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An interactive installation by Assistant Professor of Architecture Rachel Dickey with architecture alumna Noushin Radnia has been chosen for the “I Heart Rail Trail: Lights 2021” festival through a competition sponsored by Charlotte Center City Partners. The festival will present five public art light installations at light rail stations in SouthEnd and will run February […]

Dr. Lynne Conner, an award-winning playwright and chair of the Department of Theatre, has released an audio production of her play, The Mother. The play, which was a 2018 and 2019 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist, received its world premiere by Dramatic Repertory Company (DRC) in Portland, Maine, in March 2020. Originally scheduled to run […]

Arts research, diversity and racial equity, and meaningful community engagement are themes that Dean Brook Muller has applied with great intention since assuming leadership of the College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) in September 2019. He sees Charlotte’s rapid growth as an opportunity for CoA+A to engage more deeply with the community. “There is an […]

Associate Professor of Architecture Peter Wong, Graduate Program Director for the School of Architecture, has been selected to receive the 2020-2021 Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for his contributions to student success above and beyond his teaching role. The Reynolds Leadership Award honors excellence in graduate program administration and is presented annually to a Graduate […]

Student Gianna Agostino has received “Top Honorable Mention,” in the sound design category of the Design, Technology, and Management competition at the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Agostino, a senior music major and theatre minor, was recognized for her sound design for the Department of Theatre production of The Corona Caesar […]

The Department of Dance will host the award-winning dancer and choreographer Nejla Yatkin in a virtual residency February 15-26 and March 8-11. Yatkin will teach classes in modern dance, choreography, and dance history, speaking also about her personal career and issues of diversity and migration as represented in the dance field. Among her many fellowships […]

Lecturer Rachel Engstrom has won the “Costume Design of the Decade” award in the 2020 BroadwayWorld Charlotte awards. Engstrom, who is the costume lab supervisor for the College of Arts + Architecture’s Performing Arts Services, was recognized for her designs for the 2018 Theatre Charlotte production of Spring Awakening. The 2020 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards were […]

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor six Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 19, in the seventh annual celebration of alumni achievement. The event will be virtual and open to the public. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the College of Arts + Architecture in 2015 to recognize the accomplishments of alumni […]

Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Nadia Anderson, director of the City Building Lab, has been approved for $25,000 “Grants for Arts Projects” award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support neighborhood visioning workshops to address housing, transportation, and public space. Through this community-engaged design project, City Building Lab will partner […]

Two students in the Department of Art & Art History, Nicole Thrower and Ajané Williams, have had their work accepted into nationally juried shows. Nicole Thrower, who is pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in print media, is one of 13 award-winners in the Rare Artist Contest, a national contest presented by […]