Register Now for CVPA’s Summer Sessions
Want to learn more about web design? Dig deeper into the roots of rock and roll? Appreciate the finer points of dance? Now’s your chance! In March, UNCG and the UNC System announced that all campuses would deliver Summer 2020 classes online only, to support the public health mandates for social distancing and the challenges […]
New Theatre Faculty Member Announced
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Mya Brown to the position of Assistant Professor of Theatre–Acting/Directing Generalist. Brown comes to UNC Greensboro from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego where she is an Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing. Previously, she was a […]
The Virtual Classroom: Bodies Moving Together, Apart
Duane Cyrus is a Professor in CVPA’s School of Dance. Cyrus teaches studio-based courses — repertory, choreography, and technique — and he says those are challenging courses to teach online: “The Performing Arts are all about human interaction. They involve bodies moving together in the same space.” Cyrus says that although there is no substitute […]
CVPA Well Represented in Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo
Congratulations to all of the CVPA students who participated in this year’s 14th Annual Carolyn and Norwood Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo! Thanks also go to all of the faculty mentors who advised these research projects. If you would like to sample the research of our undergraduate students, just click on the project title […]
CVPA Canvas Basics
As you prepare for the fall 2020 semester and you find that you are in need of some basic Canvas assistance or would like to learn more about the basic functionality of commonly used Canvas features then request to be added to the CVPA Introduction to Canvas self-paced course. Contact derice@uncg.edu if you would like […]
CVPA Honors Retirees
In a virtual ceremony this spring, CVPA recognized five faculty members and one staff member who are retiring this year. Collectively, James Fisher, David Nelson, George Dimock, Robert Hansen, Gregory Carroll, and Jeff Gillis have contributed 159 years to the life of UNC Greensboro. Watch the presentation here.
Commencement Profile: Yophi Bost BM Music Education, Minor in Musical Theatre
Yophi Bost says that majoring in music education was a pretty predictable path for her: “My mom is an Actors’ Equity Assocation actress, so my younger sister and I were pushed into professional musical theatre as toddlers. I was singing before I learned to talk, and music has always been my passion. On top of […]
Commencement Profile: Maya Simmons BA Art History and African American and African Diaspora Studies
Maya Simmons is graduating with a double major — a BA in Art History and in African American and African Diaspora Studies — and she knows just how she plans to use both of them: “I have loved art from a very young age. As I started researching art historians and curators, I realized that […]
CVPA CARES: Community Engagement During a Time of Physical Disengagement
An important aspect for the College of Visual and Performing Arts is its community engagement, and the School of Music Private Lessons Program is one of the foundations of that effort. The lessons are available for all ages and allow community members to experience the joy and accomplishment of gaining artistic and technical skills in […]
Virtual Studio Visit: Nikki Blair
School of Art Associate Professor Nikki Blair has been working from her home studio in Greensboro, NC. https://www.instagram.com/nikkiblairceramics/