Upcoming Events for the CVAD Community

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Events, Activities | In the Galleries: Exhibitions

December 2024

Through Feb. 1, 2025: "Labor of Luxury: Embroidery from India to the World," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Through Feb. 2, 2025: "Diaries of Home" group exhibition with Letitia Huckaby, assistant professor, Studio Art, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Through March 15, 2025: Alicia Eggert, associate professor, Studio Art: Sculpture, exhibits "OURs," a neon sign, at the "Designing Motherhood" exhibition at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Dec. 1, 11:59 p.m. CST: Entry deadline for Materials: Hard + Soft Contemporary Craft + Digital Exhibition Competition, Greater Denton Arts Council
Dec. 5, 1–4 p.m.: Postcritical Aesthetics and Education Discussion and Study Group, open to CVAD faculty and students, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160, featuring Tyson Lewis, Joris Vlieghe, Marinna Schwimmer
Dec. 6: UNT Reading Day
Dec. 6–Jan. 17: CVAD alumna-curated exhibition by Susan Seaborn, "Painting is Alive and Well — A Survey of DFW-Area MFA Student Painting," at UNT CoLab, 207 N. Elm St., Denton
Dec. 6, 6–8 p.m.: Opening reception for alumna-curated exhibition by Susan Seaborn, "Painting is Alive and Well — A Survey of DFW-Area MFA Student Painting," at UNT CoLab, 207 N. Elm St., Denton
Dec. 7, 2:30–3:30 p.m.: Exhibition Guided Tour: "Labor of Luxury: Embroidery from India to the World," led by Texas Fashion Collection staff, CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160, Eventbrite registration
Dec. 7–13: Final Exams for Fall 2024
Dec. 11, Noon–1 p.m.: Employee Brown Bag Lunch and conversation with Provost Michael McPherson, Hurley Admin Building, Suite 201. RSVP to Jeanette.Garriga@unt.edu.
Dec. 13, 6 p.m.: Lecture by Letitia Huckaby for the "Diaries of Home" exhibition, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, tickets online
Dec. 14, 8 a.m.: CVAD undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, UNT Coliseum — Watch ceremony
Dec. 15, 2 p.m.: CVAD doctoral & master's Commencement Ceremony, UNT Coliseum — Watch ceremony
Dec. 16: Final Grades are due
Dec. 17: "Friends of CVAD" e-newsletter publication day
Dec. 20, Noon: Campus closes at noon for the Winter Break
Dec. 23–27, 2024 and Dec. 30, 2024–Jan. 1, 2025: Winter Break

January 2025

Through Feb. 1, 2025: "Labor of Luxury: Embroidery from India to the World," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Through March 15, 2025: Alicia Eggert, associate professor, Studio Art: Sculpture, exhibits "OURs," a neon sign, at the "Designing Motherhood" exhibition at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Jan. 1: New Year's Day, campus closed
Jan. 13: Classes Begin
Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr Day, campus closed | Inauguration Day

February 2025

Through Feb. 1, 2025: "Labor of Luxury: Embroidery from India to the World," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
Through March 15, 2025: Alicia Eggert, associate professor, Studio Art: Sculpture, exhibits "OURs," a neon sign, at the "Designing Motherhood" exhibition at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Feb. 2: Groundhog Day
Feb. 14: Happy Valentine's Day
Feb. 21, 6–8 p.m.: Reception for Materials Hard + Soft Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council
Feb. 21–May 2: Materials Hard + Soft Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council

March 2025

Through March 15, 2025: Alicia Eggert, associate professor, Studio Art: Sculpture, exhibits "OURs," a neon sign, at the "Designing Motherhood" exhibition at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

March 9: Daylight Saving Time
March 10–16, Spring Break
March 29, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Special event: CVAD Celebrates!

April 2025

April 22: Earth Day

May 2025

May 9: Last day of spring classes
May 12: Summer sessions begin
May 26: Memorial Day, campus closed

June 2025

June 19: Juneteenth Observance, campus closed
June 9–13: Creative U — Precollegiate Summer Experience Week 1 
June 16–20: Creative U — Precollegiate Summer Experience Week 2 

July 2025

July 4: Independence Day, campus closed
July 25: Last summer session ends

August 2025

September 2025

Sept. 1: Labor Day

October 2025