The University of West Florida will welcome Miami Herald columnist and satirical novelist Carl Hiaasen to Pensacola for one of three public events as part of its Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series, which fosters dialogue about First Amendment issues. Hiaasen will discuss his life, career and the exercise of free speech in the modern world […]
The University of West Florida’s Pensacola Museum of Art will host the exhibition, “Them Damned Pictures: A Brief History of Editorial Cartoons” featuring Andy Marlette, J. Earle Bowden and Ralph Dunagin which will be on display from Aug. 23 through Sept. 15. The museum will hold an opening reception for exhibition at 6 p.m. on […]
The Art Gallery at the University of West Florida presents “Cultural Commodities: The Transformation of African Spiritual Objects” from Oct. 4 through Oct. 27. A reception will take place on Thursday, Oct. 4 from 5-7 p.m. and a panel discussion on Oct. 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. The UWF College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust and Polimbatree will host “Griots Comin!” a celebration of African art, poetry, dance and song at Voices of Pensacola tomorrow from 7-9 p.m. The performance will showcase traditional Afrocentric art and music as well as provide a debut for the Polimbatree presentation at the Florida Folk Festival held […]
The Pensacola Museum of Art announces the exhibition “Fear and Folly: The Visionary Prints of Francisco Goya and Federico Castellon” which will be on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 in the Greenhut and Lewis Bear Family galleries located on the first floor of the museum. The exhibition, which is organized by the Kalamazoo […]
The bench was recently installed outside the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering on the Pensacola Campus.
The University of West Florida announced Amy Bowman-McElhone as the new director and chief curator of the Pensacola Museum of Art. “Amy Bowman-McElhone is an exceptional director and chief curator. Her experience and leadership will build on the superb work of the Pensacola Museum of Art’s dedicated staff,” said UWF President Martha Saunders. “During her […]
University of West Florida student T.J. Grier recently won a Student Silver ADDY Award in Elements of Advertising: Still Photography category at the 2017 American Advertising Federation Fourth District American Advertising Awards in Miami. The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition that attracts more than 40,000 entries every year […]
The Art Gallery at the University of West Florida presents “SynThesis, a Group BFA Exit Exhibition” from April 20 through May 6. A reception will take place from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. TAG is located in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82. “SynThesis” is an exhibition combining the thesis work by graduating […]
The Pensacola Museum of Art announces the opening of “Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints,” which is on display from Feb. 24 through May 6. The exhibition was organized by the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania. This engaging exhibition features 30 prints by modern artists from the 1920s through the early 21st century and is […]
Activities begin Feb. 2 with an exhibition opening at The Art Gallery on campus at UWF.
Beginning in February 2017, the University of West Florida will explore the integration of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics to determine how those fields can influence the preservation of a clean environment through a new public program, STEAM2017. STEAM2017 is a five-week program which will include art exhibitions, lectures, artist-led workshops for students of […]
