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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events for the CVAD Community
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Events, Activities, Exhibitions
November 2025
Through Nov. 7: “In & Out,” solo show by Minso Kim, visiting assistant professor, Interdisciplinary
Art and Design Studies, Art Building, Cora Stafford Gallery
Through Dec. 12: "CVAD Faculty/Teaching Juried Exhibition," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Nov. 2, 2 a.m.: End of Daylight Saving Time
Nov. 5, 3 p.m.: State of the University address by President Harrison Keller, Murchison Performing Arts Center; doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 5–14: “Still Wearing the Lashes from Last Night,” solo show by Christina Vasquez, undergraduate,
Studio Art, and "First-Year Studio Art M.F.A. Students Show," organized by Paho Mann,
professor, Studio Art: Photography; director, Studio Art Graduate Studies, Art Building,
Paul Voertman Gallery
Nov. 6, noon–1 p.m.: Brown bag lunch with Provost Michael McPherson, Hurley Admin Building, Room 201; RSVP to Amaya Spencer.
Nov. 11, 5:30–8:30 p.m.: "Think, Work and Be Resilient" meeting with CVAD + UNT Career Center, Art Building
foyer, Room C103
Nov. 12–20: “Anthology: Prints in Context,” senior printmaking exhibition organized by Andrew
DeCaen, associate professor, Studio Art: Printmaking, Art Building, Cora Stafford
Gallery; reception is Nov. 13, 5–7:30 p.m.
Nov. 13, 5 p.m., Zellige Tile Workshop, make your own mosaic with handmade tiles from Morocco; Art Building, Room 182. Sponsored
by UNT CAMCSI.* Space is limited: Reserve your Spot. Open to all UNT students.
Nov. 19–Dec. 5: “Horse Girls,” group show by Robyn Rozzelle, graduate student, Studio Art, and “Of
Time, Identity and Connection,” solo show by Christi Stidham, undergraduate, Studio
Art, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery
Nov. 20, 5 p.m.: UNT CAMCSI* Lecture Series "Curating the Keir Collection: Displaying a Legacy of Islamic Art" by Rachel Parikh, Ph.D., curator of Islamic Art, Dallas Museum of Art, University Union, Room 394.
Free, open to the public.
Nov. 27–28: Fall Holiday Break
*CAMCSI: UNT Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative
December 2025
Through Dec. 12: "CVAD Faculty/Teaching Juried Exhibition," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Dec. 3, noon–1 p.m.: Brown bag lunch with Provost Michael McPherson, Hurley Admin Building, Room 201; RSVP to Amaya Spencer.
Dec. 3–12: Senior Metalsmithing and Jewelry Group Show, organized by Rileigh Peña, undergraduate,
Studio Art, and “Southern Bail,” solo show by Kate Harris, undergraduate, Studio Art,
Art Building, Cora Stafford Gallery
Dec. 5: UNT Reading Day — No classes
Dec. 6–12: Final Exams
Dec. 12: Fall semester ends
Dec. 12, 8 a.m.: CVAD Commencement at the UNT Coliseum
Dec. 15, 4 p.m.: Final grades due
Dec. 24–26, 2025 & Dec. 29–Jan. 2, 2026: Winter Holiday Break
January 2026
Jan. 1 & 2: Winter Break, New Year's Holiday Break
Jan. 12: Spring classes begin
Jan. 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, campus closed
February 2026
Feb. 15: Financial Aid deadline for priority consideration for the 2026-2027 semesters.
March 2026
March 9-15: Spring Break
March 21, 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.: CVAD Celebrates special event
April 2026
April 15: World Art Day (Leonardo Da Vinci's birthday): The theme for World Art Day 2026 is "A Garden of Expression: Cultivating Community Through Art."
May 2026
May 1: Reading Day, no classes
May 7-10: University Commencement
May 16–Aug. 16: Alumnus exhibition, a 25-year survey of work by Nic Nicosia, "Nic Nicosia: Everyday Surreal," Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
June 2026
June 1–5 and June 8–12: Creative U Pre-college Art & Design Program