The Incubator Awards provide financial and research support for students using historical and rare library materials at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill towards projects in the arts. Join us in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room at Wilson Library for a firsthand look at our recipients’ creative work.

Songs from the D.K Wilgus Papers
Joseph O’Connell, doctoral candidate in American Studies
Chris Catanese, doctoral candidate in American Studies

Living history presentation of an 18th-century apothecary shop
Sierra Roark, doctoral candidate in anthropology
Isabella Maria Chow Kai, anthropology and chemistry major
Tessa McGuire, archaeology major
Mary Kate Mauney, anthropology major

Photography and assemblage; research focused on vernacular photography in North Carolina
Mark Brown Jr., masters student in studio arts

Poetry and multimedia visual art; research in Appalachian folk culture
Sadie Allen, studio arts major

Artist’s book; research in the Beat Collection
Alexander Benedict, English and comparative literature major

No registration required; masks encouraged.