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Sara Segerlin is the new director of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design.

Jun 19, 2024

Sara Segerlin To Lead Gregg Museum of Art & Design

Sara Segerlin, who previously worked at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary in Arkansas, will take over as the new director of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design July 1. 

Stuart Benkert is the new permanent department head for the Department of Performing Arts and Technology.

Jun 12, 2024

Benkert Named DPAT Department Head

The Department of Performing Arts and Technology (DPAT) is ready to march forward under new permanent leadership.  

State Chorale in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after singing at Mass. Photo credit: Patrick Fargier

May 28, 2024

NC State Chorale Performs in Italy

Just a day after helping usher the spring 2024 class of NC State graduates into the world, members of the NC State Chorale packed their bags and headed across the pond to showcase their talents on a global scale. 

Layla El-Khoury's 'Force of Flows' demonstrates the process and impact of stream bank erosion through dance.

Apr 10, 2024

Dance Your PhD: NC State Grad Student Layla El-Khoury Awarded for Educational Dance Production

NC State grad student Layla El-Khoury's 'Force of Flows' demonstrates the process and impact of stream bank erosion through dance, and received the "Dance Your PhD" award. 

Apr 8, 2024

Small Island Big Song Residency Brings Climate Activism Through Art to NC State

Small Island Big Song, a group of musicians from Island Nations across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, will spend this week in residence with NC State LIVE. 

Jayme Mellema has designed numerous shows for the NC State University Theatre department including "The Spongebob Musical."

Apr 8, 2024

Traveling Through Time: D&P Alumnus Jayme Mellema Embraces Pop Culture to Inform His Work

Jayme Mellema, a resident artist at NC State who has created numerous set designs for University Theatre, created "The Institute for Temporal Observation and Application" an in-person and virtual immersive theatrical experience that embraced popular time-travel tropes while staging a mystery to solve. 

NC State students display their art at the 2023 Student Art Sale.

Apr 1, 2024

Student Art Sale Set for April 12

On Friday, April 12, Talley Student Union’s Ballroom will be transformed into a bustling art market.  

Members of the NC State Choral Artists rehearse for "Considering Matthew Shepard."

Mar 8, 2024

NC State Choral Artists Prepare for Debut with ‘Considering Matthew Shepard’

On March 23, members of the NC State and Raleigh communities are invited to experience a Department of Performing Arts and Technology (DPAT) performance of “Considering Matthew Shepard.” 

Compagnie Hervé KOUBI in Stewart Theatre was one of several recent sold-out. shows for NC State LIVE!

Mar 1, 2024

NC State LIVE Enjoying Strong Run of Sold-Out Shows

NC State LIVE has seen extraordinary success with its performing arts programming throughout the 2023-24 school year, with five recent public performances plus three student matinees for local elementary schools all selling out.  

A group of visitors looks at BLOW UP II: Inflatable Contemporary Art at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design near the closing of the exhibition.

Feb 16, 2024

BLOW UP II: Inflatable Contemporary Art was a Supersized Exhibition

"BLOW UP II: Inflatable Contemporary Art" recently exhibited at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design and had jumbo appeal to go along with the mammoth inflatables featured.