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Beth Grabowski in the print studio with students

The Department of Art & Art History is a dynamic center for research, teaching, and learning. Our mission statement—make/frame/reveal—encapsulates our history and practice sides: we celebrate and embrace experiential strategies, contextual understanding, diverse viewpoints, new insights, and innovative approaches. As an interdisciplinary combination of makers and interpreters, investigators of the present and the past, we are poised to address some of the most pressing social and cultural issues of our time—technology, globalization, politics, ecology, memory, identity, economics, ideology—in all their complexity. Art is a laboratory for experimentation, examination, analysis, and engagement. Our breadth of expertise, methodology, and experience makes us a place for critical thinking, for challenging students to be curious, inventive, thoughtful, and courageous not only to reach new heights, but remake the very standards of success. With each of the six degrees we offer, we encourage students to see things anew, to shift perspectives, dig deeper, and imagine the previously unimaginable—to make, frame, and reveal.

Apply for these awards!

Image of a topographic map with a red dotted line and location marker and the words The John and June Allcott Travel Fellowship.The John and June Allcott Travel Fellowship

Two $4,000 fellowships will be awarded to undergraduate students to support independent projects in the U.S. or abroad during the summer of 2025.

Eligibility: Sophomores, juniors, or seniors who have completed department courses and will be enrolled in fall 2025. Preference is given to juniors and Studio Art or Art History majors.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS DUE by 4:00 PM, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025

Information and application available here: https://go.unc.edu/allcott

Image of a sculpture of a Greek female figure wearing sunglasses and giving a thumbs up with the text Money for Art Research! The Beatrice B. Pearman Undergraduate Research Fund The Beatrice B. Pearman Undergraduate Research Fund

Passionate about Studio Art or Art History? This fund is here to fuel your creativity and curiosity! Open to both academic and artistic projects, it supports undergraduate research in the Department of Art and Art History. Whether you’re diving into independent research or collaborating on an exciting group project beyond regular coursework, apply for funding to bring your vision to life!

Information and application available here: https://go.unc.edu/pearman