RCWMS

Join us on Thursday February 6th, from 6-8pm. RCWMS Artist in Residence MJ Sharp will give an online artist talk reflecting on her twenty years of photographing at night. The talk is in conjunction with her upcoming Nightscapes show on view at Craven Allen Gallery in Durham from February 8th — March 1st, with an opening reception […]

Come learn about Bluestem, a beautiful piece of land north of Hillsborough, NC, now being developed as a nature preserve and a conservation burial ground. Why conservation burial, and why Bluestem in particular? Cemeteries are places for people to be permanently memorialized and places at which family and loved ones may gather for reflection. Conservation burial […]

Difficult experiences can become lodged in our bodies in ways that impact us daily, and writing is a way to name, release and recover from those experiences. Expressive writing allows us to make sense and meaning; to re-craft the struggle and better reflect our truth. In other words, it supports you in surviving your story. […]

Traumatic memories are formed differently than normal memories, and can be more intense and longer lasting. In addition, we can inform our own traumatic memories by rehearsing them. This looks like retelling the event to others, to ourselves, or writing it down. When we do this, we are at risk of introducing inaccuracies and potentially […]

It’s a well-researched fact that we store our emotional experiences in our physical bodies. On anniversaries of loss, for example, it is common to feel body pain, heaviness, or fatigue. In this workshop, we will practice feeling into our body stories safely in order to capture them in words. As a group, we will learn […]

Join RCWMS and artist Krystle Marriott for a workshop that combines meditation, reflection, group discussion, and, of course, art. In this workshop, Krystle will lead participants through a meditative, creative workshop in which they are invited to rediscover the wonder of seeing through a child’s eyes in artistic expression. By following Krystle’s guided workshop, participants […]

RCWMS is honored to invite you to a reading with Melanie Morrison from her new book, Becoming Trustworthy White Allies. The reading is sponsored by RCWMS and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University’s Rubenstein Library. In this collection of essays, lectures, and real-life stories, antiracism facilitator Melanie S. Morrison […]

Do you have a painful and true story you find yourself reliving each time you try to tell it? What about a story that’s stuck inside you because it feels too raw to be writeable, too vulnerable to be readable? Is being able to tell that story without suffering the key to releasing yourself from […]

Join us this fall, starting on October 30th! Art Historian Dr. Elizabeth Howie, and RCWMS Artist in Residence, Photographer MJ Sharp, will lead a four-part seminar inspired by the work on view at Duke's Nasher Museum, Coming into Focus: A Snapshot of Photography at the Nasher: October 30, 2025 November 6, 2025 November 13, 2025 […]