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Art Students Exhibit at Environmental Festival
Friday, April 19, 2013
Environmentally-themed works by UNC Charlotte art students will be in a featured exhibition at the Green Goats & Gardens Festival on April 27.

Dr. Emerling Presents at Clark Institute
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Dr. Jae Emerling, Department of Art & Art History, was invited to participate in a colloquium at the prestigious Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Art History Student Wins Two Scholarships
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Senior art history major and Honors candidate Michael Murray won two prestigious scholarships awarded by the UNC Charlotte Honors College.

Ranis Has Solo Show at New Gallery of Modern Art
Monday, March 25, 2013
Assistant Professor Marek Ranis shows new works at the New Gallery of Modern Art, April 3-May 5.

Bergman Wins Juror's Choice Award
Monday, March 11, 2013
Malena Bergman has won the Juror's Choice Award in the 2013 NC Artists Exhibition at the Betty Ray McCain Gallery in Raleigh for a photo from her performance piece, "The Sowing."

Emerling's Book Named Outstanding Title
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Photography: History and Theory (Routledge, 2012), by Assistant Professor of Art History Jae Emerling, has been named Outstanding Academic Title for Photography by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

Art Student Rob Bates Receives Award
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Rob Bates, a student in the Department of Art & Art History, has been selected to receive the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s 2013 Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr. Award for combat artwork.

BFA Student Haynes Has Solo Show
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sandra Haynes, a student in the Department of Art & Art History, is exhibiting work in a solo show at Pennington-McIntyre Gallery on the campus of Cleveland Community College.

Waterkotte Exhibits at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Two new print installations by Erik Waterkotte, Assistant Professor of Print Media in the Department of Art & Art History, are being featured in the exhibition "Utopia/Dystopia" at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Godlewska Receives ASC Regional Artist Project Grant
Monday, December 3, 2012
Maja Godlewska, Associate Professor of Art, has received a 2012 Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts & Science Council.

Art Student Embeds in Afghanistan
Monday, November 26, 2012
UNC Charlotte art student Rob Bates, who is earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration, has received Invitational Travel Orders to embed with the United States Marines as a freelance war artist on behalf of American Public Media's The Story. Bates will fly to Kabul, Afghanistan on December 5 and will be embedded with a battalion of Marines from Camp LeJeune from December 8 to 18.

Artist Mel Chin to Speak November 29
Monday, November 12, 2012
Award-winning conceptual artist Mel Chin, currently an Artist in Residence at McColl Center for Visual Art, will speak in McKnight Hall on the UNC Charlotte campus on November 29. His talk, “For a Few Dollars More,” will address a variety of recent work and the value and intentions behind them.

Williams in NC Pottery Center Exhibition
Monday, October 22, 2012
Department of Art & Art History Assistant Professor of Ceramics Janet Williams has work in an exhibition of ceramic art at the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, N.C.

Godlewska Named Best Local Artist
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Maja Godlewska was named Best Local Artist by Creative Loafing in its Best of 2012 Awards.

Rowe Galleries Host Exhibitions by Meanley and Kerrane
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The UNC Charlotte Department of Art & Art History will host exhibitions of works by guest artists Jennifer Helen Meanley and Rian Kerrane in the Rowe Galleries from October 8 through November 7.

Godlewska Culminates Fulbright with Exhibition
Monday, September 10, 2012
In May/June 2012, Maja Godlewska presented "Un Bel Composto," an installation at Galeria Miejska (City Gallery) in Wroclaw, Poland, culminating her six-month research of Central European Baroque.

Williams featured in “Repetitive Nature” exhibit in Minneapolis
Friday, September 7, 2012
Department of Art & Art History Assistant Professor Janet Williams will participate in a three-person themed exhibition titled “Repetitive Nature” at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis.

Ranis Wins Fellowship Award
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Assistant Professor Marek Ranis has received a North Carolina Artist Fellowship Award in the experimental video category.

Godlewska and Ranis in SURVIVAL Art Review
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Maja Godlewska and Marek Ranis, both professors in the UNC Charlotte Department of Art & Art History, participated this summer in the 10th edition of the SURVIVAL Art Review in Poland.

Art Alumnus Wins Award, Residency
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Art department alumnus Austin Ballard recently received a Dave Brown Project grant and has been awarded a residency at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.

Birzeit University Museum Show Features Work by Assoc. Professor Mary Tuma
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Associate Professor of Fibers Mary Tuma has work in an exhibition presented by the Birzeit University Museum, Palestine.

Professor Jamie Franki Designs Official ANA Medal
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Illustration professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Art & Art History Jamie Franki has designed the official medal for the American Numismatic Association’s 121st Anniversary Convention.

Dr. Vanada Presents at International Conferences
Monday, June 25, 2012
Dr. Delane Ingalls Vanada, assistant professor of art education, represents UNC Charlotte at two international conferences this summer.

Aspen Hochhalter featured in The Kiernan Gallery
Monday, June 4, 2012
Aspen Hochhalter is one of eight artists featured in the Kiernan Gallery's First Annual Portfolio Showcase juried by artist Dan Estabrook.

Aspen Hochhalter featured in the Light Factory's Fifth Juried Annuale
Monday, June 4, 2012
Aspen Hochhalter is one of six artists featured in the Light Factory's Fifth Annuale, juried by Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida.

UNC Charlotte Art Students' Accomplishments
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Department of Art & Art History is pleased to announce student accomplishments for the Spring of 2012.

Jae Emerling Publishes Photography: History and Theory
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Dr. Jae Emerling’s recent book, Photography: History and Theory, was published by Routledge in both Europe and the United States and has received widespread acclaim.

Linear Thinking, BFA Illustration Show
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Graduating students from the UNC Charlotte, Department of Art & Art History, Bachelor of FIne Arts degree program will present their BFA Exhibitions with a concentration in Illustration in the Main, Upper and Side Galleries in the Rowe Arts Building from

Sixteen: A BFA Exhibition
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Graduating students from the UNC Charlotte, Department of Art & Art History, Bachelor of FIne Arts degree program will present their BFA exhibitions in 2 and 3 Dimensional media in the Main, Upper and Side Galleries in the Rowe Arts Building from April 16

Illuminated Narratives - BFA Graphic Design Exhibition
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Graphic Design BFA exhibition at UNC Charlotte is having an opening reception Wednesday, April 25th, 5-7PM.

UNCC Graphic Design students win PICA Awards
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Spring 2011 ARTG 4180 - Print Production class won two PICA Awards for their semester’s project titled “Choose Your Path.”

UNCC Graphic Design students win at Addy Awards
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Multiple UNCC Graphic Design students won Addy Awards in the recent Charlotte AAF (American Advertising Federation) Student Competition.

Exhibition announcement
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Indrani Gall (artist name: Indrani Nayar-Gall) is the featured artist of the 4th Annual Arts & Letters Event of Cleveland Community College.

A Collaborative Printmaking Project
Saturday, March 24, 2012
A collaborative project on Surveillance-Anonymous Course: ARTR 2161 Instructor: Indrani Gall

Vote now for the LIVESTRONG Hospital Artist in Residence Program at the Levine Cancer Institute
Sunday, March 18, 2012
The Department of Art & Art History is collaborating with the Levine Cancer Institute to create a Healing Arts program which will involve planning and programming an art activity room for patients undergoing treatment for cancer.

Visiting Installation / Ceramic Artist
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Ian Johnston is an architect turned sculptor based in Nelson, BC. Since the mid nineties he has been pursuing an interest in ceramic and more recently large-scale installations that often include ceramic.

Rowe Galleries Host Works by Guest Artists
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Rowe Galleries Host Works by Guest Artists March 19-April 5 Patricia Leighton, Del Geist, Kim Rocyeun, Paul Bright & Leigh Ann Hallberg Opening reception, March 19 @ 5 p.m. Rowe Arts Galleries, UNC Charlotte

Faculty Publication Announcement
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Dr. Delane Ingalls Vanada's book, Designing Thinking: Developing Dynamic Learners in the Arts, was released on December 29, 2011.

Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The UNCC Department of Art & Art History 2012 Annual Juried Student Exhibition will be held in the Main and Upper Galleries in the Rowe Arts Building from February 6th - 28th.

Kim Rocyeun Exhibition
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Kim Rocyeun: Originally from South Korea, currently residing in Charlotte, this award-winning artist has exhibited widely and has received, extensive commentary and reviews of her work.

Indrani Gall's upcoming solo at Winthrop University
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Visual artist and part-time lecturer, Indrani Gall, Department of Art & Art History, COA+A, will be exhibiting her project Conjoined Opposites at Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery, Winthrop University from February 13 – March 30, 2012.

HANDS-ON ACTIVITY AT MINT MUSEUM UPTOWN
Monday, January 16, 2012
Artist Indrani Gall led a hands-on public art activity at The Mint Museum Uptown on January 7th at the Romare Bearden Homecoming Event.

UNC Charlotte Hosts Student Art History Symposium
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
ART OF THE QUEEN CITY UNC Charlotte’s First Annual Student Art History Symposium

Faculty Animation and Q&A at the Light Factory
Saturday, January 7, 2012
In partnership with the McColl Center for Visual Art, the Light Factory's \Indie Spotlight\" will feature Art faculty member Heather Freeman's animation \"Pennipotens\" on Thursday, January 12th at 7:30pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the di"

Shutter 2012: Third Annual Southeast Regional Juried Student Photography Exhibition
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Shutter 2012: Third Annual Southeast Regional Juried Student Photography ExhibitionSHUTTER 2012, a juried student exhibition sponsored by The Art of Light Photography Club at UNC-Charlotte, showcases innovative contemporary photography bridging traditiona

Painting Projects OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 30th, 4-6pm

Art Professor Godlewska Receives Fulbright
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Associate Professor of Art Maja Godlewska has received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach painting to graduate students at The Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland, her alma mater, in Spring 2012.

Campbell exhibits work at Western Kentucky University
Thursday, November 3, 2011
From October 14 to November 8, Assistant Professor Bobby Campbell will have an exhibit of his work, titled \Bobby Campbell : Wayfinding,\" on display at Western Kentucky University's Corridor Gallery."

CAA Session Proposal accepted for February 2013 Conference
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Dr. James F. D. Frakes has been selected to co-chair an art history session at the annual College Art Association Conference in February, 2013.

\Playground\" Opening reception"
Monday, October 31, 2011
UNC Charlotte faculty members Maja Godlewska and Mary Tuma (Department of Art and Art History) and E.E. Balcos (Department of Dance) present Playground, a performative installation in which Godlewska’s cloud scrims cascade from the gallery’s 24-foot ceili

Franki Receives ANA Presidential Award
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Professor Jamie Franki, illustration area coordinator for the Department of Art and Art History, recently completed commissions for the 2011 World’s Fair of Money and for the official 2011 American Numismatic Association Pittsburgh National Money Show med

Solo show by Maja Godlewska: On Tigers and Putti
Monday, October 24, 2011
The New Gallery of Modern Art presents a solo show of new works by Maja Godlewska: On Tigers and Putti.

Look Left Look Right
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Work by students who participated in the College of Arts + Architecture’s summer London Field Study in Visual Art will be on exhibition in Storrs Gallery, October 17th - November 2nd.

VideoBrasil
Monday, October 3, 2011
Marek Ranis is a guest artist at International Art Festival Videobrasil, Sao Paulo Brasil Sept 29- October 5, 2011.

Three UNCC Art Faculty to Exhibit Work in Charlotte at DOMA Gallery
Friday, September 30, 2011
Three faculty members in the UNC Charlotte Department of Art and Art History will be exhibiting their work in the exhibition Alternative Realities at the DOMA Gallery of Fine Art Photography in Charlotte

Faculty Animation on KET
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Assistant Professor of Digital Media Heather Freeman's animation \Pennipotens\" will air on KET, KET2 and KETKY as part of their Reel Visions series."

Art Professor, Janet Williams, receives award from McKnight Foundation, MN
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Janet Williams is a recipient of a 2011 McKnight Artist residency award for ceramic artists at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis. The $5000 award will support a residency at NCC for three months during the summer of 2012.

Campbell presents on Charlotte design at DesignCity, Montréal and Universität der Künste, Berlin
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
In Summer 2011, Assistant Professor Bobby Campbell presented \New Voices in the New South\""

Art + Art History alumn's \Charlotte Burger Blog\" in the news and on TV"
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
2011 Digital Media BFA graduate Giovanni Gutierrez's \Charlotte Burger Blog\" has been making the media circuit."

CeramaSIZED
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
An exhibition of work by UNCC Advanced Ceramics students in Rowe Side Gallery, April 20th - 29th. Opening Reception Wednesday 20th April 5-8pm.

Hochhalter included in Photo Alchemy Exhibition
Friday, April 1, 2011
Assistant Professor Aspen Hochhalter will have photographic work included in Photo Alchemy, an international exhibition of contemporary alternative process photography. The Exhibition was juried by Laura Moya and features 35 artists from the United States

Janet Williams Exhibits work at Tampa Airport, FL
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tampa International Airport presents an exhibition of work by Art Professor, Janet Williams, in conjunction with the 45th annual ceramic conference, NCECA 2011. Williams’ work, A Topography of Touch, explores the interface between two very different tech

Art student Owens in Creative Loafing article
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Six Charlotte based photographers are displaying their work at Twenty-Two in Plaza Midwood. One of them is an Art major at UNCC, Kenny Owens.

Digitally Inclined 2 - Student Juried Show
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Digital Art Mob is pleased to announce this year's accepted works to Digitally Inclined 2, the UNC Charlotte student digital art exhibition, juried by Crista Cammaroto and Chris Watts.

Artist Malena Bergmann part of Indie Grits Film Festival
Monday, March 7, 2011
Malena Bergmann's 16mm experimental short film, Fleeting, was accepted for inclusion in the upcoming Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, SC (April 13-17, 2011). The film was partially funded by an NC Arts Council Fellowship.

Heather Freeman's \Fuzzy Pictures\" on Exhibit at Coker College"
Friday, March 4, 2011
An art exhibition of digital and traditional media by Heather Freeman will open with a reception on Monday, Feb. 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery.

Graphic Design and Digital Media Student wins Addy awards
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Student Christian Anzola, a dual-concentration student in Graphic Design and Digital Media, won three awards at the 2011 Charlotte Addy Awards.

Art Students and Others Win National Award
Thursday, February 24, 2011
UNC Charlotte’s Sanskrit magazine won the 10th national Pacemaker Award, which honors general excellence in collegiate magazines. The award, given by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP), was presented at the organization’s national convention in Louisvi

Art student in Creative Loafing article
Friday, February 18, 2011
osh (Blue) Haney, a student in the Art and Art History Department at UNCC, is the subject of an article in Creative Loafing.

2011 Student Juried Exhibition
Thursday, February 10, 2011
2011 JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION Juried by Linda Luise Brown, Art critic for the Charlotte Observer and painter.

Artist Malena Bergmann awarded grant
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Malena Bergmann, faculty member in the Department of Art and Art History, was just awarded a grant from the Gallucci Creative Fund. She will be the director and producer of an upcoming collaborative performance project, to be documented in still photogra

Art Professor Interview on Charlotte Viewpoint
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Artist Malena Bergmann was recently interviewed about her project currently on exhibit at The Light Factory (Charlotte, NC) through Feb. 6. The interview also discusses her work generally.

Art Professor on exhibit at de Saisset Museum
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Artist Mary Tuma has work on exhibit at the de Saisset Museum in Santa Clara, CA. Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces is up through March 11.

Art Professor on exhibit at ATHICA
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Artist Heather Freeman has work on display at the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art in Athens, GA. Taking Part is up through March 6.

Marek Ranis, Sculpture Coordinator
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Invited for Art Residency at Bundanon Trust in Australia summer 2011- a premier residency program in Australia

Art Student News
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Karen Pierce won The Light Factory's Suspicious Mind photography contest.

Jamie Franki, Illustration Coordinator
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
I was invited by the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists to design a Gene Kelly commemorative medallion to be used as the official medal for the PAN state conference in 2011.

Intergraphica Student Organization News
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Intergraphica - Print Media Student Organization:

Print Media Studio News
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Print Media Studio - Print Media students hosted the national Combat Paper Project during the week of November 8-11th, 2010.

Art Professors win ASC Regional Artist Project Grants
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
During a highly-competitive grants cycle, Heather Freeman, John W. Ford, Mary Tuma and Janet Williams were recently awarded Arts and Science Council Project Grants. From 93 applicants in the Visual Arts, 19 recipients were chosen to receive grants.

Maja Godlewska News
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Maja Godlewska has been commissioned to create an installation, Outer Bands for Dzidzius, for Wells-Fargo Cultural Campus - installed in the new Duke Energy Building (September 2010); she has also been invited to participate in Sculpture Key West (in Janu

Dr. James Frakes invited to write on Roman Forum spaces
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Dr. James Frakes has been invited to contribute a chapter on Roman Forum spaces to the \Blackwell Companion to Roman Architecture\", due out 2011. The Blackwell Companion Series is designed to highlight scholarly innovations from the last twenty years, an"

Art Faculty Member Wins Prestigious Pollock Krasner Grant
Monday, November 29, 2010
John W. Ford has been awarded the prestigious Pollock-Krasner grant to assist his studio research and artistic development. Ford will be preparing for three solo exhibitions - in February, March, and May, two visiting artist workshops/lectures, and to pre

Charlotte ARTery Fall Exhibit
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Charlotte ARTery Fall Exhibit - Julie Benda, Janet Lasher, Ashley Lathe, Bev Nagy, Paul Keysar, Jon Tarleton, Teresa Hollmeyer, Nancy Cook, Sharon Dowell, John Ford, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Sharon Sullivan

Cauthen Selected for inclusion in \Carolina's Got Art\""
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Jean Cauthen's oil painting, \Blue\" was selected for inclusion in \"Carolina's Got Art.\" The artwork is on display at Atherton Mills on South Blvd in Charlotte through the end of October. Her painting was one of 136 selected from over 2,000 submissions."

Call for Entries: Juried Print Media Exhibit
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Call for entries Juried Print Media Exhibit Juror: Jennifer E Price, visiting UK Artist Cash Prizes: Best in Show, Second, Third Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 26 Hand deliver your entries to Rowe 259 between 9-5 p.m.

visiting artist announcement
Monday, October 18, 2010
Jesse Eric Schmidt is a visiting performance (& other) artist from NY who will be speaking on November 18 at 2:00 pm (location TBA, contact mnbergma@uncc.edu).

Interface
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
For Hanover College, Mike Deetsch has curated a two-person show that is intentionally interactive. Both Bobby Campbell and Kristina Arnold create installations that one can literally step into, on, and around. Kristina often creates work that is influence

Woodblock Workshop - October 16th / Application Deadline October 8th!
Friday, September 24, 2010
BFA candidates Jessica Alford and Nick Garris are offering this workshop for students who might be interested. It is at no cost but is competitive. Anyone may submit a design for consideration, as per directions on this poster. The final number of part

Faculty members Heather Freeman and Marek Ranis present work at TED conference
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Professors Freeman and Ranis will have imagery on display at the TEDx conference on Sept. 24. The conference takes place in the Wells Fargo Auditorium in Charlotte, NC.

Alum exhibits in NYC at Christina Ray Gallery
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Lilya Salevska (BFA in Art) exhibited her work at the Christina Ray Gallery in New York City from August 5-21, 2010. She is currently an MFA candidate at UNCG.

Figure Drawing Sundays at Winthrop University - please join us
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
This is an open studio - no instruction - with a nude model, every Sunday afternoon. Anyone over 18 who is interested in drawing the figure and being inspired by talented fellow artists is welcome! Easels and drawing boards provided.

Art Faculty Exhibitions and Lectures 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Exhibitions by the Art Faculty at UNC Charlotte

Dr. Emerling Published in X-tra Contemporary Art Quarterly
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Art History professor Dr. Jae Emerling was recently published in the X-tra Contemporary Art Quarterly, entitled \Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present\""

Spring 2010 Award Recipients
Friday, May 14, 2010
The award recipients for the Department of Art and Art History, spring 2010.

Dottie Bryant: Featured Speaker at Mint Museum Regional Art History Symposium
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Senior Art History student, Dottie Bryan is one of the featured lecturers at the Mint Museum Regional Art History Symposium

Design Students Create H1N1 Posters
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Under the supervision of lecturer, Giulio Turturro, Graphic Design students design H1N1 posters for university campus distribution.

UNC-Charlotte’s Fibers Program featured in Surface Design Journal’s “Spotlight on Education\" Associate Professor Mary Tuma, UNCC’s Fibers Program featured in Surface Design Journal’s “Spotlight on Education\"."
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
<p>Associate Professor Mary Tuma, UNCC’s Fibers Program featured in Surface Design Journal’s “Spotlight on Education\: feature, with 9 images of faculty and student work and text about program. The Surface Design Journal is the field’s leading journal in North America and has international readership, the journal of the Surface Design Association.</p>"

Graduates Work Under Tutelage of Sol LeWitt
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Two graduates of our program are currently participating in the installation of a Sol LeWitt wall design at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.

Video/Media Installation Class - ‘Mapping Charlotte’
Saturday, August 1, 2009
An exciting fall semester Video/Media Installation Class - ‘Mapping Charlotte’ - an opportunity for students to work with internationally known installation artist, Sonja Hinrichsen.

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