Martha Dunigan Endowed Fund for Visual Arts

Enhancing the Visual Arts program at UNCSA through out-of-state student scholarships, student awards, travel, guest artists, and materials for special student projects for students in the School of Design and Production.

Established by friends of Martha Dunigan in her memory. Martha Dunigan taught sculpture, ceramics, and drawing for 26 years at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts starting in 1975. She was also a founding member of Artworks Gallery, the Piedmont Triad’s oldest artist-run cooperative gallery located in Winston­-Salem’s downtown art district since 1984. Ms. Dunigan held a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including being named 1994 Artist of the Year at the Sawtooth Center for Visual Design in North Carolina. She has exhibited in both solo and group shows at galleries and museums in New England and throughout the Southeast. Martha Dunigan retains Faculty Emeritus status at UNCSA.