Congratulations to Art History MA alumna Caitlin Swindell, who has just been named Chief Curator of the Vero Beach Museum of Art. Caitlin joins the VBMA from the Lowe Art Museum, where she served as Curator of Collections and Exhibitions.
Congratulations to PhD alumna Brantly Moore on her appointment as Head of Museum Education and Visitor Services at Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. She will be responsible for designing every aspect of visitor experiences for all in-house and worldwide traveling exhibitions.
Alumnus Michael Bramwell, who is MFA Boston’s Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-taught Art, is moderating a symposium on “New Discourses on Folk and Self-Taught Art.” See below for more details:
Join us for a symposium bringing together leading art experts to explore new definitions for folk and self-taught art in the 21st century. Explore how the equitable integration of art into museums promotes cultural competency by deepening appreciation for art and people from diverse backgrounds.
Speakers
Dr. Gabrielle H. Berlinger, folklorist and associate professor of American Studies and Folklore, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kinshasha H. Conwill, deputy director emerita, Smithsonian National Museum of American History and Culture
Jori Finkel, New York Times writer and American art critic
Lonnie B. Holley, American artist
Moderated by Michael J. Bramwell, Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-taught Art
Assistive listening system
Wheelchair accessible
Lunder Institute @ the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was made possible through the support and partnership of the Lunder Institute for American Art, the Colby College Museum of Art.
Generously supported by the Joyce Linde Endowment for Folk Art.
Congratulations to Dominique Munoz and Matthew Troyer, who were both given Student Awards for Innovative Imaging to travel to the Society for Photographic Education‘s annual conference!
In advance of the new annual Reckford Lecture in European Studies, join faculty from Art History and Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures for a panel discussion on (Anti-)Fascism and Avant Garde Movements! The event is on February 15, 2024, at 5:30 pm in Toy Lounge of Dey Hall. Refreshments to follow.
Professor Dan Sherman will be representing our department on the panel and speaking about Italian futurism and the so-called “return to order” in France after WW1, with emphasis on Le Corbusier.
The winners of the Studio Art Undergraduate Scholarships have been chosen.
Congratulations to the following scholarship recipients:
The Alexander Julian Prize
Qiaoan Gu
The Anderson Undergraduate Studio Award
Marin Carr-Quimet
The George and Joyce Kachergis Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
Isabella Gamez
Isabel Schomburger
Charlotte Allsbrook
Cora Mcanulty
Grace Fei
Hope Mutter
The Johnathan E. Sharpe Scholarship
Timothy Anderson
Lashayla Stephens
Briar Rose
Naari Short
Award Letters will be Forthcoming
Curated by UNC-CH Faculty Member Martin Wannam and UNC-P Faculty Member, and UNC-CH MFA Alumnus, Jessica Dupuis
Exhibiting Artists: John Felix Arnold, Mark Anthony Brown Jr., Molly English, Dominique Muñoz, Rebecca Pempek, Matthew Troyer, Vera Weinfield, and Carson Whitmore
The A.D. Gallery is located on the campus of UNC-Pembroke in Locklear Hall, Pembroke, NC 28372. For more information, visit the A.D. Gallery Website.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Studio Art Martin Wannam, who was just named to the 2023 Silver List.
Modeled on the idea of the Hollywood Black List (the best unproduced screenplays of the year), the Silver List includes 24 photographers selected by nearly 100 curators, educators, publishers, and researchers working in photography in North America. Respondents to the 2023 Silver List were asked to list up to ten artists working in or with photography, with the following criteria:
They love the artist’s work and feel it should be seen more widely
The artist uses the medium of photography (however they define it)
The artist is living and early in their career (however they define it)
Artists who have previously been named to the Silver List are not included in this year’s list.
The resulting list of 24 artists represents the most frequently recommended artists. Collectively they represent a range of approaches to photography, and different ways of engaging with art discourses, contemporary concerns, and personal expression. The artists on the list represent an amazing range of approaches to photography.
Alumni Jerstin Crosby and Stacy Lynn Waddell are both featured in the special South #166 issue of New American Paintings, a juried-exhibition-in-print journal.
Opening November 10, 2023 at CAM Raleigh, Neo-Psychedelia is co-curated by Art History Assistant Professor Kathryn Desplanque and MFA Alumnus Raj Bunnag, and includes the work of Desplanque, Alumni Jerstin Crosby, Chieko Murasugi, Charlie Dupee, and Triangle-based artists Tonya Solley-Thornton and Zach Storm. There will be an opening reception on November 10 from 5-9 pm and the show runs through March 2024.
