Arts and Culture

The arts are a central part of the Carolina experience. Each day, diverse arts programs and courses connect members of the UNC-Chapel Hill community to one another and to the ever-changing local and global culture. Transformative and dynamic, the arts reflect the University's pursuit of new knowledge and commitment to public service.

The Arts are for Everyone

Learn more about the creators and visionaries engaged in the arts at Carolina, a campus with world-class exhibition and performance spaces where creative energy flows from the classroom to the quad.

Arts Events

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    Hanes Art Center115 S. Columbia St.Chapel HillNC27514 |

    Through image and form across a variety of media, tactics and disciplines, Johnson explores social and political issues and injustices, wrestling with boundaries between aesthetic, political and moral orders. He treats representation — not as a hermetic mimetic pictorial tradition —but as an agency to awaken and combat torpor.

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    Moeser Auditorium145 East Cameron AvenueChapel HillNC | $10

    The UNC Symphony Orchestra with this year's concerto winners Andrew Huang, clarinet, and Susannah Stewart, soprano. Featuring music by Debussy and Donizetti.

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    Memorial Hall | $10

    The UNC Wind Ensemble performs as part of the Scholarship Benefit Concert series.