News & Events
Functional and Decorative Art and Ceramics for Sale at UNC Asheville
April 8, 2011
UNC Asheville's Art Department will hold its annual Spring Ceramic and Art Sale from 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 22, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in UNC Asheville's Owen Conference Center, located on the third floor of Owen Hall. The sale is open to the public.
Multimedia Arts and Sciences 10th Annual Juried Student Exhibition Opens April 8
April 5, 2011
UNC Asheville's Multimedia Arts and Sciences Program will host its 10th annual juried student exhibition featuring innovative new media work by UNC Asheville students, April 8-15 in the university's Highsmith Gallery. An opening reception is scheduled from 3-6 p.m. Friday, April 8.
Ceramic Exhibition by Senior Kevin Payne
April 4, 2011
"Missing Parts: The Fragmented Human Form," a collection of ceramic sculptures by UNC Asheville senior Kevin Payne, will be exhibited from April 22-May 3 in UNC Asheville's Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery. An opening reception will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, April 22, in the gallery. Payne's slab-built, abstract human figures, with rough, purposeful imperfections, reflect varied responses to shared human experiences such as grief, pain and tragedy.
Spring Issue of "The Great Smokies Review" Now Online; Authors Offer Public Reading May 15
March 31, 2011
The Spring 2011 issue of The Great Smokies Review, a Web-based literary magazine published by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP), is now online at thegreatsmokiesreview.org.
44th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at UNC Asheville Opens April 8
March 30, 2011
Art Front, UNC Asheville's student art organization, together with the UNC Asheville Art Department, presents the 44th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, from April 8 through May 3 at S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, in UNC Asheville's Owen Hall, first floor.
Theatre UNCA Stages "Reefer Madness: The Musical"
March 29, 2011
Theatre UNCA will probe political parallels between the 1930s and the present through a satirical comedy, "Reefer Madness: The Musical," with five performances from April 13-17 in UNC Asheville's Carol Belk Theater. Tickets go on sale April 7, with student, senior citizen and general admission pricing.
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Offers "Speak Of Me As I Am: Othello Now and Then"
March 28, 2011
The nature of evil and issues of domestic violence and race as they are portrayed in Shakespeare's "Othello" will be explored by award-winning professor Ron Herzman in his lecture, "Speak Of Me As I Am: Othello Now and Then." The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Archaeological Lecture Explores Ancient Etruscan Kilns
March 28, 2011
Don Davis, ceramicist and art professor at East Tennessee State University, will present "The Nuovo Forno Etrusco Project in Italy: Constructing an Ancient Etruscan Kiln," at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in UNC Asheville's Owen Hall, room 302. The talk will describe a three-year experimental archeology project at the Castello di Spannocchia educational center in Italy, in which Davis and his students researched, reconstructed and fired an ancient Etruscan kiln based on the excavated remains of a kiln at the Cetamura archeological site. The event is free and open to the public.
Great Smokies Writing Program Faculty Members to Present Reading
March 28, 2011
Great Smokies Writing Program faculty members Christine Hale and Marjorie Klein will read from their works at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. The event is part of UNC Asheville's Writers at Home series, and is free and open to the public.
Disney Animation Legends Eric and Susan Goldberg to Appear at UNC Asheville
March 25, 2011
Disney legends Eric and Susan Goldberg will spend the week of March 28, 2011 at UNC Asheville conducting workshops with students in the Multimedia Arts and Sciences (MMAS) program. The Goldbergs will also serve as co-jurors for this year’s MMAS Student Show.
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