Arts and Music
UNT's Texas Center for Performing Arts Health, Denton ISD collaborate to teach performing artists practices that will keep them safe and healthy
A clarinet player in a high school marching band might not think twice about how long hours of practicing damages his body.
But a collaboration of educators working to improve the health of performing artists does. The Texas Center for Performing Arts Health, which includes faculty from the University of North Texas and UNT Health Science Center, is collaborating with Denton ISD to teach fine arts teachers how they can incorporate health...
UNT celebrates opening of newly renovated, expanded College of Visual Arts and Design
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DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas is celebrating its new $70 million College of Visual Arts and Design building with a ribbon cutting, exhibition and open house this week.
The expanded and renovated four-story art building provides a world-class space for the college’s unique resources and award-winning programs in art education, art history, design...
UNT exhibition features the complex works of Vernon Fisher
What: Words and Pictures, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by UNT Regents Professor of Art Emeritus Vernon Fisher
When: Oct. 8 (Tuesday)-Dec. 7 (Saturday). Opening reception is from 1-3 p.m. Oct. 11 (Friday). Exhibition tour at 2 p.m. Oct. 12 (Saturday).
Where: UNT Art Gallery, Art 160, 1201 W. Mulberry St., Denton
Background:
The works of Vernon Fisher, one of the leaders of post-modern painting, will be on display at the University of North Texas, where he taught for 28 years....
UNT music student wins international clarinet competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas – University of North Texas College of Music junior Besnik Abrashi has earned first prize in the International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition.
Each year, the International Clarinet Association hosts a select group of clarinetists from around the world to perform live in the finals at its ClarinetFest. Besnik...
UNT raising awareness about indigenous language revitalization with event series
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas is celebrating indigenous languages in a series of events this fall as part of the United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages.
According to the UN’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 40 percent of the world’s estimated 6,700 languages are in danger of disappearing.
A language is not only a means of communication, it’s intertwined with the cultures, histories and identities of the people who...
Writer Roxane Gay to speak at UNT Sept. 5
What: Writer Roxane Gay speaks as part of the Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series at the University of North Texas
When: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5 (Thursday)
Where: UNT Coliseum, 601 North Texas Blvd.
Cost: Tickets are free for UNT students and cost $5 for student guest tickets; $10 for UNT staff, faculty and alumni; and $20 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased at UNTuniontickets.com.
Parking: Non-UNT Parking...
UNT names musical acts as 2019-20 artists-in-residence
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Four musical acts will serve as the 2019-2020 artists-in-residence for the University of North Texas.
Maria Schneider, the New Zealand String Quartet, the Terri Lyne Carrington Super Group and Spektral Quartet will each perform a concert and work with students in the College of Music as part of the...
Four UNT professors to pursue creative research thanks to IAA fellowship
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Four University of North Texas professors will receive time to work on personal projects – ranging from writing poetry to creating a new method of printmaking – after receiving an Institute for the Advancement of the Arts fellowship.
The Faculty Fellows program allows UNT faculty members to take a semester off from teaching to pursue creative research in the arts. The IAA serves to promote artistic and creative expression at UNT.
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ArtWear 2019 features runway creations from UNT senior fashion design students
Media: Media is invited to attend. Watch ArtWear 2018 video here.
What: ArtWear 2019, the annual juried exhibition of graduating seniors’ work in the fashion design program at the University of North Texas
When: 6 p.m. May 4 (Saturday)
Where: UNT Union Ballroom, 1155 Union Circle, Denton
Cost: $40 general admission or $25 for UNT student/faculty/staff. Purchase tickets...
UNT to host its third music entrepreneurship competition
What: University of North Texas College of Music 2019 Music Entrepreneurship Competition
When: April 14 (Sunday), public workshop, “BYOB: Be Your Own Brand” presented by guest judge and Assistant Chair at Berklee College’s Music Business Program, Tonya Butler, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Grand finale competition, 3 – 6 p.m.
Where: UNT Colllege of Music...