Dear students, friends, and colleagues,

Please visit http://www.unt.edu/academics.htm for class schedules, registration information, calendars, and catalogs. And for CVAD information, watch our website and Facebook pages for announcements of new activities and subscribe to our monthly newsletter, Stories from the Avant-Garde to keep track of our activities and accomplishments.

Visiting Artists and Scholars, Exhibitions, and Presentations:

See SPRING 2013 for CVAD's spectacular series of activities.

CVAD hosts annual lectures and lecture series throughout the College, including the newly launched Art History Lecture series, the Core Design and Core Drawing series, the College's Visiting Artist and Scholar series, the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute (CAMCSI) series, and individually sponsored lectures including the Nasher lecture, the Gough lecture in Interior Design, and the Davis lecture in Art Education. 

This year's Nasher Lecture series speaker is sculptor Kiki Smith.

 Additionally, visiting artiists are regularly brought to the campus to participate in PRINT, our print research facility, and through our exhibition series. We will once again host the annual North Texas Medieval Graduate Student Symposium in April, bringing a host of scholars to the campus.

Last spring, we were very excited to have collaborated with Nick Cave, artist and CVAD alum, who was last year's Artist-in-Residence for UNT's Institute for the Advancement of the Arts. You can see the performances on KERA's Art n Seek and in a new  documentary video by RTVF MFA student Sharie Vance. This spring, we are excited to announce that "NickCave:Heard" is scheduled to be performed as part of the Centennial Celebraiton of the Grand Central Station in New York. Visit UNT on the Square for more collaborative activities this year. 

Faculty

The CVAD faculty includes world-renowned artists, art educators, art historians, and designers.  You can find information about the individual faculty on the Department websites or on the UNT Faculty Profile System. This fall we welcomed a whole new group host of  full-time faculty including art educators Adetty Perez De Miles and Amelia Kraehe, new media artist Paula Gaetano Adi, photgrapher Pavel Romaniko, and sculptor Tim DeVoe. This spring, Ruth West, is joining us as our first joint appointment with another college.  Ruth will hold appointments in the College of Informaiton and CVAD, as well as courtesy appointments in biology and computer science.

Spring Exhibitions

Opening the season at the UNT Student Union Art Gallery is "Project Green"

See our Announcements on the CVAD homepage for upcoming shows and visit the UNTArtGalleries page for information on shows in the Main Gallery, the Lightwell, the North Gallery, and the Cora Stafford Gallery.  join us at the receptions.  We are excited about the upcoming opening of a new exhibition space in Dallas as well.  Watch for that!!

Art in Public Places Program and the UNT Artist Registry

Two years ago, UNT initiated the Art in Public Places Program for the Denton campus.  This fall, we unveiled artworks purchased for the Kristin Farmer Autism Center and soon new works for the Willis Library. Artworks have been identified for Sage Hall as wells as funds reserved for future projects in Discovery Hall and Bruce Hall. A  major project will be undertaken in the proposed Student Union when it is approved.

In support of the Art in Public Places Program, we have created an Artist Registry.  Artworks for the Art in Public Places projects are primarily selected from the Artist Registry.. Take the ArtPath and watch the campus transform itself through art! 

Support CVAD

You can find out more information about the activities of our faculty, students, alumni, institutes, galleries, and departments on the CVAD webpages, by following CVAD on Facebook, by joining any of the CVAD groups and viewing the many student and department blogs, and by reading  Stories from the Avant-Garde, our monthly e-newsletter. We gratefully acknowledge the gifts and support of CVAD donors, without which we could not operate.  Along with scholarships and program support, in-kind gifts of furniture, equipment, materials, and services provide myriad ways for people to help our students.  We have opportunities for volunteers in our galleries and offices as well, so help us when you can as we continue to provide an excellent education for students and great resources for the community.

Please contact us to see how you can help CVAD and our students in our quests for excellence.  We are proud of their accomplishments and need your help to enhance their opportunities.  Visit the Support CVAD site on our home page and, if you can, contribute to our scholarships and operating endowments so that we can continue to help all of our students and community grow through art and design.

 Robert Milnes, Dean

College of Visual Arts and Design 
University of North Texas
January 13, 2013