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.

The Faith in Arts Institute and festival celebrates the role of creative arts in spiritual practice and religious life and explores how spirituality and religion can impact the arts.

UNC Asheville’s TheatreUNCA returns to the stage in front of a live, in-person audience with "Everyone," a modern retelling of the 15th-century morality play, "Everyman." "Everyone" explores the age-old story of facing death, taking account, experiencing isolation and resentment, making amends, and reemerging into the world with a joyous rebirth.

As part of the two-part Critical Perspectives Lecture Series, the UNC Asheville English Department welcomes guest lecturer Ari Friedlander, assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi.

A Wyoming native and second-generation Japanese American, Lee Ann Roripaugh is the author of five volumes of poetry: tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed), Dandarians (Milkweed), On the Cusp of a Dangerous Year (Southern Illinois University Press), Year of the Snake (Southern Illinois University Press), and Beyond Heart Mountain (Penguin Books). From 2015-2019, she served as South Dakota State Poet Laureate.

UNC Asheville’s Turning of the Maples Virtual 5K is back for a second year – bringing the beloved campus tradition of Turning of the Maples to participants wherever they are. Registration for the 2021 5k (3.1 miles) is $25 and includes an exclusive Turning of the Maples t-shirt and sticker, as well as the essential ingredients to celebrate the fall season.

Go Bulldogs!

Go Bulldogs!

Campus Week continues with a film screening of Masel Tov Cocktail, followed by Q&A with Director Arkadij Khaet.

German and Jewish poet Max Czollek is the acclaimed author of the bestseller "Desintegriert Euch" and the more recent "Gegenwartsbewältigung," both of which examine the actuality of modern Jewish life in Germany. His books, which critically analyze German representations of the federal republic’s Jewish minority, have sparked an important debate in German-speaking countries and beyond.

ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference is a forum for scholars and artists to contribute original work on topics related to Black Mountain College and its place in cultural history. The format is designed to be interdisciplinary, with a three-day program that includes a full schedule of speakers, panels, workshops, and performances.

Join co-authors Banu Ozkazanc-Pan (Brown University) and Susan Clark Muntean (University of North Carolina Asheville) as they launch their new book, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems A Gender Perspective.

As part of the two-part Critical Perspectives Lecture Series, the UNC Asheville English Department welcomes guest lecturer Ari Friedlander, assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi.

UNC Asheville's Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership and Cherokee High School are hosting a special lunchtime talk by Corey Gray and Sharon Yellowfly (Siksika Nation), who will share their work translating the physics of black holes and spacetime into the Blackfoot language.

Featuring both functional and sculptural ceramic work, the artists aim to highlight the versatility of clay as an artistic medium by contrasting the ornate/functional pieces of Sam Joyner with the […]

Writer and essayist Dinty W. Moore is author of memoirs Between Panic And Desire and To Hell With It.

Curated by New York Times bestselling author and fellow UNC Asheville alumnus, Wiley Cash ’00, the Common Word Community Read brings the UNC Asheville community together to engage in a collective educational experience. Join Professor of History, Dan Pierce, for this first of three events supporting the spring 2022 read selection, "The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home" by Denise Kiernan.

In this virtual talk, world-renowned neuroscientist and psychologist Richard Davidson will draw from scientific evidence that suggests that we can change our brains by cultivating certain habits of mind. By transforming the mind, these mental training strategies can improve the well-being of children and parents, students and teachers, citizens and communities.

In this virtual lecture, Anna Browne Ribeiro (assistant professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Louisville) will explore some of the major ancient and historical patterns of expansion and contraction of political-economic systems alongside an analysis of resource and land-use strategies.

Room for a View "is an exploration of the correlation between brain and body memory of familial and familiar social experiences and the nature of the wet felting process, namely […]

Southern Book Prize winner Carter Sickels is the author of the highly-acclaimed book The Prettiest Star.