For NC State Faculty
Connecting NC State courses with the arts
We’ve made it easy for you to connect the academic courses you teach with events offered through Arts NC State, including performances, arts and crafts exhibitions, music concerts and theatre productions.
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Our Curricular Connections Guide highlights meaningful, logical links between the substance of academic courses and the content of our events.
How to Engage
There are numerous ways you and your students can engage the arts and Arts NC State, including:
- Attending a performance
- Participating in pre- or post-concert discussions
- Scheduling in-class workshops withArts NC State faculty or visiting artists
- Using a performance to enhance your classroom discussion
Download our Curricular Connections Guide (PDF) »
Arts Outreach contact
For more information on the Curricular Connections Guide, Arts NC State or engagement opportunities, email Amy Sawyers-Williams.
Resources for Spring 2017 Shows
University Theatre’s Open Door Series & The Merry Real (House)Wives of Windsor
Connections = English/Shakespeare + Communications/Modern Media + Reality TV/Sociology
- University Theatre Website
- Merry Wives of Windsor Study Guide
- American Players Theatre Merry Wives of Windsor Education Guide
The Crafts Center: Art at the Atomic Scale
Connections= Engineering + Chemistry + Visual Art + Physics
NC State LIVE
Connections= Africana Studies + Education + Applied Ecology + Natural Resources + Social Justice
- Camille A Brown & Dancers- Black Girl: Linguistic Play
- The Nile Project
- Aquila Theatre- The Trojan War: Our Warrior Chorus
The Dance Program: Spring Concert & Master Classes
Connections= Movement + Social Justice + International Studies/Russian + Non Verbal Communication…
Music Department
Connections= Environmental Studies/Water Resources + History + International/Russian Studies
- Raleigh Civic Symphony & Chamber Orchestra Site
- Music of the Soviet Union
- Rufus Reid: Musician | Composer | Educator
Rufus Reid who will compose a piece for the Raleigh Civic Symphony April 23
What our faculty members say
Faculty who have used the Curricular Connections Guide share their experiences:
“This [the CCG] is a great way to integrate the arts into academic work, to foster a well-rounded education where art appreciation and the development of an artistic sensibility have a place regardless of majors, and to increase students’ awareness that their education has meaningful applications beyond the classroom walls and the confines of their academic fields of study.”
—Dr. Hélène Ducros, Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies
“Bringing students to the Gregg Museum has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my teaching career at NCSU. Invariably students who have been quiet in class seem to come out of their shells and find ways to engage with the Gregg’s amazing collection. Knowing that different students have different learning styles is quite different from seeing it in action before you as they open up and make connections that hadn’t been made before between theory and practice.”
—Anna Bigelow, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies