Tag: north carolina art

What is North Carolina Art?

The following is an excerpt from Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina by Liza Roberts with a foreword by Lawrence J. Wheeler and photographs by Lissa Gotwals, which is on sale today and available wherever books are sold. What is North Carolina art? Is it the pottery made famous by artists like Ben Owen III, whose… Continue Reading What is North Carolina Art?

New This Month: November

Happy November! Browse our new books publishing this month. We’re also kicking off our holiday sale! Use code 01HOLIDAY at checkout to save 40% on any UNC Press print books and if your order totals $75 or more, the shipping is FREE! Together: The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2021-2022 season by Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, and Matt Bowers “This team was… Continue Reading New This Month: November

Glenda Gilmore Discusses “Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination”

The last of Spring 2022’s UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Press’s ongoing Off the Shelf speaker series featured Glenda Gilmore discussing her new book, Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination: An Artist’s Reckoning with the South (on sale May 10, 2022). Watch the archived virtual discussion between Gilmore and Aaron Smithers, UNC-Chapel Hill Special Collections R&IS Librarian: In Romare… Continue Reading Glenda Gilmore Discusses “Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination”