Fine Arts & Communication Archives

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 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...

Howell Binkley, ECU alumnus and Tony Award-winning lighting designer, speaks to theater and dance students in McGinnis Theatre on Nov. 8. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 13, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

ALL ABOUT EXPOSURE

Alumnus and award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley returned to East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance on Nov. 8 to visit with students and attend a scholarship fundraising gala....

Nov 06, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

INTIMATE DIRECTION

East Carolina University is at the forefront of training theater and dance students in the latest industry standards led by a growing part of production teams: intimacy directors and coordinators....

Dr. Adam Nowakowski from Krosno State College in Poland teaches intercultural communication in ECU’s Joyner East. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Oct 23, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

READING BETWEEN LINES

East Carolina University’s School of Communication has welcomed two faculty members from Poland this semester as part of a partnership formed almost a decade ago. Dr. Ewa Rusek and Dr....

Oct 16, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

FALL DANCE 2019

TICKETS Oct. 16-19 – 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19-20 – 2 p.m. $15 Public | $10 Students East Carolina University’s production of Fall Dance 2019 will take place in McGinnis Auditorium...