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Artist spotlight: Student artist inspired by reality of biology

November 7, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments arts, Arts & Features, features, student artist, student spotlight, unca

UNC Asheville student artist Addie Starbird creates beautiful artwork inspired by everyday biology.

Turning of the Maples celebrates arrival of fall

November 7, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments arts, Arts & Features, fall, fall in asheville, features, turning of the maples, UNC Asheville, unca

Rosa Fallon Arts & Features Staff Writer rfallon@unca.edu A crisp breeze in the air and the brightly colored autumn leaves

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‘Halloween’ evolves over 40 years

October 30, 2018October 31, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments 40 year anniversary, arts, Arts & Features, drew scheid, features, halloween, halloween 2018, halloween H20, horror, movies, unca

The Halloween franchise began in 1978, featuring Jamie Lee Curtis as teenager Laurie Strode, who watches all of her friends get killed and becomes Michael Myers’ fixation for the night. Though the franchise has many parts, 2018’s Halloween is 40 years in the future and shows the hard life Lorie has lead from her traumatic experience that fateful night 40 years ago.

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Tibetan monks on campus unite students and community

October 30, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments arts, Arts & Features, campus diversity, diversity, features, mandala, tibetan monks, UNC Asheville, unca

Virginia Taylor Arts & Features Staff Writer vtaylor@unca.edu The Highsmith Union bustles with commotion as students rush off to classes,

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Artist spotlight: Artist evokes feelings of nostalgia

October 30, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments artist, artist spotlight, arts, Arts & Features, features, student artist, unca

Artist Lindsey Sigmon, a senior at UNC Asheville, continues to work hard by assembling her solo art exhibition featuring her works that implement both decorative and ornamental elements and patterns.

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African-Americans in WNC: Annual conference celebrates legacy

October 30, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments arts, Arts & Features, features, Fifth annual african americans, Western North Carolina

UNC Asheville hosted the fifth annual African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference with the theme “Making the Invisible Visible.”