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Coded Bias

This documentary explore the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini鈥檚 startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.  

Digali鈥檌 Native American Student Organization in collaboration with Joel Queen, We only want to be seen as human, 2009, pottery and recycled satellite dish, 75 inches diameter, Gift of the Digali鈥檌 Native American Student Organization

Cultivating Collections

In 2020, Cultivating Collections features paintings, ceramics, and Works by Latinx and Latin American artists. Working under Curator Carolyn Grosch, undergraduate students in WCU鈥檚 Exhibition Practicum course assisted in the selection of works to display, interviewed artists, and evaluated strengths and opportunities for the collection.  

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On-Demand Video Experiences Spring 2020

Dynamic on-demand arts content from the WCU Bardo Arts Center and Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts. Explore past exhibitions, artist talks, performances, and films.   

Gallery shot from the Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics, Fall 2016

Exhibition History

Explore many of our past exhibitions and access a downloadable listing of WCU Fine Art Museum exhibitions from our opening year in 2005 to the present.  

Wide view of a modern performance hall from an upper balcony, showing rows of curved theater seating facing a spacious stage. A grand piano sits alone at center stage beneath warm overhead lighting, with tall acoustic shell panels forming the backdrop. Upholstered balcony seats are visible in the foreground, emphasizing the scale and architecture of the venue.

Performance Hall History

Explore many of our past performances and access a downloadable listing of BAC Performance Hall events from our opening year in 2005 to the present.  

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Sonic Histories Art Contest

Sounding WCU builds upon ongoing initiatives to position our campus as a creative community welcome to all. Students currently enrolled at WCU are invited to submit an original artwork that responds to the Sonic Histories project, a research initiative that explores contested and erased sites on campus. Students from historically oppressed and underrepresented groups are encouraged to submit.