Upcoming Events for the CVAD Community

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. 12–Dec. 12: CVAD Galleries Call for Entries to the 65th Annual Paul Voertman Juried Student Competition and Exhibition
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, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.: UNT Metals Club Handmade Jewelry Holiday Sale, Art Building West Lawn
CANCELED | 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. 
Nov. 21, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.: UNT Metals Club Handmade Jewelry Holiday Sale, Art Building West Lawn
Nov. 26 at noon–28: Fall Holiday Break — campus closed

*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
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
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 start