Art & Art History

Three Charlotte galleries are featuring works by UNC Charlotte art faculty this fall. Thomas Schmidt, assistant professor of interdisciplinary 3D art, is showing work at Hodges Taylor Gallery; Andrew Leventis, assistant professor of painting, is featured at Sozo Gallery; and retired professor Susan Brenner is in exhibition at Elder Gallery. The Hodges Taylor exhibition, MAKE/SHIFT, […]

A sculpture by senior art major Erin Nicholas has been chosen for exhibition in the members’ show at the 40th anniversary Tri-State Sculpture Conference, to be held October 25-28 in Greensboro, N.C. Erin’s sculpture, “Deliverance from Anxiety,” will be on view at the Center for Visual Artists gallery at the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center. Erin […]

Works by art professors Andrew Leventis and Thomas Schmidt will be included in a new exhibition opening September 20 at the Mint Museum of Art uptown location. The show, Mainframe, is the Young Affiliates of the Mint’s Third Annual Juried Art Show. It explores the role of technology in society and how technology overstimulation has […]

The College of Arts + Architecture and the Department of Art & Art History join Goodyear Arts to co-present Delusions of Grandeur: Big Works From Below the 39th Parallel at Goodyear Arts/Camp North End, August 10-31. The exhibition, which opens with a reception and gallery talk on August 10, is curated by Associate Professor of […]

The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to welcome Lydia C. Thompson as the new Chair of the Department of Art & Art History. Thompson has held positions as the Director of the School of Art at Texas Tech University, Department Head at Mississippi State University, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Virginia Commonwealth […]

A studio of 14 UNC Charlotte art students, led by professors Maja Godlewska and Erik Waterkotte, have created a series of 10 public art murals for the new Arlo apartment building on West Morehead Street. Commissioned by ArchCo Residential, the students participated in a semester-long project to research, design, and create the murals. The themes […]

Art alumnus Austin Ballard’s work is the subject of a solo exhibition at Wave Hill, a public garden and galleries in The Bronx, NY. The show, RUMORS, will run May 19–June 24, 2018. Ballard received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010. Fabricating furniture using cane webbing and epoxy clay, he has constructed an immersive […]

By Linda Luise Brown A sense of genuine camaraderie was palpable on the stage and in the auditorium during the March 15 reception for the inaugural Roderick MacKillop Memorial Alumni Art Exhibition, which honors “the legacy of the beloved art professor” at UNC Charlotte. And in the galleries at Rowe Arts Building, the work of […]

Works by Assistant Professor of Art Thomas Schmidt are on display at Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC, as part of the North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship 2017 Award Exhibition. The exhibition features work by 17 artists from across North Carolina who received fellowship grants last year. Schmidt’s mixed-media ceramic works, Modular Vase Series and […]

Assistant Professor of Art Education Jane Dalton has co-edited a three-volume series: “Contemplative Practices, Pedagogy, and Research in Education,” released last month by Rowman & Littlefield. The three books, Cultivating a Culture of Learning, The Teaching Self, and Impacting Teaching and Learning draw together first-hand accounts from researchers and practitioners in the developing philosophy of […]