Shannon Thomason
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Public Relations Specialist
thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858Identifies 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
Combining these two important arts assets reflects UAB’s commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration in the visual and performing arts.
Clarinetists of all ages are invited March 16-17 to participate in the 17th annual UAB Clarinet Symposium.
Students and faculty will perform offerings from the entire range of the Department of Music, from piano and choral performance to jazz, gospel, band, electronic and more.
“A champion for women,” national political strategist and CNN political commentator Symone Sanders will discuss three key steps to becoming more involved with social issues.
Presented by the American Advertising Federation of Birmingham, the ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition.
“Savage” tells the story of Ota Benga, a Mbuti man taken from Africa in 1904 to be exhibited and exploited in the United States.
Freshman Dina Kasman of Vestavia, Alabama, and junior Mira Walker of Birmingham were the winners, and junior Jacob Skiles won honorable mention.
The a2ru summits bring together students who have an interest in the arts, crossing disciplinary boundaries and developing collaborative projects.
One of the most significant of Alabama’s outsider artists, Whitfield uses painting to create intimate windows into her cultural past, including depictions of horrific racial violence.
“Say It in 6” invites students, faculty and staff to use only six words and a visual aid to tell their story.