Art & Art History
Art Professor’s Animated Film is a Festival Favorite
An animated film by Associate Professor of Digital Media Heather Freeman has been screened in 35 national and international film festivals and two gallery exhibitions, with more screenings scheduled for 2017. Artemis, a stop-motion animated short, received a nomination for Best Animation at the Kerry (Ireland) International Film Festival, 3rd Place for Best Animation at […]
Margaret McAdams
Artist; Professor Emerita of Art, Ohio University-Chillicothe
Art Professor’s Solo Exhibition Suggests Gallery is Sacred Space
The Fine Arts Building (FAB) Gallery at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada, presented a solo exhibition by UNC Charlotte Assistant Professor of Printmaking Erik Waterkotte November 1-26, 2016. The show, Principa Rerum de Lumine in Tenebris (The Principle of Light in Darkness), is inspired by Waterkotte’s Catholic background and draws upon Masonic symbols […]
Art Professor Represents North Carolina in U.S. Department of State’s “Our Arctic Nation”
Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis’s essay, “North Carolina and the Sublime North: An Artistic Interpretation of the Arctic,” has been published by the U.S. Department of State on the blog site “Our Arctic Nation,” an official U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship initiative. “Our Arctic Nation” seeks to publish 50 essays, one from each state of […]
Art Faculty Receive NCAC Artist Fellowships
Department of Art & Art History faculty members Thomas Schmidt, assistant professor of interdisciplinary 3D studio, and Andrea Vail, part-time instructor in fibers, have received 2016-17 Artist Fellowship Awards from the North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC). Schmidt and Vail are among 17 statewide recipients of awards in the field of visual arts/craft. Artists receive the […]
Two New Exhibitions in Rowe Open October 3
The Department of Art & Art History presents two concurrent exhibitions in the Rowe Galleries, October 3 through November 2. Entrails, Geographies & Empathies, in the lower gallery, features new works on paper by the Kansas City (MO)-based artist Anne Austin Pearce: “My work responds to the ambiguous and transient nature of – and dynamic […]
Ceramics Professor and Alumnus Win Prizes in Sculpture Competition
Lecturer Keith Bryant and art alumnus Bradley Tucker won first and second place, respectively, in the 31st Annual Sculpture Celebration, presented on September 10 by the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC. The judge was Dr. Elizabeth (“Lee”) Kelley, curator of fine art collection development and management for the Chicago Transit Authority. Sixty-eight artists entered […]
Dr. Jae Emerling Named Finalist for Teaching Award
Dr. Jae Emerling, an associate professor in the Department of Art & Art History, is one of this year’s five finalists for the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence, one of the University’s most prestigious honors. The 2016 award winner will be announced on Friday, September 9, at a ceremony to be held at […]
BFA Student to Show in National Juried Exhibition
BFA Print Media student Carley Moore will exhibit three of her recent prints in the fifth annual Nebraska National Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). The exhibition will feature the work of the best undergraduate student artists from across the country and will be shown in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery at UNL. […]
Ranis to Participate in Arctic Circle Assembly
Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis will present his research at the 2016 Arctic Circle Assembly, to be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, October 7-9. Ranis will participate in the session, At the Center of Periphery: Social Justice and Social Action in the Arctic. The Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest international gathering on the Arctic, […]