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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events for the CVAD Community
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Events, Activities, Exhibitions
December 2025
Through Dec. 12: "CVAD Faculty/Teaching Juried Exhibition," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Through Dec. 12: CVAD Galleries Call for Entries to the 65th Annual Paul Voertman Juried Student Competition and Exhibition
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 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. 4, 5–7 p.m.: Reception for "Final Polish" Metalsmithing and Jewelry Senior Exhibition, 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 | Directions and Parking Information
Dec. 15, 4 p.m.: Final grades due
Dec. 23 at noon–26, 2025 & Dec. 29–Jan. 2, 2026: Winter Holiday Break — campus closed
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. 1: Deadline to apply for the Fall 2026 semester in the Studio Art M.F.A. program.
Feb. 3–28: Paul Voertman Juried Student Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building
Feb. 5, 5 p.m.: Reception & awards presentation for the Paul Voertman Juried Student Competition &
Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Art Building
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 15, 5 p.m. CDT: Deadline for international applicants to apply for the M.A. in
IxD program for a Fall 2026 start
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
June 19, 5 p.m. CDT: Deadline for U.S. applicants to apply for the M.A. in IxD program for a Fall 2026
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