A group of 14 seniors have their art debuted in the John and June Alcott Gallery and the Hanes Hallway Gallery to showcase intersecting realms of art.
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“The peels that I collect are aged by moisture and air, bleached by sunlight – they’re almost cameraless photographs themselves, and documenting them has taken on a life of its own,” Metivier said. “Maybe part of me wanted an excuse to fill the gallery with dried peels that are spilling out of my studio and apartment, but I also see Peel as a multi-layered art space. It’s all accumulation – the accretion of layers, images, textures, moments and memories.”
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“You think about your memories or your perceptions or even the histories that you learned about in school, and there are so many different interpretations,” Murasugi said. “There are so many different points of view, and in my work I like to remind myself of that. Hopefully the viewer can grasp that, too.”
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“Around the latter half of my first year in I.B. Art, I stumbled across artists like Hannah Höch and Barbara Kruger who made social commentary,” Michelle Castellanos, an I.B. Art student at Cedar Ridge High School, said. “I was inspired to address these messages of women’s issues and racial issues since it's something that affects me as a Latina.”
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With the Ackland Art Museum reopening on Jan. 27, visitors will soon be able to see works in-person such as "holding space for nobility," a memorial to Breonna Taylor.
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Local arts organizations host a banned books pop-up gallery to observe the history of censored books.
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Stories of rape, murder and discrimination against black women were told at the #SayHerName vigil in front of Wilson Library Monday night.
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Thousands of thin strips of black tape now decorate the John and June Allcott Gallery of Hanes Art Center. The department’s newest exhibition, “Material World,” is a complex wall drawing made by Korean-born artist Heeseop Yoon.
Read More »Mohammad Sharaf, a graphic artist from Kuwait whose popularity grew when he began exhibiting works on social media, will celebrate the opening of a collection of more than 20 original illustrations at the UNC FedEx Global Education Center tonight.
Read More »In 2006, journalist Tom Brokaw told the graduating Stanford class it’s easy to make a buck, but it’s a lot harder to make a difference.
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A 1977 graduate of UNC, Michael Brown is the creator of many of the town’s beloved murals, including the sea turtles on Columbia Street and the marching parade in Porthole Alley.
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