The season is set, and there is truly something for everyone in this year’s UNC Greensboro Concert and Lecture Series, from Tony- and Grammy-winners to street dance artists and jazz luminaries. Read full story
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Eric Juth as Academic Professional: Assistant Professor of New Media & Design/Assistant Digital Director. Eric Juth is an educator and artist based in Winston-Salem. He is from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area and before moving to North Carolina, he worked at the Andy Warhol Museum, The Mattress Factory… Continue reading…
Sofia Aguilar’s (MFA Studio Arts: Printmaking and Drawing) Mexican heritage imbues her art, which she has developed during her time at UNCG’s School of Art. Growing up in Kernersville, about thirty minutes from campus, she enrolled at UNCG because it was close to home, and scholarship opportunities were available. After earning her undergraduate degree, she decided to re-up: “I will be a two-time alum! It has been such… Continue reading…
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Gina Kim as Assistant Professor of East Asian Art History. Dr. Kim is an art historian whose research focuses on modern and contemporary East Asian visual culture and media in transnational circulation. Her work engages broader questions of borderland imperialism, diaspora, and feminist… Continue reading…
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Varun Saxena as Lecturer in Game Design and Production. Varun Saxena is a game designer, writer, and educator currently based in Greensboro, where he is a Post-MFA Fellow in Interactive Media at UNCG, teaching classes… Continue reading…
“This course has been a source of inspiration and affirmation that doing what I am passionate about really can become a career. As arts students, that’s something we struggle with a lot,” says Leah Dickinson with a big sigh. “Everyone’s telling you all the time you’re not going to make… Continue reading…
Sometimes there are no words. And that, says Meghan Fox, is where art steps in: “The thing I love about art, and why I enjoy teaching it so much, is that art is a universal language. It’s older than written language. It has been connecting people for thousands of years. Even when words aren’t strong enough, art is always present.” Fox is receiving a BFA… 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 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…
