Art & Art History

Art Professor Receives International Excellence Award from OEA
Aspen Hochhalter, associate professor of photography in the Department of Art & Art History, has received the 2025 International Excellence Award from the UNC Charlotte Office of Education Abroad (OEA). The award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to promoting global engagement and enriching education abroad experiences for Niner Nation. Hochhalter has […]

Lily Butler
B.F.A. in Graphic Design with Spanish and Art History minors

Jade Marteau
B.F.A in Art with a concentration in Painting, Certification in Entrepreneurship

Flor Rodriguez
B.F.A. in Art with an Education Concentration

Nationally Traveling Exhibition Co-curated by Art History Professor Opens at New Orleans Museum of Art
Lisa Homann, Ph.D., co-curated New African Masquerades and co-edited the catalogue.

Mint Randolph officials focus on transparency in museum’s African art galleries
WFAE 90.7FM radio reporter Gwendolyn Glenn speaks to art history professor Lisa Homann about the newly installed African gallery at the Mint Museum of Art. Homann is an African art specialist and served as the guest curator for the collection exhibition. Read and hear the full story here.

Art Historian Discusses Mint African Galleries on WDAV
Associate Professor of Art History Lisa Homann joined Mint Museum curator Jen Sudul Edwards for an episode of Piedmont Arts on WDAV public radio. They discussed the recently reopened African galleries, which Homann curated. Here the interview here.

A climate- and geology-inspired art exhibit comes to Charlotte’s South End
WFAE 90.7 FM public radio previews the interdisciplinary research-based exhibition Subcritical, featuring work by Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis in collaboration with Professor of Geology Missy Eppes. Read and hear the story here.

Artist focuses on everyday life, social issues in oil paintings
WFAE 90.7 FM public radio reporter Gwendolyn Glenn interviews artist Ayana Ross, whose exhibition, When Two or More Are Gathered, is on view at the College of Arts + Architecture’s Projective Eye Gallery. Read/listen here.

CoAA Students Find Rewarding Jobs as Teaching Artists with Local Arts Organizations
Students in the College “make a difference” while earning valuable experience and income.