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Audrey Ipapo Baran ’03, dance alum and visiting assistant professor of dance, is one of four recipients of the Joffrey Academy of Dance’s 12th annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition. The Joffrey Academy is the official school of the Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet. The winning choreographers’ world-premiere works will be showcased on the dancers of the Joffrey […]

Architecture graduate student Christina Slotkowski was recently awarded First Prize in the Re-imagining the Artefact student competition for her entry ” Re-imagining the Southern Porch, The Infinity Porch: A Gathering of Community.” Hosted by the Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA) at the 2021 annual conference at Loughborough University in London, the international competition attracted more […]

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles has appointed Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Nadia Anderson to the newly formed Charlotte Neighborhood Equity and STabilization Commission (Charlotte’s NEST). The commission was established by the recently adopted 2040 Comprehensive Plan and is part of the city’s efforts to address the displacement caused by gentrification. Charlotte’s NEST is […]

Assistant Professor of Dance Tamara Williams is one of 25 artists whose work is included in Black@Intersection: Contemporary Black Voices in Art, a new exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston Salem. Curated by Duane Cyrus, a former dancer with the Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey dance companies and a professor […]

A group of urban design and architecture students have transformed the basketball courts at Alexander Street Park into vibrant street murals in a partnership with the Charlotte Urban Design Center, an office in the City of Charlotte’s Planning, Design, and Development department. The student group, representing Master of Urban Design (MUD) students and students in […]

Associate Professor of Architecture Jefferson Ellinger’s book, Philosophical Difference and Advanced Computation in Architectural Theory: From Less to More was recently published by Routledge. Ellinger’s book “presents a new take on the evolution of digital design theories in architecture from modernity to today, as they have been inspired both by contemporary philosophy and the emergence […]

The Graphic Design program, the Department of Art & Art History, and the College of Arts + Architecture wish to express our sorrow for the death of alumnus Broderick Adé Hogue (BFA 2012). Adé was struck by a vehicle on October 27 in Chicago while training for an upcoming cycling race. He was taken to […]

The night the exhibition Container/Contained: Phil Freelon – Design Strategies for Telling African American Stories opened at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Sierra Grant stood before a crowd of more than 200 visitors and read the words of the late Civil Rights leader John Lewis. The moment was meaningful for […]

The International Downtown Association recently awarded an International Award of Excellence for Planning, Design and Infrastructure to a team from Stantec Urban Places that included Professor Emeritus David Walters and three former Master of Urban Design students: Dylan McKnight (MUD ’12), Ashley Bonawitz Thompson (B.Arch ’13, MUD ’15), and Ginny Young (MUD ’17). The team […]

Student Kira Wagner has been named the North Carolina state representative for 2021-2022 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Solo Competition in the Brass Area. The three-tiered competition begins with a state round in the fall, followed by a division round in the winter and a national round in the spring. Kira is a […]