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 smaller departments… Continue reading…
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 participate in… Continue reading…
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 and Ron… Continue reading…
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 more information… Continue reading…
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 in the… Continue reading…
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 her professional… Continue reading…
Arts students are a dedicated bunch. They eat, sleep, and breathe Art, Arts Administration, Dance, Music, and Theater, so it is no wonder so many form their most important and lasting relationships with people pursuing the same. We asked some CVPA couples to share their Valentine’s Stories. We know there… Continue reading…
We asked CVPA Faculty to tell us how or when they fell in love with the arts. What was that pivotal moment when they just knew they had to be an artist, arts educator or administrator, designer, scholar, or performer? Here are some excerpts from their responses. If you’d like… Continue reading…
Tell us about yourself? I am 21 and a recent graduate from UNCG Major in New Media and Design I am from a Taiwanese family and born in Michigan I have a dog named Akali, a conure named Floofy, and a parakeet named Shiro. Hobbies and interests include drawing, painting,… Continue reading…
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (CVPA) contemporary art gallery Greensboro Project Space (GPS) has partnered with Peacehaven Community Farm to create a mini-museum featuring a continuous, free, tiny art exchange between GPS, the UNCG community, Peacehaven, and the local Greensboro community. The mini-museum opened with an installation and … Continue reading…
