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 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.
UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Spring Workshops
November 11, 2010
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with the spring workshop series from UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP). The program will offer 11 workshops in poetry and prose, which will be offered in various off-campus locations in Asheville, Black Mountain, Burnsville and Hendersonville. Most classes are open to all interested writers but class size is limited; early registration is suggested.
Celebrated Storytellers Perform at UNC Asheville
November 3, 2010
Nationally and internationally celebrated storytellers David Novak and Barbara Freeman will present "Traditional Tales: Fairy Tales & Appalachian Folklore," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. The event is appropriate for adults and children ages seven and older, and is free and open to the public.
Math meets poetry in "Oulipo" conference at UNC Asheville
October 27, 2010
On November 19 and 20, UNC Asheville will host a conference of poets and mathematicians celebrating "Oulipo," a literary movement founded in France 50 years ago this month. "Oulipo is mathematics and poetry in their most intimate interaction," says Patrick Bahls, associate professor mathematics at UNC Asheville one of the conference organizers. The term Oulipo is also used to describe forms of constrained and experimental poetry often involving the use of mathematics.
Distinguished visiting lecturer offers "Hokum: A History of Black Popular Culture"
October 25, 2010
Karen Sotiropoulos, internationally known historian, will speak on, "Hokum: A History of Black Popular Culture," at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, room 222. The event is free and open to the public.
Theatre UNCA Stages Series of Tennessee Williams' Short Plays
October 15, 2010
Theatre UNCA continues its series of Tennessee Williams' one-act plays with "27 Wagons Full of Cotton," "Auto Da Fe" and "This Property is Condemned" from October 21-23. These performances are the second of a series of Williams' one-act plays to be staged throughout the fall semester. Performances will take place at UNC Asheville’s Carol Belk Theater. Curtain is 8 p.m. Watch a brief trailer about the shows on You Tube.
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