Faculty Biennial exhibition opens at Weatherspoon

Repost from Campus Weekly Sixteen of UNCG’s studio art faculty members will show their work in the 2017 Faculty Biennial exhibition, opening Sept. 2 in the Weatherspoon Art Museum. The exhibition is a chance for UNCG students and the community to become acquainted with faculty art work, and a chance… Continue reading…

Break the Chain

Adapted from the spring 2017 UNCG Research Magazine As the nation’s largest jail, Chicago’s Cook County facility spans eight city blocks and houses 9,000 inmates. It also has another distinction: by default, it’s the largest mental-health facility in the United States. To Dr. Anne Parsons, this is not surprising. Her research… Continue reading…

Sheryl Oring collects wall memories in Berlin

Repost from UNCG NOW The Berlin Wall evokes lots of memories. UNCG art professor Sheryl Oring has been in Berlin this fall capturing many of them. She calls her performance art project “Maueramt.” At her small table, she listens. She types on her manual typewriter. A unique document is created…. Continue reading…

UNCG brings famed NYC arts festival to downtown Greensboro

Repost from UNCG Now On a third-floor hallway in Gatewood Studio Arts Building, Stacy Bloom Rexrode sits on a stool in front of her latest creation, carefully looping cranberry-colored yarn though a crochet hook. She’s a second-year MFA student at UNCG, and sculpture is her preferred form of expression. But… Continue reading…