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ART COLLECTION BEGINS 3-YEAR RUN AT CENTER CITY The Lona-Frey Collection, representing 43 works by some of the most important American artists of the 20th century, is open to the public, at UNC Charlotte Center City. During the next three years, UNC Charlotte Center City will display the collection with 27 pieces exhibited on the second and third floors of the building; the remainder of the collection will be located in elevator lobby areas on upper levels. Recorded tours will be available for smart phones, and guided tours will be available by appointment. For more information, contact Crista Cammaroto, director of galleries, at 704-687-0833. The Lona-Frey Collection began with the creative sensibilities of Andrew Lona, an administrator for the Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC) who was charged with creating a curatorial team to guide purchases for the corporation’s collection. Upon completion, the SBC collection included more than 1,000 works on paper, primarily prints and paintings from 20th-century American artists. Toward the end of this effort, Lona and his life partner Brently Frey began to amass a considerable personal collection that focused on American modern and contemporary art. Lona had always hoped that his art collection would become an educational tool. After his death, Frey decided to house some of the collection at UNC Charlotte. The University initially had access to 32 pieces in 2007, when Frey provided the works for an eight-year loan. In the past year, he extended the loan to 25 years and added 11 pieces to the collection. Consisting primarily of limited edition prints, sculpture and photographs from 1930 to 2000, the Lona-Frey Collection features works by prominent American artists, such as Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Julian Schnabel, Jim Dine, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sol LeWitt and Robert Motherwell.
Attending the opening of the Lona-Frey Collection at UNC Charlotte Center City were Ken Lambla, dean of the College of Arts + Architecture; Joan Lorden, provost; Brently Frey; Jerry Coughter, executive director of UNC Charlotte Center City; Crista Cammaroto, director of galleries; and Candice Langston, director of development for the college.
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PBS BRINGS “WASHINGTON WEEK” TO UNC CHARLOTTE “Washington Week with Gwen Ifill,” the critically acclaimed program of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), taped its weekly broadcast from the Anne R. Belk Theatre in UNC Charlotte’s Robinson Hall Aug. 31, prior to the Democratic National Convention. Now in its 45th year on the air, “Washington Week” is the longest-running primetime news and public affairs program on television. During the 2008 presidential campaign season, “Washington Week” launched a nine-city series of road shows across America with live audiences. The regular broadcasts and whistle-stop series earned “Washington Week” a 2008 Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. Gwen Ifill Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for the “PBS NewsHour.” She is also the best-selling author of “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama” (Doubleday, 2009). Each week on “Washington Week,” Ifill leads a robust roundtable discussion with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major news events. UNC Charlotte hosted the program’s taped broadcast along with a special in-depth “Behind the Scenes View” for students with the show’s producer as part of the University’s 49er Democracy Experience. In collaboration with other colleges and universities in the region, national nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations and the Charlotte in 2012 Host Committee, UNC Charlotte created the initiative. The 49er Democracy Experience brings together expert faculty, civic-minded students and community partners to develop educational programming to enhance the public understanding of and participation in our nation’s democratic process. www.UNCC.edu