Professor Emeritus Robert C. Hansen passed away on October 20, 2025. Dr. Hansen was a UNC Greensboro faculty member for thirty-four years from 1986 to 2020. For twelve years he served as Chair of the Department of Communication and Theatre and later the Department of Broadcasting/Cinema and Theatre, now the… Continue reading…
McCanzey “Mac” Koffa believes strongly in the connection between the arts and health and wellness. “I hope to help people think about dance with a different mindset. Everyone likes to dance when they listen to music or go to concerts. So, it’s just a matter of educating people about how moving your body can boost your mood and have long-term… Continue reading…
Dr. Elizabeth Perrill (Smart-Tillman Distinguished Professor of Art History) is serving as lead curator of iNgqikithi yokuPhica/Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Co-curated with Cultural Curator Muziwandile Gigaba and MOIFA curatorial staff, this exhibition is… Continue reading…
In the spring semester of 2025, a collaboration between the Theatre for Young Audiences graduate cohort and Peacehaven Farm explored the development and execution of a Sensory Friendly (SF) theatrical model. Peacehaven Farm is a residential community farm in Whitsett, NC serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In Phase I of the project,… Continue reading…
CVPA graduates have impressive careers in the arts and arts education, many of them working at the highest levels of their disciplines as visual artists, dancers, designers, musicians, actors, educators, entrepreneurs, administrators, and more. You can find CVPA alumni teaching at public schools in every one of North Carolina’s one hundred counties and… Continue reading…
“Playing the folk festival just feels like a gift,” she said the week before her performance. “I’m giving back to everything people gave me in Greensboro. All the wisdom and knowledge and advice and support — I’m able to give it all back musically.” Read more
In the history of Jazz, there is only one bandleader that has the distinction of having his orchestra still performing sold-out concerts all over the world, with members personally chosen by him, for nearly 40 years after his passing. Pianist and bandleader William James “Count” Basie was and still is… Continue reading…
For Jinna Sakkijha (’22 BA Arts Administration), UNCG was a natural selection: “It was a straight pipeline. I lived in Oak Ridge in Guilford County, and when I graduated high school, I wasn’t quite ready to leave the nest yet. I came to orientation thinking I would be a Psychology… Continue reading…
Destiny King came to UNCG’s School of Music from Zebulon, North Carolina —about thirty minutes outside Raleigh—with her oboe and a desire to be a music educator: “As a high school student, I attended the UNCG Honor Band Festival, and I knew early on that my top college choice was… Continue reading…
Why are so many teachers walking away from the classroom—and what would it take to make them stay? That’s the question that Peter Duffy (’07 MFA Directing, Concentration in Theatre for Young Audiences) is asking with his play ReformED, which is the season opener for the UNCG School of Theatre… Continue reading…
