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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 […]

Dr. Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice, will participate in the Young Artists Program at Glimmerglass Festival this summer. Founded in 1975, Glimmerglass Festival is a highly regarded summer opera and musical theatre festival in Cooperstown, NY. The Young Artists Program was founded in 1988 to provide training and experience for talented artists in the […]

UNC Charlotte theatre alumna Stacey Rose has been named a 2017-18 Many Voices Fellow by The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, MN. Founded in 1994, the Many Voices Fellowship is for early-career writers of color and provides recipients with financial and administrative support and introductions to theater leaders in the Twin Cities and Chicago. Two fellows […]

UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture’s Tactical Urbanism Class has partnered with the Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT), and First Ward Elementary and the Charlotte Lab School on a project to promote urban vitality and safe pedestrian behavior along the walkways that connect the elementary schools and UNC Charlotte Center City. On Friday, May […]

The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to announce the recent decisions by the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees on the following personnel actions: Promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor Ms. Heather Freeman (Department of Art & Art History) Dr. John Allemeier (Department of Music) Dr. Randal Haldeman (Department of Music) Promotion from […]