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From innovative community programs to creative responses to the pandemic, donor contributions have impacted UNCSA students and faculty in a multitude of exciting ways over the past year. Read more about how donors powered creativity in 2019-20 below.

ArtistCorps participants call "Action!"

ArtistCorps members are using fundamental filmmaking techniques - including storytelling and scriptwriting - as a tool to enhance existing elementary school curriculum at Brunson Elementary School in Winston-Salem.

The show must go on

In the weeks following the shutdown from the COVID-19 pandemic, UNCSA launched several initiatives to bring artists into homes around the world, including projects like the UNCSA On Demand content portal.

Reinventing the spaces where we create and share our work

In the summer of 2020, the new Semans Arts & Administration Building opened its doors. Facilities include a large multipurpose studio space, practice rooms, seminar rooms, and a recording studio.

Planning for your future - and theirs

Planned gifts from hundreds of donors have helped to strengthen every facet of the UNCSA experience. These donors are welcomed into the Encore Circle - UNCSA's planned giving society.

Creative laboratory inspires dancers to explore

The School of Dance's Choreographic Institute brings together professional choreographers and dance students - resulting in a creative laboratory that introduces UNCSA dancers to new artistic perspectives from across the globe.

Bringing creative ideas to (virtual) reality

In the spring and summer of 2020, three resident artists in the School of Filmmaking's Media and Emerging Technology Lab (METL) joined together to create a one-of-a-kind virtual reality experience as a part of this unique program.

Legendary farewells

Paying tribute to founding Design & Production Dean John Sneden and former Drama Dean Gerald Freeman, who passed in 2019 and 2020. Scholarships and spaces on campus that bear their names are enduring reminders of the impacts they each made on UNCSA and its students.