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Design/Build Seminar Brings Improvements to Salisbury Building
On October 27, a group of UNC Charlotte architecture students led by Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack installed “Mending Fences,” a design/build project for the city of Salisbury. The project was funded by the city’s BlockWork grant program, which is managed by Alyssa Nelson, urban design planner for the city of Salisbury and an […]
Immersive Exhibition in Storrs Gallery Challenges Visitors to See in New Ways
On view through November 16, an exhibition in Storrs Gallery brings together data, technology, imagination, and artistic expression to challenge viewers to reconsider the notion of “the visible.” “SEE-ING: The Environmental Consciousness Project” presents work by a dozen artists and architects from across the globe that explore themes such as how technology is transforming our […]
Two Dance Students Receive Wake Forest Dance Festival Scholarships
UNC Charlotte Dance Majors Katie Harmon and Victoria Stewart received Betty Holding Dancers Fund scholarships from the Wake Forest Dance Festival. These $500 scholarships are available on a competitive basis to student performers selected for the dance festival, which took place in September. The Wake Forest Dance Festival was founded in 2017 by Masha Maddux, […]
Fall Dance Concert Explores Migrant Experience in Guest Choreographer’s Work
Students in the Department of Dance will perform the 2018 Fall Dance Concert November 15-18, in the Belk Theater in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. The four works on the program were choreographed by UNC Charlotte dance faculty and guest artists, including choreographer Claudia Lavista of Delfos Danza Contemporánea. The program will open with […]
Music Professor Publishes Article in Jazz Perspectives
Dr. Kelsey Klotz, lecturer in the Department of Music, has published an article in the journal Jazz Perspectives. “On Musical Value: John Lewis, Structural Listening, and the Politics of Respectability” appears in Volume 11 2018 of the journal, published in October. A jazz scholar, Dr. Klotz is currently working on a book manuscript titled Dave […]
Concerts To Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day
The Department of Music will present two concerts that commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Both concerts are free and open to the public; no tickets are necessary. On November 8 at 7:30 pm, the UNC Charlotte Orchestra will present Prayer for Peace: A Symphonic Remembrance of War, Holocaust, and […]
Regional Developer Praises Students’ Murals
On October 18, the Arlo apartment building on West Morehead Street held a street festival to celebrate murals created by students from the Department of Art & Art History. The students, under the direction of professors Maja Godlewska and Erik Waterkotte, researched the neighborhood near the apartment building for inspiration and created 10 murals using […]
House Designed by SoA Professor Wins AIA NC Merit Award
Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack, AIA, has received a 2018 Merit Award from American Institute of Architects North Carolina (AIA NC) for the Hillside Rock House, designed by his practice, SILO AR+D. The award was one of 14 given at the 2018 AIA NC Design Conference on October 18 in Durham, N.C. More than […]
Department of Theatre Presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
The Department of Theatre will present Shakespeare’s comedy, Twelfth Night, October 25-November 4 in the Black Box Theater in Robinson Hall. The production is directed by Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare Andrew Hartley. Disguise and deception are at the center of Twelfth Night’s plot, in which Viola, separated in a shipwreck from her twin brother, […]
Voice Professor to Sing in Opera Carolina’s Daughter of the Regiment
Assistant Professor of Voice Carl DuPont will sing the role of Hortensius in the upcoming Opera Carolina production of The Daughter of the Regiment. Performances take place November 10, 15, and 18 at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Belk Theater in uptown Charlotte. Dr. DuPont, a bass-baritone, made his singing debut as a child in […]