Big Tent/Transforming Race

Big Tent/Transforming Race Big Tent is a portable community based artwork highlighting issues of diversity race and inclusion.

Big Tent is portable venue for the arts that brings people together to talk about their common experiences of race and ethnicity. Artwork from high school and college students in Winston-Salem is incorporated into the Tent with images and text, and we present performance, video and art as a touchstone for dialogue.

Juneteenth Festival 2017 at Baily Park, Innovation Quarter in Downtown Winston-Salem! Thanks to a grant from the Provos...
06/18/2017

Juneteenth Festival 2017 at Baily Park, Innovation Quarter in Downtown Winston-Salem! Thanks to a grant from the Provost at Wake Forest, we were able to print a series of Ann Nguyen's recent photographs and hang them in the Tent. By showing a range of skin tone colors in self identified people of color, these large photos confront us with the ways that photography uses an idea of 'normalcy'. We got a great response from the diverse audience at Juneteenth! Ann and I will bring the show to the quad at Wake Forest in September.

06/18/2017
April 2015 with a great crowd to start some conversations amoung the many groups that make up Wake Forest.
11/13/2015

April 2015 with a great crowd to start some conversations amoung the many groups that make up Wake Forest.

Today is the day!Manchester plaza from 1pm-5pm!Come out, Come out!!
04/24/2015

Today is the day!
Manchester plaza from 1pm-5pm!
Come out, Come out!!

You don't want to miss out. Free food, representation, understanding, and you could be a part of the final product. Come...
04/23/2015

You don't want to miss out. Free food, representation, understanding, and you could be a part of the final product. Come out tomorrow and find out what i mean!

Hey everyone!Do us a favor and share this flier so everyone can participate in the Big Tent: Transforming Race and some ...
04/17/2015

Hey everyone!
Do us a favor and share this flier so everyone can participate in the Big Tent: Transforming Race and some FREE FOOD on the MAG QUAD come April 24th!!!
Y'all rock

LOVE the new graphic?
04/12/2015

LOVE the new graphic?

Help us make Wake Forest just a little more inclusive and come out today!
04/07/2015

Help us make Wake Forest just a little more inclusive and come out today!

Today at 7, we will be having an information session and materials pick-up!Panhel and IFC groups should attend this meet...
04/07/2015

Today at 7, we will be having an information session and materials pick-up!
Panhel and IFC groups should attend this meeting because our last one is Friday at 7pm (and y'all have a mandatory event then).
Here's an example of what you can do with the panels!
(Delta Xi Phi made a collage!)

Student groups, athletic clubs, freshman halls, major departments, and the list goes on!We are looking to showcase every...
04/05/2015

Student groups, athletic clubs, freshman halls, major departments, and the list goes on!
We are looking to showcase every group on campus under the Big Tent on April 24th!

06/24/2014
06/23/2014

We brought Big Tent to the Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 21 and helped the African-American community celebrate the anniversary of freedom. This was a lively event with lots of music and food, and Big Tent felt right at home! We started a project called 'Rings of Truth'- interlocking cardboard and paper rings with quotes and messages hung from the tent, and used this occasion to honor Dr. Maya Angelou by quoting some of her wonderful words.

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Big Tent is portable venue for the arts that brings people together to talk about their common experiences of race and ethnicity. Artwork from high school and college students in Winston-Salem is incorporated into the Tent with images and text, and we present performance, video and art as a touchstone for dialogue.

The Big Tent was conceived of by artist David Finn as a way to showcase art about diversity and bring people together by traveling it to area high schools and events. We have been to Parkland, Kennedy, and Mount Tabor high schools, and participated in a number of Juneteenth Festivals. Each time we feature a different set of works, some created just for the Tent.

In 2018 the Big Tent was used exclusively by the Delta Xi Phi sorority at Wake Forest to feature their organizational goals for inclusivity and diversity. The sorority uses Big Tent each year, usually on the Magnolia Quad, and has now become the owner and prime mover!