“Reciprocal” exhibition opening March 26
You are cordially invited to the opening reception for: Reciprocal: A Partnered Exhibit of Art + Design Graduate Work Brooks Gallery Brooks Hall, NCSU Opening Reception: Monday, March 26th at 5:30pm The Art + Design graduate program within the College of Design houses two distinct areas of study: Fibers and Surface Design, and Animation and [...]
Joyce Watkins King juried into NC Museum of Art exhibition
Visual artist and alumna Joyce Watkins King (BEDV 1979, MS 1984) had two artworks selected for the exhibition “Honey,” which opened on March 15 at the Greenville Art Museum. The encaustic show is curated by Catherine Coulter Lloyd, curator of the Maria V. Howard Arts Center. Works exhibited in the “Honey” show include “Casting a [...]
Artist talk and opening by Claudia Dominguez March 27 and April 6
Master of Art + Design student Claudia Dominguez will give her oral defense on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 6:30p.m. followed by an opening on Friday, April 6, 2012 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilmoore Cafe on 223 S. Wilmington Street. Claudia Dominguez is a Mexican-American artist creating work about the immigrant experience. The [...]
Moore and Cosco awarded inaugural NCCAN! Natural Initiatives Award
March 12, 2012 – BROWNS SUMMIT, NC – Professor of Landscape Architecture Robin Moore and Associate Research Professor Dr. Nilda Cosco were honored as the inaugural recipients of the NCCAN! Natural Initiatives Award during the 5th Annual North Carolina Children and Nature Coalition (NCCAN!) Conference. The Natural Initiatives Award named for the Natural Learning Initiative, [...]
Upcoming lectures on and off campus for March-April 2012
2011-2012 Landscape Architecture Lecture Series Collaboration: Beyond the Silo Professor of Landscape Architecture Art Rice, FCELA and associate dean for Graduate Studies and International Programs and director of the Ph.D. program will be lecturing on Monday, March 19, 2012 beginning at 6p.m. in Burns Auditorium in Kamphoefner Hall. Rice will be discussing Design as a [...]
Natural Learning Initiative explores sensory gardens for early childhood
Sensory gardens provide intimate spaces where young children can be immersed in the scents, textures, and the colors of plants and related elements. Along with specially selected plants, sensory gardens may also include elements such as wind chimes, wind socks, flags, and children’s art. Two popular forms sensory gardens take are sensory pathways and keyhole [...]
Isley on developing a capital campaign and a textbook design solution
Alumnus Alexander Isley sent us an update on some recent projects that his design firm Alexander Isley Inc. has been involved in, including work on a capital campaign for Durham Academy and a recently completed design for a textbook. What We’re Excited About Today We work with a variety of educational institutions, but this one’s [...]
Healthy Brown Bag Challenge and Building Community Gardens
Join the Advocates for Health in Action for two events/challenges promoting healthy eating in Wake County and beyond in March to celebrate National Nutrition Month®. First event will take place on Saturday, March 10, 2012 beginning at 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Marbles Kids Museum in Downtown Raleigh. Dig In, the third annual event [...]
Student and Alumni Notable Mentions for February 2012
Graphic Design Student Wins Design Award Bachelor of Graphic Design student Kirsten Southwell won first place in the Design Ignites Change award for her GD400 (Design for Relief and Aid) class project on Design Thinking in Rural North Carolina. Southwell credits her professor Megan Hall and teaching assistant Rachael Huston to her success saying, “[Megan] [...]
2012 Design Camp Registration Starts on February 15
Design Camp registration begins this week on Wednesday, February 15! Registration for the on-campus 2012 Design Camps will begin on Wednesday, February 15. The registration form will be posted on our website at 9 a.m. on that day. Registration is first-come, first-serve by postmark date and sessions fill VERY quickly! To register, you will need [...]
