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 […] ...

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 […] ...

Join exhibition curator Dr. Virginia Mecklenburg for a presentation about William H. Johnson’s work, legacy, and his series Fighters for Freedom. ASL interpretation will be available for the talk. ...

Join WAM Curator Elaine D. Gustafson and UNCG Art Historian Dr. Claire Ittner as they discuss William H. Johnson’s work. ASL interpretation will be available for the talk. ...

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. ...

Please join the UNCG Latin American Folk Ensemble for a concert featuring the works of Afro-Latino composers. Led by Lorena Guillen, the Ensemble will perform in the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s McDowell Gallery, where the exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice will be on view. ...

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. ...

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 […] ...

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 […] ...

Location: Benjamin Auditorium, Weatherspoon Art Museum Artist Stacy Lynn Waddell creates artworks that consider the authorship and idealism of art historical narratives and how they correspond to the economic and political structures of their time. This fall, UNCG’s School of Art welcomes Wadell as the 2025-26 Falk Visiting artist. Visitors to the Weatherspoon can see […] ...

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 […] ...

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 […] ...