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Upcoming Events for the CVAD Community
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Events, Activities
CVAD Galleries: Exhibitions & Call for Proposals
March 2025
Staff Appreciation Month
• Discounted Dining — all you can eat, various locations
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 4: Union Fest, an all-day party to celebrate the 76th year of have a union on campus, University
Union and the Union South Lawn
March 4, 5:30 p.m.: Roberto Lugo, Visiting Guest Artist in Ceramics, Art Building, Room 223
March 4, 6–8 p.m.: IADS & Studio Art Career Expo, Art Building, Room C103
March 9: Daylight Saving Time begins — clocks go forward
March 10–16: Spring Break
March 13, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Internships and Coffee Chat hosted by CVAD + UNT Career Center, Cora Stafford Gallery
Lobby
March 14–April 13: CVAD Galleries Call for Proposals for Fall 2025 Exhibitions
March 18, 3 p.m.: Service Award Presentations, University Union, Ballroom 314
March 20, noon–1 p.m.: Lunch with Provost Michael McPherson, Hurley Admin Building, Room 201, RSVP to Jeanette.Garriga@unt.edu.
March 21, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.: "Make it in Art" Symposium, Art Building, Room C103
March 21, 5–7 p.m.: "Make It in Art" Student Exhibition Reception, UNT CoLab, 207 N. Elm St., Denton,
Texas, 76201
March 21, 2:30–4:30 p.m.: CVAD Faculty and Staff College-wide Spring Meeting, Art Building, Room 223
March 22, 4–11 p.m.: "Amplify Denton" special event including works by the CVAD Metals Club, Patterson-Appleton
Arts Center, Greater Denton Art Council
March 24: RSVPs due for the 2025 Student Employee of the Year Awards Luncheon, Gateway Center
March 26, 11:30–1 p.m.: Staff Appreciation Luncheon and Awards, UNT Coliseum presented by DATCU
March 27, 7–9 p.m.: UNT AIGA Event: Visiting Designer Talk: "How to Be a Design Student" by designer
Mitch Goldstein, Art Building Couryard. Register to attend through Eventbrite. Free with student ID.
March 28–April 13: "Wave: From Space to Ocean" immersive artwork by collaborator Ruth West, professor, UNT CVAD xRez Art and Science Lab, at the EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky festival at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
March 28, 1:30–3 p.m.: "Living with Great Style" by designer Stephen Sills, Dallas Market Center, 2000 Stemmons Freeway Suite 2F215 Dallas, TX 75243, Registration required by March 19 at 5 p.m.
March 28, 5 p.m.: Deadline for Great Grad Nominations, Spring 2025 Great Grad Nomination Form
March 29, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Special event: CVAD Celebrates!
April 2025
Through April 13: "Wave: From Space to Ocean" immersive artwork by collaborator Ruth West, professor, UNT CVAD xRez Art and Science Lab, at the EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky festival at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
April 1–5: National Association of Schools of Art and Design on-site visit.
April 4–5, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.: Fashion Design Senior Collection Photo Session and Industry
Critic Panel, Art Building
April 8, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Internships and Coffee Chat hosted by CVAD + UNT Career
Center, Cora Stafford Gallery Lobby
April 13, 11:59 p.m. CST: Deadline for CVAD Galleries Call for Proposals for Fall 2025
April 14–18: Student Employee Appreciation Week
April 16, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: 2025 Student Employee of the Year Awards Luncheon, Gateway
Center, RSVPs are due by March 24, 2025
April 22, noon–1 p.m.: Lunch with Provost Michael McPherson, Hurley Admin Building,
Room 201, RSVP to Jeanette.Garriga@unt.edu
April 25, 7–9 p.m.: Senior Fashion Show, UNT Gateway, Registration info coming soon.
May 2025
May 2, 5–7 p.m.: Fashion Design Exhibition and Awards, Art Building, Room 101, Cora
Stafford Gallery, and Room C107, Paul Voertman Gallery
May 8, 4 p.m.: Ph.D. Commencement Ceremony, UNT Coliseum
May 9: Last day of spring classes
May 9, 5 p.m.: UNT Graduation Block Party, University Union South Lawn
May 10, 4 p.m.: Master's & Undergraduate College Commencement Ceremonies, UNT Coliseum
May 12: Summer sessions begin
May 26: Memorial Day, campus closed
June 2025
June 2–6: Creative U — Precollegiate Summer Experience Week 1
June 9–13: Creative U — Precollegiate Summer Experience Week 2
June 19: Emancipation Day, campus closed
July 2025
July 4: Independence Day, campus closed
July 25: Last summer session ends
August 2025
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January 2026