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Oil painting by Lulu Nowicki of a distorted, wrinkled figure with wide eyes and a screaming mouth. A dark tendril comes out of its mouth and ends in a hook. Bare teeth and gums with a chain running through them sit in the foreground, and chains and meat hooks hang in a purple, dimly lit room.

Lulu Nowicki wins best in show at Art Center Sarasota

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Promotional flyer for the exhibition "Land & Water: Environmental Conflict and Connection in the American Landscape." Against a dark navy background, the large words "LAND & WATER" are filled with excerpts from the artists' prints, including forests, trees, coral, fish and abstract aquatic patterns in greens, blues, reds and oranges. The subtitle appears in red italic type below.

Flanders and Winkler Show New Work in South Carolina Exhibition

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Portrait of artist Lola Panco, who has long blonde hair and wears a cream zip-front jacket, seated in front of one of her large-scale paintings of a forest rendered in blues, greens, and violets.

Lola Panco Earns Dedalus Foundation Grant and MASS MoCA Residency

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**IMG_9882a.jpg** Detail of Aaron McIntosh's Invasive Queer Kudzu installation, a wall of fabric kudzu leaves in many shades of green stitched to cloth vines. The leaves are made from patterned fabrics and printed images and hand-inscribed with participant stories and messages, including one reading "hey y'all, you are loved."

Fall Gallery Season Opens with Aaron McIntosh’s “Intertwined Archives”

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Two large horn-shaped sculptures in pale, felted material, each mounted on a black tripod stand and facing the other, joined at the center by a twisting, intertwined organic form. Wires and a small speaker trail from the base of the right stand. Installed in a bright gallery with white walls, exposed ceiling, and a hardwood floor.

Ethridge’s Collaborative Work Featured in Exhibitions Across New York and Colorado

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Frontal view of a round white marble sculpture, showing a raised cross-stitch pattern down the center and rippling carved fabric that distorts facial features.

From CAD to Chisel: Travis Donovan’s Second Digital Stone Project Residency

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A gallery installation of the exhibition "Field Studies: Ways of Knowing Place in Southern Appalachia," with a long carved wooden sculpture in green and earth tones mounted on posts along a white platform, and framed botanical drawings on the walls.

Art Faculty Featured in BRAHM Exhibition’s Field Studies

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A person holds a sculptural metal clutch bag against their torso. The bag's surface is worked in oxidized silver with raised linear patterns, a central spiral, and gold accent panels at the edges.

Metalsmithing Alum Mia Martin Selected for National “America 250: Craft Today” Exhibition

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Circular textile portrait of a face rendered in thick, multicolored stitches, set within a black ring and surrounded by an ornate gold doily-like frame with small green accents.

Metalsmithing Student Alissa Goble Selected for SNAG Juried Exhibition

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Sculptural teapot-like object with a black cracked base and a tall red and clear geometric handle rising above a circular lid.

Frankie Flood to Present 3D Printing and Sand Casting Research at SNAG Detroit Conference

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Handwoven textile showing two figures seated poolside in sunglasses while a fire burns behind them, composed of bead-like pixels with vivid color contrasts and fringed edges.

Jeana Klein to Exhibit Two Works at 2026 Contextile Biennial

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Abby Poling Exhibits; Riot Productions Issues Call for Student Entries

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Oval pendant with a metal frame and enamel illustration of a white bird catching a fish over water, suspended from layered blue and teal ribbons tied in a bow.

Sandy Zufall Awarded Prestigious SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarship

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Decorative ceramic plate with a scalloped light green border featuring an illustration of a person in winter clothing standing in front of a snow-covered house and trees.

Alum Evelyn Kline to Showcase “Archivision’ as Arrowmont Capstone

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Group of six people dressed formally standing together holding AAF awards and smiling at an indoor event.

Students Sweep AAF Triangle Addy Awards

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Long wooden bench with geometric panel details supported by two concrete block legs.

Students Honored at Art + Design Expo 2026 Exhibition and Awards Reception

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Person seated on concrete steps opening a sculptural metal clutch with a bright green interior.

Studio art alumni gain recognition through residencies and exhibitions across the country

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A student lifts a freshly formed sheet of blue-tinted handmade paper from a wooden mold, water dripping from its edges, during Nick Cladis's Japanese papermaking demonstration.

Craft Takes Center Stage in Wey Hall with Rock Paper Scissors

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Two presenters stand at the front of a wood-paneled auditorium with brick walls, addressing a full audience seated in curved rows of theater-style chairs. A large projection screen to the right displays a grid of organic-shaped artworks.

Fantasy, Form, and the Fluid Object: A History of Frogs Visits the Department of Art

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Pair of sculptural ceramic salt and pepper shakers, one etched with swirling patterns and one smooth, in muted gray and brown tones.

Alumna Maggie MacKenzie Featured in Two National Exhibitions

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Three students stand beneath a wall sign reading “NKOTB: New Kids on the Block,” posing together at an exhibition.

Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design Area Attends the 2026 ECU Material Topics Symposium

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