News & Events
Center for Craft, Creativity & Design Announces November Textile Events
November 3, 2011
Hendersonville, NC –The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD), a center of UNC Asheville, is pleased to announce a series of events taking place in conjunction with the current exhibition, “Common Threads: Innovative Textile Practices in India & Western North Carolina.”
“Hiking through History” Talk to Link Appalachian Trail Sites with Murders at Shelton Laurel and other Civil War Incidents
November 2, 2011
Leanna Joyner, author of “Hiking through History,” will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union Grotto.
Leadership Asheville Seniors Program Celebrates 25th Anniversary
November 2, 2011
UNC Asheville’s North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement celebrates the 25th anniversary of Leadership Asheville Seniors this month.
The Center For Craft, Creativity & Design Announces the 2011 Craft Research Fund Grant Awards
November 1, 2011
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD), a center of UNC Asheville, is pleased to announce the 2011 Craft Research Fund grant awards. This is the center’s 7th year of awarding $95,000 annually to advance, expand and support research about craft in the United States for both graduate and professional level scholars. This national grant program is funded by a private charitable foundation.
UNC Asheville Dance Program Hosts Benefit Performance, “Everybody Can-Can”
November 1, 2011
UNC Asheville’s Dance Program will host its 14th annual benefit performance, “Everybody Can-Can,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission at the door is $5 or four cans of food. All canned goods will be donated to Manna Food Bank and cash proceeds will benefit UNC Asheville’s Dance Program.
Biltmore Industries Homespun Shops Factory Is Subject of UNC Asheville Photo Exhibit
October 27, 2011
“Artifacts,” an exhibition of photographs of a piece of Asheville history – the Biltmore Industries Homespun Shops factory – will be on display from October 28-November 8, in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery. “Artifacts” is the Bachelor of Arts in Photography Senior Exhibition by Charles Johnson of Black Mountain.
Fall Issue of The Great Smokies Review Now Online
October 26, 2011
The Fall 2011 issue of The Great Smokies Review, a Web-based literary magazine published by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP), is now available online at thegreatsmokiesreview.org.
November “Writers at Home” Showcases North Carolina Writers
October 24, 2011
Marjorie Hudson and Kevin McIlvoy will read from their current works at the next installment of the Writers at Home series, sponsored by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing program. The reading begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, at Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café, 55 Haywood St., Asheville. It is free and open to the public.
Next UNC Asheville Open House Set for November 12
October 24, 2011
UNC Asheville's Admissions Office will host an open house for high school and transfer students and their families from 8:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, on campus. Those attending will have the opportunity to meet faculty and staff from all academic areas, and representatives of a wide range of campus organizations. The open house also includes student-led campus tours, and sessions for parents and students on admissions, academics, extracurricular programs, scholarships and other financial aid.
Sunday Concert Features University Singers, University Chamber Symphony and Reuter Center Singers
October 24, 2011
An afternoon of choral and orchestral music is in store when UNC Asheville’s University Singers and University Chamber Symphony perform with the Reuter Center Singers from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission to this concert is $5 at the door, and free to children and students with ID.
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