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The College of Arts + Architecture and UNC Charlotte Urban Institute launch the third year of the KEEPING WATCH initiative with a focus on air quality and tree canopy. Events begin in early March and continue through the end of May. KEEPING WATCH is a multi-year initiative designed to foster collaboration across disciplines and interest […]

Professor of Scenic and Lighting Design Bruce Auerbach recently designed the lighting for the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte production of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Professor Auerbach has created stage designs for more than two hundred regional theatre and university productions for both theatre and dance. Though a versatile designer with broad interests, he’s […]

Faculty in the Department of Music will be presenting in multiple upcoming conferences. Dr. Jonathan Govias, director of orchestras, will be a featured speaker and conference advisor for the “Reframing El Sistema” conference that will be held April 8 and 9 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The conference is a forum for practice […]

A solo exhibition of work by Department of Art & Art History alumna Desiree Petty is on display at Central Piedmont Community College’s Pease Gallery, January 19 – March 2, 2016. The exhibition, Marks, examines the relationship between functional and sculptural works as a parallel to exploring the way past experiences impact people on both […]

UNC Charlotte music students Tyrez Dabbs, Mary Layton, Tiffanie Briggs and Adrian Fullerwinder recently competed in the statewide scholarship competition hosted by the North Carolina Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) and held at UNC Chapel Hill on January 30. Tyrez Dabbs and Mary Layton won second and third place, respectively. The […]

UNC Charlotte will host a Women + Video Games Festival Feb. 15-21 on the main campus. A series of workshops, lectures, panel discussions and video screenings, the festival’s mission is to encourage women and girls to explore game design and programming and to promote a creative gaming culture that is inclusive of individuals regardless of […]

The Department of Music will present a Faculty & Friends Concert on February 8, featuring Associate Professor of Voice Brian Arreola, tenor. The program, which takes place on the Chinese New Year’s Day, is a celebration of music by Asian and Asian-American composers, with songs sung in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and English. Performing with Arreola […]

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 18, in the second annual celebration of alumni achievement. Representing each of the five departments of the College, the 2016 CoA+A Distinguished Alumni are Architecture: Terry Shook (1976) Art & Art History: Todd Aldridge (1992) Dance: Mojdeh Henderson (2000) Music: […]

A new book by Associate Professor of Digital Media Heather Freeman has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing. The Moving Image Workshop: Introducing animation, motion graphics and visual effects in 45 practical projects provides an interactive approach to learning how to create captivating animations by presenting examples of independent films, commercial films, and student work. The […]

Congratulations to architecture students Kel Cooper and Nathalie Slobodiuk, who have received diplomas to mark completion of the Masters of Architecture from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University in Shanghai, China. Kel and Nathalie are the first students in the three-year Masters of Architecture II dual degree program that UNC Charlotte […]