performance/talk open to the WFU community entitled “Migrant Horizons: […]
- Leadership and Character in the Arts ShowcaseApril 28, 2022, Starling Hall Patio In conjunction with the Program for Leadership and Character, the IAC hosted our Student Advisory Committee, AY 21-22 grant recipients, and students and faculty involved in the production of Performing Character, from Stage to Page. An informal final meeting with our Student Advisory Committee kicked off a beautiful afternoon of fellowship […]
- “Living in Color”Spring 2022, Benson Hall Following a field trip to Happy Hills Association and a tour of the surrounding Winston-Salem neighborhood, students created art pieces to be displayed in Benson Hall. The exhibition “Silence” showed what they had learned in the class; it was a huge success. Over those three days, the students took turns sharing […]
- My Roots in Other Lands: Mis raíces en otras tierrasMarch 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 been shown at many local galleries throughout the state, including […]
- Swim: Lynn Book ArchiveMarch 22, 2022, 5 – 8 pm, Scales Fine Arts Center (SFAC) Join us for the public launch of the Lynn Book Projects Archive – an online portal to some 2000 digitized artifacts from the artist’s 45-year corpus of experimental projects and research at the intersection of arts, culture, change. Free and open to everyone, […]
- An Evening with Sona JobartehMarch 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 music and musical acumenhas garnered extensive international acclaim. As a […]
- Being BalineseMarch 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 life in Bali and what it means to be Balinese […]
- Aeneid: Proem and Vulcan’s ReplyFebruary 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 Roman poem. The Department of Classics is collaborating with Secrest […]
- Collaborations: Claire Chase & Levy LorenzoFebruary 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 and Theatre/Dance as they mix—along with students in the Music […]
- Black Joy: Centering Community & Individual ExpressionFebruary 2022, stArt Gallery stArt partnered with the WFU Black Student Alliance in honor of Black History Month, 2022. The exhibition featured work by Black creators on campus, including both students and alumni. The exhibition was in conjunction with the BSA annual Celebration of Black Arts, this year, emphasizing the theme of Black joy and […]
- Roadside AssistanceNovember 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 their perspectives in the film’s scenario. It was a powerful […]
- Keyword Crossings: FormNovember 30, 2021, Reynolda Hall Faculty from across the humanities, visual arts, and performing arts dare to discuss a keyword common among their disciplines. Each faculty member will have five minutes to explain how that keyword circulates in their particular discipline, including current controversies and innovations. The dare: speakers have to be correct within their […]
- Annie Leist: BeaconsNovember 10, 2021, Scales Fine Arts Center 102 WFU alumna Annie Leist (’96) presents Beacons, a talk about her work. Annie Leist’s paintings, inspired by her limited visual perception of light and life in urban spaces, parallel her work in the accessibility field. Specializing in enriching the cultural experience of persons with disabilities, Leist returns to […]
- Nazar: Beauty and Monstrosity under the Gaze of PowerNovember 9, 2021, ZSR Auditorium The Department for the Study of Religions and The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies come together to present Saba Taj. Described by the HuffPost as “socially conscious queer Muslim woman of color in America,” Saba Taj is a Durham, NC based visual artist. Taj will be conducting three […]
- “The Blues of Achilles”October 20, 2021, DeTamble Auditorium The Wake Forest University Classics Department brings musician and Classics B.A. Joe Goodkin to campus to perform his adaptation of Homer’s Iliad. Joe’s first-person songs capture the horror, grief, and love that permeate the Iliad and the combat experience. Sung from the perspective of Achilles, Priam, Patroclus, Briseis, Helen, Andromache, […]
- Learning from the Old MastersOctober 13, 2021 “Learning From the Old Masters: Copley, Katz and the Science of Painting Conservation” was an open lecture sponsored by the IAC, the Department of Chemistry, and University Art Collections in partnership with Hanes Gallery. Heather Galloway, founder and owner of Galloway Art Conservation, LLC, and a peer-reviewed Fellow in the American Institute […]
- An Evening of Dance, Music & ArtAugust 20, 2021 Music Carolina is bringing back another dance and live music event, in partnership with the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Featuring the choreographic work of Christina Soriano, Janice Lancaster and Monet Beatty (’20), audience members moved through three locations for a brief and distinct music and dance performance event at each spot.
- Say Her NameMay 7, 2021 “Say Her Name” is a 4-minute choral work by Alysia Lee. This performance was a collaboration between the Wake Forest Choir and the Winston-Salem State Singing Rams, supported by the WFU Interdisciplinary Arts Center and the Slavery, Race, and Memory Project. Additional support was also provided by Wake Forest partners: WFU Women’s Center, Leadership […]
- Still I RiseMay 7, 2021 The students of WFU Choir Director and Music Department faculty Dr. Chris Gilliam spent the spring term learning works by all female-identifying composers. Gilliam organized a guest artist workshop and collaborative virtual performance featuring the work of (among others) Alysia Lee, Kennedy Center Fellow and composer. Lee provided a workshop for the Wake […]
- Interstitial 3April 14-18, 2021 “Interstitial 3” was a weeklong rehearsal residency and video installation at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). It was a collaboration between WFU staff member Steve Morrison (Communications Strategist for the Arts), Chris Yon/Taryn Griggs, a group of triad area dancers, and the public.
- Gregg MozgalaMarch 31, 2021 Guest artist discussion with Gregg Mozgala with students in THE 372 Contemporary Drama Class. Mozgala is an award winning writer, actor, dancer, and activist with Cerebral Palsy who has founded the theatre company, Apothete. He talked with students in THE 372 and followed up with a public talk which was attended, in part, […]
- “Peony Dreams: On the Other Side of Sleep”March 18, 2021 Viewing of a 90-minute dance performance titled “Peony Dreams: On the Other Side of Sleep” for students in EAL 222, “Themes of Chinese Literature,” and HST 352 “Ten Years of Madness, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976,” plus a guest lecture by and conversation with the creator-choreographer of that performance, Professor YIN Mei of CUNY […]
- Resilient Practices for the ActorMarch 10, 2021 Tiffany Waddell Tate (‘07, MA ‘11) a former WFU theatre student, and now CEO of Career Maven Consulting as well as Associate Director of National Engagement at Wake Forest University, was a guest lecturer in THE 290 Resilient Practices for the Actor.
- Tim MillerFebruary 2021 Guest artist workshops with students in THE 295 Development and Performance with performance artist Tim Miller, culminating in an original performance by students, documented by film professor Cagney Gentry’s class, and lighting & projections design by Kevin Frazier, assistant professor in Theatre. Collaborators: WFU Dept. of Theatre & Dance, WFU Dept. of Communication
- “Oslo” TalkFebruary 10, 2021 A guest visit by Broadway stage manager and producer Cambra Overend (‘04) with Dr. Brook Davis’ Contemporary Dramatic Literature class (THE 372/ENG 394) and a follow-up public talk to discuss Overend’s history with the play Oslo and her role as producer of the HBO film of the same name. Collaborators: WFU Dept. of Theatre […]
- WFU Counseling Master’s Program Course EnhancementFebruary-April 2021 Dr. Brook Davis assembled and directed a company of Theatre students who worked in simulated therapy situations with the counseling students enrolled in CNS 739 Advanced Skills/Crisis Management. Collaborators: WFU Counseling Program, WFU Dept. of Theatre & Dance
- Live & in Color: The Experience of Minorities in the U.S. Through ArtJanuary-May 2021 Dr. Teresa Sanhueza invited J.E.R.Friedman (recently retired WFU Theatre faculty) to co-teach a first year seminar they had previously developed and taught together. The FYS was titled “Live & in Color: The Experience of Minorities in the U.S. Through Art,” and employed a field trip to the WFU Hanes Gallery, guest lecturers, guest […]
- BhangraA lecture-workshop (mini-lecture about history and culture, experiential dance instruction, and Q&A) for MUS 134 Music of Asia relating to the music, the Bhangra dance form, and its practice in India-Pakistan and in the diaspora. Collaborators: WFU Department of Music, Learn Bhangra
- “The Search for Wachovia”The Search for Wachovia, a commissioned new play and recorded performance delivered during the Reynolda Conference “Becoming American: Moravians and their Neighbors, 1772-1822.” Collaborators: WFU Dept of Religion, WFU Dept of German, WFU Museum of Anthropology, Winston-Salem State University, Old Salem, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, and
Archive
Click to view the IPLACe archive, featuring events from 2010-2019