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Recent Dance Grad Joins Ballet Company
Julia Foster, who graduated from UNC Charlotte in May with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Arts in English, has joined PDX Contemporary Ballet in Portland, Oregon, as a company member. While at UNC Charlotte, Julia participated in the Professional Training Certificate in Dance, a two-year, 16-hour certificate program with Charlotte […]
Alumna Wins Career Achievement Award from ATHE
Department of Theatre alumna Caridad Svich has been awarded the 2018 Ellen Stewart Award for Career Achievement in Professional Theatre by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). The honor, given annually to recognize superlative contributions to the field of theatre, was awarded at the ATHE 2018 conference in Boston. Since graduating from UNC […]
Department of Art & Art History Welcomes New Chair
The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to welcome Lydia C. Thompson as the new Chair of the Department of Art & Art History. Thompson has held positions as the Director of the School of Art at Texas Tech University, Department Head at Mississippi State University, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Virginia Commonwealth […]
Art Studios Create Murals for New Apartment Building
A studio of 14 UNC Charlotte art students, led by professors Maja Godlewska and Erik Waterkotte, have created a series of 10 public art murals for the new Arlo apartment building on West Morehead Street. Commissioned by ArchCo Residential, the students participated in a semester-long project to research, design, and create the murals. The themes […]
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. […]
Building Design by Alumni Team is Competition Finalist
A project by a team of UNC Charlotte architecture alumni at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting was named a finalist in the Metals in Construction Magazine 2018 Design Challenge. The purpose of the competition was to generate concepts for building façades that contribute to the health and well-being of a building’s occupants. The sepcific challenge was […]
Summer Spotlight: Theatre Students
Our theatre students are doing great things this summer! Here are a few highlights: Amberlin McCormick spent the first half of the summer hosting three shows for the Carowinds Entertainment Department. She recently left for NYC to study in the six-week Professional Summer Acting program at the Off-Broadway theatre company, The Barrow Group. Aly Allen […]
Theatre Chair Discusses Research on Audible’s PITCH
Dr. Lynne Conner, chair of the Department of Theatre, was featured on Episode 9 of PITCH, an Audible Original podcast covering a range of stories that illustrate why music is central to our cultural present and past. Dr. Conner shared information from her book, Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital […]
Work by Percussion Professor to be Performed in London
A composition by percussion professor Rick Dior will be performed in January by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. The concert, which will take place on January 5, 2019, at London’s Barbican Hall, will also feature music by John Adams and Jean Sibelius. Dior’s 12-minute work, Science Fiction, pays tribute to science fiction and […]
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 […]