Art & Art History

Professor of Digital Media Heather Freeman has produced a podcast series that explores the use of information technology to spread false information today and 400 years ago. Based on four years of research and interviews with more than 30 international scholars in fields from history to computer science to religious studies, Familiar Shapes digs into […]

A painting by Assistant Professor of Art Andrew Leventis is one of 128 works selected from more than 3,500 entries for the 2020 Wells Art Contemporary exhibition and award show in the United Kingdom. Established in 2012, Wells Art Contemporary is an international competition for visual art based in Wells, Somerset. Competition entries this year […]

It may be called Not Another Word., but the installation that has transformed the upper gallery in Rowe Arts is full of words. They are painted on walls, inscribed on mirrors, affixed to windows, engraved in plywood. “Language is my medium and the semiotics embodied by written words fascinates me,” says local artist Renee Cloud, […]

The Department of Art & Art History and Rowe Galleries present Working Title: 2020, an exhibition of work by art faculty and staff now on view in Rowe Arts by appointment and online in our virtual gallery. Working Title: 2020 features a diverse array of recent work – paintings, drawings, sculpture, textile art, digital design, […]

Professional Artist

Alumnus Adé Hogue (BFA ’12) was commissioned by The Undefeated, a subsidiary of ESPN, to illustrate the words of Black athletes and leaders “using their platform to speak up for what’s right.” Adé has frequently provided design work for civic and activist causes and was excited to provide posters “to support those out there fighting […]

“In these uncertain times, there remains at least one guarantee: Art does not stop in the face of adversity,” Director of Galleries Adam Justice has stated. While the College of Arts + Architecture galleries, like galleries all over the world, have been closed because of COVID-19, the CoA+A continues to celebrate art and artists, particularly […]

Two large-scale public art works by Lecturer Keith Bryant are prominently on view on the main campus of Central Piedmont Community College. Procession and Journey were installed at the end of June and will remain on loan there for one year. Procession is located in front of the Overcash building along Kings Drive. Built in […]

Alumnus Jacob Guess (BFA ’19) was recently awarded a Student Gold Award at the American Advertising (“ADDY”) Awards 2020 National Show competition for his campaign, “The End.” The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition. Jacob’s project, “The End,” was an awareness and activism campaign designed to encourage students to […]

Associate Professor of Art Maja Godlewska has a new set of paintings that explore our notions of nature and our experience of the outdoors. On virtual view at Toshkova Fine Art, the beautiful works in Evanescent reflect her research, observing tourists in the Pacific Northwest, Tasmania, and the Low Country of South Carolina. “Instagrammable landscapes, […]