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Archive of CVAD News, Events - 2020
May 2020
Alumna J. Leigh Garcia: A Commitment to Social Activism through art at Kent StateMay 27, 2020 — An interview of Alumna J. Leigh Garcia, (2015, B.F.A., Studio Art: Printmaking) appears in Juxtapoze Art and Culture Magazine in the In Session section. The article, Leigh Garcia: A Commitment to Social Activism Through Art at... |
Art Education student publishes Behind My Mask in English and SpanishMartha Samaniego Calderón, CVAD Art Education graduate student, and Daniel Heiman, assistant professor of bilingual education in the UNT College of Education, collaborated to publish Behind My Mask, Detras de me cubrebocas, a 36-page... |
CoLab accepting artworks for Re.Fresh, a juried art exhibition in celebration of its re-openingSubmissions are being accepted through July 29, 2020 for Re.Fresh, an open-themed, contemporary and fine art exhibition, in anticipation and celebration of the relaunch of UNT CoLab, formerly UNT on the Square. The exhibition is ... |
Alumnus Christoper Wallace co-authors article: April Journal of the American Institute for ConservationAlumnus Christopher Wallace ('13, M.F.A., Studio Art: Printmaking) is the co-author of a recent technical study about stone paper matrix lithography published in the Journal of the American Institute for ... |
Foundations Students' Exhibition: On a Beam of LightLive-streaming reception and exhibition: May 14, 2020, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Location: YouTube online application In 1880, Alexander Graham Bell invented the photophone, a device that allowed him to transmit his voice on a beam of light. While other... |
Lewisville Arts Advisory Board selects CVAD student's sculpture proposal for LLELAMay 5, 2020 — A proposal by Christopher Novinski, an undergraduate in Studio Art: Sculpture, was selected and approved for installation by the members of the Lewisville, Texas Arts Advisory Board. Novinski's sculpture will be a large-scale steel... |
Catching up with Matt BourbonBourbon: Like all faculty, I have been quickly adjusting to teaching remotely during the COVID crisis. While there are some obvious challenges teaching art away from the traditional classroom, it has led to some interesting shared experiences with... |
UNT selects six CVAD students as Spring 2020 Great GradsEach spring, thousands of University of North Texas students earn their degrees and become UNT alumni. Every one of them should be tremendously proud of everything they've accomplished in their time in Denton. In celebration of... |
Voyage Dallas checks in with Artist Mary JohnsonVoyager Dallas caught up with Mary Johnson, CVAD lecture in Foundations, to ask her a few questions for an article, Meet Mary A. Johnson, that appeared in the May 11, 2020 edition. When asked about her plans for the future... |
Journals publish articles by CVAD Faculty Hae Jin GamTeaching sustainability in fashion design courses through a zero-waste design project and an analysis of apparel, textiles and merchandising scholarship practices are the topics of two articles... |
Spring 2020 Commencement VideoWhile commencement ceremonies have been postponed for the 2020 graduates around the world, through this three-minute video, please accept congratulations on behalf of the CVAD faculty and staff as part of the college’s acknowledgment... |
Art Education Journal publishes CVAD Alumna Merfat Bassi's articleWritten by CVAD alumna Merfat Mohammed Bassi, ('19, Ph.D., Art Education), “Using a Mindfulness Software Application to Practice Art-Making and Meditation,” was published in the March 2020 issue... |
April 2020
CVAD sews up the call to provide face masks, shields for UNT essential staffIt takes the whole village for many of life's challenges — including answering the demand for more personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare professionals, first responders and essential staff. At UNT, staff members are using about... |
caa.reviews: "Commendable job, exemplary book" by Professor Donahue-WallaceApril 22, 2020 — Top curator and specialist in Latin American Art, Ilona Katzew, department head and curator for Latin American Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, commends Kelly Donahue-Wallace, professor of art history... |
Watch Party: Zoom into the Texas Fashion Collection with the UNT Alumni AssociationApril 30 Event: Ever wanted to take a sneak peek into UNT’s famous Texas Fashion Collection? Here’s your chance! The UNT Alumni Association is presenting UNT Alumni Live! with Annette Becker, (2015, M.A.) and curator of the TFC... |
Artist Relief Grant OpportunitiesTo support artists during the COVID-19 crisis, a coalition of national arts grantmakers have come together to create an emergency initiative to offer financial and informational resources to artists across the United States... |