From noteworthy exhibitions, performances and programming to faculty, staff and guest exhibitions, CVAD is always in the news. |
July 9, 2020 — The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts selected Liss LeFleur, associate professor of studio art, as one of only seven Citizen Artist Fellows for 2020-2021... |
Need some help with school supplies? The School Supply Pantry operated by the UNT Learning Center provides students with items that are necessary to be successful in their classes. Students can request up to 10 free items... |
Turning to craft in a time of turmoil is not unprecedented, according to art historian Jennifer Way, professor of art history. People have used craft as a means for therapy and wellness, cultural heritage and political activism in periods of... |
The CVAD Student Computer Lab and CVAD computer classrooms are currently closed to on-campus visitors due to COVID-19. However, computers in the CVAD lab and classrooms are configured so... |
Notice from Student Financial Services Students: ID cards for students who have submitted their photo online to Student Financial Services will be distributed during the month of August in the third-floor Event Hub... |
The Jo Ann (Jody) and Dr. Charles O. Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts and Design provided professional development content to 60 art teachers in the Lewisville Independent School District. The workshop led by... |
June 16, 2020 — In a podcast facilitated by Daniel Litwin, MarketScale interviewer, Michael Gibson, UNT professor of visual communication design, explains why, in design, he celebrates failures for their learning potential. The intent was... |
While the campus will reopen on July 6th our CVAD operations will be very limited. The main building will be open 10:00AM – 3:00PM on Thursdays, otherwise it will remain closed. Our intent is to continue to keep to a minimum the number of ... |
I wanted to reach out to you in regards to the upcoming Fall 2020 Semester and the CVAD Galleries. We are closely following UNT’s response and return to campus plans. At this time, public gatherings are being limited, there is a need for social... |
Julianna Morris, pictured here, art history graduate student, recently was selected as the 2020-21 Onstead Institute, CVAD Galleries Fellow in Museum Education. Morris will gain experience working and learning aspects of museum education as... |
As our university continues with its plans to provide safe educational environments for the Fall 2020 semester, I am writing to share what is happening in your home college to support you, our students, as well as the faculty, staff and teaching... |
Dallas is one of the largest producers of garbage in the U.S. The people who live and work there generate approximately 2.2 million tons of waste that winds up in area landfills each year. That’s the equivalent of slightly over 1,000 Nimitz-class... |
June 16, 2020 — UNT CVAD Communication Design, User Experience Design second-year students Brittney Dang, Olivia Moten, and Amanda Griffith learned that “Steps for Change,” an interactive design project they designed featuring... |
Congratulations, well wishes and gratitude fill our hearts as the CVAD community changes. The following changes in CVAD are effective for the fall semester unless indicated with a different date. |
Dear College of Visual Arts and Design community, At the outset I will be very clear – prejudice has no home in CVAD, and it should have no home anywhere. I respect and support Black Lives Matter. I am angry and I cannot come to terms... |
Martha 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... |
Submissions 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 ... |
May 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... |
Voyager 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... |
Each 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... |
Written 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... |
To 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... |
While the coronavirus stay-at-home, work-safe-order is still firmly in place, Sightlines recently reached out to Liss LaFleur, assistant professor, Department of Studio Art, to check on our how some in our cultural community are... |
Alumnus Colton White, (2016, B.F.A., Studio Art: New Media), recently featured in the Dallas Observer, was asked about performance art and his intimacy activism: “Performance art is about trust, about intimacy, about storytelling in a way — it’s... |
“I am very pleased that Pedram Baldari will be joining us this fall as an assistant professor in sculpture,” said Lauren Lake, chair, Department of Studio Art. “I want to thank the faculty search committee members: Alicia Eggert, chair, Brian... |
