A Growing Art Form: Painting with Bacteria
Peanut butter and jelly…spaghetti and meatballs…painting and bacteria. Wait, what? It may sound like the most impossible combination, but it’s just the kind of art + science mashup that Karen Ingram (’96 BFA Studio Art, Concentration in Painting) loves to explore: “I think there’s a real overlap, and ...
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Madisson Yarnell (BA Art History Major) wins Honors Symposium award
Senior Art History major, Madisson Yarnell, won second place in the Arts and Humanities category of UNCG's annual Honors Symposium on Friday, March 25th with her paper “The Virgin’s Journey Through Tuscany”: A Study of Tuscan Annunciation Paintings Through the Italian Renaissance." The Honors Symposium offers outstanding undergraduate ...
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Exhibition Explores Concepts of Blackness Through the Eyes of Contemporary Artists
Professor of Dance Duane Cyrus is the guest curator for “Black@Intersection: Contemporary Black Voices in Art” presented by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). In January 2021, SECCA posted an open call for guest curator submissions, seeking new voices and new perspectives for a collaborative exhibition showcasing ...
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Sherrill Roland exhibits at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Sherrill Roland (MFA 2017/BFA 2009) exhibits his drawings, and multimedia sculptures reflecting his life experiences after a wrongful incarceration in the exhibition Hindsight Bias at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York. This exhibition follows up from his "Jumpsuit Project" in which he wore an orange jumpsuit and ...
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Carving Out a Sculpting Career
Karena “Kidd” Graves (’19 BFA Studio Art: Ceramics and Sculpture) is carving out her place in the sculpture world—something she began in sixth grade and honed here at UNC Greensboro’s School of Art: “Working toward a sculpture degree, I did ceramics classes, metal classes, and woodshop. But the ...
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MFA Art Students Exhibit work at Lump Gallery in Raleigh
Current 2021 MFA School of Art Students exhibit their work in Bad Touch 2.0 at the Lump Gallery in Raleigh. This is a group drawing exhibition curated by Bill Thelen. Bad Touch 2.0 is on exhibit from December 3 - January 16, 2022 with an opening Reception on Friday, Dec ...
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Commencement Profile:
Lucas Varnum BFA – Studio Art: Sculpture and Ceramics
Lucas Varnum says it’s simple: do what you love. That’s the advice he has for future Spartans who might be hesitant to pursue a degree in the visual and performing arts: “Don’t be scared. Don’t let money determine your major. If you love art, do art.” Growing up ...
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School of Art Professor receives nominations for film
UNCG's School of Art Visiting Assistant Professor of Animation, Dan Hale was nominated for several awards by the Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival for The Boy Who Cried, a film he co-directed. The Boy Who Cried is a dark, animated short about the complex relationship between a parent ...
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2020 Distinguished Alumna (School of Art) Sheena Rose Creates Mural for Weatherspoon Art Museum
Announcement from the Weatherspoon Art Museum (June 3, 2021): The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro will debut a dynamic mural in its atrium commissioned from artist Sheena Rose. The project will be on view beginning June 12. A homecoming is in the works. The Weatherspoon is excited to announce its commission of a major ...
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Commencement Profile: Erika Lowrance BFA Studio Art: Painting, BA Communication Studies
UNCG student ‘paints the town positive’ ...
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