Archive of CVAD Upcoming Events Calendar

The information available on this page is an accumulation of previous CVAD upcoming events.

April 1, 8 p.m.: "Lady Bird" movie screening in the Art Building Courtyard; bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Free popcorn.
April 2, Noon–1 p.m.; Resume Workshop with CVAD Career Coach Marcy Bishop, Art Building, Room 464
April 4, Noon–1:30 p.m.: Virtual Intro to Wix Portfolio Workshop, hosted by the CVAD Career Coach Marcy Bishop, Zoom
April 8–May 19: "Labor of Luxury: The Art of Embroidery from India to the World," exhibition by the Texas Fashion Collection at NorthPark Center, Dallas
April 8, Noon–3 p.m.: Eclipse Party, Art Building Courtyard. The total eclipse of the Sun will occur at 1:42 p.m. Safety goggles will be provided.
April 8: UNT Giving Day early start: UNT Day of Giving: fundraising to support student success for CVAD Scholarships and CVAD Study Abroad funding
April 19, 9–10 a.m.: Registration in-person begins for the D. Jack Davis Lecture Series Symposium, Paul Voertman Gallery, Art Building
April 19, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.: D. Jack Davis Lecture Series, Art Building, Room 187
April 22–May 2: "In Between Present & Presence," Printmaking Senior Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, University Union
April 25, 5–6:30 p.m.: Reception for "In Between Present & Presence" exhibition, Union Art Gallery, University Union
April 25, 5–7 p.m.: Reception for "ce n'est pas une exposition" Drawing & Painting Senior B.F.A. Exhibition, Art Building, Fourth Floor
April 26, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.: Leena Sonbuol dissertation defense "Place Identity: New Vision toward a Phenomenology of Identity in Contemporary Art in Saudi Arabia."

March 1, 6–8 p.m.: Spring First- and Second-year M.F.A. Student Exhibition Reception, UNT CoLab, 207 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76201
March 1–16: Spring M.F.A. Exhibition, UNT CoLab, 207 N Elm St., Denton, TX 76201
March 6, 12:30 p.m.: "The Art of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation, and Entrepreneurship in Britain 1787–1845," Writier's talk at the Kimbell Art Museum, Heidi Strobel, professor, Art History.
March 11-17: Spring Break

March 15-16: The State of Black Design Returns 2024 Conference and Career Fair, University of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn.
March 20, 7 p.m.: Rico Gatson, UNT Fine Arts Series, Lyceum Theater
March 28, 9 a.m.–Noon: Doctoral Dissertation Defense by Mikaela Bachmann, Department of Art Education, Art Building, Room 181

Feb. 1–Feb. 10: Voertman Competition Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, UNT Art Building, Room 100
Feb. 1, 5–7 p.m.: Awards Ceremony & Reception for the 63rd Annual Paul Voertman Juried Student Art Competition, Art Building, Room 101. Awards: 5:15 p.m. 
Feb. 1: Deadline for M.F.A. program application for Fall 2024 enrollment
Feb. 1, Noon–4:30 p.m.: IDSA Career Fair, Next to the Design Resource Room
Feb. 6–May 10: "Everybody's Bolos" Exhibition, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Feb. 8, 5–7 p.m.: Reception for "Everybody's Bolos" Exhibition, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Feb. 24, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., "Everybody's Bolos" Symposium, Room 223 

Jan. 1: New Year's Day Holiday – campus closed
Jan. 2: Return to Campus
Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day – campus closed
Jan. 16: Classes begin
Jan. 30–Feb. 10: Voertman Competition Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, UNT Art Building, Room 100

Dec. 1, 6–8 p.m.: Printmaking B.F.A. Program Exhibition Reception, "Exchange of Being," UNT CoLab, 207 N Elm St Denton, TX 76201
Dec. 1–9: Printmaking B.F.A. Program Exhibition, "Exchange of Being," UNT CoLab, 207 N Elm St Denton, TX 76201, Hours: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Dec. 8: Reading Day — no classes
Dec. 8: Voertman Competition online entry deadline
Dec. 15, 4 p.m.: Undergraduate Fall Commencement, UNT Coliseum
Dec. 17, 4 p.m.: Graduate Fall Commencement, UNT Coliseum
Dec. 19: Friends of CVAD e-Newsletter
Dec. 21: Georgia "Billie" Gough 103rd Birthday
Winter Break: Dec. 25–29, 2023, campus closed

Nov. 1–10: Exhibition: "Pup Cake," Paul Voertman Gallery, Northside, Art Building
Nov. 1–10: Exhibition: "Intravenous," Paul Voertman Gallery, Southside, Art Building
Nov. 2–3: IDEC SW Conference at CVADSchedule + Details
Nov. 7, 7 p.m.: Glenn Adamson Lecture, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Nov. 8, 5:30 p.m.: Free Lecture and Q&A by Glenn Adamson, Ph.D., "Furiouser and Furiouser," Art Building, Room 223
Nov. 8, 6 p.m.: Designer Talk: Manali Mohanty, TEDx speaker, "Build, Test, Repeat: 3 Steps to Achieve Your Impossible," Art Building, Room 365
Nov. 10–Dec. 9: Voertman Competition Online Entry Form available
Nov. 13, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: “Teaching Comics Making: The Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop” by Christopher Sperandio, Willis Library, Room 250H
Nov. 15–Dec. 1: Exhibition: "The 4th IADS Student Showcase," Paul Voertman Gallery, Art Building
Nov. 17, 2 p.m.: Virtual Lecture by Michael Malowanczyk, creative leader and brand builder. Zoom Link.
Nov. 17, 11:59 p.m.: Deadline for the Galleries' Call for Spring 2024 Exhibition Proposals
Nov. 20–26: No classes
Nov. 25–26: Fall Holiday Break – campus closed
Nov. 29, 2–5 p.m.: Cookies and Coffee with CVAD Career Coaches, Art Building, Room 100
Nov. 29–Dec. 8: Exhibition: "POR LA RAZA," Cora Stafford Gallery, Northside, Art Building
Nov. 29–Dec. 8: Exhibition: "SOMATOFORM," Cora Stafford Gallery, Southside, Art Building

CVAD Design Month Schedule

Oct. 2: CVAD Student Project Award Fund Deadline, open to all students!
Oct. 4–13: Exhibition: "Peeling Back," Paul Voertman Gallery, Southside, Art Building
Oct. 4–13: Exhibition: "Call from Heaven," Paul Voertman Gallery, Northside, Art Building
Oct. 5, 2 p.m.: Artist Lecture by Ian van Coller, Willis Library, Room 250H
Oct. 6–8: 43rd Annual Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, Denton’s Quakertown Park and Facilities, 321 East McKinney St., Denton, Texas
Oct. 10, 2–5 p.m.: Cookies and Coffee with CVAD Career Coaches, Art Building, Room 100
Oct. 11–20: Exhibition: "Lauren Selden Recent Works," Cora Stafford Gallery, Southside, Art Building
Oct. 11–20: Exhibition: "Paper Alchemy," Cora Stafford Gallery, North Side, Art Building
Oct. 18–27: Exhibition: "Name TBA," Paul Voertman Gallery, Art Building
Oct. 19, 7 p.m., Room 367: The AIGA student group will host designers from The Matchbox Studio for an identity and branding workshop.
Oct 23–28: 2023 UNT Homecoming Week Schedule
Oct. 25, 5 p.m.: Deadline for free tickets & bus ride to Nasher Lecture with Glenn Adamson, Art Building, Room 101
Oct. 25–Nov. 3: Exhibition: "Embedding Presence," Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building
Oct. 26, 3–5 p.m., Senior New Media Art Studio Exhibition "Future Memory 2000," Art Building, Room 356
Oct. 27, 3–5 p.m., Senior New Media Art Studio Exhibition "Reality ✓," Art Building, Room 356
Oct. 28, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.: CANCELED CVAD Celebrates 130/30 — special event
Oct. 31, 7–9 p.m.: CANCELED — Halloween Movie Night Special Event, Showing "Hocus Pocus," Free, Art Building Courtyard

Sept. 4: Labor Day – campus closed
Sept. 7: President's Sack Lunch for Staff
Sept. 7, 5–7 p.m.: Exhibition reception for "Emergence," Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building
Sept. 20–29: Exhibition: "Nobody Knows: Who's that creepin' in my window," Paul Voertman Gallery, Southside, Art Building
Sept. 20–29: Exhibition: "Forged by Nature," Paul Voertman Gallery, Northside, Art Building
Sept. 21, 7–10 p.m.: Artist Talk by Cey Adams | Hip Hop DJ, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Free & open to the public
Sept. 22, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.: State of Black Design Mini-Conference, Art Building, Rooms 365-367; Keynote: Cey Adams
Sept. 27–Oct. 6: Exhibition: "A New Media Effort," Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building

 

 

 

Aug. 5–Sept. 16: Alumna Exhibition: "Who is God? Recollecting Earth's Creation Story," with alum Atinuke Adeleke at Daisha Board Gallery, 1604 Main St., Ste. 100, Dallas
Aug. 5, 7–10 p.m.: Exhibition Reception: "Who is God? Recollecting Earth's Creation Story," with alum Atinuke Adeleke at Daisha Board Gallery, 1604 Main St., Ste. 100, Dallas
Aug. 16, 8 a.m.–Noon: CVAD First Flight, Art Building, 1201 W. Mulberry St., Denton, Texas
Aug. 16, 5–7 p.m.: UNT Mean Green Fling, Library Mall, North Green, South Green, University Union
Aug. 21–Dec. 15: Fall Semester
Aug. 22–Sept. 14: Exhibition: "Emergence," Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building, Room 100
Aug. 22–Dec. 15: Exhibition: "Cey Adams, Departure, 40 Years of Art & Design," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160

July 4: Independence Day — campus closed
July 9: Exhibition's Last Day: "Emancipation by Letitia Huckaby: The Unfinished Project of Liberation," Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
July 22, 6–9 p.m.: ArtSpeak with alumna Rosemary Meza DesPlas and Benito Huerta, Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Dr., Dallas

June 5: "I'm Ready for My Close-Up: Digitizing the Texas Fashion Collection," Texas Fashion Collection at UNT OLLI
June 5–16: Creative U Summer Camp
June 16, 3–4 p.m.: Creative U Summer Camp Exhibition and Reception, Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building
June 16, 9 p.m.: "Out of the Closet and into the Archives: Selections from the Texas Fashion Collection," Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art PRIDE Block Party
June 19: Juneteenth – campus closed
June 24, 5–8 p.m.: Opening Reception, Paho Mann exhibition "Latent Constructions" 
June 24–Aug. 12: Paho Mann exhibition "Latent Constructions," Galleri Urbane Dallas
June 30: Last day of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden's Art + Science Exhibition "Dornith Doherty: Illuminations: Past, Present, and Future of Fern Research"

May 4, 5 p.m.: "Breaking the Code," a documentary about artist and UNT Regents Professor of Art Emeritus Vernon Fisher, directed by Michael Flanagan, UNT M.F.A. student in documentary filmmaking, at the Violet Crown Auditorium, Dallas International Film Festival. 
May 4, 5–7 p.m.: New Media Art Senior Exhibition, Eagle Exhibition Hall & Sky Theater Planetarium, UNT Environmental Education Science & Technology Building
May 4: Last exhibition day for “11 Marks: A Group Exhibition of MFA Students,” Union Art Gallery, University Union, Second Floor
May 5: Reading Day
May 5: 5–7 p.m., Fashion Design Senior Show and Industry Awards, Art Building, First Floor
   5 p.m., Opening Remarks, 5:30 p.m., Style Show, 6:30 p.m. Awards Reception
May 6–July 29: Exhibition: "Letitia Huckaby: Bitter Waters Sweet," Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas
May 6, 2–5 p.m.: Interior Design Senior Show, Paul Voertman Gallery
May 8–June 1: Studio Art Printmaking Senior Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, University Union
May 9, 6:30–8 p.m.: M.A. Program in Interaction Design Class Human-Centered Research Presentation, Art Building, Room 282
May 11, 5–7 p.m.: Reception for the Studio Art Printmaking Senior Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, University Union
May 12: Last day of the Spring Semester
May 13, 8 a.m.: CVAD Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies, UNT Coliseum. Watch the Commencement on YouTube.
May 13–June 17: "In a Tight Fix" installation by Meredith Cawley, Box 13, Houston
May 14, noon: CVAD Graduate and Ph.D. Commencement Ceremonies, UNT Coliseum. Watch the Commencement on YouTube.
May 15–18: Denton ISD "Outside the Box" exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building; Reception: 5 p.m.
May 15, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.: Nasher Sculpture Center's Visitor Experience Symposium. The in-person event is $15 for students, including lunch.
May 29: Memorial Day – campus closed

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