Exhibits
- Visit the Claude Howell Gallery
Wilmington native Claude Howell (1915-1997) was the founding father of Wilmington College’s Art Department, and his works, most of which explored the intricacies and nuances of coastal life, can be seen in galleries and homes throughout Wilmington. His legacy and love of art live on in the Claude Howell Gallery, located in Kenan Hall. Throughout the year, the public is invited to attend exhibits and openings sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History. There are also giving opportunities for Friends of Claude Howell Gallery.
- Visit the North Carolina Teachers Legacy Hall and Watson School
Art Collection
The North Carolina Teachers Legacy Hall (pdf) located on the first floor of the beautiful, airy three-story atrium of the School of Education, is open to the public and displays museum quality pieces and interactive “niches” that honor the teaching profession, shares the history of P-12 education in the state, and highlights landmarks of teaching excellence. The building also features an extensive collection of original artwork.
History comes alive for students as they explore how education has evolved from the one-room schoolhouse to present day campuses, providing them with an opportunity to learn how schools and teaching have changed over the years and to contemplate their current educational experience. (Community volunteers are also needed to serve as guides of both the Legacy Hall and the Watson Art Collection.)
For more information call the Watson School of Education at (910) 962-4174.
Lectures
- Lecture Series: Colloquium on Art and Politics
From the Romantic period on, a utopia of art developed, upheld by the historic avant-gardes. With the end of political utopias, art came to be considered the last and only bastion of utopia, and thus as the last and only space of resistance against the debacle of modernity. As part of an ongoing lecture series on cultural studies and contemporary political thought, distinguished speakers present on the intersections of politics and art in the "Colloquium on Art and Politics."
Encouraged by the success of these public talks in 2003 and 2005, which attracted students, faculty and many people from the Wilmington community, the series will continue next year.
The colloquium is sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the Office of International Programs and the Division for Public Service and Continuing Studies and is organized by Oliver C. Speck, assistant professor of German at UNCW. For information on future lectures see Oliver Speck’s Web site: www.uncw.edu/people/specko.
