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Dance Department Welcomes Guest Artist Claudia Lavista
The UNC Charlotte Department of Dance announces Fall 2018 guest artist, Claudia Lavista. Lavista will teach master classes, hold conversations with students, and create a new version of her interdisciplinary work PROW (a journey). Students will audition to work with Lavista in the first week of fall semester. The work will be performed as part […]
CoA+A, Art Department Co-Present Goodyear Exhibition
The College of Arts + Architecture and the Department of Art & Art History join Goodyear Arts to co-present Delusions of Grandeur: Big Works From Below the 39th Parallel at Goodyear Arts/Camp North End, August 10-31. The exhibition, which opens with a reception and gallery talk on August 10, is curated by Associate Professor of […]
Theatre Professor Named VP of Black Theatre Network
Assistant Professor of Stage Voice Chris Berry has been named the Vice President of the Executive Board of the Black Theatre Network. Founded in 1986, the Black Theatre Network is comprised of artists, educators, scholars, students, and theatre lovers who are dedicated to the exploration and preservation of the theatrical visions of the African Diaspora. […]
Recent Dance Grad Joins Ballet Company
Julia Foster, who graduated from UNC Charlotte in May with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Arts in English, has joined PDX Contemporary Ballet in Portland, Oregon, as a company member. While at UNC Charlotte, Julia participated in the Professional Training Certificate in Dance, a two-year, 16-hour certificate program with Charlotte […]
Alumna Wins Career Achievement Award from ATHE
Department of Theatre alumna Caridad Svich has been awarded the 2018 Ellen Stewart Award for Career Achievement in Professional Theatre by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). The honor, given annually to recognize superlative contributions to the field of theatre, was awarded at the ATHE 2018 conference in Boston. Since graduating from UNC […]
Department of Art & Art History Welcomes New Chair
The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to welcome Lydia C. Thompson as the new Chair of the Department of Art & Art History. Thompson has held positions as the Director of the School of Art at Texas Tech University, Department Head at Mississippi State University, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Virginia Commonwealth […]
Art Studios Create Murals for New Apartment Building
A studio of 14 UNC Charlotte art students, led by professors Maja Godlewska and Erik Waterkotte, have created a series of 10 public art murals for the new Arlo apartment building on West Morehead Street. Commissioned by ArchCo Residential, the students participated in a semester-long project to research, design, and create the murals. The themes […]
College Welcomes New Director of Galleries
The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to welcome Adam N. Justice as Director of Galleries. Justice assumed the position on July 9 and will oversee the artistic operations of gallery spaces in Storrs and Rowe Arts on the main campus of UNC Charlotte and the Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City. […]
Building Design by Alumni Team is Competition Finalist
A project by a team of UNC Charlotte architecture alumni at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting was named a finalist in the Metals in Construction Magazine 2018 Design Challenge. The purpose of the competition was to generate concepts for building façades that contribute to the health and well-being of a building’s occupants. The sepcific challenge was […]
Summer Spotlight: Theatre Students
Our theatre students are doing great things this summer! Here are a few highlights: Amberlin McCormick spent the first half of the summer hosting three shows for the Carowinds Entertainment Department. She recently left for NYC to study in the six-week Professional Summer Acting program at the Off-Broadway theatre company, The Barrow Group. Aly Allen […]