Alumni Spotlights

A President’s Excellence in Teaching Professor of Dance and Honors, Associate Head of Dance, and Graduate Dance Director at Texas Tech University/Artistic Director of Flatlands Dance Theatre Education:Bachelor of Arts in Dance, UNC Charlotte (2001)Master of Fine Arts, Choreography, UNC Greensboro (2009)PhD, Dance, Texas Woman’s University (2017) Hometown: Home “region” Virginia/North Carolina Ali Duffy moved […]

Artist Education:Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting/Minor in Art History, UNC Charlotte (2010)Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Clemson University (2015) Hometown: Red Bank, NJ After growing up in places as diverse as Germany, Greece, and New Jersey, Alexandra Giannell has returned to Charlotte, after having completed her MFA at Clemson University. She came to North Carolina first as a […]

Manager of UMAR Arts Center, Charlotte   Education:Bachelor of Arts in Art, UNC Charlotte (2009)Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, UNC Charlotte (2009)Master of Art Therapy, The George Washington University (2012) Hometown: Charlotte, NC As a student at UNC Charlotte, Alex Cruz “learned that art is a visual language, and the most successful art pieces are those which reflect […]