Fine Arts & Communication Archives

Tom Braswell, interim director of the Wellington B. Gray Gallery, hangs a piece of art in a new exhibit opening May 23. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
May 17, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

ART IN MEMORIAM

A new exhibit at East Carolina University will feature the work of faculty going back to the early days of the School of Art and Design. The exhibit, “110 Years...

Apr 26, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Hand-blown glass items available during Dogwood Festival 

East Carolina University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication and the School of Art and Design’s GlasStation will have a public sale 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 28 as part of...

Apr 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Illustration majors present senior exhibition

The Wellington B. Gray Gallery will host the 2018 BFA Senior Exhibition #2 for nine illustration candidates from April 24 through May 5. The artists in the show are Timothy Bada, Brittnee Bade,...

Jayme Johns as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, and Joseph Webster as Theseus, Duke of Athens. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 19, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

PAIN AND PASSION

A tale filled with lovers and fairies takes stage at McGinnis Theatre as William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens at East Carolina University on April 19. “‘Midsummer’ is a comedy...

J.H. Rose High School student Noah Murray throws a baseball wearing a sleeve that transmits data on his movement.
Apr 12, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

SCIENCE MEETS FUN

Running, swinging, dancing and jumping are more than human movement. They’re biomechanics. And they’re fun. That’s the message that Dr. Paul DeVita and other East Carolina University faculty and students...

Apr 11, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU alum wins London’s most prestigious theater award for work in ‘Hamilton’

Howell Binkley, an East Carolina University alum who won a Tony Award for his lighting design of the musical “Hamilton” in 2016, has another accolade to add to his collection....

Apr 05, 2018
  • Harley Dartt

JACOBS RECEIVES GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP

East Carolina University School of Music composition and theory professor Edward Jacobs has received a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. The foundation recognized Jacobs on April 4 for his work as...

A student dancer rehearses for Dance 2018.
Mar 21, 2018
  • Bre Lewis
  • ECU News Services

DANCE 2018

Dance 2018 makes its debut March 22 in McGinnis Theatre, featuring a wide range of performances by East Carolina University students and choreography by guest artists and faculty. “Each dance...

Photography by Cliff Hollis
Mar 05, 2018
  • Bre Lewis
  • ECU News Services

Student: Kiera Huiel

Kiera Huiel is a senior majoring in communication with a concentration in public relations. She chose to attend East Carolina University because of the countless opportunities that are offered to...

From left to right, (top) Blake West, Megan Piggott, Jean Christian Barry, Drew Wells, (bottom) Caitlyn Joyce, Jane Kiley Simmons and Casey Scarboro perform in “Hands on a Hardbody.” (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 14, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

‘HANDS ON A HARDBODY’

Ten hopeful Texans vie for a dream and a brand new truck as “Hands on a Hardbody” hits McGinnis Theatre at East Carolina University on Feb. 15. The musical tells...