Free workshops open to Duke undergraduates, graduate and professional students (including health), faculty and staff
Duke Arts Create is a series of free hands-on arts workshops designed to help all Duke students including undergraduates, graduates, and professionals (including health professionals), faculty, and staff develop a variety of creative skills in the visual arts, dance and movement, creative writing and more. While most of our workshops are exclusive to the Duke community, each month includes a few open community workshops that are free and open to the general public – no Duke affiliation required! Explore our workshops below.
Most workshops are held in the Duke Arts Annex, the Rubenstein Arts Center or the Trent Semans Center and are typically held weeknights from 6-8 p.m.
Registration for workshops opens every Friday morning at 9 a.m. for the following week’s events. Sign up in advance to guarantee your spot. If you miss your chance to reserve, stop by – we always reserve space for walk-ins and waitlist registers and will do our best to accommodate you.
Questions? Email DukeCreate@duke.edu.
In this workshop, participants will explore the beauty of the plants, bugs, and surroundings of the Duke Campus Farm, and learn to document their observations in words and sketches.
In this beginner-level, absolutely for everyone class, we’ll learn to breathe with awareness, feel the body’s glorious response to the breath, and move through a variety of shapes to explore interesting sensation and the malleability of our boundaries.
Come prepared to play with bold brushstrokes, vibrant hues, and creative ideas as you discover the endless possibilities of acrylic art!
Visible mending is an ornamental approach to repairing an item. Rather than trying to mask the area where the item was damaged, the goal is to highlight these imperfections in a creative, eye-catching way.
Participants will learn the art of looking as the foundation to drawing out observations.
Visible mending is an ornamental approach to repairing an item. Rather than trying to mask the area where the item was damaged, the goal is to highlight these imperfections in a creative, eye-catching way.
In this workshop, participants will explore the beauty of the plants, bugs, and surroundings of the Duke Campus Farm, and learn to document their observations in words and sketches.
In this beginner-level, absolutely for everyone class, we’ll learn to breathe with awareness, feel the body’s glorious response to the breath, and move through a variety of shapes to explore interesting sensation and the malleability of our boundaries.
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Duke Arts Create participants show off jars of homemade kombucha at Duke Campus Farm.
Participants of the Soul Sweat + Stretch workshop in the Ark Dance Studio
The Duke School of Medicine participating in a zine-making workshop in the Trent Semans Center
