Community Engagement News
Thoughts from the Director – June 1, 2020
June 2, 2020
To our students, staff, and faculty: Like many, I’m struggling to figure out how to respond and appropriate course(s) of action I personally can take during this time. Many of you have probably seen the message from Chancellor Gilliam. I cannot come close to offering anything so powerful, and I … Continued
2020-2021 UCLS Season Postponed a Year
June 1, 2020
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Video Platforms at UNCG
June 1, 2020
In an attempt at more clarity concerning all tools at our disposal, ITS has created this one page summary of all video platforms/tools that faculty and staff have access to at UNCG. [vpa-button text=”Download the file” url=”https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/UNCG-Video-Platform-Help.pdf” new-window=”true”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/UNCG-Video-Platform-Help.pdf” title=”UNCG Video Platform Help”]
Digital Screening of New Media and Design Student Projects
May 28, 2020
Student’s in Assistant Professor Rachel Riley’s New Media and Design class Image Sequencing were asked to create a series of time-based interpretations of a subject by documenting experience, vision, and thought. Students were encouraged to think about Framing by exploring how they present visual elements in an image; Structure by … Continued
Virtual Jazz Ensemble II
May 28, 2020
UNCG Jazz Ensemble II: Portrait of Wellman Braud by Duke Ellington Director/Video Editing: Thomas Heflin REEDS Alto 1 Phil Black Alto 2 Anijuel Harris-Johnson Tenor 1 Ian Boletchek Tenor 2 Brandon Quinn Baritone Mackenzie Short TRUMPETS Josh Krovetz Daron Loftin Parker Thompson Dhasan Boler TROMBONES Elan Mizrahi Justin Hardy Edward … Continued
Graduate Choreography Class Pivots to Screendance for Project
May 22, 2020
DCE 651 is a Graduate Choreography class, this semester being taught (for the first time) as Screendance. Associate Professor Robin Gee designed the project to teach students how to follow the prescription of a seminal work and then “remix” the formula to create something new. Normally they would complete this … Continued
In Memoriam: Jon Smith
May 19, 2020
Dear UNCG family, I am very sad to share that Jon Smith, longtime director of UNCG’s Sculpture Foundry, died this past weekend. Jon taught a variety of sculpture courses at UNCG and oversaw all aspects of the Foundry operations. Jon’s ties to UNCG ran deep; he was a double UNCG … Continued
New Faculty Member Announced in School of Theatre
May 19, 2020
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Tara Webb to the position of Lecturer in Costume Technology. Webb comes to UNC Greensboro from Swarthmore College where she was the Costume Shop Manager and taught “Introduction to Media Design for Performance.” She also … Continued