Arts and Culture at Wake Forest

Arts and Culture at Wake Forest University

Visual Arts

Visual Arts offers a variety of vibrant courses such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, digital art and photography. Students have access to and exhibition prospects in the art gallery on campus and exhilarating galleries throughout the city and region. The department also offers exciting study abroad opportunities and an art buying trip to New York. Additionally, every spring, a group of students travel to New York City to study the pulsating art market.

New Multimedia Tours Available

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Wake Forest University Art Collection

Keen Guides

Added October 14th

START: the new Student Art Gallery

START logo final copyWake Forest University proudly announces the opening of its new Student Art Gallery (START), located in Reynolda Village, suite 122 A.  This gallery represents the culmination of a year’s work on the part of faculty and administrators in the Provost’s Office, the Department of Art, and the Schools of Business and will serve as a new venue for students to showcase and sell their visual art.  START will operate under the sole direction of recent Wake Forest graduate Caitlin Berry (’09), with the support of a staff composed entirely of students.  Visitors to the gallery will be able to view and purchase visual works of art designed and created by Wake Forest students and, potentially, students from area schools.  The gallery will also host a variety of artistic performances such as poetry readings and music throughout the year.

Visitors who are interested in seeing the new gallery will have an opportunity on Friday, October 30 when the University will host a cross campus gallery walk to debut the exhibitions on the Reynolda Campus and in Reynolda Village.  The Hanes Gallery will be open from 5:00 – 7:00 pm, START will be open from 5:00 – 9:00 pm, and Reynolda House will be open from 7:30 – 9:00 pm.  A Reynolda House After Hours Party will begin at 9:00 and will last until 11:00 pm.

Added October 14th

Public Artist David Finn Reshapes Chapel Hill Park

Wake Forest University Z. S. Reynolds Fellow and Associate Professor David Finn has been chosen to redesign and replace a crumbling wall in Chapel Hill Park at the Chapel Hill Community Center. Click to read more.

Added August 5th

Hanes Art Gallery, Scales

Hanes Art Gallery, Scales

Ring Theatre, Scales

Room 102, Scales

Room 9, Scales

Recent Events

Anthony Goicolea Artist Lecture

November 19, 2009

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Contact: Victor Faccinto

336-758-5585

Visiting artist lecture by New York photographer Anthony Goicolea.

Dialogue With Aritst Michel de Broin

November 12, 2009

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Contact: Victor Faccinto

336-758-5795

SECCA curator Steven Matijcio will talk with artist Michel de Broin about his floating sculpture and other works.

Artist Lecture by Elizabeth King

November 12, 2009

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Contact: Victor Faccinto

336-758-5795

Visual presentation and lecture on her multi-media sculpture by Elizabeth King, artist, author and professor of art at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Exhibition Opening Reception

October 30, 2009

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Contact: Victor Faccinto

336-758-5795

Opening receptions for two new exhibitions:"Accidental Mysteries: Extraordinary Vernacular PHotographs"and"New Acquisitions to the Student Union Art Collection."

Cuban Artists' Books&Prints Exhibition

September 24, 2009

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Contact: Victor Faccinto

336-758-5585

Opening reception in the Hanes Gallery for exhibition of hand-made books by Cuban aritsts.