Art & Art History

By Melody Songer Melody Songer is an art major and journalism minor. A student this semester in the Installation Art class with Carmen Papalia, she wrote this article for a journalism class with Professor Cheryl Spainhour. On the first day of Installation Art class at UNC Charlotte, students sit in their plastic, paint-ridden chairs in […]

In memoriam

UNC Charlotte alumnus Adé Hogue (BFA Graphic Design, 2012) has been selected by Print magazine for its annual “New Visual Artists” issue. Hogue was selected by the national publication as one of “15 creatives under 30 who are shaping tomorrow’s design landscape.” He will be featured in Print’s Fall 2017 issue. Founded in 1940 as […]

The Department of Art & Art History presents Sean Caulfield: Air Bleeder in Rowe Galleries, October 2-20. The Department will host an artist lecture on Monday, October 2, at 4:00 pm, followed by an opening reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Sean Caulfield is a Centennial Professor in the Department of Art and Design at […]

Senior Vice President of North America, Valtech, Charlotte

Each year the UNC Charlotte Department of Art & Art History partners with the McColl Center for Art + Innovation to provide a special educational experience for students through hosting a shared Artist-in-Residence. The McColl artist joins a UNC Charlotte faculty member to teach a spring semester course, culminating in programming in Rowe Galleries and […]

Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis is one of 15 artists featured in the exhibition of the Arctic Arts Festival in Harstad, Norway. The international exhibition, Subsistence, is on view June 24 through August 5 at Harstad’s Galleri NordNorge. Created through a collaboration between the Northern Norway Arts Museum and Anchorage Museum (Alaska), Subsistence examines […]

UNC Charlotte is pleased to announce that the family of Roderick MacKillop, a former professor in the Department of Art & Art History, has established three endowments at the University in his memory. The endowment funds will support student scholarships and a bi-annual exhibition of alumni work in the Department of Art & Art History, […]

Dr. Lisa Homann, assistant professor of art history, will present a paper and chair a roundtable discussion at the 17th Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA) Triennial Symposium on African Art, to be held August 9-12 at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. Dr. Homann has been conducting research […]

Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis has joined London-based psychology scholar Tim Lomas and the Anchorage Museum (Alaska) to develop a multidimensional community-engaged art project that explores unique words from many languages. Named Cafuné (the Brazilian Portuguese term for the act of running a hand through a loved one’s hair), the project is based on […]