Shannon Thomason

Shannon Thomason

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Public Relations Specialist

thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858

Identifies and develops stories that highlight the arts, faculty news, student stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.

Specific beats: 

  • Advancement
  • The Arts at UAB
    • AEIVA 
    • Alys Stephens Center  
    • Arts in Medicine 
    • ArtPlay   
  • College of Arts and Sciences 
    • Department of Art and Art History 
    • Department of Communication Studies
    • Department of Music 
    • Department of Theatre 
    • Institute for Human Rights
    • Department of World Languages and Literatures
  • The Graduate School 
  • Libraries
  • National Alumni Society 
  • WBHM 

Submit your message or dream in 40 characters and see it up in lights at the Alys Stephens Center “Lux Somnia: Light Dreams” festival May 2-3.

Enjoy a free early-music recital Feb. 10 featuring a newly refurbished Italian harpsichord, soprano Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and guest artists.

“A Letter Edged in Black” will be on show Feb. 4-23, with a free closing reception Feb. 22, which will feature a live music installation.

UAB’s Henry Panion will conduct the Blind Boys of Alabama and the ASO in a special concert to commemorate 1963 and raise money for scholarships.
Clean, gently used ladies’ clothing, shoes and accessories can be donated to the Suits 4 Success drive Feb. 4-8 to benefit My Sister’s Closet.

Four music students collaborated to form Iron Giant Percussion in 2010; now the group is a resident quartet at UAB.

Elizabethtown College’s Badgerow will perform on the music department’s newly restored harpsichord for his guest artist recital Feb. 2.

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center will present a performance by Eric Essix and a world-premiere work by composer Yotam Haber in September.

Second annual Brass Symposium for high-school and college-level students to be held Feb. 8-9

Using pages from romance novels and pin-ups, Derek Cracco’s constellation-like works explore society’s fascination with the sexes.

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