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U.S. Mint Air Force Medal Features Professor’s Design
Jamie Franki has designed the reverse side of the new U.S. Air Force silver medal.
   July 13, 2021

A new medal issued by the United States Mint features the work of Associate Professor of Art Jamie Franki. The first release in the United States Armed Forces Silver Medal Program, the medal honors the U.S. Air Force. It was designed by Franki...

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Precast Concrete Industry Support Sends Graduate Studio to NYC
Students toured precast concrete projects on field trip, then designed a Tokyo hotel.
   June 29, 2021

A group of architecture graduate students, led by Professor of Architecture Chris Jarrett, had the opportunity to take the School of Architecture’s first post-pandemic field trip this month, thanks to $5,000 in financial support from precast concrete industry partners. The sponsorship, organized by Ray Clark, executive director of the Georgia/Carolinas Precast...

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Architecture Professor’s Team Shortlisted for Tallinn Architecture Biennale Competition
Only 12 finalists were chosen from 119 teams representing 49 countries.
   June 22, 2021

Associate Professor of Architecture Jefferson Ellinger and his project partners Joseph Choma and Wesam Al Asali are among 12 design teams shortlisted for the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) Installation Competition. Organized by the Estonian Centre for Architecture, the Tallinn Architecture Biennale is the largest architectural...

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Partnership with Goodyear Arts Offers Artist Residencies to New Alumni
Nadia Meadows and Nicole Thrower are the inaugural recipients.
   June 20, 2021

A new collaboration between the Department of Art & Art History and Goodyear Arts awards three-week summer artist residencies to recent graduates of the Department. Alumni Nadia Meadows, who received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art in December 2020, and Nicole Thrower, who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art in May, are the inaugural award recipients, chosen through a competitive...

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Performing Arts Services Hosts Theatre Tech Camp for Middle School Girls
Two-week camp is a partnership with the Dottie Rose Foundation.
   June 17, 2021

For the past two weeks, Robinson Hall has been home base for “Tech Theatre: Lights, Sound, Action!,” a camp for middle-school girls offered through a partnership with the Dottie Rose Foundation. The Dottie Rose Foundation (DRF) is a local non-profit that seeks to close the gender gap in the fields of technology and computer...

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Department of Music Welcomes Visiting Band Directors
Brett Penshorn and Daniel Fischer will serve one-year appointments.
   June 16, 2021

The Department of Music has announced the appointment of two visiting band directors for the 2021-22 academic year, filling positions left vacant by Director of Bands Shawn Smith, who has accepted a position at Brigham Young University, and Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands Shayna Stahl, who has accepted a position at the University of Kentucky.  

Brett Penshorn...

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Department of Art & Art History Welcomes Three New Faculty
New professors of illustration, graphic design, and ceramics come to UNC Charlotte
   June 10, 2021

The Department of Art & Art History will welcome three new faculty members this August.

Chelsea Brtis is a new Assistant Professor of Illustration. She received a Bachelor of Architecture from Iowa State University and an MFA in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication from the University of Texas at Dallas. Previously, Brtis has taught digital 3D...

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Inaugural Social Justice Scholarship Recipients Use Architecture, Dance to Advocate for Diversity and Inclusion
First recipients of the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association Scholarship are CoA+A students.
   June 9, 2021

Two COllege of arts + Architecture students, Abena Atiemo (pictured above right) and Melinda Erickson (left), have been named the inaugural recipients of the ...

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UNC Charlotte Students Join Students from Florida and The Bahamas to Design Post-Hurricane Housing
Collaborative studio project started in Fall 2020, continues in next academic year.
   June 4, 2021

As North America prepares for another hurricane season, the work of one School of Architecture studio is responding to the challenge. Begun in the Fall 2020 semester and entering a second phase in Fall 2021, a collaboration with the University of the Bahamas (UB) and Florida A&M (FAMU) University has brought students from all three institutions together to design innovative and sustainable...

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Architecture Professor, Alumni Represented in Venetian Exhibition
Projects by SILO AR+D and The Raleigh Architecture Co. are included in A SOUTH FORTY.
   May 29, 2021

A SOUTH FORTY: Contemporary Architecture and Design in the American South, an exhibition presented by The European Cultural Center in conjunction with the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, includes design projects by Associate Professor of Architecture Marc Manack’s firm, SILO AR+D, and The Raleigh Architecture Company, a...

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