Jocelyn Marencik '23 BFA Art

Commencement Profile: Jocelyn Marencik

Jocelyn Marencik  BFA-Studio Art: New Media and Design,  Minor in Computer Science  Hometown: Glen Allen, Virginia  What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts?   I have had an interest in computing, including both its logical programming side and its creative design side, for ...
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Kasia Ozga, Assistant Professor of Sculpture

Kasia Ozga Named Assistant Professor of Sculpture

College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Kasia Ozga as Assistant Professor of Sculpture in CVPA’s School of Art. Kasia Ozga is a Polish French American sculptor and installation artist who reuses, revalues, and reanimates mass-produced materials into singular artworks ...
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UNC Greensboro Brings Jewel, Chris Botti, and Additional Artists to Campus for 111th Season of University Concert and Lecture Series

UNCG College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce mcclung has announced the roster of artists for the 2023–2024 University Concert and Lecture Series (UCLS). UCLS, the longest running concert and lecture series in North Carolina, will present Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter and composer Chris Botti; Collage, a ...
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Rodgers Dameron, Assistant Professor of Animation

Rodgers Dameron Appointed as Assistant Professor of Animation

CVPA Dean bruce mcclung has appointed Rodgers Dameron as Assistant Professor of Animation. Rodgers Dameron is recognized for his wide-ranging versatility in the creation of animation, visual effects, and graphics exemplified by his diverse host of clients including PBS, National Geographic, Volvo, Fidelity, Red Antler, The Royal Ontario ...
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Quan Gabriel Apollo BA: Studio Art

Quan Apollo shopped around a little bit before determining UNC Greensboro’s School of Art was the right place for him: “I decided on UNCG after going to two other institutions—Methodist University and North Carolina A&T. I was impressed by the number of faculty here after having experienced much ...
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School of Art Participates in National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices

Congratulations to Professor Kevin Vanek's Foundry students on winning the crowd over with their Cupola Furnace at the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices. Undergraduate students and recent alumni in the School of Art foundry arts classes traveled to Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL to ...
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Interdisciplinary Art and Social Practice: Trip to Black Mountain College

In the spring of 2023, students and faculty from the Interdisciplinary Art and Social Practice program at UNCG embarked on a research trip to Asheville, North Carolina, to explore and learn about the history and influence of Black Mountain College (1930-50s). This trip was generously funded by the Victoria ...
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Attention Campers: CVPA Has Summer Programs for Middle and High Schoolers

The School of Art is again offering its Summer Arts and Design Intensive. This is the Intensive’s 10th year, which includes drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, graphic design, and animation. The Intensive is a week-long residential program and is accepting up to 100 students in grades 8–12.  Get ...
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“Art of the State”: Book Features CVPA Faculty

If you’re writing a book about visual art in North Carolina, there’s really no better place to look than UNC Greensboro, according to artist and professor Barbara Campbell Thomas. “I think that there’s such an incredible history of art here at UNCG. We were the first art department ...
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Barbara Campbell Thomas.Photo credit: Lissa Gotwals, first published in Art of The State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina, published by UNC Press, 2022.

Barbara Campbell Thomas Named Director of School of Art

College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Dean bruce mcclung has announced the appointment of Barbara Campbell Thomas as Director of the School of Art. Barbara Campbell Thomas is currently Professor of Art at UNCG’s School of Art where she has taught for twenty years. She has spent ...
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