College of Arts + Architecture

Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co., which opened recently in the J.W. Clay Parking Deck near campus, is among the latest design creations from A.B. Group. This Charlotte-based architecture, interior design and building engineering firm is led by alumnus Alaa Bou Ghanem ’18, ’20. With an office East Boulevard,  A.B. Group has a 12-member staff, including three Charlotte graduates, […]

Ashley Tate, assistant professor of dance, is one of three choreographers to receive a 2025-26 North Carolina Choreographic Fellowship from Trillium Arts. This two-week fellowship in June 2026 will provide Tate and a group of four dancers with financial support, lodging and studio space at the Trillium Arts campus in Mars Hill, North Carolina. Tate will use the […]

Juniors Aidan Oh, a computer science major, and Andrei Vince, a computer engineering major, earned a stipend and insight into the field of architecture working with Assistant Professor of Architecture Sabri Gökmen. Their challenge — use AI to quickly produce a 3D architectural visualization from a verbal description.  “Generative tools frequently lack the precision needed for […]

Music students Abigail Roscoe and Will Wiand participated in the Office of Undergraduate Research Summer Research Scholars program to expand public information about 24 practically unknown composers from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The seniors’ research, under the guidance of Jay Grymes, professor of musicology, resulted from his class “Western Classical Music: Antiquity-Baroque,” in which he requires […]

KoKo Thornton ’97 is the 2025 recipient of the Inspiring Teacher Award, presented at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, known as the Jimmy Awards. Thornton was nominated by her former student Conor Kruger, who participated in the 2024 Jimmy Awards. He is her fifth student to go to the national competition from Enloe Magnet […]

José L.S. Gámez, dean of the College of Arts + Architecture, will serve as 2025-26 president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.  Prior to his appointment as ACSA President, Gámez supported the association in various capacities. Throughout the past decade, he has served on the juries for the Collaborative Practice, New Faculty Teaching […]

Prominently featured at the new Bojangles headquarters in southwest Charlotte are colorful artworks by 14 UNC Charlotte illustration students. During a June 25 “biscuit-cutting” ceremony to open the new headquarters, seven of the Charlotte artists were present to see their work displayed in a collection themed “It’s Bo-Time … Everywhere.” The artworks whimsically place Bojangles […]

Tom Burch is an associate professor of scenic design who also plays with puppets; he developed his newest creations at Goodyear Arts, a local nonprofit arts space at Camp North End where he was one of three summer 2025 artists-in-residence. This residency recently ended with a workshop performance of “On a Bench, By the Sea,” […]

Tamara Williams, associate professor of dance, and Carolina Quintana Ocampo ’21 are among the 2025 cohort of the Arts & Science Council’s Emerging Creator and Creative Renewal Fellowship recipients. Williams will use a Creative Renewal Fellowship grant of $15,000 to augment her dance research and performance practice with the study of Yoruba drumming. She will travel […]

Gracing Truist Center Plaza on Tryon Street is a new art installation created collaboratively by UNC Charlotte art professors Thomas Schmidt and Erik Waterkotte. The installation is a printed, site-specific mural that adorns the existing panels ofthe Truist Center building; it is visible from the plaza and ­­the tower above in the heart of uptown Charlotte. Schmidt and Waterkotte […]