Art & Art History
Art Student Wins Charlotte Public Art Commission
UNC Charlotte art student William Lee won a public art commission from the City of Charlotte GovPorch project to create an interactive installation at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Plaza on Fourth Street. Lee’s installation, “Resonances,” is made of wood, steel cable, and electrical metallic tubing and is inspired by Gandhi’s concept of communal harmony and […]
Department of Art & Art History presents ART CONNECTS 2017
The Art Education program in the UNC Charlotte Department of Art & History will presents its third annual contemporary art integration symposium, “ART CONNECTS 2017: Embracing Change,” on Saturday, April 29. The symposium will be held at UNC Charlotte Center City, with a closing reception at program partner McColl Center for Art + Innovation. ART […]
Professor Mary Tuma Featured in McColl Center Exhibition
A new exhibition at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation features work by three artists, including Associate Professor of Art Mary Tuma. Tell Me More: Unique Perspectives on Our Collective Human Experience opens with a reception on Friday, April 14, and runs through May 27. Curated by Mark Leach, Tell Me More presents works […]
New Gallery of Modern Art Features Work by Prof. Godlewska
A new show of paintings by Associate Professor of Art Maja Godlewska will open at the New Gallery of Modern Art in Charlotte with a reception on Friday, March 31. “The Ultimate Landscape” runs through May 6; Godlewska will speak about the work at an Artist Talk on April 22. “The Ultimate Landscape” features large-scale […]
Waterkotte and Kenar Featured in “Outliers” Exhibition
As part of Outliers: The Art of Printmaking, an exhibition at the Westobou Gallery in Augusta, Georgia, Assistant Professor of Print Media Erik Waterkotte and part-time faculty Anna Kenar were invited to create a site-specific installation in the gallery windows. Outliers was organized by Chadwick Tolley of Augusta University in conjunction with the 2017 Southern […]
Art Professor’s Animated Film is a Festival Favorite
An animated film by Associate Professor of Digital Media Heather Freeman has been screened in 35 national and international film festivals and two gallery exhibitions, with more screenings scheduled for 2017. Artemis, a stop-motion animated short, received a nomination for Best Animation at the Kerry (Ireland) International Film Festival, 3rd Place for Best Animation at […]
Margaret McAdams
Artist; Professor Emerita of Art, Ohio University-Chillicothe
Art Professor’s Solo Exhibition Suggests Gallery is Sacred Space
The Fine Arts Building (FAB) Gallery at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada, presented a solo exhibition by UNC Charlotte Assistant Professor of Printmaking Erik Waterkotte November 1-26, 2016. The show, Principa Rerum de Lumine in Tenebris (The Principle of Light in Darkness), is inspired by Waterkotte’s Catholic background and draws upon Masonic symbols […]
Art Professor Represents North Carolina in U.S. Department of State’s “Our Arctic Nation”
Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis’s essay, “North Carolina and the Sublime North: An Artistic Interpretation of the Arctic,” has been published by the U.S. Department of State on the blog site “Our Arctic Nation,” an official U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship initiative. “Our Arctic Nation” seeks to publish 50 essays, one from each state of […]
Art Faculty Receive NCAC Artist Fellowships
Department of Art & Art History faculty members Thomas Schmidt, assistant professor of interdisciplinary 3D studio, and Andrea Vail, part-time instructor in fibers, have received 2016-17 Artist Fellowship Awards from the North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC). Schmidt and Vail are among 17 statewide recipients of awards in the field of visual arts/craft. Artists receive the […]