About Our Department

Completed in September 2006, UNCW's Cultural Arts Building is a 104,830 square foot academic and performance facility that provides a technologically-advanced environment of the highest performance capability and learning potential.

The building houses three of the university's arts-oriented academic disciplines: art and art history; music; and theatre.

The Cultural Arts Building includes smart classrooms, lecture halls, a shared computer classroom with discipline-specific equipment, graphic design and printmaking studios, student rehearsal rooms, recording studios, archive rooms, costume and scene shops, and state-of-the-art performance and exhibition spaces.

The art gallery in the Cultural Arts Building is the primary exhibit hall for the Department of Art and Art History. The 700-square-foot gallery houses many of the department's student and faculty exhibitions as well as guest exhibits from throughout the country.

Gallery hours vary depending on the exhibit. Receptions are typically held on the opening night of each show between 6 and 8 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.

These facilities provide the students what they need to generate ideas and create solutions. The department runs two exhibition spaces:

Our Main CAB Gallery Hosts:

• Regional
• National
• International juried
• Invitational exhibitions
• Graduating senior shows at the end of every semester

The Mezzanine Gallery Hosts:

• Student
• Group
• Curated exhibits

The Visiting Artist & Scholar program is brings in multiple artists and scholars each year to present their work/research and interact with our students and community members.

Goals:

• To create a tradition of professional lectures and presentations in the Department of Art and Art History.
• A portion of the artists selected annually must represent an underrepresented group
• Include Artist, Scholars and Individuals representing Art in Practice
• Create a full semester/individual promotion process/schedule/plan for each visitor
• Fundraising/apply for grants to expand programs

Who We Invite:
STUDIO/DIGITAL
Artists, designers, entrepreneurs, alums working in field

ART HISTORY
Curators, scholars, conservators

ART IN PRACTICE
Gallery/museum/art space/residency directors

See OUR Visiting Artists & Scholars

Lecture and Seminar Rooms

We use these spaces for course lectures and seminars.

Studio Facilities

• Printmaking
• Photography
• Sculpture
• Ceramics
• Painting
• Drawing

Labs

• Graphic Design
• Digital Arts
• Digital Fabrication Lab