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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.
PlayMakers’ Vivienne Benesch is Broadway bound, will direct Debra Messing in “Birthday Candles”
The play will star Debra Messing and begins preview performances on April 2, 2020, with opening night on April 21 at Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre on Broadway.
Carolina celebrates the arts with third annual Arts Everywhere Day
This celebration included a virtual reality painting activity, short story vending machines, photography exhibits and more.
Preserving stories for future generations
Bill Ferris spent his career documenting the stories and music of the American South. His life's work has now resulted in two Grammy awards.
Arts Events
See all events“The Campus at Chapel Hill” Architecture Tour
-McCorkle PlaceChapel Hill27516 |Please join us for a fun ramble on the campus at UNC-Chapel Hill for an architecture tour highlighting many of the interesting stories built into its history and written about in The Campus at Chapel Hill: 225 Years of Architecture. The tour will be led by JJ Bauer (Faculty, Department of Art and Art History) and include the participation of John V. Allcott's family members.
Guest Artists Recital: Jessie Martin, mezzo soprano, and John O’Brien, piano
-Person Hall181 East Cameron AvenueChapel HillNC27599 | FreeThis exciting recital program features the music of Edvard Grieg (Haugtussa), Peter Heisse (Dvekes Sange) and Gunnar de Frumeri (Hjärtats Sånger). The program will draw on Dr. Martin’s study with scholars and practitioners of vocal music in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway and will celebrate the rich musical offerings of Scandinavian music.
Guest Artist Concert: The Mark Tonelli Quartet
-Moeser Auditorium145 East Cameron AvenueChapel HillNC | FreeJazz guitarist Mark Tonelli, from Millikin University, with UNC Jazz faculty.