DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Four University of North Texas professors will receive time to work on personal projects – ranging from writing poetry to creating a virtual reality program – 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.
 
Bruce Bond, Regents Professor of English
Bond will work on a book-length poem titled “The Calling” that...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Seventeen communication design students and faculty from the University of North Texas took home top prizes from the National Student Show and Conference, the largest student creative competition in the United States.
UNT earned the “Best School Award” in the competition, whose winners were announced at a banquet on April 14. Professors Troy Abel, Clinton Carlson, Karen Dorff, Michael Gibson, Jude Landry, Doug May, Keith Owens and David Wolske were all named in the honor.
“As faculty, we work hard to challenge and develop our students in the classroom and...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Students from the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design’s fashion design program took home top prizes from the 2018 Fashion Group International of Dallas Scholarship Competition. UNT had a total of 21 garments or accessories selected on either the runway or mounted exhibition at the event, held April 20 at Dallas Market Center.
“The awards definitely show the success and efforts of our students and the fashion design program,” said Li-Fen Anny Chang, associate professor of fashion design and program coordinator. “Through a rigorous...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - Registration is now open for the University of North Texas College of Music summer workshops. Musicians can participate in a variety of jazz, instrumental and voice classes throughout the summer months. Applicants can enroll online using Acceptd – one of the premier arts application platforms in the country.

Double bassists, harpists, violinists, violists, cellists and pianists are invited to attend the UNT Summer String Institute’s two sessions in July. Participants can benefit from private lessons, clinics, masterclasses and...

What: “Hands on a Hard Body,” a musical about people in Longview, Texas, competing to win the pick-up truck they’re holding their hands on, presented by the University of North Texas Department of Dance and Theatre.

When: 7:30 p.m. April 26, 27 and 28 (Thursday-Saturday) and 2 p.m. April 29 (Sunday)

Where: University Theater, Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle, Denton, Texas.

Cost:...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - Folklore of the American frontier can bring about images of dusty settlers migrating across barren land or the conquest and settlement of Native American territories – but, the American West also sparked the imaginations of American, Native American and international fashion designers.

The Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas is exploring designer interpretations of that era in an exhibition from April 13 (Friday) to June 17 (Sunday) titled “West Dressed.” It will be held...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - The world’s Next Visionary Filmmaker is a media arts student at the University of North Texas.

Junior...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -  An Indian dance troupe will perform at the University of North Texas as part of the Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series.

The Dallas-based Eyakkam Dance Company will present “Release, Reach, Rejoice” at 7 p.m. April 4 in the Lyceum of the University Union, which is located at 1155 Union Circle. The free event will feature four Indian stories – Ramayana, the story of Prince Rama rescuing...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — More than 50 University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design Department of Studio Art graduate students in ceramics, metals, fibers, sculpture, photography and drawing and painting will be giving a behind-the-scenes look at their creative research on April 13. Artists will be on site to discuss their works at three locations:

• 1-3 p.m.: Oak Street Hall, 1120 W. Oak St.; ceramics...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - UNT’s College of Music will be hosting their annual Music Entrepreneurship Competition where music students can create and submit business plans in hopes of winning a cash prize. More than $19,000 in cash prizes will be awarded for winners to launch or expand student businesses.

Competition founder Fabiana Claure, director of career development and entrepreneurship...