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Varun Saxena Named Post-MFA Fellow in Interactive Media
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Varun Saxena as a Post-MFA Fellow in Interactive Media. Saxena is a narrative writer, game designer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Mumbai, India, he draws inspiration from having grown up on… Continue reading…
Alumni Survey Shows Employment Outcomes for Arts and Design Majors
The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) recently released the special report “Arts and Design Alumni Employment and Perspectives on Their Work and Careers,” which found that more than half of the graduates answering the survey have jobs in their fields, and that 75% of them have arts or design-related… Continue reading…
MJ Neuberger Named Visiting Assistant Professor of 3D Foundations
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of MJ Neuberger as Visiting Assistant Professor of 3D Foundations. MJ Neuberger is an artist and educator whose creative practice explores decolonial embodiment through sculpture, installation, performance, public engagement, and interactive and image-based works. Active in… Continue reading…
UNC Greensboro Brings Piano Virtuoso Lang Lang and Country Music Singer Brandy Clark to Campus
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce mcclung has announced the roster of artists for the 2024-2025 UNC Greensboro Concert and Lecture Series (UCLS). UCLS, the longest running concert and lecture series in North Carolina, will present for it’s 112th season: Brandy Clark: A 16-time GRAMMY® nominee and winner… Continue reading…
2024 Commencement Profile: Beth I. Campbell BA – Art: Art History and Liberal Studies
Beth Campbell says if there was just one subject she could study for the rest of her life, it would be Art History. She found a way to do that at UNC Greensboro’s School of Art: “I’m from New Jersey—came to North Carolina about ten years ago. I have worked… Continue reading…
Claire Ittner Named as Assistant Professor of Art History
Claire Ittner is a historian of modern and contemporary art in the Americas with particular interest in the art and visual culture of the African Diaspora in the American South and the Caribbean. Her research interests include questions of mobility and migration, patronage networks and theories of artistic value, and… Continue reading…
Meet the Meshroom: A Mash-Up of Art, Dance, and Music
“Drop In. Drop Out. Bring a Friend.” That is the tag line for a new event coming to UNC Greensboro in February through a partnership between Duke University Arts and the UNCG School of Dance. Those are also literally the only instructions for the event, according to Caitlyn Schrader (’22… Continue reading…
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 a… Continue reading…
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 and inverts… Continue reading…