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What is the relationship between the food we eat, or the clothes we wear, and the earth? Assistant Professor of Theatre Education Beth Murray led a multidisciplinary arts education initiative in 2015-16 that brought together 15 teachers from six local schools to address that question through arts and storytelling. The project, Cotton & Collards: Unearthing […]

Students in the School of Architecture’s AIAS Freedom By Design™ chapter recently completed Phase 1 of a two-phase project at the Cabarrus Bilingual Preschool, run by Families First in Cabarrus County. Families First in Cabarrus County is a non-profit organization that serves low-income families through bilingual (Spanish and English) programs for children and parents. The […]

Work by Associate Professor of Architecture Kelly Carlson-Reddig will be included in Re-Action, a show opening June 3 at Ciel Gallery. Re-Action features three artists: Carlson-Reddig, book artist Jackie Radford, and painter Leigh Williams. Their work is in exhibition through June 25. A registered architect and former Associate Director of the School of Architecture, Carlson-Reddig […]

Assistant Professor of Voice Carl DuPont will compete in the 20th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, to take place in Leipzig, Germany, July 4-16. The competition will be held in the categories of voice, organ, and cello/Baroque cello and consists of four competitive rounds in each category. Participants were chosen in a juried pre-selection process […]

Five faculty members of the Department of Art & Art History will be part of the group exhibition, Pacts and Invocations: Magic and Ritual in Contemporary Art, opening June 23 at the Spartanburg Art Museum. Curated by Assistant Professor of Print Media Erik Waterkotte, Pacts and Invocation will feature work by 10 artists, including UNC […]

The online theatre journal, HowlRound, has recently published an article by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jeanmarie Higgins that describes the work that dramaturgy students do in the Department of Theatre at UNC Charlotte. “The Youngest People in the Room: Dramaturgy in Undergraduate Theatre Programs” presents the challeges and opportunities that undergraduate theatre students encounter as […]

The UNC Charlotte “Pride of Niner Nation” Marching Band has been selected as the official band to represent the United States in Normandy, France, in June 2018. The performance will mark the 74th anniversary of D-Day. Each year, one band is chosen to represent the U.S. at the D-Day commemoration. The honor was historically reserved […]

Dr. Jeffrey Miller, Director of Athletic Bands, will present at the College Band Directors National Association Athletic Band Symposium, to be held at the University of Minnesota June 2-4. Dr. Miller will present a clinic session on starting new collegiate marching bands, in partnership with Debra Traficante of Kennesaw State University (Georgia). Dr. Miller joined […]

The Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City presents Digital Dialogues, two multimedia installations that incorporate full-scale digital fabrication with a touch of the hand and a topographic perspective. Newly formed collaborative teams of College of Arts + Architecture professors and students have expanded the creative process, removing the control of the solely autonomous […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Dance has received a 2016 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The grant, in the amount of $10,000, will support Tracing Modern Dance: A Reconstruction Residency for Paul Taylor’s Lost “Tracer.” The reconstruction residency is the culmination of an 18-month research project by Associate Professor […]