Arts and Culture at Wake Forest http://arts.wfu.edu Arts and Culture at Wake Forest University Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:13:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/17/359/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/17/359/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:13:54 +0000 jerf http://arts.wfu.edu/?p=359 taucmediumReynolda 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
]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/17/359/feed/ 0 Secrest Artists Series Event http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/10/secrest-artists-series-event/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/10/secrest-artists-series-event/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:32:22 +0000 jerf http://arts.wfu.edu/?p=350 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.

]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/10/secrest-artists-series-event/feed/ 0 Department of Art – Scheduled Visiting Artists Lectures for November http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/10/department-of-art-scheduled-visiting-artists-lectures-for-november/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/10/department-of-art-scheduled-visiting-artists-lectures-for-november/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:29:32 +0000 jerf http://arts.wfu.edu/?p=353 King jpg

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.

]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/11/10/department-of-art-scheduled-visiting-artists-lectures-for-november/feed/ 0 Sonnets for an Old Century http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/sonnets-for-an-old-century-2/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/sonnets-for-an-old-century-2/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:57:15 +0000 matt http://arts.wfu.edu/?p=339 sonnets

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.

]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/sonnets-for-an-old-century-2/feed/ 0 Kevin Canty: A Fiction Reading http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/kevin-canty-a-fiction-reading/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/kevin-canty-a-fiction-reading/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:05:01 +0000 jerf http://arts.wfu.edu/?p=312 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.

]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/kevin-canty-a-fiction-reading/feed/ 0 Provost’s Grant for Library Research http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/provost%e2%80%99s-grant-for-library-research/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/30/provost%e2%80%99s-grant-for-library-research/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:05:01 +0000 jerf http://arts.wfu.edu/?p=290 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 .

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Wake Forest University Art Collection

Keen Guides

]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/14/269/feed/ 0 START: the new Student Art Gallery http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/14/259/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/14/259/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:30:35 +0000 matt http://arts.wfu.edu/?p=259 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.

]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/14/259/feed/ 0 Danzón http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/09/danzon/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/09/danzon/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:10:25 +0000 radmin http://arts.wfu.dev/2009/10/09/danzon/ danzon

Tuesday, October 13
Reynolds Auditorium, Reynolds High School

After working with artists from all over the Latino world, Luna Negra Dance Theater Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro returns to his roots for the company’s 10th Anniversary season with a new work called Danzón. The influence of Danzón (the official dance of Cuba) can be heard in virtually all Cuban music genres. In Danzón, Luna Negra joins the bold and ingenious Turtle Island Quartet, and legendary composer and performer Paquito D’Rivera. Turtle Island and Mr. D’Rivera have collectively won eleven Grammy Awards.

Danzón is a commission of the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and the Music Center at Strathmore. In this partnership with “the Turtles” and D’Rivera, Vilaro is taking this traditional and quintessentially Cuban dance form and reinventing and reinvigorating it as a modern work of art. In doing so, he is both introducing mainstream American audiences to a thriving Latino tradition and creating a milestone moment in the continuity of Latino artistic expression.

This event is in collaboration with the Arts Magnet program of Reynolds High School and the Cuba Project Collective of the Department of Romance Languages at WFU. An all-school performance for students at Reynolds, followed by workshops and classes with the artists, will precede the public performance. At Wake Forest, the art exhibit, Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints, will be on view in the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery until October 6.

For more information, call (336) 758-5757.

]]> http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/10/09/danzon/feed/ 0 Secrest Artists Series presents Angela Hewitt, pianist http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/09/12/secrest-artists-series-presents-angela-hewitt-pianist/ http://arts.wfu.edu/2009/09/12/secrest-artists-series-presents-angela-hewitt-pianist/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:34:01 +0000 radmin http://arts.wfu.dev/2009/09/28/secrest-artists-series-presents-angela-hewitt-pianist/ secrestAngela Hewitt is one of the world’s premiere pianists. She has fixed her position at the top with her 2005 completion of an eleven-year project to record all major keyboard works of Bach. This project, praised as, “one of the record glories of our age”(The Sunday Times), has earned her the title of “the pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time”(The Guardian) and, “nothing less than the pianist who will define Bach performance on the piano for years to come” (Stereophile). She states, “When I was a kid, I dreamt of being in a musical because I loved to sing and dance. Perhaps that’s why I’m so preoccupied with making the piano do the same. Music is mostly song and dance anyway.”For her mesmerizing technique and lyricism, Angela Hewitt was named Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2006.

Angela Hewitt will perform on Thursday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. For tickets and information call (336) 758-5757.

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