College of Arts + Architecture

The Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City will present “Amalgamation: The Mixed-Media Works of Albert Chong,” opening Friday, Sept. 18, with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by an artist lecture at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition runs through Friday, Dec. 4.

The Music Department’s 2015-16 Faculty and Friends Concert Series opens on Tuesday, Sept.15, with a performance by Assistant Professor Carl DuPont, bass-baritone, and Associate Professor Mira Frisch, cellist. Fellow music faculty member Brian Arreola and Gregory Thompson, associate professor of music at Winston-Salem State University, will provide accompaniment.

The UNC Charlotte Department of Dance will present its Faculty Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11-12, in the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts, Belk Theater.

The concert will feature choreography by guest artists and three faculty members: Gretchen Alterowitz, E.E. Balcos and Rachel Barker.

From student to alumnus to University employee captures Zachary Tarlton’s trajectory at UNC Charlotte.

Currently, the office manager for the Department of Dance, Tarlton completed a bachelor’s degree in architecture and the Bachelor of Architecture before joining the University as a full-time employee, first with the School of Architecture.

“Verve: The 2015 Alumni Biennial Exhibition,” featuring work by Brandon Boan, Alexandra Giannell, Bradlee Hicks, Zipporah Camille Thompson, Antoine Williams and Ashley York, will open Tuesday, Sept. 1, in the Rowe Galleries. It will be displayed through Friday, Sept. 25.

Renowned modern dance choreographer Paul Taylor has given UNC Charlotte Assistant Professor of Dance Kim Jones the unique opportunity to reconstruct a seminal early work not performed or seen in more than 50 years.

Jamie Franki, associate chair of the Department of Art + Art History, has created the commemorative medal for the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) 2015 World’s Fair of Money, which takes place in Chicago Tuesday, Aug. 11, through Saturday, Aug. 15.

The medal, the fourth in a series inspired by the stars on the Chicago municipal flag, depicts the city’s famed 1933-34 World’s Fair, the Century of Progress.  Franki will present a special “Money Talks” lecture on Friday, Aug. 14.

Mary Tuma, associate professor of fibers in the Department of Art + Art History, has the piece “Lingering Presence” in the international traveling exhibition “The Map is not the Territory.”

Art professors Heather Freeman and Jeff Murphy created the works in the exhibit “Fabled: Flederhund and Other Stories” on display in the Student Union Art Gallery through Friday, Aug. 7.

Some of the images were for their book “Flederhund.” Written for children, “Flederhund” centers on a young boy’s encounters with both imaginary creatures and real places as he searches for his missing dog in Central Europe.

A current production at Chicago’s Steep Theatre Company, directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Robin Witt, has received excellent reviews. “Brilliant Adventures,” by British playwright Alistair McDowall, opened July 9 and runs through Aug. 15. Time Out Chicago praised “Robin Witt’s crack staging,” while Newcity Stage noted her “creative fearlessness.”