Art & Art History

Aspen Hochhalter, associate professor of photography in the Department of Art & Art History, has received the 2025 International Excellence Award from the UNC Charlotte Office of Education Abroad (OEA). The award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to promoting global engagement and enriching education abroad experiences for Niner Nation.  Hochhalter has […]

Degree: BA in Graphic Design with Spanish and Art History minorsGraduation Year: 2027Hometown: Greensboro, NC How did you first get interested in art?I grew up in a household saturated with the arts. I was constantly surrounded by creative projects and experimented with all kinds of mediums like photography, writing, drawing, video editing, etc, so I’ve […]

Degree: Bachelor in fine arts concentrating in paintings, Certification in entrepreneurshipGraduation Year: 2026Hometown: France How did you first get interested in art?After the pandemic art took an important place in my life, it helped process a lot like moving across the world at 16, the isolation that came with it. Joining the college of art […]

Degree: BFA in Art with a concentration in educationGraduation Year: 2026Hometown: Germanton, NC How did you first get interested in art?I’ve always had a passion for creating since I was small, even though my creativity wasn’t fully fostered early on. I didn’t have art classes in elementary school, and I spent most of middle school […]

Lisa Homann, Ph.D., co-curated New African Masquerades and co-edited the catalogue.

WFAE 90.7FM radio reporter Gwendolyn Glenn speaks to art history professor Lisa Homann about the newly installed African gallery at the Mint Museum of Art. Homann is an African art specialist and served as the guest curator for the collection exhibition. Read and hear the full story here.

WFAE 90.7 FM public radio previews the interdisciplinary research-based exhibition Subcritical, featuring work by Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis in collaboration with Professor of Geology Missy Eppes. Read and hear the story here.

WFAE 90.7 FM public radio reporter Gwendolyn Glenn interviews artist Ayana Ross, whose exhibition, When Two or More Are Gathered, is on view at the College of Arts + Architecture’s Projective Eye Gallery. Read/listen here.

Students in the College “make a difference” while earning valuable experience and income.

Kristin Rothrock, senior lecturer in art and art history attended the UNC Charlotte sustainability workshop in 2022 and has incorporated sustainability concepts and practices into her classes since. Learn how in this story in Inside UNC Charlotte.