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Black in Black on Black: Making the Invisible Visible in Western North Carolina

Center for Craft, John Cram Partner Gallery 67 Broadway Street, Asheville

Black in Black on Black: Making the Invisible Visible is an exhibition about the lives and contributions of Black/African American communities in Western North Carolina (WNC). Presenting works of art alongside oral histories and research data, Black in Black on Black is a visual conversation about an often invisible history of our region.

Owen Hall Re-Opening Faculty Exhibit

Owen Hall, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery

UNC Asheville’s renovated Owen Hall re-opened at the start of the fall 2021 semester with faculty exhibits from the Department of Art and Art History and Department of New Media.

EVANESCENT!: Leigh Svenson Art Exhibit

UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library presents EVANESCENT! featuring photography by Leigh Svenson. The collection of black and white photographs feature fleeting images captured during vacations at the Golden Isles of Georgia including images of driftwood cathedrals being taken by the sea and mercurial dune grass etchings and ebb tide carvings.

College Application Week and National Transfer Student Week

As part of October’s NC Countdown to College and National Transfer Student Week, UNC Asheville will waive application fees for first-year and transfer students from North Carolina, Oct. 18-22, 2021. The application fee typically costs $75. Students may choose to apply for regular decision or for Early Decision, which gives priority consideration to students who are certain that UNC Asheville is their first-choice university. The deadline for Early Decision is Nov. 1.

Ustad Shafaat Khan, noted sitar and tabla player

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

UNC Asheville welcomes multi-instrumentalist (sitar and tabla) and vocalist Ustad Shafaat Khan accompanied by Farhaj Aziz (keyboards) and Coco Bastien (Percussion) for a performance on October 20. Khan is a world-renowned Indian Classical musician. He debuted at age 11 at the King's Lynn Festival in England, has played alongside legends such as Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, and has performed at prestigious concert halls, music festivals, and universities around the globe, including India, the US, Europe, China, Russia, and Japan.