UNCW Launches New Arts Web Site
8/14/2006 3:02:40 PM
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WILMINGTON, NC - As part of its Year of the Arts celebration, the University of North Carolina Wilmington is launching a new comprehensive arts Web site. The Office of Cultural Arts, working in partnership with the Campus Webmaster and Marketing and Communications, created the new Web site as in-depth resource for detailed information about the wide variety of arts activities created, produced and presented on campus.
The Web site, www.uncw.edu/arts., features the UNCW Cultural Arts Calendar and other programmatic information about the various arts venues, series and special events on campus as well as links to community arts calendars and organizations. It goes live Friday, Aug. 11.
"This is truly a significant year in the cultural life of the university," said Norman Bemelmans, director of cultural arts. "In addition to generating and presenting a richly diverse range of arts programming this year, UNCW celebrates the grand opening of the new Cultural Arts Building with its state-of-the-art music, theater and art gallery venues, plus a new 350-seat cinema center, and the re-opening of a newly renovated Kenan Auditorium. With this veritable explosion of arts activities occurring on campus, it is important to have an easily identifiable and accessible information source on our Web site dedicated to the arts. There are so many fantastic cultural opportunities happening here, we want people to know about them - and to experience them."
To bring more visibility to the new Web site and to cultural arts programming on campus, a direct "Arts" link will appear on the main navigation bar of the university's homepage, alongside "Academics" and "Athletics".
For more information, visit the university's new Web site for cultural arts, www.uncw.edu/arts.
UNCW's Year of the Arts
This fall, the University of North Carolina Wilmington will launch a yearlong celebration highlighting the richly diverse range of arts activities created, produced and presented on campus.
The Year of the Arts features a special line-up of performances, exhibits, outreach initiatives and events throughout the year, in addition to celebrating new partnerships with local, regional and state organizations. Highlights of the year include three historic events in the cultural life of the university: the debut of a newly renovated Kenan Auditorium Sept. 21-22; the inauguration of the Cultural Arts Building Jan. 25-27; and the grand finale of the Year of the Arts July 28, 2007 with a premiere performance by the critically acclaimed Carolina Ballet.
Leading presenters of the Year of the Arts include UNCW departments and programs of art and art history, creative writing, film studies, music and theatre; UNCW Division for Public Service and Continuing Studies; UNCW Office of Cultural Arts; and UNCW Presents, Division of Student Affairs.
UNCW also welcomes the partnership and collaboration of local and regional organizations such as the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, Cape Fear Jazz Society, Carolina Ballet, Chamber Music Wilmington, North Carolina Symphony, WHQR-91.3 FM, and Wilmington Concert Association.
Media contact: Courtney Reilly, UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, 910.962.7416, reillyce@uncw.edu
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