Duke Arts Create: Community Workshop

Paper Making

Paper Making

Tuesday, March 18 at 5:30pm

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.

Felony & Fiction

Felony & Fiction

Tuesday, February 11 at 6:00pm

Learn how to fictionalize true crime. Choose from selection of cases in the handout (or bring your own) and begin to craft your original, fictional piece.

Magic Bottles

Magic Bottles

Wednesday, January 29 at 6:00pm

Self Love and Magic is the way to go! In this workshop we will explore the practice of self love through art and expression. We will discuss the ways to add more Love into our new year with Love Jars.

Studio visit to Hex Neon and Syd’s Threads

Studio visit to Hex Neon and Syd’s Threads

December 3, 2024

Demonstrating each step of the neon making process including pattern making, illuminated glass color theory, glass bending, bombarding and install. Weaving demos and showing the weaving and dyeing process in a mini production studio.

Intro to Quietude: An Exploration of Meditation and the Inner Life

Intro to Quietude: An Exploration of Meditation and the Inner Life

November 24, 2024

Whether you’re new to a practice of quietude or a long-time practitioner, this workshop will allow us to access simple, effective techniques that expose the truth of our experiences. Here we will sit and chat and practice the ancient ways of settling our minds in their natural state of gentle, peaceful luminosity.

Heelz

Heelz

November 12, 2024

Heel Workshop is an open-level, choreography-based dance class. Heels are optional.

Yoga for Everybody

Yoga for Everybody

November 10, 2024

In this beginner-level class, we'll learn to breathe with awareness, feel the body's glorious response to the breath, and move through a variety of shapes.

Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre: Dabke

Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre: Dabke

November 9, 2024

YSDT Dabke classes blend contemporary dance and theater with traditional Dabke tools (rhythm, footwork, unison movement etc.) to invite improvisation and play within the traditional form.

Seeds of Light Lantern Walk

Seeds of Light Lantern Walk

October 29, 2024

Join Gowri Savoor for a magical lantern festival, celebrating seeds and light. Participants can bring lanterns and join the parade. Hot apple cider will be served around a bonfire afterwards.

Lantern Making

Lantern Making

October 28, 2024

Join visual teaching artist, Gowri Savoor, for a fun and unique workshop to learn how to make a magical star-shaped lantern using bamboo, paper, and LED lights.

The Flavour of Butoh

The Flavour of Butoh

October 24, 2024

We will introduce Butoh materials and use these as the basis to fully develop our imagination. In the imaginative session, we use the body as a vessel to communicate and transmit information, allowing for autonomy and improvisation in each exercise.

Yoga for Everybody

Yoga for Everybody

September 22, 2024

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.

Field Notes

Field Notes

September 19, 2024

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.

Modern Fusion Dance

Modern Fusion Dance

August 30, 2024

Modern fusion for beg/intermediate movers - modern with africanist elements intertwined: polyrhythm, polycentrism, and overall african/jazz influence.