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UNC Charlotte Departments of Music and Dance present Nouveau Now, a program of stunning choreography set to live music, March 28 and 29 at the gloriously restored 1927 Carolina Theatre in uptown Charlotte. See students take the stage in the heart of the city!  Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Nouveau Now will feature […]

Art alumni Kalin Devone ’15 and Kaitlyn Linscheid ’20 have received 2026 “10 Under Ten” Awards.

Chloe Shade ’22, ’25 MPA was recently named the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship winner at the 58th annual Region IV Southeast Conference of the American College Theatre Festival. One of eight regional chapters of ACTF, Region IV includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Southern Virginia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin […]

Blumenthal Arts CEO Tom Gabbard joined Dean Richard Buttimer and Dean José Gámez for the Spring 2026 C-Suite Speaker Series.

Associate Professor of Architecture Marc Manack has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. The College of Fellows was established in 1952 and represents architects “who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level,” the AIA stated […]

A Chicago production of Dennis Kelly’s play, “Girls & Boys,” directed by Professor of Theatre Robin Witt, has received four nominations for Joseph Jefferson (Jeff) Awards honoring non-Equity Chicago theatre. The 52nd Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations were announced Feb. 4. “Girls & Boys,” which was produced by the Griffin Theatre Company last summer, was nominated […]

Jessica Lindsey is a member of the Burnt Reeds woodwind quintet.

Department of Theatre production is first in North Carolina.

Art professors Thomas Schmidt and Erik Waterkotte have solo exhibitions of their work in regional galleries this winter. Schmidt’s “Encoded Surface,” on view at the Dalton Gallery in Rock Hill’s Center for the Arts, opened Jan. 5 and is on view through Feb. 7. Waterkotte’s “Ghosts over Vestiges, Recent Works of Apocalyptic Glamour” will open […]

Assistant Professor of Architecture Nathaniel Elberfeld and Associate Professor of Dance Tamara Williams have been named 2026 Gambrell Faculty Fellows. Awarded annually by the Charlotte Urban Institute with support from The Gambrell Foundation, Gambrell Fellowships fund projects that address the question “what does it mean to live a good life?” in the Charlotte region. Elberfeld […]