Upcoming Events for the CVAD Community

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Events, Activities, Exhibitions

August 2025

Aug. 2, 7 a.m.–Aug. 3, noon: UNT System IT Disaster Recovery Exercise
Aug. 10: First Flight Week Online Event "Denton on a Dime," a guide for affordable activities around town
Aug. 11, 2–3 p.m.:
Funding Your Undergraduate Study Abroad Experience, presentation by UNT Money Management Center, Marquis Hall, Room 130
Aug. 12–Sept. 20:
“Emergence,” annual group show, Art Building, Cora Stafford Gallery
Aug. 13, 9 a.m.–noon: CVAD First Flight
Aug. 13, 5–7 p.m.: Mean Green Fling, Library Mall, South Lawn, North Green and University Union
Aug. 14, 1:30–2:30 p.m.: "Internships 101: Turning Experience into Opportunity," presented by the UNT Career Center, Student Money Management Center, Sage Hall, Room 116
Aug. 18:
Fall classes begin
Aug. 26, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Coffee & Creative Internships with the CVAD Career Coaches, Art Building foyer, Room C103
Aug. 27–Sept. 5: “Arraigado en los recuerdos/Rooted in memories,” group show by Estephany Cazares-Peña, & Bryann Richardson, undergraduates, Studio Art, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery

September 2025

Through Sept. 5: “Arraigado en los recuerdos/Rooted in memories,” group show by Estephany Cazares-Peña, & Bryann Richardson, undergraduates, Studio Art, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery
Through Sept. 20:
 “Emergence,” Annual group show, Art Building, Cora Stafford Gallery

Sept. 1: Labor Day, campus closed
Sept. 2–Dec. 12: Faculty/Teaching Juried Exhibition, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Sept. 4, 5–7 p.m.: Fashion Career Expo, Art Building Second Floor
Sept. 9, 4–6 p.m.:
Creative Futures with CVAD Career Coaches, Art Building, Room C103
Sept. 10–19:
“Seen/Sold,” group show organized by Rae Flores, undergraduate, Studio Art, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery
Sept. 25–Oct. 3: “Home Maker,” solo show by Reagan Hicks, undergraduate, Art Education, Art Building, and “Pinprick,” solo show by Kim Craig, undergraduate, Studio Art, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery

October 2025

Through Dec. 12: Faculty/Teaching Juried Exhibition, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160

Oct. 1–10: “Perennial Nouveau,” solo show by Christina Bridges, undergraduate, Studio Art & Art Education; and  “Walk the Walk,” Solo Show by Noah Steeley, undergraduate, Studio Art, Art Building, Cora Stafford Gallery
Oct. 2: University Research Day
Oct. 8–17:
“Inside the Mind of User-Experience Design,” group show organized by Gabi Baca, undergraduate, Communication Design: UxD, and "The Path to Paradise Begins in Hell - Dante Alighieri,” solo show by Franciella Camarena, undergraduate, Studio Art, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery
Oct. 15–24: “i wash my hands of it” solo show by McConnell Brown, undergraduate Studio Art,  and “Biomorphic” solo show by Rileigh Peña, undergraduate Studio Art, Art Building, Cora Stafford Gallery
Oct. 21–31: “The Space In Between,” solo show by Skylar Williams, undergraduate, Studio Art, and "Held Together by a Feeling," solo show by Gina Belocio, undergraduate, Studio Art, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery

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: Faculty/Teaching Juried Exhibition, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160

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, associate professor, Studio Art: Photography; director, Studio Art Graduate Studies, Art Building, Paul Voertman Gallery
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. 12–21: “Prints in Context,” group show organized by Andrew DeCaen, associate professor, Studio Art: Printmaking, Art Building, Cora Stafford Gallery
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. 27–28: Fall Holiday Break

December 2025

Through Dec. 12: Faculty/Teaching Juried Exhibition, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160

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. 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

April 2026

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