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Apr 25, 2024

Black Artist Coalition: April Art Showcase

On Thursday, Apr. 11, The Black Artist Coalition (BAC) held its fourth annual April Art Showcase. BAC invited BIPOC creatives from around Raleigh to curate a space celebrating Black art across the diaspora and beyond. They brought food, music, dancing and laughter to the newly renovated Washington Sankofa room. Ebony Red, a DJ and NC State…

Apr 25, 2024

Trap N’ Paint

For the fourth day of Pan-African week, paint pallets and rhythmic beats blended at Trap N’ Paint. Hosted by the Black Students Board, this event provided a space for Black students to express their creativity while surrounded by familial culture and community. Several circular tables seating six to eight participants were filled with canvases, easels,…

Jul 18, 2023

The 2023 BAC April Showcase

Photo by Ony Otiocha Unique Patton, a fourth-year design studies student, watches a performance at the Black Artist Coalition’s April Showcase held at Harris Field on Thursday, April 6, 2023. This event was held during Pan-Afrikan Week, which celebrates unifies students of the African diaspora. On Thursday, April 6, the Black Student Board (BSB) in…

Apr 11, 2023

NC State Creates Department of Performing Arts and Technology

On March 6, NC State University announced its new Department of Performing Arts and Technology. This department includes NC State’s Arts Entrepreneurship, Music and Dance Programs and its Music Technology Bachelor of Science degree. For NC State, housing these programs all in one department makes sense. As Vice Chancellor and Dean Doneka Scott says, combining performing arts and…

Sep 8, 2022

Black Voices Through Art and Poetry

On Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, the African American Cultural Center (AACC) hosted its first gallery opening of the semester: HerBlackHand – A Conversational Piece. This gallery was the first of its kind done by the AACC. The gallery differed from previous ones as it had works from multiple artists and used various mediums for the…

Sep 27, 2019

For Us, By Us: Black Jewels

e’wel Lucas, the owner of Black Jewels, a second-year majoring in Fashion Textile Management, represents the Black community through her works of art, as many may know, due to her ongoing growth on campus as an artist. 

Oct 24, 2018

Artivism: Resistance and Healing Through Art

The GLBT Center and the African American Cultural Center (AACC) partnered to host the opening reception of “Artivism: Advocacy and Activism through Art,” an exhibit showing from October 15th to November 4th in the AACC Gallery in Witherspoon Student Center.

Aug 23, 2017

The Gregg Museum of Art & Design Reopens

Brandon Lang/Staff Photographer The completed renovation of the old Chancellor’s residence and its new extension serve as the new freestanding site of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. The museum features a collection of over 35,000 objects, as well as three viewing galleries that will have rotating shows throughout the year. Carl Hintz | Correspondent On…