27 Mar 2018
Graphic design senior wins poster contest for March for Our Lives
Lincoln, Neb.--Natalie Dettmer, a senior art major in the School of Art, Art History & Design from Lincoln, won a national poster contest sponsored by Amplifier and Adobe Project 1324 to create posters for the March for Our Lives event in Washington, D.C., on March 24. The march was organized to bring attention to the issue of ending gun violence in response to the February shooting at Florida’s Stoneman Douglas High School.
26 Mar 2018
Art at Cedar Point taking residency apps through March 31
Lincoln, Neb.--Art at Cedar Point is currently taking applications for its artist in residence program and enrolling students in its summer course offering.
12 Mar 2018
66 students chosen for Nebraska Young Artist Awards
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced winners of the 21st annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.
The awards recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska for talents in visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and new media. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.
Sixty-six students from more than 35 high schools across the state have been selected to participate in the special day of activities April 4 at the university.
09 Mar 2018
April 6 college faculty meeting to include vote on proposed amendments to college bylaws
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing will hold its spring faculty meeting on Friday, April 6 at 3:30 p.m., at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Included on the agenda is a vote on the proposed amendments to the college bylaws. This serves as notice of this public meeting to amend the college bylaws.
The following documents are available to review regarding the proposed changes:
09 Mar 2018
Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar series features College of the Holy Cross art historian Johnston
Lincoln, Neb.--Art historian Patricia Johnston will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, March 28. The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. It is free and open to the public.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Art, Art History & Design's Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students.
06 Mar 2018
Statewide High School Invitational Reception is March 9
Lincoln, Neb.--The "Statewide High School Invitational" exhibition reception will be held on Friday, March 9 from 6-8 p.m. in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
The exhibition, which is part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts' Nebraska Young Artist Awards' visual arts component and is sponsored by the School of Art, Art History & Design, runs through March 13. Schools were invited to nominate up to three students to participate in the juried exhibition.
28 Feb 2018
Katz to give gallery talk on women at Omaha’s 1898 Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition in Omaha
Lincoln, Neb.--Associate Professor of Art History Wendy J. Katz is among four speakers who will discuss the ways that women participated in and were represented at Omaha’s World Fair in 1898.
28 Feb 2018
Photo students win national Society for Photographic Education student awards
Lincoln, Neb.--Two School of Art, Art History & Design photography graduate students and one alumnus were among 10 students nationally who received Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Student Awards for Innovations in Imaging.
26 Feb 2018
Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series features sculptor Amery
Lincoln, Neb.--Sculptor Trevor Amery will present the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. It is free and open to the public.
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students.
09 Feb 2018
Annual juried undergraduate exhibition opens Feb. 12
Lincoln, Neb.--The Annual University of Nebraska–Lincoln Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, which features outstanding work from 50 undergraduate art students in the School of Art, Art History & Design, runs Feb. 12-16 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
A closing reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 16 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. Awards will be announced at 6 p.m.