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Show work today, have samples tomorrow

Taking your work from the studio or the stage to the rest of the world can be daunting. But by making moves now, students will have a leg-up after graduation.Laura Ritchie, a senior studio art major with an emphasis in art history, was having just such a thought last year.“It got to be my junior year and I realized I wasn’t really involved in the arts at all,” she said.So she went to the Ackland Art Museum and the Carrboro ArtsCenter and asked if they needed volunteers.

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Internship affords Hollywood exposure

Hollywood screenwriter, director and UNC alumnus Paul Edwards knew one person in the industry when he started out. As director of UNC’s Hollywood Media Internship program, Edwards wants to give students the A-list internships he never had.