College of Arts + Architecture
Art professor Lisa Homann co-curating international exhibition of West African masquerade artists
Associate Professor of Art History Lisa Homann is a key member of a team developing the internationally traveling exhibition “New Masks Now: Artists Innovating Masquerade in Contemporary West Africa.” The exhibition is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art and supported by a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Theatre professor Carlos Cruz presented Engaged Faculty Award
CarlosAlexis Cruz, associate professor of theatre, is the 2024 Engaged Faculty Award recipient as presented by North Carolina Campus Engagement.
Music students participating in touring education production
Five UNC Charlotte music students are getting a taste of the touring life this academic year through Opera Carolina’s educational outreach program, Opera Xpress.
Art students complete new mural for Fretwell Building
On the third floor of the Fretwell Building is a new mural — the latest project by students in the mixed-media studio taught by painting professor Maja Godlewska and printmaking professor Erik Waterkotte.
Dance company awarded N.C. Arts Council grants
Movement Migration, the dance company founded by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones, received two grants from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The two grants, more than $20,000 combined, support both project-based work and company operations.
Faculty, alum named ‘Best in the Nest’
Several faculty and alumni in the College of Arts + Architecture have been recognized in the 2023 “Best in the Nest” Awards presented by Charlotte independent weekly newspaper Queen City Nerve. Covering a wide range of categories, the annual awards include both critics’ and readers’ picks.
ASC awards artist support grants to seven faculty members
Seven current College of Arts + Architecture faculty members are among recent grant recipients from the Arts & Science Council. They earned Artist Support Grants, which fund professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring their work to new audiences.
The 2024 ASC grant recipients are:
Urban circus troupe receives Knight Art + Tech Expansion Fund grant
The Nouveau Sud Project, the urban circus initiative founded by Associate Professor of Theatre CarlosAlexis Cruz, is a recipient of a 2023 Knight Art + Tech Expansion Fund from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Nouveau Sud is one of 22 Charlotte-based artists and arts organizations to receive funds in 2023.
Dance professor creates work for Baltimore Black Choreographers Festival
Ashley Tate, assistant professor of dance, recently presented, “When A Black Man Walks,” at the third annual Baltimore Black Choreographers Festival, a weekend of performances, panels and workshops designed to highlight Black choreographers.
Alumnus Antoine Williams creates interactive murals for Washington, D.C., public works program
Alumnus Antoine Williams ’03 has created four multimedia public artworks located in different quadrants of Washington, D.C., as part of The Nicholson Project, a paid artist residency program in the district.