University of North Texas

College of Visual Arts and Design

CVAD Alum Carl Finch heads the two-time Grammy winning band, Brave Combo.
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The CVAD Art Education Doctoral Program is a nationally ranked program, #13 in North America
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One of every fifteen students at the University of North Texas is a CVAD major!
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UNT is an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
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Art Education faculty members Chris Bain and Nadine Kalin served on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Art Education, one of the most prestigious journals in the field.
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UNT‘s MFA program ranks in the upper 25% nationally according to US News and World Report
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CVAD‘s Communication Design students won nine of fifteen Best of Show prizes in this year‘s Dallas Society of Visual Communication 4th Annual National Student Show.
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As of Fall 2008, all new CVAD MFA students will receive $1000 scholarships.
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In Spring 2008, CVAD donors sponsored over $50,000 in scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students!
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The CVAD NAEA student chapter won the 2008 Student Organization Distinguished Service award from the University
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The Department of Art Education and Art History prepares more art teachers each year than any other university in Texas.
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CVAD‘s Ph.D. program in Art Education is among the top-rated programs in the U.S.
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Recent graduates of the art history program have pursued advanced degrees at University of Texas, Tufts University, University of Rochester, City College of New York, University of Arizona, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Christian University.
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CVAD art historians were the first UNT faculty chosen to participate in UNT‘s Next Generation course redesign. This program is considered to be a national model.
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The Department of Art Education and Art History faculty includes presidents of three national and international professional societies and the 2006 Art Educator of the Year.
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CVAD offers regular opportunities to study and travel in countries such as China, England, Ireland, Russia, and Scotland.
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CVAD‘s Texas Fashion Collection includes over 15,000 fabulous dresses by designers such as Balenciaga, Dior, de la Renta, and many others.
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CVAD Art Education alum Susan Gabbard is the former president of the National Art Education Association.
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CVAD alum, sculptor, Jesús Moroles, is on the Board of the Smithsonian Institute
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“I learned a lot about the creative process for producing a complete original work.”
- Jezzalie Gill (Drawing 1)
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CVAD‘s Texas Fashion Collection includes over 15,000 fabulous dresses by designers such as Balenciaga, Dior, de la Renta, and many others.
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CVAD Art Education alum Susan Gabbard is the former president of the National Art Education Association.
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CVAD alum, sculptor, Jesús Moroles, is on the Board of the Smithsonian Institute
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Interior Design MFA student Greta Buehrle was named one of two IDEC Foundation Graduate Scholars for 2009.
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Core Drawing

Mission

The Core Program in the College of Visual Arts and Design provides the broad foundation to develop the practical skills and conceptual methodologies necessary to enter any of the Visual Arts majors within the College. The program promotes the understanding of historic and contemporary currents and their relationships.

The Core Program achieves the following outcomes:

Materials and techniques;
Visual aesthetics and organization;
Creative processes;
Visual literacy (development of vocabulary, critical analysis, articulation of process and product; content and context);
Historic and contemporary visual cultures;
Professional pathways.

Work completed by Core Drawing students demonstrates the rigorous critical inquiry, practical skill-building and visual exploration that are hallmarks of this well-established program.

Faculty, Students and Alumni

Faculty who teach in the Core Drawing Program are accomplished artists in their respective fields. They maintain active studio practices and exhibit their work nationally and internationally. Their efforts are supported by visiting artists, including the following:
Enrique Chagoya (Berkeley, California)
Tracy Hicks, 2009 (Dallas, TX)
Karen Kunc (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Phyllis McGibbon (Wellesley, Massachusetts)
Nancy Palmeri (Arlington, Texas)
Pam Nelson (Texas)
Chuck Bennett (Architect)
Rebecca Carter

Graduate students who assist these faculty are appointed through a selection process which includes an intensive seminar, innovative mentor program and ongoing performance reviews. Accomplishments of graduate students affiliated with the program include competitive grants from the Dallas Museum of Art, residencies at the University of Texas at Dallas Southside on Lamar, and Travel Grants from the Toulouse Graduate School (UNT). Alumni teach at College of the Redwoods (Eureka, CA), Crafton Hills College (Yucaipa, CA), Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI), Lonestar College (Houston, TX) and Mountainview College (Dallas, TX).

Undergraduate students in the Core Program have impressive accomplishments, including acceptance into the Annual Voertman Competition (UNT); and receipt of several awards such as the Hispanic and Global Studies Initiatives Fund Tuition Scholarship (UNT), Multicultural and Scholastic Award (UNT), International Education Scholarship (UNT) and Study Abroad Scholarship (Lorenzo de' Medici Art Institute of Florence).

Facilities

The Core Program occupies classroom spaces in three separate buildings. A centralized lecture hall provides space for presentations, while a shared light well provides open space for critiques and informal discussion.

Faculty & Staff

Elaine Pawlowicz | Assistant Professor and Drawing II Coordinator

Phone: 940-369-8912 | Email: pawlowicz@unt.edu

Elaine Pawlowicz received her BFA from Southern Methodist University and moved to Chicago to receive her MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She continued to live and work as an artist in Chicago for the following 15 years until moving back to Dallas with her husband and two small children ages two and four. Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows and her paintings were published in recent editions of New American Paintings for the West and Midwest. In 2005 she completed an installation of 12 large scale paintings commissioned by the city of Chicago for Oriole Park Public Library. She has been awarded several artist residences by the Ucross Foundation, Wyoming, Montana Artist's Refuge, and Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland. Elaine has taught college level art for over a decade in Chicago including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Dayton. Her paintings are speckled with tiny characters that are swallowed up by neon color fields. The style is a type of magical realism. The space is flat with an idiosyncratic perspective. These highly personalized narratives are slightly ambiguous and peculiarly lighthearted.