Art & Art History

Professional Artist- focusing on sensory-inclusive textile art

Professional artist, Instructor of art and coordinator of the visual art program at the South Carolina Governor’s School, and online instructor for for Columbia College

Degree: B.A. in Graphic Design

Eli Coblenz is Providence Day School art teacher Sydney Sheaffer’s first Gold Medal winner.

Thomas Schmidt’s 75-foot “Connected” echoes Charlotte’s electrical grid.

Devlin McNeil ’00 is president and executive director of Arts+.

Faculty and alumni from the College of Arts + Architecture are among 54 artists to receive 2024 Creative Mecklenburg Grants from the Arts & Science Council (ASC). The grants were open to Mecklenburg County-based artists of all disciplines and provide funding of up to $3,000. Grantees represent creative disciplines from visual art and music to […]

Hometown: Morehead City, NC BFA with a concentration in Graphic Design Minor: Journalism 2025 How did you first get interested in art?I’ve always grown up loving art and creating, but it wasn’t until highschool that I realized my passion was specifically in Graphic Design. I am such a people person, so I love the idea […]

As they complete their spring semester, students in Christina Singer’s Design Research class have published what will be the sixth digital book to emerge from the Department of Art & Art History’s graphic design program since Singer joined the department in 2021. CLT Graphic Design History: A Collective Research Effort, Vol. 6 is a delightful […]

Professor of Art Lydia Thompson will receive a 2024 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Honorary Member Award at the organization’s annual conference in Richmond, Virginia, this month. The Honorary Member Award has a history of over five decades of recipients and recognizes individuals “whose commitments to creativity, scholarship, activism, or professionalism […]