UNA Department of Visual Arts and Design

04/19/2022

Don’t forget to stop by the GUC for the Spring Ceramics Sale and check out these awesome pieces! The sale will last today until 4pm and tomorrow, the 20th, 8am-4pm!

04/19/2022

Come join us this Wednesday for workshops with Sally Brogden and Beauvais Lyons! All art and design students are invited to participate!

03/23/2022

Make sure to stop by the GUC April 19th-20th for the Spring Ceramics Sale!

03/12/2022

03/12/2022

Come support UNA art students this Saturday! Student art will be available for purchase and all proceeds will go to the students. Follow this link for more info! www.una.edu/give/sota-showcase.html

02/22/2022

There will be a Gallery Talk by Ransome today at 1pm at the Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery! Be sure to stop by

02/21/2022

Philip Jackson is an art professor at Ole Miss. Jackson’s work will be on view at the Gallery 126 in downtown Florence until March 17! Join us for a Gallery Talk with Philip Jackson on March 17 at 1pm to learn more about his work.

02/17/2022

Say it Loud, work by Ransome, is on view at the Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery located on the second floor of UNA’s Visual Arts Buidling. The gallery is open Mon-Fri, 8:30-4:30 so be sure to stop by to see this exhibition! The exhibition will be on view until March 10. If you’d like to learn more about Ransome and his artwork, join us for a Gallery Talk on Tuesday, February 22 at 1pm!

02/04/2022

The University of North Alabama Lights and Shadows Art Competition is a competition we have for our art students here at UNA. Students who are taking any of the art courses offered by the Visual Arts and Design Department are encouraged to submit their strongest artworks. With a wide variety of subject matters and mediums that students could submit, the 2021 Lights and Shadows received 158 entries with 37 works of art selected for the exhibition. This exhibition was juried by a professional artist and the winners were selected by the students who submitted work. Congratulations to the following students!
Purchase Award:
1. Evelyn Beckman, The City that Studies the Stars, 22” x 30”, Watercolor

Exhibitor’s Choice Awards:
1. Sydni Benefield , Untitled, 24” x 36”, Acrylic on Canvas
2. Dej Rutland, Muddy Water, 16” x 48” x 100”, Mixed-Media Sculpture
3. Trevor Thompson, Untitled, 22” x 30”, Graphite Drawing

Merit Awards:
1. Leon Ono, Sidewalk, 8” x 12”, Film Photography
2. Taranae Cooley, The Rose, 8” x 11”, Digital Photography
3. Krista Denden, Self-Portrait Study, 18” x 24”, Graphite Drawing
4. Ryan Walters, Self, 24” x 36”, Acrylic on Canvas
5. Trevor Kiddy, CODE://HUMAN, 8” x 10”, Photo and Digital Composite

09/24/2021

Find this awesome mural at the Mitchell West Center for Social Inclusion at UNA. Painted during the summer by art students and their mentor, this mural uniquely uses typography on a large scale.

09/24/2021

Thanks to our generous sponsors, Erika and Daylen created this mural depicting different stages of the UNA experience from freshman to senior year. Find it near 401 East Tennessee Street.

09/24/2021

Hey Everyone! Visit us at UNA. We are preparing to present artworks by the late Professor Ron Shady at the Elaine Bailey Augustine Gallery (the former University Arts Gallery). Ron taught with us from 1979 to 2012.