Aug 28 - Nov 13
School of Filmmaking Symposium
School of Filmmaking: Symposium

The School of Filmmaking's "Symposium" series opens a door into the world behind the screen, offering audiences a chance to engage with filmmakers, artists and creative thinkers from myriad disciplines who are shaping contemporary storytelling. Through screenings, conversations and engaging dialogue, each event becomes a unique space to come together and explore how art is made, why it matters and what it reveals about the world we live in.

Oct 29 - Nov 7
Angels in America
"Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches" by Tony Kushner

In a world of surreal encounters and shifting realities, lives collide in 1980s America as friends, lovers and strangers navigate beautiful and challenging transformations in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that was also adapted into an acclaimed HBO miniseries.

Oct 29-31
“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare

Chilling premonitions drive this story of ambition, power and fate. Each scene is charged with suspense and despair in one of Shakespeare's most celebrated tragedies. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" when blood, betrayal, and dark magic collide in this daring, all-female production. Alumna Acadia Barrengos (B.F.A. Drama '22) directs, bringing a bold, contemporary perspective to the Scottish tragedy. The cast challenges traditional gender roles while playing amongst the dangerous allure of power and collision with destiny. Step into a visually striking world where nothing is as it seems -- promising a gripping experience of theatrical thrills. Just don't say the name of the play out loud! Barrengos returns to UNCSA as an alumni director with support from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.

31
Oct
UNCSA Symphony Orchestra
UNCSA Symphony Orchestra

Expansive sound, bold soloists and high-stakes musical energy unite in a Symphony Orchestra program built to thrill. Hailed by Fanfare as a "rising young conductor," Ian Passmore returns to lead a dynamic evening of contrast and power.

1
Nov
Wind Ensemble
UNCSA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds: Classics!

From rhythmic vitality to neoclassical precision, the UNCSA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds trace a wide musical range across contrasting tones. Dmitri Shostakovich's "Folk Dances" opens the program with driving energy and spirited motion, drawing themes from the Russian ballet tradition. Richard Strauss' Serenade, Op. 7 follows with youthful grace, revealing the composer's early command of elegance and line. Igor Stravinsky's Octet introduces a shift in texture and form, offering crisp neoclassical writing defined by wit, clarity and inventive structure. Vincent Persichetti's Symphony No. 6 closes the program with sweeping contrast and rich detail in transformation -- inviting audiences to listen for musical form in addition to melody. Under the direction of Mark Norman, the ensembles move between energy, refinement and growing musical architecture within a single program.

1
Nov
Going for Baroque
Going for Baroque: Vocal Treasures of the 17th-18th Centuries and Beyond

The UNCSA Voice Department will present an afternoon of solos and ensembles reaching back to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, while also sampling more contemporary composers who emulate Early Music styles. Of course there will be Bach and Handel, but keep an ear out for surprises from Lully, Strozzi, Purcell, Caccini, and Betinis as well. Featuring high school and undergraduate students from the studios of Marilyn Taylor, Glenn Siebert, Phyllis Pancella, and Jodi Burns.

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EmcArts receives $1.5 million from Kresge Foundation for Community Innovation Labs

EmcArts announced recently that its Community Innovation Labs program was selected to receive a grant of $1.5 million from the Kresge Foundation. The grant will support the completion of EmcArts’ two pilot Community Innovation Labs, launched in 2015 in Winston-Salem, NC and Providence, RI, and the launch of two additional Labs in communities across the United States, in order to build local capacity to take on complex social challenges by integrating the arts into a rigorous process framework. With this grant from Kresge, along with local funders and conveners, EmcArts commits to a two-year investment in the Winston-Salem community totaling $1 million.

The Winston-Salem Lab was convened by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, and The Winston-Salem Foundation. Core questions of the Lab, which addresses a strategic goal of the UNC School of the Arts in community development, include: How can we create a more equitable and abundant Winston-Salem? How can we move systems of race, class and power to do so? How can we, as a community, build enough trust to enable transformative change to happen?

The Winston-Salem Lab has brought together a diverse group of stakeholders including city agencies, community organizers, business leaders, artists, cultural organizations, faith-based organizations, and nonprofit service providers, to begin to address inequities in employment, income, and wealth in the city.  For more information about the origins and design of EmcArts Labs visit here and for more information on the existing pilot sites click here.

"We are proud to fund the Community Innovation Labs in multiple American cities," said Regina Smith, Interim Managing Director of Arts & Culture at the Kresge Foundation. "We are invested in interdisciplinary, cross-sector programs that help communities address intractable problems, disrupt systemic barriers, and tangibly improve their economic and cultural outcomes. The Community Innovation Labs, with their focus on artistic integration, systems change, local relevance and courageous innovation, are aligned with these goals. We're thrilled to support EmcArts and our local Lab partners in this important work and urge the larger philanthropic community to join us in funding this critical initiative."

Corey Madden, Executive Director of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, said: “We are thrilled that EmcArts received this generous grant from the Kresge Foundation to support the completion of our Community Innovation Lab in Winston-Salem.” 

“Our collaboration with The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and the Winston-Salem Foundation, as well as a diverse selection of key stakeholders in our community, is turning out to be even more exciting than anticipated.” Madden noted. Together, we are creating innovative strategies that will effect positive change in our city.”

About EmcArts

EmcArts logoEmcArts is a nationally recognized service organization for innovation and adaptive change. EmcArts works alongside people, organizations, and communities as they take on their most complex challenges. Through their rigorously designed and facilitated workshops, coaching, and intensive labs, EmcArts creates the space and conditions to test innovative strategies and build cultures that embrace change. Their practice is deeply influenced by the artistic process, which has a unique power to unlock entrenched assumptions and open up new ways of seeing.

About the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts

The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts is a creative catalyst at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts that encourages and supports the exploration and development of new knowledge to transform the way artists, organizations, and communities approach their creative challenges.

About the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County

The robust arts community in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County enriches the lives of area residents every day and accounts in large part for the recognition the city and county continue to receive as a great place to live, learn, work and play. The Arts Council raises funds and advocates for the arts, sponsors events in conjunction with other arts organizations, promotes and funds arts education, creates cultural and learning opportunities, develops social capital and aids economic development. For more information visit intothearts.org.

About the Winston-Salem Foundation

The Winston-Salem Foundation is a community foundation that supports charitable programs in the greater Forsyth County area. Founded in 1919 with a $1,000 gift, it now administers approximately 1,300 funds and had total custodial assets of $384.3 million at the end of 2014. In 2014, the Foundation granted $24.8 million to charitable causes, over $2 million of which was through the Community Grants program. Learn more at www.wsfoundation.org.

Please visit this link to read the press release from EmcArts regarding this announcement.

February 17, 2016