Inaugurated in 2010, Block2 features films created by local video artists and community collaborations that relate to and expand upon the exhibitions and themes showcased at Block Gallery. Block2 is curated by Neill Prewitt and videos air daily from dusk to 3 a.m. … Continued
Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History David Lee Craven, 60, died Saturday, Feb. 11, of an apparent heart attack. A memorial service is set for Friday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. at the Alumni Chapel on the University of … Continued
Congratulations to Associate Professor Carol Magee on the publication of Africa in the American Imagination: Popular Culture, Racialized Identities, and African Visual Culture by the University Press of Mississippi. In the American world, the presence of African culture is sometimes fully embodied … Continued
Assistant Professor Roxana Pérez-Méndez’s new installation, 24K (24 Quilates), brings together new and recent works by the Philadelphia based, Puerto Rican artist. Remixing popular culture and unmasking histories of the colonization, this new presentation in the series alludes to gold’s power … Continued
Congratulations to Associate Professor John Bowles on the publication of his essay “New Negro on the Pacific Rim: Sargent Johnson’s Afro-Asian Sculpture” in the Smithsonian Press volume East-West Interchanges in American Art: A Long and Tumultuous Relationship, edited by Cynthia Mills, Lee Glaer, … Continued
Assistant Professor Glaire Anderson will be discussing her collaboration with Anselmo Lastra, Chair of Computer Science, on “The Digital Munya Project: Technologies for Reinterpreting and Representing a Medieval Islamic Villa” as part of a panel in the 2012 CHAT Festival … Continued
Please join us in celebrating the achievements of our outstanding students in the Art Department! This year’s Undergraduate Honors Symposium will be held on Friday, 26 April 2013 in Hanes Art Center 222. We will begin the festivities with lunch … Continued
Congratulations to Associate Professor Glaire Anderson and Professor Emeritus Jaroslav Folda on the appearance of their essays as part of the newly published two-volume work, Reassessing the Roles of Women as ‘Makers’ of Medieval Art and Architecture, edited by Therese Martin … Continued
Congratulations to Graduate Student Krysta Black, whose article “Bible Illustration in Tenth-Century Iberia: Reconsidering the Role of al-Andalus in the Leon Bible of 960” was just published in volume 42 ofArs Orientalis! The current issue of Ars Orientalis, volume 42, features articles … Continued
The UNC Department of Art will be honoring undergraduate research and creativity in its annual Undergraduate Honors Symposium on Friday, 13 April 2011. After an invitation-only luncheon at noon, the undergraduate honors scholars will be giving presentations of their work … Continued
