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Costume designs for the Department of Theatre’s 2017 production of Trikster have been accepted for the Design Showcase of the 2019 Costume Society of America Annual Meeting and Symposium, which will be held in Seattle, Washington, April 15-20, 2019. The costumes were designed by Aly Amidei, assistant professor of costume design. Trikster was a circus-inspired […]

Two current theatre students were recently booked for professional commercials that filmed in the Charlotte region. On November 9, Ariana Arocho filmed a commercial in Kannapolis for the North Carolina Education Lottery. Arocho, a junior theatre major originally from Puerto Rico, is represented by JTA, Inc. Talent Agency. Over the summer she also shot a […]

By Mayra Trujillo-Camacho UNC Charlotte Assistant Professor of Scenic Design Thomas Burch has designed the set for the Burning Coal Theatre production of The Weir, a play by Conor McPherson. The Weir takes place in a small pub in rural Ireland and begins with a group of “regulars” who tell ghost stories of their town […]

On October 27, a group of UNC Charlotte architecture students led by Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack installed “Mending Fences,” a design/build project for the city of Salisbury. The project was funded by the city’s BlockWork grant program, which is managed by Alyssa Nelson, urban design planner for the city of Salisbury and an […]

On view through November 16, an exhibition in Storrs Gallery brings together data, technology, imagination, and artistic expression to challenge viewers to reconsider the notion of “the visible.” “SEE-ING: The Environmental Consciousness Project” presents work by a dozen artists and architects from across the globe that explore themes such as how technology is transforming our […]

UNC Charlotte Dance Majors Katie Harmon and Victoria Stewart received Betty Holding Dancers Fund scholarships from the Wake Forest Dance Festival. These $500 scholarships are available on a competitive basis to student performers selected for the dance festival, which took place in September. The Wake Forest Dance Festival was founded in 2017 by Masha Maddux, […]

Students in the Department of Dance will perform the 2018 Fall Dance Concert November 15-18, in the Belk Theater in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. The four works on the program were choreographed by UNC Charlotte dance faculty and guest artists, including choreographer Claudia Lavista of Delfos Danza Contemporánea. The program will open with […]

Dr. Kelsey Klotz, lecturer in the Department of Music, has published an article in the journal Jazz Perspectives. “On Musical Value: John Lewis, Structural Listening, and the Politics of Respectability” appears in Volume 11 2018 of the journal, published in October. A jazz scholar, Dr. Klotz is currently working on a book manuscript titled Dave […]

The Department of Music will present two concerts that commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Both concerts are free and open to the public; no tickets are necessary. On November 8 at 7:30 pm, the UNC Charlotte Orchestra will present Prayer for Peace: A Symphonic Remembrance of War, Holocaust, and […]

On October 18, the Arlo apartment building on West Morehead Street held a street festival to celebrate murals created by students from the Department of Art & Art History. The students, under the direction of professors Maja Godlewska and Erik Waterkotte, researched the neighborhood near the apartment building for inspiration and created 10 murals using […]