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UNC Charlotte is pleased to announce that the family of Roderick MacKillop, a former professor in the Department of Art & Art History, has established three endowments at the University in his memory. The endowment funds will support student scholarships and a bi-annual exhibition of alumni work in the Department of Art & Art History, […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Music is partnering with the Charlotte New Music Festival to present a composers workshop and series of concerts June 19 – July 1. Founded in 2012 by UNC Charlotte music alumna Elizabeth Kowalski, the Charlotte New Music Festival brings together emerging and established composers and professional musicians for two intensive […]

Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare Andrew Hartley has a new book, published by Tor Teen and released on June 6. Firebrand is the second novel in Hartley’s Steeplejack young adult (YA) series, set in a 19th-century South African-inspired fantasy world. Steeplejack received glowing reviews and has been nominated for the International Thriller Writers best YA […]

Dr. Lisa Homann, assistant professor of art history, will present a paper and chair a roundtable discussion at the 17th Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA) Triennial Symposium on African Art, to be held August 9-12 at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. Dr. Homann has been conducting research […]

The Office of Academic Affairs has announced that the College of Arts + Architecture Advising Program has been recognized with the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising for the 2016-17 academic year. The award will be conferred at a special reception in the fall. The mission of the College of Arts + Architecture […]

The School of Architecture announced the 2016-17 awards at a celebratory ceremony on graduation weekend, May 12, 2017. AIA Henry Adams Medal Undergraduate: Anna Anklin Graduate: Matt Allen AIA Certificate of Merit Award Undergraduate: Lucas Flint Graduate: Nazanin Modaresahmadi Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal Undergraduate: Anna Anklin Graduate: Emily Clodfelter Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) […]

Professor of Theatre Mark Pizzato and Department of Theatre Chair Lynne Conner will give scholarly presentations at international conferences in Hamburg, Germany; Paris, France; and Basel, Switzerland, in June. At the Performance Studies international conference, to be held in Hamburg June 8-11, Dr. Pizzato will present “Inner Theatre Spillover: Neuro-Performances in Temples and Churches.” Drawing […]

Assistant Professor of Costume Design Aly Amidei has designed the costumes for the upcoming production of Her Majesty’s Will at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago. Based on the 2013 novel by David Blixt, the play is receiving its world premiere and runs May 26 through June 16. Set in Elizabethan England, Her Majesty’s Will brings together […]

A composition by Professor of Music John Allemeier and choreography by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones will be featured on the Music and Museum concert series at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art on Sunday, May 21. The concert, performed by the Bechtler Ensemble, will present new music by five local composers, created in […]

Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis has joined London-based psychology scholar Tim Lomas and the Anchorage Museum (Alaska) to develop a multidimensional community-engaged art project that explores unique words from many languages. Named Cafuné (the Brazilian Portuguese term for the act of running a hand through a loved one’s hair), the project is based on […]