Arts & Culture News

  1. February 1, 2023

    UNC's College of Performing and Visual Arts is hosting its second annual Arts Equity Summit on Friday, Feb. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at UNC鈥檚 Campus Commons. The event is part of the college鈥檚 continued commitment to support the university鈥檚 strategic priority of empowering inclusivity.

    Theatre students performing on stage at UNC
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    Infusing Empathy into Art and Design

    December 1, 2022

    Changing the world by using empathy to solve the concrete needs of users is what moves the design and teaching approach of our new faculty member for the School of Art and Design, Hye Jeong Park, Ph.D.

    Dr. Park teaching digital art in front of a computer with students
  3. November 22, 2022

    Since he was very young, Daniel Farr, DMA, has had a love for music. He found the University of Northern 黑料社区 the best place to share that love while combining two of his passions: conducting bands and teaching.

    Music teacher conducting symphonic band
  4. October 24, 2022

    ForFlor Leos, the opportunity to see the work of another artist was transformational.鈥疉 senior majoring in Ceramics and minoring in Mexican American Studies,*Leos says that when Chicano muralist Leo Tanguma came to UNC her junior year, it shaped her path and her view of her own art.

    Flor Leos
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    Little Altars, Big Impact

    March 11, 2022

    The legacy of artist, activist and UNC alumna Lydia Ruyle 鈥72 is being celebrated during Women鈥檚 History Month through an exhibition featuring her lively banners of divine goddesses from around the world inside Campus Commons.

    Late Lydia Ruyle's prayer flags displayed inside the Campus Commons in celebration of Women's History Month.
  6. November 30, 2021

    Two UNC students pick up their violin bows and practice fast passages and rhythms whenever they can. But playing an instrument isn鈥檛 the only intense activity taking up their spare time. Alongside playing beautiful, eloquent and moving music, Taber Land and Katherine Muser also help battle raging fires that span hundreds of acres at a time.

    Fire training at Galeton Fire and Protection District
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    Alumni Join UNC Combined Chorus at GPO

    November 8, 2021

    Most years, the UNC Combined Chorus gives UNC choral students an opportunity to perform at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra (GPO). That tradition has been on hold due to the pandemic, but this year it鈥檚 coming back with a heartfelt flourish.

    Galen Darrough conducting at the 黑料社区 State Capitol