Arts and Culture at Wake Forest University
Reynolda House & WFU present Now/Then: A Journey in Collecting Contemporary Art at WFU
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009
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J. Curley and Heather Childress trace the evolution of Wake Forest University’s collection of contemporary art developed entirely by students. Reynolda House Now/Then Hanes Gallery START |
Added November 17th
Bruckner Orchester Linz, Conductor Dennis Russell Davies & violin soloist Renaud Capuçon
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:30 pm in Wait Chapel
The Bruckner Orchester has a rich history of over 200 years of excellence. In the more recent past, it has risen to prominence as a leading orchestra in Central Europe. Their intriguing program for Wake Forest will include the violin concerto by Philip Glass, and Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story, as well as Symphony No. 101, “The Clock” of Joseph Haydn.
Added November 10th
Thursday, November 12, 3pm, Ring Theater
Elizabeth King: Multi-Media lecture on her work
Professor, VCU
Elizabeth King’s work combines sculpture, film, and installation. She makes objects, sets them in motion with live-action or stop-frame animation on film or video, then presents object and film together to challenge the boundary between actual and virtual space.
Thursday,November 19, 12 noon, Room 9
Anthony Goicolea, Photographer
Anthony Goicolea is a New York-based fine art photographer, born in Atlanta, Georgia. Goicolea’s photographs frequently deal with issues of androgyny, homosexuality, and child sexuality. Goicolea, Cuban-American and gay, was educated at the University of Georgia and studied painting, photography, and sculpture at that institution. He holds an MFA in fine arts from the Pratt Institute. He made his debut in 1999, and now shows work with Postmasters gallery in New York and Aurel Scheibler in Berlin, Germany.
Added November 10th
Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 4-7.
WFU Mainstage Theatre, Scales Fine Arts Center
The Wake Forest University Theatre will present Jose Rivera’s “Sonnets for an Old Century” Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 4-7.
“Sonnets for an Old Century” will be directed and choreographed by Cindy Gendrich, associate professor of theatre and dance, and Christina Tsoules Soriano, assistant professor of theatre and dance.
Rivera’s fearless, funny and lyrical monologues form a dreamscape filled with characters at the edge of life.
The set and lighting designer is Jonathan Christman, associate professor of theatre and dance. The costume designer is Mary Wayne-Thomas, associate professor of theatre.
Performances of “Sonnets for an Old Century” will be presented Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 4-7 at 7:30 p.m. The Sunday matinee performance will be at 2 p.m. on Nov. 8. All performances will be in the Mainstage Theatre of the Scales Fine Arts Center.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students. Group rates are available. For tickets or information, call the Theatre Box Office at 336-758-5295, e-mail the audience services coordinator at WFUTheatreTix@wfu.edu or visit online at www.wfu.edu/theatre.
Added October 30th
The Department of Special Collections and Archives at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, announces the availability of short-term library research grants to support scholarly use of the collections.
Library research grants are intended to provide support for travel and living expenses for scholars using any or all of the Special Collections divisions (Rare Books, Manuscripts, University Archives, or North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection) at the library. Grant amounts range from $500 to $2500, depending on the nature of the research project and the distance traveled.
Library research grants are available to scholars at any level who reside more than 90 miles away from Wake Forest University and who are conducting research directly related to materials in the library’s Special Collections. Preference will be given to projects which represent a significant scholarly contribution to their fields and to projects with a high probability of eventual publication or other public dissemination.
Application materials for the 2009/2010 academic year are due by December 1, 2009. Award recipients will be announced by December 15, 2009. The research residency must take place before June 30, 2010.
For more information, please contact Megan Mulder, Special Collections Librarian, at 336.758.5091 or mulder@wfu.edu .
Added October 30th
7:30 PM, November 10, 2009
Annenberg Forum, Carswell Hall
Contact: John McNally
336-758-5383
“Kevin Canty: A Fiction Reading”
Kevin Canty is author of three novels,”Into the Great Wide Open, Nine Below Zero,”"Winslow in Love,”and three short story collections,”A Stranger in This World,”"Honeymoon”and”Where the Money Went.”
His work has been published in The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Details, Story, the New York Times Magazine, Tin House and Glimmer Train.
He is a professor at the University of Montana at Missoula.
“Kevin Canty is a storm of talent.” –Harry Crews
“In a world where genius is discovered every two and a half weeks, Kevin Canty just might be it.” – Padgett Powell
Reception and Booksigning following.
Added October 30th
