The Art of Gaming
Reception: 7–7:30pm How might 3D modeling and digital storytelling change how we experience and learn from artworks in the Weatherspoon’s collection? Dr. John Borchert, the museum’s 2025–26 Benjamin Faculty Fellow, will share ideas for connecting art, technology, and community through UNCG’s growing partnerships with Epic Games and new campus spaces for media, animation, and interdisciplinary […] ...
Community Collection Study Session
Inspired by Gabrielle Zevin’s bestselling novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and this year’s Benjamin Fellow, Dr. John Borchert, we will host a community collection study session to explore art and videogames. Focusing on Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa and the fictional Ichigo, we will discuss the role of visual art in the design of […] ...
Curator’s Talk: Fighters for Freedom
Join exhibition curator Dr. Virginia Mecklenburg for a presentation about William H. Johnson’s work, legacy, and his series Fighters for Freedom. ...
Gallery Talk: Fighters for Freedom
Join WAM Curator Elaine D. Gustafson and UNCG Art Historian Dr. Claire Ittner as they discuss William H. Johnson’s work. ...
2025 Fall Open House
The Weatherspoon Art Museum is pleased to invite members, friends, and students to our annual Fall Open House to celebrate all the fall exhibitions and highlights the collaborative relationships that have made our exhibitions possible. This year, we especially welcome the exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. ...
Artists Panel: “Who’s Freedom Are We Fighting For?”
Join us for a dynamic discussion with Greensboro artists who will respond to William H. Johnson’s artwork through a contemporary lens to explore issues of identity, liberation, and representation. Moderated by Karen Archia, visual artist and Community Partnerships Coordinator at Creative Greensboro, the city’s office for arts and culture. Image: Karen Archia. ...
Art Crawl: Fighters for Freedom
You’re invited to enjoy Creative Greensboro’s Neighborhood Arts in a free, interactive art crawl that brings to life the themes of the Fighters for Freedom exhibition. Experience community-based creativity across the city during this unique opportunity to connect with local artists and their work. Final schedule to be determined; revisit this page later for details. Presented […] ...
Sunday Best: Celebrating William H. Johnson
As part of the programming for Fighters for Freedom, the museum will open on two Sundays this fall. Drop by in the afternoon to see the paintings, attend informative panels about the works and themes featured in the exhibition, and contribute to the Conversations in Black Project by bringing photographs and ephemera to digitize and add […] ...
Neighborhood Artists Celebrate William H. Johnson at the African American Atelier
NOV 9 – DEC 12, 2025 Location: African American Atelier, Greensboro Cultural Center Creative Greensboro’s Neighborhood Arts Grants recipients will participate in an exhibition and artists’ panel that addresses the influence of William H. Johnson’s art and themes on their own artistic vision in this show in the African American Atelier. Full program details will […] ...