News & Events
Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Great Smokies Writing Program Poetry Class
January 3, 2011
Poets participating in UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program will read their work, created under the guidance of Katherine Soniat, in the next installment of the Writers at Home series. The reading begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. It is free and open to the public.
West African Art Exhibit and Lecture at UNC Asheville
December 17, 2010
Art educator, collector, and curator Jan Goffney will present an exhibit of West African art at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery. The exhibit, "African Art: A Collectors Perspective," includes traditional masks, mortar and pestles, slave shackles and Kente cloths, and will be on view from January 10-February 7. Goffney will also give a lecture accompanying the exhibit at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, in the gallery. A reception featuring traditional West African foods will begin at 5:30 p.m. The events are free and open to the public.
UNC Asheville's Holly Iglesias Awarded Prestigious NEA Literature Fellowship
December 17, 2010
Holly Iglesias, poet, translator and lecturer in UNC Asheville's Master of Liberal Arts Program, has been awarded a prestigious Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Iglesias is the only North Carolinian and one of only 42 poets chosen nationally to receive the $25,000 fellowship for 2011.
UNC Asheville’s Blowers Gallery Hosts Exhibition by Asheville Artist Marsha Balbier
December 16, 2010
UNC Asheville’s Blowers Gallery will present "The Essence of Asheville," an exhibit of glass and encaustic artwork by local artist Marsha Balbier, January 5-30. The exhibition includes works in fused and shaped glass as well as encaustic paintings, which are created using heated beeswax.
UNC Asheville Chamber Singers to Perform at White House December 13
December 8, 2010
For the fourth consecutive year, the UNC Asheville Chamber Singers have been invited to perform at the White House. The Chamber Singers, the university's premiere student voice ensemble, will sing at the White House on December 13, entertaining VIP tours at the Holiday Open House. The choir will perform under the direction of Melodie Galloway, UNC Asheville assistant professor of music.
UNC Asheville to Hold Holiday Ceramic and Art Sale
November 24, 2010
UNC Asheville’s Art Department will hold its annual holiday sale of ceramics, glass and other art objects from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall. The sale is open to the public.
UNC Asheville Holds Student Ceramic Exhibition
November 24, 2010
"Figurative Reflections," an exhibition by UNC Asheville senior Katie Scully of approximately 100 wood-fired ceramic pots inspired by the human form, will be on view in the Highsmith University Union Gallery from December 3-16. An opening reception will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, in the gallery.
UNC Asheville Holiday Concert Set for December 5
November 17, 2010
UNC Asheville’s Music Department will offer its popular annual holiday concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in the University's Lipinsky Auditorium.
UNC Asheville’s Blowers Gallery Hosts Exhibition by Senior Emily O'Brien
November 17, 2010
UNC Asheville's Blowers Gallery will display a collection of oil paintings, mixed media works and drawings by senior Emily O'Brien from December 1-17. The exhibition, "Transformation through Displacement," is based on O'Brien's experiences while studying abroad in France.
Fred Horowitz to discuss artist and teacher Josef Albers in "Meet the Maker" lecture
November 17, 2010
UNC Asheville's Craft Studies Initiative will continue its "Meet the Maker: Conversations of Meaning with Craftspeople" lecture series with a talk by Fred Horowitz, co-author of "Josef Albers: To Open Eyes." Horowitz will speak at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, in Owen Hall, room 237. The event is free and open to the public.
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