Join the University Percussion Ensemble and the AfroMusics Ensemble for an afternoon of music. Adama Dembele, Toby King, and Matthew Richmond, directors. For more information, visit music.unca.edu/engage/upcoming-events/   Community Expectations As members of this community, we care about everyone. Faculty, staff, students, and visitors have a shared commitment to take the necessary precautions to avoid […]

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. This event, an exclusive documentary screening of "America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment", is the second 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.

Melissa Baltus (Univ. of Toledo) will consider the century of urban occupation and how Cahokia experienced a series of rapid material transformations in this virtual talk.

At 4 pm in the Highsmith Student Union, artist and UNC Asheville alum Ben Betsalel will give a talk, “Flight from Ukraine.” He will speak on his work and experiences in Ukraine, as well as the “Human Rights” art projects he has carried out in prisons and refugee camps around the world – and until about two weeks ago, in Ukraine. His talk will powerfully combine the political and the personal.

This in-person panel will feature three well-known area hiking experts, Danny Bernstein (author of numerous books on hiking in the region), Bill Hart (author of 3000 Miles in the Smokies and one of the foremost experts on the Great Smoky Mountains), and Jason McDougald (Director of Camp Grier and leader and one of the founders […]

The Department of Education invites you to join Asheville City and Buncombe County Area School art specialists for the closing reception to an exceptional exhibit celebrating community visual art mentors.

UNC Asheville Professor Emerita of Art Virginia Derryberry will be in-person for “A Conversation about Redux” in the Blowers Gallery. Derryberry will be giving a talk and discussing her work of large-scale figure narrative paintings from her Private Domain series. The exhibit, which is on display all month, blends elements from mythology and alchemy, the […]

Nadia Owusu is the author of Aftershocks, A Memoir (2021), a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice selection.

Damon Akins (Guilford College) will give a talk focused on the history of writing about Native California, Indigenous sovereignty, and settler colonialism.

UNC Asheville's Office of Sustainability celebrates its annual 2022 Spring Greenfest with nearly two weeks of events and activities.

Build tables for the BeLoved microvillage, craft household objects for microvillage residents and learn more about BeLoved's relationship with UNC Asheville and work in Asheville and Buncombe County.

*This event is not sponsored by or otherwise endorsed by UNC Asheville Across the state of North Carolina, local organizations of the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina and the International Associate of Fire Fighters host bi-annual concerts to raise funds for fire education in their communities. Your support helps professional fire fighters, […]

Kevin Kehrberg and Jeff Keith (both of Warren Wilson College) will discuss their groundbreaking research on the construction of the railroad up Old Fort Mountain in the 1870s, its tragic consequences, and its historical and cultural memory.

Western North Carolina scholars Tiece Ruffin (UNC Asheville), Rima Vesely-Flad (Warren Wilson College), David Walton (Western Carolina University), and Jonathan McCoy (Mars Hill University) to converse and discuss their work dismantling white supremacy, reparations, reconciliation, and addressing generational trauma in this inter-institutional Africana studies discussion.

Current students, alumni, staff, faculty, and faculty emeriti of the UNC Asheville Department of Art & Art History are participating in THRIVE ! – an invitational exhibition of small works […]

A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery and other artwork crafted by UNC Asheville students will be on sale during the Spring UNC Asheville Student Art and Ceramics Sale to be held Friday, April 22, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and on Saturday, April 23, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

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. For this closing 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, join Cash in conversation with the author.

Documentarian Michael Frienerson will screen his new film on noted NC novelist and poet Fred Chappell.

The Reuter Center Singers presents "On The Road Again," a concert in delightful celebration of being “in the sing again.”

The exhibit features thought-provoking photos taken by students, faculty, and staff while traveling abroad.

Join STEAM Studio for an evening of craft, food, fun, and fundraising when UNC Asheville's STEAM Studio SkillSet celebrates its fourth anniversary!

The first-ever Asheville Ideas Fest (AIF) will bring together global thought leaders in Asheville to focus on the most consequential issues of our time.

Zakaria's talk on Democracy Around the Globe: Myths and Reality, a highlight of the inaugural Asheville Ideas Fest, is open to the public as a free but ticketed event. Reserve your ticket now.

Hundreds of musicians, dancers, and storytellers, who are preserving the traditions of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, will perform on stage at UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Hall.

The premier of “Racist Roots,” a 25-minute film created by the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, exposes the death penalty’s deep entanglement with slavery, lynching and racism.

Join UNC Asheville Alumna and New York Times Bestselling novelist Sarah Addison Allen for the launch of her latest novel, Other Birds.

Gerry Wubben is a multifaceted artist who specializes in monumental charcoal drawings. He is currently based in Greenville, South Carolina where he maintains a vigorous studio practice.

Climate change is, arguably, the single greatest and gravest human rights issue facing the entire planet. Although greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) threaten human rights without respect for national borders, most laws, both domestic and international, are "territorial" in scope with a state's obligations ending at its own territorial borders.

Award winning author and journalist Andrew Lawler will give a lecture on his most recent book Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 in the Mountain View Suites in Highsmith Student Union.

LEAF musician and educator Adama Dembele will lead a performance team of students, showcasing the role and importance of drums and dance in the ancient and present day tradition of his home country of Cote d'Ivoire.

NC Educational Opportunity Programs are designed with the goal of providing every prospective student in North Carolina the opportunity to attend an educational program. Open to the public but aimed at Buncombe County high school students.

UNC Asheville’s Family Weekend brings together Bulldogs of all ages for a weekend filled with fun and UNC Asheville spirit! Get a sense of what it is like to be a student with our renowned back-to-class sessions, participate in our annual Picnic on the Quad, and get to enjoy some of our campus activities!

Works from the Studio Foundations faculty at Kennesaw State University's School of Art & Design near Atlanta, GA are displayed in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery. Diapason is a diverse exhibition […]

The Common Word Community Read, curated by New York Times Bestselling author and fellow UNC Asheville alumnus, Wiley Cash ’00, brings the UNC Asheville community together to engage in a collective educational experience. Each semester, one book will serve as the focus of numerous virtual and in-person lectures and discussions that will allow participants to delve deeper into the text. Over the course of the academic year, participants will read one book each semester, gaining insights and sharing ideas in a welcoming and respectful environment.

Greenfest is a semi-annual series held on the campus of UNC Asheville in September and March/April that celebrates sustainability, students, and community. This fall's theme is Nurturing Connections.

Voter registration stations will be available on the Quad, outside the library and outside Rhoades-Robinson, and in Highsmith. Anyone can stop by to register to vote, check their registration status, get help with absentee ballots, or to get their questions answered. Free food will also be provided. 

The Faculty Showcase Concert will feature the diverse performative talent that our music department is comprised of. With a wide variety of musical genres, this concert is a great way to get to know us, but also to have a great time!