College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Jennifer Vellenga as Director of the UNCG School of Theatre. Director Vellenga’s most recent academic appointment was at Kansas State University as a tenured Professor of Theatre and Associate Director of the School of Music,… Continue reading…
The starving-artist trope needs an update. Artists are imbued with the creative drive needed to launch successful careers, an essential element they come to UNC Greensboro’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) to develop and augment. This winter, Innovate UNCG launched a new Impact through Innovation (ITI) Hub in CVPA to further foster… Continue reading…
The college experience goes far beyond the classroom, and in UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA), perhaps no one sees that more clearly than the two people whose goal is to get every student through their first year: Kristin Rusboldt (Director of Advising and Student Success) and Abigail… Continue reading…
A group of alumni, led by Cooper Atkinson (’23 BA Arts Administration), recreated “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” shot for shot – 2,335 shots in total – on the UNC Greensboro campus when they were students. The result, “Harry and the Stone,” has become an internet sensation, gaining 2.5… Continue reading…
This month, the UNCG School of Theatre and North Carolina A&T Division of Theatre Arts will welcome to Greensboro hundreds of theatre students and faculty from across the Southeast, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). In addition to being a co-host… Continue reading…
Courtney Swank BFA Drama: Design and Technical Production “Things aren’t going to go perfectly every time. I am very much a perfectionist so that’s been a hard lesson for me to learn,” muses Courtney Swank. “Things are going to throw you for a loop and that’s OK. You just have… Continue reading…
Calandra Hackney BA Theatre Education 2000 “I remember visiting UNC Greensboro as a high school student and standing on Spring Garden Street when I said to my mom, ‘This is where I want to go to school.’” That gut feeling, says Calandra Hackney, paid dividends: “UNCG offered a myriad of… Continue reading…
This week, UNC Greensboro celebrates Homecoming, a time to welcome alumni back to campus. We’ll hear from these alumni about their memories of the Caf, the dorms, and their professors, and we’ll have the chance to share with them proudly all that their alma mater is doing today. Many of… Continue reading…
The UNCG Concert and Lecture Series continues on October 18th with a performance by SW!NG OUT, a night of Lindy Hop and social dance accompanied by a live Big Band in the UNCG Auditorium. A New York Times’s Critic’s Pick, SW!NG OUT celebrates the unbridled joy of Lindy Hop and… Continue reading…
Gavin J. Smith ’82 MFA credits his UNCG experience with launching his multi-decade career in the entertainment industry. Now, he and his wife, Mary Mertz-Smith, are establishing the Gavin J. Smith and Mary C. Mertz-Smith Scholarship Endowment in Theatre Design and Technical Production with a planned gift. Read the full… Continue reading…
