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 (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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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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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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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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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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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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UNCG student ‘paints the town positive’ ...
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UNCG Greensboro’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) alumna Jane South has been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.    South is currently the Chair of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and before that she taught at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).   ...
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April 20, 2021 Dear CVPA Colleagues, Students and Families, and Alumni: I am heartened by the guilty verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. Justice has been served in this case, and the police officer who swore an oath to protect has been held accountable for the ...
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