We are seeking applications for the MFA Program in Studio Art at UNC-Chapel Hill. We are a small, rigorous, fully funded program focused on studio practice informed by research and theory. Please join us for a Virtual Q+A session, Fri Oct 14 or Wed Nov 2.
Stephen L. Hayes, Jr. makes art—woodcuts, sculptures, installations small and large—from found materials that draw on social and economic themes ingrained in the history of America and African-Americans. His approach is simple: “If I can’t find it, I’ll make it. If I can’t make it, I’ll find it.”
The Visual Resources Library of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be conducting a series of short Personal Archiving workshops on focused topics for the Fall 2022 semester.
The UNC Department of Art and Art History is currently accepting submissions for the 2020-21 Undergraduate Studio Art Scholarships. Studio Art Majors and Minors are eligible to apply!
Saba Taj is a visual artist based in Durham, NC. Inspired by beauty, queerness, and Islam, Taj engages with representation as a resilience practice. Their work includes mixed-media drawing, painting, and collage, as well as sewing and performance.
Christa Clarke, Independent Curator and Former Curator of the Arts of Global Africa, Newark Museum of Art, will speak on her new book The Activist Collector: Lida Clanton Broner’s 1938 Journey from Newark to South Africa (The Newark Museum of Art and Rutgers University Press).
The John and June Allcott Undergraduate Travel Fellowship enables two students--one in art history and one in studio art--to travel in pursuit of an independent, career-related project within the United States or Abroad during the summer.
Alex Da Corte explores the nuances of contemporary life in his videos, installations, paintings, and sculptures, which are often united together in richly-hued, dreamlike environments. With a keen attention to color and form, Da Corte draws from a wide range of sources, including popular and consumer culture, art history, and modern design
Andrew McClellan is currently a Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellow at the National Humanities Center and on leave from the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University.
Abigail DeVille’s most recent solo exhibition was Light of Freedom, organized by Madison Square Park Conservancy (2020-21), and traveled to the Momentary at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR (2021) and the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2021-22).
