Duke Arts Create is a series of free hands-on arts workshops designed to help all Duke students including undergraduates, graduates, and professionals (including health professionals), faculty, and staff develop a variety of creative skills in the visual arts, dance and movement, creative writing and more. While most of our workshops are exclusive to the Duke community, each month includes a few open community workshops that are free and open to the general public – no Duke affiliation required!
Explore our workshops below.
Most workshops are held in the Duke Arts Annex, the Rubenstein Arts Center or the Trent Semans Center and are typically held weeknights from 6-8 p.m.
Registration for workshops opens every Friday morning at 9 a.m. for the following week’s events. Sign up in advance to guarantee your spot. If you miss your chance to reserve, stop by – we always reserve space for walk-ins and waitlist registers and will do our best to accommodate you.
Questions? Email [email protected].
If you are new to polymer clay, you came to the right place! Clay allows us to express our imaginations through our hands — and the medium that allows the most possibilities is polymer-baked clay.
This workshop will be a playful exploration of touch as a creative mode of care. You will be invited to partake in simple embodiment practices that will support listening with the whole body.
Upcycle and repair your textile goods.
This workshop will be a playful exploration of touch as a creative mode of care. You will be invited to partake in simple embodiment practices that will support listening with the whole body.
Upcycle and repair your textile goods.
This workshop will be a playful exploration of touch as a creative mode of care. You will be invited to partake in simple embodiment practices that will support listening with the whole body.
Sign up for the monthly newsletter, which includes the full list of classes offered during the following month.
Duke Arts Create participants show off jars of homemade kombucha at Duke Campus Farm.
Participants of the Soul Sweat + Stretch workshop in the Ark Dance Studio
The Duke School of Medicine participating in a zine-making workshop in the Trent Semans Center
