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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Associate Professor of Architecture Jeff Balmer has received the 2021 Outstanding Peer-Reviewed Research Award for “Best Paper” from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Founded in 1912, ACSA is an international association of architecture schools that includes all accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, in addition to international programs. […]

Signs + Gestures, an exhibition in the Projective Eye Gallery in the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City, showcases two collaborative printmaking projects organized, curated, and produced by master printmaker Stefanie Dykes. On view through June 18, the show brings together works from Signs of the Times, created in 2009, and Token Gestures, created […]

Assistant Professor of Architecture Rachel Dickey has received a 2021 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research from the AIA New York Center for Architecture. Established in the 1950s, the Arnold W. Brunner Grant is awarded to mid-career architects for advanced study in any area of architectural investigation that will contribute to the knowledge, teaching, […]

Works by UNC Charlotte art students Ajané Williams and Malik J. Norman have been accepted into the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition, which opened at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on April 7. Held annually since 1970, the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition is the nation’s longest-running exhibition of African American art […]