December will see a variety of events on campus as the fall semester wraps up before winter break, which starts on Dec. 18. The arts will be prominent during the month, with the Mirra Goldfrad exhibition, “When Observing the Observer,” viewable in the Richardson Family Art Gallery Café, and the Tallis Scholars presenting “While Shepherds Watched” in Leonard Auditorium. The traditional lighting of the menorah and Candlelight Carols will illuminate campus on Dec. 4 to celebrate the holiday season.

Three exhibitions in the Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts will close Dec. 8: VIEWFINDER, Roots/Routes: Mobility and Displacement in Art of the American South, and A Gender Line: A Multidisciplinary Show of Female Artists and Writers. Information on Wofford’s exhibitions can be found HERE.

More information on all events can be found in the Daily Announcements or at calendar.wofford.edu.

Friday, Dec. 1
Navigating Difficult Moments in the Classroom: The Importance of Self-Awareness and Preparation
Noon, Gray-Jones Room, Burwell Dining Hall

Dr. Anita Davis, Trinity College’s vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion, will offer a faculty workshop designed to encourage faculty reflection on factors that can influence how they approach navigating difficult moments in the classroom and provide strategies for increasing effectiveness. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Office for Civil Rights, Compliance and Community Initiatives. Attendees are encouraged to view some material in advance, linked HERE and HERE.

Monday, Dec. 4
Candlelight Carols
7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium

Join the Wofford community for Candlelight Carols and the lighting of the menorah. All student choirs will perform. This is a festive tradition on campus to kick off the holiday season. All are welcome.

Monday, Dec. 11
The Tallis Scholars present “While Shepherds Watched”
7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium

Celebrating their 50th birthday this season, The Tallis Scholars will present a holiday program featuring music by the masters of the late Renaissance. The program provides a fresh look at the Christmas story, viewing it from the point of view of the shepherds who came to worship at the manger. Admission is free, but reservations are required using the link HERE.

EXHIBITIONS

Through Dec. 3
Mirra Goldfrad Exhibition: “When Observing the Observer”
Richardson Family Art Gallery Cafe

“When Observing the Observer” explores what we see when we look. As the Goodall Visiting Fellow this fall, Goldfrad decided to inhabit the role of the observer in her interactions with Glendale Shoals Preserve. Bringing her camera and a field recorder, she regularly hiked the upper shoals, noting the language of observation and attempting to see what might be revealed in re-presenting her recordings.

Through Dec. 8
“A Gender Line: A Multidisciplinary Show of Female Artists and Poets”
Richardson Family Art Museum

“A Gender Line” showcases the works of female visual artists and writers, all South Carolina residents from various cultural backgrounds, including African American, Asian, Latina and Persian.

Through Dec. 8
“VIEWFINDER”
Richardson Family Art Museum

Wofford College’s Richardson Family Art Museum and the Department of Art and Art History present “VIEWFINDER,” a solo exhibition of work by Crystal Z Campbell, a multidisciplinary artist. The exhibition is inspired by travels of Varberg, Sweden, and especially focuses on the African Diaspora in Sweden.

Through Dec. 8
“Roots/Routes: Mobility and Displacement in Art of the American South”
Richardson Family Art Museum

Presented by the Johnson Collection, this exhibition features work by artists from the American South, focusing on cultural origins and migration. Twenty artists’ works showcase narratives of relocation, identity and displacement. Works span from the 1800s to the present.

ATHLETICS

Basketball season swings into high gear, with both the men’s and women’s teams each playing two games inside the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium.

The women host Bellarmine University at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, and Emory & Henry at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4. The men open the month on the road before returning home to face Kentucky Christian at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17, and Southern Wesleyan University at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 29.