Art & Art History

B.F.A. in Art with an Illustration Concentration

Printmaker, Gallery Assistant at Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte

B.F.A. in Art with a concentration in Print Media

This is the second December in a row that a member of Valentina Varela’s family has graduated from UNC Charlotte. Last year, her brother, Juan, received a B.S.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Spanish. This December, it’s Valentina’s turn. Valentina was 15 when her family moved from her native Colombia to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. […]

Several faculty and alumni in the College of Arts + Architecture have been recognized in the 2023 “Best in the Nest” Awards presented by Charlotte independent weekly newspaper Queen City Nerve. Covering a wide range of categories, the annual awards include both Critics’ and Readers’ Picks. In the “City Life” Category, professors Heather Freeman and […]

In collaboration with The Nicholson Project, alumnus Antoine Williams ‘03 has created four multimedia public artworks located in different quadrants of Washington, DC. Each Afrofuturist mural of the series Mythic Futures features a different mythical being that is portrayed in a way that represents contemporary Black life. Williams has said that this project serves as […]

A new podcast by Professor of Digital Media Heather Freeman, published by public media organization PRX, launches on Tuesday, October 24. Over three seasons, Magic in the United States will unveil the secrets of magical and spiritual America by exploring enchanted beliefs, practices, and cultural conflicts past and present. The podcast is available free on-demand […]

Just five years after Carmen Neely ’12 completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting at UNC Charlotte, she was giving solo gallery exhibitions in major U.S. cities like New York and Miami. Since then, she has added Chicago (where she currently lives), Paris and Düsseldorf, Germany, to the growing list. But among her many […]

B.F.A. in Graphic Design and Minors in Human Computer Interaction and Marketing

Professional Artist