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Professor of Theatre Mark Pizzato’s new theatre history textbook, Mapping Global Theatre Histories, has recently been published by Palgrave Macmillan. The book begins its survey of theatre with a look at the development of the brain’s “inner theatre” and continues its exploration through ancient, medieval, modern, and postmodern developments. It broadly considers prehistoric cave art […]

Associate Professor of Print Media Erik Waterkotte has collaborated with artist Nicholas Ruth to create Interstitial, a site-specific graphic installation in the Loggia Gallery at the Unviersity of Dallas. The installation opened March 3 and is presented in conjunction with the 2019 Southern Graphics Council International Conference. It closes April 3. With Interstitial, the artists […]

The Department of Music was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. William “Bill” Dailey, a dedicated member of the Department of Music faculty for decades. Dr. Dailey died on February 27. A memorial service will be held at Resurrection Church on Saturday, March 23, at 2:00 pm. The family will receive visitors prior […]

Students in the architectural history class “Museums: Southeast + Beyond” are working with the Levine Museum of the New South to design and present the exhibition The Legacy of Lynching. Coming to Charlotte from the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, the exhibition will open on April 24 and will be on view through June […]

David Thaddeus, Professor of Structures and Architectural Design, has been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the AIA’s highest membership honor. Only three percent of AIA members achieve Fellowship (FAIA) status. “David embodies the poetics and empathy of an architect with the calculus of an engineer,” said School […]

Assistant Professor of Scenic Design Tom Burch has designed the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte production of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. The production runs February 8-24 at the McColl Family Theatre. Burch, who has had an extensive career in Chicago, has designed numerous Children’s Theatre productions since coming to UNC Charlotte in 2014, as well […]

AGA Collaborative, the trio of performer-choreographers that includes Associate Professor of Dance Gretchen Alterowitz, has jointly published an article in Choreographic Practices 9 (2). The article, “And how to be in three places at once: A collaborative experiment,” reflects on the trio’s creative practices and how their values are manifested through their collaborative working process. […]

Architecture professor Jeff Balmer has initiated an effort in Toronto to preserve Ontario Place, a waterfront park designed in the early 1970s by Bauhaus-trained architect Eberhard Zeidler. Balmer grew up in Toronto and in a recent article in Canada’s Global News, remembers visiting the park. “I remember full well the incredible impact that Ontario Place […]

Last fall the Plaza Midwood Merchants Association approached Associate Professor of Urban Design Nadia Anderson and asked whether the School of Architecture’s City.Building.Lab, a research arm of the SoA, would propose solutions for the Gordon Street alley, a dingy strip that lies between the Sherwin-Williams paint store and Snug Harbor music venue in the Plaza […]

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 15, in the fifth annual celebration of alumni achievement. The awards ceremony will take place in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall at 11:30 am. The event is free and open to the public. Representing each of the […]