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Spirited Sound: UNC Charlotte student is the link between the band’s past and present
The Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band was featured on Queen City News evening news broadcast on October 23. Watch the story on Queen City News.
Inaugural hip hop symposium Oct. 17-19 at UNC Charlotte
The Charlotte Post announces the Hip-Hop symposium, “To the Beat Y’all,” produced by Assistant Professor of Dance Ashley Tate and hosted by the College of Arts + Architecture. Read the story here.
The Sound of Spirit
A third-generation band director, Director of Athletic Bands Brian Taylor came to UNC Charlotte in 2023 and has grown the Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band into its largest ensemble yet, with 227 members. For the first time ever, the PNNMB has two drumlines: a green line for football games and a white line for […]
Professor’s firm designs a new health center for Charlotte’s Latino community
The Architect’s Newspaper recently reviewed the design of the Camino health center by architecture professor Marc Manack’s firm, SILO. Across the United States, migration continues to reshape the social and physical landscape. In recent years, states across the country have seen some of the sharpest demographic shifts, with Latino populations growing faster in the South than […]
UNC Charlotte professor’s new hip-hop conference celebrates cultural impact
Assistant Professor of Dance Ashley Tate recently spoke with The Charlotte Observer about the inspiration behind her upcoming Hip-Hop conference, her experience growing up immersed in a family of artists and how her insatiable curiosity led her to see dance as a tool to understand and preserve history. Tate has danced and choreographed for most […]
Back on the Map: Architecture Students Imagine a New Chimney Rock
The people of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, are seizing a rare opportunity to reimagine their town, literally, from the ground up. A year after Hurricane Helene — a bulldozer of destruction that whipped through the Blue Ridge Mountains — leveled the village’s thriving commercial corridor, there is reason for optimism. Chimney Rock State Park, considered […]
Asheville-based artist highlights pesticide companies’ greenwashing in new Charlotte installation
WFAE environmental reporter Zachary Turner explores the exhibition of work by artist Kirsten Stolle on view in the Projective Eye Gallery. A new art exhibit in uptown Charlotte explores how companies use rhetorical sleight of hand to escape public scrutiny. Asheville-based artist Kirsten Stolle’s latest works explore the concept of greenwashing, which she described as “putting an […]
Artist Kirsten Stolle Takes Chemical Corporations to Task
Queen City Nerve features artist Kirsten Stolle’s exhibition at the Projective Eye Gallery.
From Charlotte to Shinjuku: An Architecture Student’s Journey
Bella Swanson, a senior architecture major, spent a month this summer abroad in Shinjuku, Japan, studying contemporary Japanese urbanism with 33 classmates and Chris Jarrett, professor of architecture; Jeffrey Nesbit, visiting assistant professor of architecture; and Rachel Dickey, associate professor of architecture. From the crowded streets of Tokyo to the quiet beaches of Japan’s coastline, […]
How a Charlotte fiber artist entwines his Vietnamese heritage with his artwork
The Charlotte Observer explores the work of alumnus Kenny Nguyen ’15 in this arts feature by Virginia Brown.