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Jack Yeats, the artistic brother of famed Irish author, William Butler Yeats, is featured in a recent exhibit. Jack Yeat’s work appears throughout the publications of the Cuala Press in broadsides, cards and illustrations. Yeats died in 1957, but his caricatures and paintings of Irish life are treasured. Continue reading “Jack Yeats exhibit” ›
Friday. August 27. 9PM. ZSR Library. Capture. The. Flag. Come play ‘Capture the Flag’ @ ZSR! Red vs. Blue. Sponsored by Campus Life, Student Activities Fee, Resident Student Assocation & the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Continue reading “Capture the Flag @ ZSR” ›
“single threads unbraided” a celebration of the work of A.R. Ammons November 15-16, 2010 This exhibit is about the poetry and painting of WFU alum, A.R. Ammons, ’49. Ammons became a nationally known poet, but is less known for his painting. ZSR will hold an opening of 20 of his paintings, which will be permanently... Continue reading “single threads unbraided – A.R. Ammons Symposium” ›
ZSR Special Collections holds many of the printed works of The Cuala Press. This exhibit by Carolyn Jones, tells the story of how the sisters of well known Irish writer, William Butler Yeats created this uniquely Irish press. The two sisters, Susan Mary Yeats and Elizabeth Corbet Yeats – known as Lily and Lolly created... Continue reading “The Cuala Press and the Yeats Sisters” ›
We like to think that ZSR has special powers…like helping students with research, having a great collection of films and many other scholarly assets. We like to call it-The Power of Z! Check us out! Continue reading “The Power of “Z”” ›
Each year, The Secrest Series brings great music to Wake Forest. this exhibit shows the schedule for 2010-2011 Continue reading “Secrest Series exhibit” ›
As part of the Voices in Our Time series, famed legal author, John Grisham is speaking at Wake Forest’s Wait Chapel on September 14th at 4pm. Continue reading “John Grisham” ›
Asolare Art Foundation installed an exhibit of children’s art in August, 2010. Continue reading “Asolare Art- Children’s Art exhibit” ›
On Thursday, July 29, we were lucky to have two special visitors from the University of Portsmouth in the UK: art professors Claire Sambrook and Maureen O’Neill, creators of the Visual Libraries project. Claire and Maureen obtained a grant to visit us here in Winston-Salem to check on the status of the Leave Your Mark... Continue reading “Community art from the UK to Forsyth County” ›
Each summer for the past few years, ZSR has been blessed to host a series of small art exhibits from the Asolare Fine Arts Foundation. This organization has no agenda other than supporting art and artists in our area. This summer, the first installment of work includes paintings by a married couple: Alex Clark and... Continue reading “Asolare Art Exhibit” ›