Art & Art History
Two New Exhibitions in Rowe Open October 3
The Department of Art & Art History presents two concurrent exhibitions in the Rowe Galleries, October 3 through November 2. Entrails, Geographies & Empathies, in the lower gallery, features new works on paper by the Kansas City (MO)-based artist Anne Austin Pearce: “My work responds to the ambiguous and transient nature of – and dynamic […]
Ceramics Professor and Alumnus Win Prizes in Sculpture Competition
Lecturer Keith Bryant and art alumnus Bradley Tucker won first and second place, respectively, in the 31st Annual Sculpture Celebration, presented on September 10 by the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC. The judge was Dr. Elizabeth (“Lee”) Kelley, curator of fine art collection development and management for the Chicago Transit Authority. Sixty-eight artists entered […]
Dr. Jae Emerling Named Finalist for Teaching Award
Dr. Jae Emerling, an associate professor in the Department of Art & Art History, is one of this year’s five finalists for the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence, one of the University’s most prestigious honors. The 2016 award winner will be announced on Friday, September 9, at a ceremony to be held at […]
BFA Student to Show in National Juried Exhibition
BFA Print Media student Carley Moore will exhibit three of her recent prints in the fifth annual Nebraska National Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). The exhibition will feature the work of the best undergraduate student artists from across the country and will be shown in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery at UNL. […]
Ranis to Participate in Arctic Circle Assembly
Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis will present his research at the 2016 Arctic Circle Assembly, to be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, October 7-9. Ranis will participate in the session, At the Center of Periphery: Social Justice and Social Action in the Arctic. The Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest international gathering on the Arctic, […]
Film by Art Alum Wins Excellence Award
Recent graduate Hamilton Ward won an award for Excellence in Experimental Film at the Vision6 Film Festival at UNC Wilmington last spring. The short film, Ronnie Ward – Brewton, AL, is a narrated recollection of the death of an infant boy, using burnt found footage. Ward’s current film work explores Southern folklore. Another film, Miss […]
Show with Professor’s Work Named Must-See by USA Today
Work by Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis is part of an international exhibition in the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska. The contemporary art exhibition, View From Up Here: The Arctic at the Center of the World, presents photographs, film, installations, and sculpture by 14 artists who come from Canada, Europe, and the United States. […]
Art Department Faculty in Spartanburg Museum Exhibition
Five faculty members of the Department of Art & Art History will be part of the group exhibition, Pacts and Invocations: Magic and Ritual in Contemporary Art, opening June 23 at the Spartanburg Art Museum. Curated by Assistant Professor of Print Media Erik Waterkotte, Pacts and Invocation will feature work by 10 artists, including UNC […]
Department of Art & Art History Co-presents Photographic Exhibition
The Department of Art & Art History joins the Levine Scholars Program and J. Murrey Atkins Library to present Nowhere | Now Here, a photographic exhibition documenting the Latin American community of a small town in North Carolina. The exhibition will be on display on the first floor of Atkins Library March 28-April 23. Organized […]
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