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American Society of Interior Designers Names Alum “One to Watch”

Categories: News Tags: Architecture

School of Architecture alumna Natasha Edwards is one of 19 designers recognized by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) with a 2021 ASID Ones to Watch Award. Edwards, who received her Master of Architecture from UNC Charlotte in 2010, is a project architect at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, an international design firm in Charlotte. […]

Students Take Top Prizes in Bauhaus Design Style Competition

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Three teams of first year architecture students took top prizes in Artuminate’s BAUHAUS Design Style Competition, an international design and writing competition. The students entered the competition under the direction of School of Architecture Teaching Fellows Arturo Luhan and Trevor Holmes. The students were challenged to develop a conceptual design and written submission on the […]

Gallery Named in Ken Lambla’s Honor

Categories: News Tags: Architecture, COA+A

The University has honored Ken Lambla, professor emeritus and founding dean of the College of Arts + Architecture, by dedicating the Storrs Gallery to him. The gallery was named the Lambla Gallery on Friday, May 14, in a small ceremony to mark the occasion and Lambla’s retirement from UNC Charlotte. In February 2021, Lambla was […]

Art by Students Enlivens Novant Clinic

Categories: News Tags: Art & Art History

The Novant Health SouthPark Family Practice is the site of a vibrant exhibition of 130 works of art by students from UNC Charlotte and Central Piedmont Community College. The works, a wide range of painting, photography, sculpture, illustration and more, will be on display in the lobby and throughout the four floors of the medical […]

Theatre Professor to Receive Kennedy Center Medallion

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Assistant Professor of Theatre Kaja Dunn will receive a Kennedy Center Medallion from the National Committee of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) in a ceremony on May 22. A project of the Education Division of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., KCACTF is one of the leading theatre education organizations in the […]

Professor Shortlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize

Categories: News Tags: Art & Art History

Assistant Professor Andrew Leventis has been shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize. The Aesthetica Art Prize is an international competition founded in 2007 by U.K.-based Aesthetica magazine. Each year the competition attracts thousands of entries from across the globe. Leventis is one of just 19 artists to be shortlisted. Leventis was recognized for two works […]

SoA Director Evaluates 3D-Printed Wood in Journal Article

Categories: News Tags: Architecture

A new article by School of Architecture Director Blaine Brownell appears in the current issue of Technology | Architecture + Design, a peer-reviewed international journal. Brownell’s article, “Control or Affect? The Paradox of 3D‐Printed Wood,” considers the relatively new process of fabricating wood-based products – primarily wood-plastic composites (WPC) – with 3D printing technology. Beginning […]

Art History Professor Will Serve as Co-curator for NEH-funded Exhibition

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Associate Professor of Art History Lisa Homann will join a team in the development of a new exhibition by the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) and the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution (NMAfA). Funded with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), New Masks Now: Artists Innovating Masquerade in […]

Dance Students Bring Mummies to Life at NC Art Museum

Categories: News Tags: Dance

On Sunday, April 25, six UNC Charlotte dance students heard a sound that has been all too rare in the past 13 months: applause from a live audience. The students – Leah Adams, Tabitha Baker, Neha Kissler, Erika Rush, Kenny Raynor and Allie Schultz – gave four performances of “An Homage to Ancient Egypt” for […]

Awards for Trumpet Professor

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Assistant Professor of Trumpet Eric Millard has received recognition in two recent music competitions: the King’s Peak International Music Competition and The American Prize. Millard won first place in trumpet in the brass division, ages 23 and up, of the King’s Peak International Music Competition. The virtual competition is open to individual vocal and instrumental […]