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 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.
The Curio-Lab is an interactive workshop and immersive experience that inspires process play and provides a space for differently-abled creatives to explore new ways to expand their creative practices.
In this workshop, we’ll practice creative ways to rest well together with yoga, meditation, and deep rest practices.
Relax and engage in the magic of mindful watercolor painting!
This two-hour workshop will cover the basics of screen printing: putting images on screens (making a stencil), ink mixing, and how to effectively use a squeegee.
This workshop has been canceled. Please check back for a new date.
We will learn to make botanical gel prints straight from plants! Each print will give you two beautiful images- a silhouette and something resembling a photocopy.
Use running stitches to create accents and all over design to embellish your clothing and textile projects.
Relax and engage in the magic of mindful watercolor painting!
The Curio-Lab is an interactive workshop and immersive experience that inspires process play and provides a space for differently-abled creatives to explore new ways to expand their creative practices.
In this workshop, we’ll practice creative ways to rest well together with yoga, meditation, and deep rest practices.
We will learn to make botanical gel prints straight from plants! Each print will give you two beautiful images- a silhouette and something resembling a photocopy.
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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