Jewels: An Exhibition of Distinguished Alumni
Jewels is an exhibition curated by Associate Professor Emerita Amy Purcell and is a celebration of her 30 years on the faculty at UNCG’s School of Art.
The exhibition features the work of twenty-one of Purcell’s former students — people whom she calls her “jewels” — and runs through December 5th.
An opening reception was held on November 16th, followed by a retirement dinner for Purcell which was attended by many of the alumni artists.
Purcell has three of her own pieces in the show.
Other works are by:
Melissa C. Ball-Martin ‘00 MFA Studio Art, BS Art Education
Johannes Barfield ‘13 BFA New Media and Design
Jasmine Best ‘16 BFA New Media and Design
Kathryn Cook ‘18 MFA
Jym Davis ‘03 MFA
Bryan Colburn Ellis ‘00 BFA Design
Gina Gibson ‘06 MFA Studio
Quinn Hunter ‘16 BFA New Media and Design
Bill Klingensmith‘98 MFA Painting/Digital Imaging
Alexandra Litaker ‘19 MFA Studio Art
Lukasz Lysakowski ‘99 BA Media Production
Susan Mullally ‘03 MA
Timothy Brett Mullinix ‘91 BFA, ‘93 MFA
Janet Oliver ‘02 MFA
Brandon Pierce ‘01 BFA Studio Art
Arton Ragsdale ‘02 BFA Studio Art
John Rash ‘00 BFA Art Education
Derek S. Toomes ‘04 BFA, ‘18 MFA
Kyle T. Webster ‘99 BFA
Stephanie J. Woods ‘12 BFA New Media and Design, ‘15 MFA
Liliya Zalevskaya ‘10 MFA
Music Alumna on the Metropolitan Opera Stage is Featured in New York Times Article
Liz Brooks, ’00 BM Vocal Performance, is featured in a New York Times article about the rigors of rep-style opera, in which a company performs a different opera each night. Liz is a professional chorister with the Metropolitan Opear, and appears in all performances, which means learning lots of lyrics, multiple languages and many, many different costumes and wigs.
Read the NYT article – 4 Operas in 48 Hours.
School of Music Alumnus Makes Solo Debut at the Metropolitan Opera
David Blalock, BM ’09, recently made his solo debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Pong in Puccini’s Turandot. He previously appeared at The Met as a member of the chorus in a 2013 production of Wagner’s Parsifal.
In addition to his appearances at The Metropolitan Opera, David will also sing the title role in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld with Madison Opera and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Pensacola Opera. Previous appearances include Opera Hong Kong, Virginia Opera, Minnesota Opera, Atlanta Opera, Washington National Opera, and Santa Fe Opera.
Read more in this Greensboro News & Record article.
MFA alumna Stephanie J. Woods awarded 2019 Halcyon Arts Lab Fellowship
Stephanie J. Woods is a Charlotte, NC based artist creating textile, photography, and community-engaged projects. Through the use of symbolic mediums referencing black American culture and the southern experience, her multimedia works examine the cognitive effects of cultural assimilation, and how performance is ingrained in identity. Woods earned an MFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has attended several residences; including a seven-month visual artist fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center, ACRE Residency, the McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Oxbow School of Art and Artists’ Residency and Penland School of Crafts. She has served as faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, and in 2017 her work was notably recognized by the South Arts Fellowship, and NC. Arts Council Fellowship.