Across campus and North Carolina, students' top artists, genres and albums from the year reflected a variety of musical interests.
As students prepare for Thanksgiving break, here are a few tips for celebrating with friends and on campus — volunteering, potlucks with friends and artistic activities for creative expression.
Croquis, or sketches of the human body, makes it way to UNC through the Croquis Club, which meets several times a month to draw live models.
Community quilters in the Durham-Orange Quilters Guild, Triangle Modern Quilt Guild and the African American Quilt Circle of Durham have found community and creativity through the craft.
Practitioners of paganism in North Carolina reflect on the joy and misconceptions of their religious practice and its expansion.
Yolanda Arroyo Pizzaro, Puerto Rican author and poet, spoke on a zoom call hosted by the UNC Latina/o Studies Program last Wednesday about her career of work and inspiration.
His work is often an intersection of speculative fiction, monster theory, surrealism and critical race theory that investigates contemporary Black experiences, according to his artist statement for the gallery. “I'm not thinking, 'Oh, let me make this palatable for an audience,'" Antoine Williams said. "It's, 'What's the way I can express these ideals that seem relevant and that for me, I haven't seen expressed or toned in this manner?'”
“It's like a music album," Fabrizio Bianchi, one of the creators of the "De Colores" exhibit at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, said. "And each song is coming from a different group or it's from a different country. When you put them together, you can still listen to it and still feel like it's one large performance."
Author and poet Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro hosts her Zoom call with the UNC Latina/o Studies Program on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
