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Assistant Professor of Costume Design Aly Amidei has designed the costumes for the upcoming production of Her Majesty’s Will at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago. Based on the 2013 novel by David Blixt, the play is receiving its world premiere and runs May 26 through June 16. Set in Elizabethan England, Her Majesty’s Will brings together […]

A composition by Professor of Music John Allemeier and choreography by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones will be featured on the Music and Museum concert series at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art on Sunday, May 21. The concert, performed by the Bechtler Ensemble, will present new music by five local composers, created in […]

Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis has joined London-based psychology scholar Tim Lomas and the Anchorage Museum (Alaska) to develop a multidimensional community-engaged art project that explores unique words from many languages. Named Cafuné (the Brazilian Portuguese term for the act of running a hand through a loved one’s hair), the project is based on […]

Dr. Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice, will participate in the Young Artists Program at Glimmerglass Festival this summer. Founded in 1975, Glimmerglass Festival is a highly regarded summer opera and musical theatre festival in Cooperstown, NY. The Young Artists Program was founded in 1988 to provide training and experience for talented artists in the […]

UNC Charlotte theatre alumna Stacey Rose has been named a 2017-18 Many Voices Fellow by The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, MN. Founded in 1994, the Many Voices Fellowship is for early-career writers of color and provides recipients with financial and administrative support and introductions to theater leaders in the Twin Cities and Chicago. Two fellows […]

UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture’s Tactical Urbanism Class has partnered with the Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT), and First Ward Elementary and the Charlotte Lab School on a project to promote urban vitality and safe pedestrian behavior along the walkways that connect the elementary schools and UNC Charlotte Center City. On Friday, May […]

The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to announce the recent decisions by the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees on the following personnel actions: Promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor Ms. Heather Freeman (Department of Art & Art History) Dr. John Allemeier (Department of Music) Dr. Randal Haldeman (Department of Music) Promotion from […]

Dr. Lee Gray, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Architecture, was featured in a segment on National Public Radio’s Here & Now, which aired April 18. The segment, “What’s the most efficient way to ride an escalator?” began with a discussion of a study done by the London Underground on the most […]

A series of conference presentations by Associate Professor of Piano Dylan Savage demonstrates the many connections between music performance and the fields of data analytics, STEM, and corporate training and entrepreneurship. Dr. Savage’s research in the areas of biomechanics at the keyboard and entrepreneurship for musicians has long been presented in conservatory masterclasses and music […]

Some 30 students from the College of Arts + Architecture, the College of Computing and Informatics, and the College of Engineering are designing and fabricating statement pieces, costumes, and garments that will be worn by professors and friends at the first annual Statement Making, a fashion show to be held Thursday, April 27, in the […]