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.
Duke Arts Create is made possible by the Heaton Wellness Through the Arts Endowment.
In this workshop students will learn the basics of linocut printmaking. Students will be provided with a small piece of soft linoleum and a carving tool to create their design
Relax and engage in the magic of mindful watercolor painting!
Guided by the example of some exceptional poems, we will work through several exercises focussed on letting sound deepen us into veins of thought we may never have reached on our own.
In this workshop, participants will explore the beauty of the plants, bugs, and surroundings of the Duke Reclamation Pond, and learn to document their observations in words and sketches.
Learn to make paper from recycled materials like junk mail! In this zero-waste workshop, we’ll use a blended pulp to create sheets of paper using the dip method with a mold and deckle.
Relax and engage in the magic of mindful watercolor painting!
Guided by the example of some exceptional poems, we will work through several exercises focussed on letting sound deepen us into veins of thought we may never have reached on our own.
In this workshop, participants will explore the beauty of the plants, bugs, and surroundings of the Duke Reclamation Pond, and learn to document their observations in words and sketches.
Learn to make paper from recycled materials like junk mail! In this zero-waste workshop, we’ll use a blended pulp to create sheets of paper using the dip method with a mold and deckle.
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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
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