31 Aug 2016
UNL Graphic design exhibition "Impetus" to have closing reception Sept. 14
Lincoln, Neb.--A closing reception for the exhibition “Impetus” will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor link at Nebraska Innovation Campus. In addition, guided tours of Nebraska Innovation Studio (the Maker Space) will be available at 5 and 6 p.m.“This is a terrific time to get out to Nebraska Innovation Campus and explore this fabulous new facility and discover tools to create with,” said Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Stacy Asher.
28 Aug 2016
Nebraska National Exhibition runs Sept. 2-23 at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery
Lincoln, Neb.—The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design announces the fifth annual Nebraska National Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibition features the work of the best undergraduate student artists from across the country.
Nebraska National opens Sept. 2 and continues through Sept. 23 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. There will be a closing reception on Friday, Sept. 23 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery with the awards announced at 6 p.m.
28 Jul 2016
UNL MFA photography student wins Imagining America fellowship
Lincoln, Neb.--Zora Murff, a second-year Master of Fine Arts student in photography in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design, has been selected as a recipient of an Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life/Joy of Giving Something, Inc. $2,000 fellowship award.
26 Jul 2016
UNL Department of Art & Art History is renamed School of Art, Art History & Design
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Art & Art History has been renamed the School of Art, Art History & Design.
The name change was approved by the Board of Regents at their July 22 meeting and is effective immediately.
The School resides in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, which also includes the Glenn Korff School of Music, the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
25 Jul 2016
'UNL Alumni Artists 1974-1978' on display this summer at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery
Lincoln, Neb.—Forty-four alumni from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Art and Art History will show their work this summer in the exhibition “UNL Alumni Artists 1974-1978” in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
The exhibition opens May 16 and continues through Aug. 5 in the gallery, which is located on the first floor of Richards Hall. Visitors can stop by Rm. 120 of Richards Hall Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for access to the gallery.
24 Jun 2016
Art at Cedar Point receives Rural Futures Institute grant
Lincoln, Neb.--The Department of Art and Art History’s Art at Cedar Point program has received a $19,340 Teaching and Engagement competitive award from the University of Nebraska’s Rural Futures Institute.“I’m very excited,” said Cather Professor of Art Karen Kunc, who coordinates the Art at Cedar Point program. “I’m really pleased and honored to be in the group that the Rural Futures Institute has supported. It does mean a belief in our seriousness of purpose and in our potential.”
25 May 2016
Art history undergrad has internship in Germany this summer
Lincoln, Neb.--Anika Zempleni, a junior art history and advertising and public relations dual major from Lincoln, Nebraska, has an internship this summer at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.She will be there June 27 until Aug. 5 and will be working with Dr. Jochen Sander, the vice director for scholarly affairs at the museum and an art history professor at Goethe University in Frankfurt. She will assist him with his research.
28 Apr 2016
Graduate ceramics student is selected as Emerging Artist 2016
Lincoln, Neb.--Qwist Joseph, who graduates in May with his Master of Fine Arts in ceramics in the Department of Art and Art History, has been selected by Ceramics Monthly magazine as an Emerging Artist 2016.He is just one of 14 artists nationally selected by the magazine for this honor, and his work is featured in their May 2016 issue. All ceramic artists, both U.S. and international, who have been actively pursuing a career in ceramics for less than 10 years were eligible to apply.
27 Apr 2016
OSU's Derr named new chairman of Department of Art and Art History
Lincoln, Neb.—Robert Ladislas Derr, associate professor of art, undergraduate chair and photography area coordinator at The Ohio State University, has been named the new Chairman of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Derr will begin his tenure at UNL on July 1.
26 Apr 2016