The Ruby opens January 8 for public programs, special projects, Duke courses, and more.
Grand Opening Party
Open To The PublicCelebrate the opening of the Ruby, a new home for making art at Duke. Drop in for performances, hands-on activities, freebies, and more!

Schedule
Ongoing Activities (1–4 pm)
- Architect Meet & Greet
- Student Arts Groups: Meet & Greet & Monuts
- Student Dance Council Showcase
- Student Film Showcase
- Live Music Set by Small Town Records
- Screen Printing with WXDU
- WXDU Radio Station Studio Tours
- Biscuit Station Art Installation
- Makerspace Tours with Innovation Co-Lab
- Media Production Studio Tours
- T-Shirt Screen Printing
- What is Home? Student Art Exhibition
- PARLIAMENT: Performance Art Piece Meet & Greet
- Poetry Fox
- Photo Booth by ZimZoon
Select Times Only:
- MEETING Performance Q&A
1:30 pm & 3:00 pm - Dance Program Repertory Rehearsals:
1-2 pm Ballet Repertory; 2-3 pm African Dance Repertory; 3-4 pm Modern Dance Repertory - SLIPPAGE Lab sound/play/space
2-3:30 pm *Entrance to sound/play/space every 15 minutes beginning at 2pm.
Free Food!
- Ruby-colored popcorn
- Chocolate covered bacon
- Monuts
- Locopops
- Ruby hot chocolate by the Nasher Museum of Art (across Campus Drive at the Anderson Street entrance)
- Espresso & Ruby Roast coffee by Joe Van Gogh (near Campus Drive entrance)
Giveaway
The first 50 people at the opening party will receive a limited-edition silver and Duke blue poster commemorating the opening of the Rubenstein Arts Center by local visiting artist Bill Thelen!
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About the Ruby
Designed with the arts in mind, the Ruby encompasses 10 multipurpose studios, the Duke programs in Dance and Arts of the Moving Image, a makerspace, the 200-seat von der Heyden Studio Theater, a film theater, student-run radio station WXDU-FM, and the Ruby Lounge.
We invited a team of Duke dancers, musicians, artists, and Hoof 'n' Horn singers to break in the Ruby for us—this video captures the first moments of creativity in the arts center!