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Archive of CVAD News, Events - 2020
December 2020
Live Virtual CADD FUND 2021: Artists propose projects and vie for fundingCADD FUND, a fun, fast-paced event of sharing innovative ideas about potential artistic projects that will make possible a high-impact idea that needs the support of the DFW arts community... |
Live stream Dec. 11: Congratulations, Fall 2020 graduates!Dean Greg Watts will offer remarks, and each graduate's name will be read out loud and displayed, along with the name of the degree granted and Latin honors, if applicable. |
Dec. 4: CVAD Career Roundtable, Focus: Museum EducationEach session of the Career Roundtable will provide students an opportunity to prepare for career possibilities in the arts. For more information, contact Binod Shrestha, director, CVAD Foundations, or... |
November 2020
Dean Greg Watts elected as vice president for National Association of Schools of Art and DesignNov. 20, 2020: Subsequent to action by the membership and the board of directors of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, which was conducted via electronic means, CVAD Dean Greg Watts was elected as vice president... |
Eliza Au receives Award of Excellence from the James Renwick AllianceThe 2020 focus for the James Renwick Alliance Chrysalis Award for Emerging Artists was on ceramics, and Eliza Au, #UNTCVAD assistant professor, Studio Art: Ceramics, received an Award of Excellence from... |
Chanjuan Chen earns two awards at the ITAA national conferenceChanjuan Chen, ('15, MFA, Fashion Design) assistant professor, received two awards at the ITAA national conference: one for best of show and the other for excellence in fiber arts... |
Anny Chang takes the ATEXINC Award for Excellence at ITAA conferenceUNT CVAD's Fashion Design program won big at this week's 2020 International Textile and Apparel Association's annual conference! Li-Fen Anny Chang, associate professor, Fashion Design, won ... |
Dallas ISD arts school to be renamed after alumnus Jesús MorolesSidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard School will soon be renamed after a prominent Dallas ISD graduate, world renowned sculptor Jesús Moroles... |
ITAA recognizes Barbara Trippeer for innovative teaching strategies in fashion designThe International Textile and Apparel Association recognized Barbara Trippeer, (’14, MFA, Applied Design Research) assistant professor for fashion design, for her innovative teaching strategies in her Fashion Design Studio... |
CVAD announces recipients of the Annual Outstanding Contribution AwardsThe College of Visual Arts and Design takes great pride in recognizing the outstanding work of its faculty and staff — the Annual Outstanding Contribution Awards is one facet of that recognition. Recipients... |
Alumni and Students Plan for a Virtual UNT Day at the CapitolWe’re gearing up for a virtual UNT Day at the Capitol 2021 — a letter-writing campaign — and alumni and student volunteers are invited to participate. The goal is to mail hundreds of letters... |
Join us: Three candidates have an oral defense scheduled this monthAn oral defense is an oral examination in which a student defends his/her/their thesis to an audience of experts as part of the requirement for his/her/their degree... |
October 2020
TASA selects Alumna Chesley Antoinette Williams as Paul Hanna Lecture Award winnerChesley Antoinette Williams ('13, M.F.A., Studio Art: Fibers), a graduate of Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas, with a B.F.A. in sculpture, was selected as the Paul Hanna Lecture Award recipient... |
UNT named one of nation's 'Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics'Oct. 15, 2020 — The University of North Texas earned multiple rankings in The Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine’s “Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics” lists for the number of... |
UNT comm design student's art selected to promote UNT Opera's upcoming productionOct. 15, 2020 — A poster designed by Nathan Amstutz, communication design, was selected to promote UNT Opera's upcoming production of "Lucia di Lammermoor," a tragic opera in three acts written in 1835 by Gaetano... |
Ruth West receives $166K NSF grant for collaborative research in roboticsGrounded Reasoning about Robot Capabilities for Law and Policy is the name of the $166K grant awarded to Professor Ruth West, who has co-appointments to teach in the UNT colleges of... |