WINSTON-SALEM – Stephen Atkinson of Greenville, N.C., has been appointed the new University Architect at the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA). He began his duties at the School last month.

“Stephen Atkinson brings a wealth of experience from the private sector, the UNC system and state of North Carolina that will guide NCSA’s capital programs with a renewed energy and perspective,” said Christopher J. Boyd, associate vice chancellor for facilities management at NCSA.

For the past seven years, Atkinson served as a capital projects manager in the Facilities Engineering and Architectural Services department at East Carolina University (ECU). In that capacity, he was responsible for design and construction administration for projects ranging in cost from $300,000 to $20 million.

In addition to his work at ECU, Atkinson has worked with several prominent private architectural firms including Lambert Architecture and Edwin Bouldin Architects, both of Winston-Salem, and J. Hyatt Hammond Associates of Greensboro.

Atkinson has a Master of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and German from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a registered architect with both the North Carolina Board of Architecture and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

The North Carolina School of the Arts, located in Winston-Salem (“The City of the Arts”), was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, NCSA opened in Winston-Salem in 1965 and became part of the University of North Carolina system in 1972. More than 1,100 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. The North Carolina School of the Arts is the state’s only public arts conservatory, dedicated entirely to the professional training of talented students in the performing, visual and moving image arts. The chancellor, deans, and faculty work with students in a residential setting to create an educational community that is intimate, demanding, and performance-centered. Learning is enriched by access to an academic program responsive to a conservatory curriculum. Founded to be both an educational institution and a resource enhancing the cultural life of the state of North Carolina and the Southeast, NCSA offers numerous public performances, on- and off-campus, as well as community education in the arts.

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