Shannon Thomason

Shannon Thomason

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Public Relations Specialist

thomason@uab.edu • (205) 975-8858

Specific beats include: The Arts at UAB; Alys Stephens Center ; AEIVA; ArtPlay ; Arts in Medicine; Student Affairs and Student Life; Career & Professional Development Services; Veterans Services; Lecture Series; Homecoming; Issues management ; Administrative News; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Art and Art History; Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; Department of Music; Department of Theatre; Department of Communication Studies; Institute for Human Rights; WBHM; National Alumni Society; The Graduate School; Development

See art from graduating BFA artists at UAB’s AEIVA from April 7-29

See art from graduating BFA artists at UAB’s AEIVA from April 7-29

The BFA exhibition is one of the UAB Department of Art and Art History’s premier events, culminating with a free closing reception Friday, April 28.

Author to discuss “Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust” on April 4

Author to discuss “Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust” on April 4

The UAB Institute for Human Rights presents W. Jake Newsome, Ph.D., whose book traces the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration camp badge and emblem of discrimination into a global symbol of pride.

Smokey Robinson live at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center on April 21

Smokey Robinson live at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center on April 21
Winner of a Grammy Living Legend Award, Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts Award, Robinson is America’s “greatest living poet,” who has crafted decades of beloved chart-topping hits.

UAB Department of Music presents PRISM concert March 27

UAB Department of Music presents PRISM concert March 27

The all-department concert will feature faculty and student performances, including solo and ensemble, choral, symphonic, piano, voice, percussion, chamber music, gospel, and more.

John Paul White and Alabama Symphony Orchestra together in live crossover performance April 6

John Paul White and Alabama Symphony Orchestra together in live crossover performance April 6
With the ASO, Grammy Award winner White — formerly half of The Civil Wars — will reimagine the Southern rock, Americana and country hits that made him famous.

UAB Music students win at state singing competition

UAB Music students win at state singing competition
Music majors Austin Green and Reagan Martin and physics major Jackson Hanle won top prizes in the Alabama State Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Could learning magic arts benefit adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy?

Could learning magic arts benefit adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy?

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded UAB Arts in Medicine a research grant to study whether magic arts training can help improve motor and social-emotional function.

UAB Piano Series presents Rachel Breen on March 26

UAB Piano Series presents Rachel Breen on March 26
Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” by Gramophone UK. She will perform works by Bach, Medtner, Schoenberg and Mozart.

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Patti LaBelle on March 19

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Patti LaBelle on March 19

Grammy Award-winner LaBelle is an R&B icon, named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Singers, with hits from “Lady Marmalade” to “New Attitude.”

March 9, join UAB’s Chamber Music @ AEIVA, inspired by “Black is Beautiful”

March 9, join UAB’s Chamber Music @ AEIVA, inspired by “Black is Beautiful”

UAB graduate and award-winning composer Eric Mobley and Gospel Choir Director Reginald Jackson, Ph.D., will perform works in response to Kwame Brathwaite’s photography exhibition at UAB’s Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts.

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