About

The University Art Collection provides students opportunities for direct engagement with original works of art while cultivating an environment that creates dialogue, fosters creativity, and promotes interdisciplinary thinking.

Our Goals

1. Support the pedagogy of the University and the education of Wake Forest students with object-based learning that informs and enriches curriculum.
2. Acquire, preserve, interpret, exhibit, and otherwise make accessible works of art for the benefit of a variety of audiences, in support of the interdisciplinary educational goals of the University and for the benefit of the community at large.
3. Exhibit contemporary artworks manifesting a range of concepts, styles, media, and a diversity of artists (gender, race, perspectives) whose work informs, inspires, and challenges our students, the University, and the community to see the world anew.
4. Serve as a dynamic and innovative teaching resource in curricular, co-curricular, and experiential learning opportunities for faculty, students and staff.

Land Acknowledgement Statement

This statement honors the land on which Wake Forest University now resides and the land on which the original campus resided. This land served for centuries as a place for exchange and interaction for Indigenous peoples, specifically Saura (saw-ra), Catawba (ka-tah-buh), Cherokee (chair-o-kee), and Lumbee (lum-bee) in this location and Shakori (shu-kor-ee), Eno (ee-no), Sissipahaw (sis-suh-pa-hah), and Occaneechi (oak-a-nee-chee) in the original campus location. Today Wake Forest continues to be a place of learning and engagement for Indigenous students, faculty, and staff regionally, nationally, and globally.

Staff

Jessica Burlingame

Collections Manager

she/her

Office of University Art Collections

336.758.3069

burlinjo@wfu.edu

Jessica Burlingame is the Collections Manager of the Office of University Art Collections. She studied Anthropology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and received her MA in European History/Museum Studies from UNC-Greensboro. She has been working at Wake Forest since 2007.

Erin Kye

Preparator for Galleries and Collections

she / her

Office of University Art Collections

kyeee@wfu.edu

Website

Erin Kye is the Art Preparator for Wake Forest Art Collections and Hanes Gallery. Along with University Art Collections staff, Erin has partnered with Wake’s technology program to work towards creating standards for a more accessible environment, specifically in gallery and exhibition spaces.