COA+A
Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure
The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to recognize 10 faculty who have received reappointment, promotion, or tenure this year: PROMOTION to Full Professor Jennifer Whitaker (Music) PROMOTION to Associate Professor (w/Permanent Tenure) Jane Dalton (Art & Art History) Thomas Schmidt (Art & Art History) Marc Manack (Architecture) Ming-Chun Lee (Architecture) Carlos Cruz (Theatre) […]
UNC Charlotte Appoints New Dean of College of Arts + Architecture
The UNC Charlotte community is pleased to welcome Brook Muller as dean of the College of Arts + Architecture beginning September 2019. Muller joins us from University of Oregon, where he is a professor in the Department of Architecture and director of the University of Oregon Portland Architecture Program. Muller’s leadership experience includes appointments as […]
CoA+A Presents 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards
The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 15, in the fifth annual celebration of alumni achievement. The awards ceremony will take place in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall at 11:30 am. The event is free and open to the public. Representing each of the […]
CoA+A Faculty, Alums Receive Arts & Science Council Grants
Five faculty and five alumni of the College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) are recipients of 2019 Regional Artist Project Grants from the Arts & Science Council. Given annually, Regional Artist Project Grants provide funding to artists for professional development and technical assistance. CoA+A faculty who received grants are: Department of Music Associate Professor of […]
Alumni Establish New Scholarship in Honor of Founding Dean
A group of architecture alumni have founded a new scholarship endowment for the College of Arts + Architecture in honor of the CoA+A founding dean, Ken Lambla. The 14 alumni were joined by CoA+A Senior Associate Dean (Interim Dean) Lee Gray and Jim Williams of Little Diversified Architectural Consulting in raising $60,000 for the Ken […]
CoA+A Welcomes New Faculty
The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to welcome these new full-time faculty this fall: Department of Art & Art History Lydia Thompson, Chair & Professor Jessica Burke, Assistant Professor / Foundations Anna Kenar, Lecturer Cynthia Frank, Lecturer Department of Dance Kaustavi Sarkar, Assistant Professor Department of Music Jeremy Marks, Assistant Professor / Trombone […]
College Welcomes New Director of Galleries
The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to welcome Adam N. Justice as Director of Galleries. Justice assumed the position on July 9 and will oversee the artistic operations of gallery spaces in Storrs and Rowe Arts on the main campus of UNC Charlotte and the Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City. […]
World Premiere of User Agreement: A prepared music field performance
The College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte is proud to announce the world premiere of User Agreement on Monday, August 20, and Tuesday, August 21, at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. User Agreement, by California-based composer Ian Dicke, is scored for soprano, chamber ensemble, and dynamically spatialized audio delivered through a system […]
SoA and Art Professors Receive Merit Award at ArtFields
Professors Jefferson Ellinger (architecture) and Thomas Schmidt (art) have received a 2018 Merit Award in the ArtFields southeastern regional art competition for their installation LED Kintsugi (formerly named Hybrid Skins), created with graduate research assistant Paul Stockhoff. ArtFields took place in Lake City, South Carolina, April 20-28 and showcased work by nearly 400 artists from […]
Projective Eye Gallery Hosts ASC Community Supported Art Exhibition
The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) joins the Arts & Science Council (ASC) to present “Celebrating 5 Years of Community Supported Art,” an exhibition of work by local visual artists, at the Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City. The show runs from April 28 through July 28, 2018. The gallery is open […]