Fine Arts & Communication Archives

Mar 03, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

JUST DANCE

East Carolina University’s Mary Ellen Hunter founded Piratethon, a student-led dance marathon fundraiser, to help children just like her. Hunter, a senior from Raleigh, had a heart defect and was...

Rick Steves talks with students in the Bate Building. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL

Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...

Feb 18, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

‘GHOST: THE MUSICAL’

SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19-21 and 2 p.m. Feb. 22-23 McGinnis Auditorium Public: $17.50 | Students: $10 East Carolina students will take to the stage on Feb. 19...

Jan 27, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Art gala, auction to support ECU School of Art and Design scholarships, programs

The East Carolina University Friends of the School of Art and Design will present the Keaton and Umberger Gala Art Auction and Sale of fine art, crafts and decorative pieces on Saturday,...

Jan 27, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Lamar Gilchrist

As a kid, East Carolina student Lamar Gilchrist got to be in front of a camera. Now, he wants to be the one behind it. “When I was growing up,...

Dec 18, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

ARTIST, TEACHER, PIRATE

Years ago, Sneads Ferry artist Sherry Thurston ’70 drew a pair of white rubber boots – the kind local shrimpers and anglers wear – called the drawing “Sneads Ferry Sneakers”...

Dec 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

SHIPSHAPE FOR THE FUTURE

East Carolina University’s graduating class of fall 2019 includes nearly 2,300 students who will receive their degrees during the Friday, Dec. 13 commencement ceremony. The students are unique and ambitious....

Dec 05, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

MONSTER FINISH

Morgan Kane has performed in 18 countries across five continents driving Grave Digger, an off-road, competitive racing monster truck with a huge fan base. When Kane’s not driving, he works...

Nov 20, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

‘INTO THE WOODS’

East Carolina University students will perform “Into the Woods,” a musical that intertwines several fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault, Nov. 20 through Nov. 24 in McGinnis...

Nov 19, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU School of Art and Design to hold holiday art sales

East Carolina University’s School of Art and Design has scheduled its annual art and glass ornament sales in the coming weeks to kick off the holiday season. The events are...