Art & Art History

Landscape Architect and Horticulture Director for the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a Concentration in Illustration; Bachelor of Arts in International Relations 2024 Give a little general information about yourself: how did you become interested in the arts/design?I’ve always been interested in illustration and collage design. I was always passionate about comics and how they use design to make covers and […]

Hometown: Raleigh, NC Bachelor of Fine Arts, photography concentration, and Minor in Art History 2024 How did you become interested in the arts?I became interested in the arts/design as a potential career in 7th grade when my parents asked me to focus on what I wanted to do with my life. The different career options […]

Professional artist, business owner

The College of Arts + Architecture has received the 2022 Dick Robinson Award for Excellence in the Field as the Mid-Carolina Regional Art Affiliate of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The prestigious award is presented annually by the Alliance of Young Artists & Writers who manage the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards nationwide. The […]

The Department of Art & Art History welcomes three new full-time faculty members in the upcoming academic year. Samira ShiriDevich will join the Department in August as Assistant Professor of Graphic Design – Motion Design. Lorraine Turi will join the Department in August as Lecturer in Digital Foundations/3D. Mallory Nanny will join the Department in […]

Professor of Art Lydia Thompson, former chair of the Department of Art & Art History, is the new Constellation CLT artist at the Mint Museum of Art. Constellation CLT is a solo exhibition series that features work by local artists. The installations rotate three times per year. Lydia Thompson: Travelers will be on view May […]

It’s quiet in the garden where the new memorial stands tall among the trees. Sometimes sunlight filters through the leaves to illuminate a message of hope. You are strong enough. Always believe. We have each other. “It’s such an environment of peace, of seeking silence,” says senior art major Vannah Mobley. “It invites you into […]

A work by art student Asia Hanon was selected for the 35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition and received the Lucy Brown Winfree Purchase Award as one of just seven pieces to be added to the McNeese State University permanent collection. The exhibition, which includes 70 works by artists from across the Unites […]

Art Historian, Admissions Officer at the University of Glasgow, Scotland