16 Jan 2014
Lecture rescheduled due to weather
Dona Nelson's artist lecture has been rescheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 5th in Richards Hall 218.
Dona Nelson, a painter and professor of painting and drawing at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, will present a free public lecture on Tuesday, February 4, at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15 on the UNL city campus.
10 Jan 2014
Christin Mamiya named interim director of Sheldon Museum of Art
Christin J. Mamiya, associate dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named interim director of the Sheldon Museum of Art. She will assume her new duties Feb. 2.
Mamiya replaces Jorge Daniel Veneciano, who resigned in December to become director of El Museo del Barrio in New York. Veneciano, who has directed Sheldon since 2008, will end his tenure at UNL on Feb. 1.
02 Jan 2014
'Emulsion' Opens Jan. 17 at UNL's Eisentrager-Howard Gallery
"Emulsion," featuring works by Amy Smith and Simon Levin, will be on display Jan. 17-28 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
A reception will be held on Friday, Jan. 24 from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.
09 Dec 2013
UNL MFA Student wins National SPE Conference Scholarship
Chadric Devin, a second-year Master of Fine Arts student in photography from Cole Camp, Mo., has received a 2014 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Student Award to attend the national conference in Baltimore in March.
06 Dec 2013
Capstone Exhibition begins Dec. 13 at UNL
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Department of Art and Art History presents the work of this semester's graduating seniors in the "Capstone Exhibition" Dec. 13-20 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
A closing reception will be held on Friday, Dec. 20 from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.
04 Dec 2013
Complete your Holiday Shopping with UNL Student Artwork
Two sales will take place in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Art and Art History on Dec. 13-14 to give everyone the opportunity to complete their holiday shopping with quality work from ceramics and photography students.
The UNL Clay Club's Winter Sale and Raffle will take place on Friday, Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 118.
18 Nov 2013
Department of Art and Art History launches Art at Cedar Point class and residency
The Department of Art and Art History has announced an opportunity for students to take an art class at Cedar Point Biological Station near Ogallala, Neb., during the summer. They are also coordinating an artist in residence program at Cedar Point. Both will begin next summer.
15 Nov 2013
Visiting Artist Nov. 21: Jamie Burmeister
Visiting artist Jamie Burmeister will present a free public lecture on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
Burmeister’s “vermin.me” project has resulted in more than 520 installations of small ceramic figures, called vermin, in 22 states and 20 countries.
12 Nov 2013
UNL Art and Art History Senior has work accepted into national exhibition
Adrian Armstrong, a senior studio art major from Omaha, Neb., had three pieces accepted into the Soo Visual Arts Center’s juried exhibition “Untitled 10.”
The exhibition opens Dec. 6, 2013, and continues through Jan. 11, 2014, at the gallery, located in Minneapolis, Minn. Jurors Heid E. Erdrich and Jennifer Phelps selected 25 artists out of more than 200 applicants for the exhibition this year.
“I was ecstatic,” Armstrong said. “I wasn’t expecting to get in, so when they told me I was in, I was just jumping for joy. It was crazy.”
08 Nov 2013
Fritz, Gawel to discuss photos of John Pfahl
Art and photography historian Dana Fritz will join photography scholar Larry Gawel to give a presentation at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Sheldon Museum of Art on the photographs of John Pfahl.Pfahl, whose works are featured in the museum's "Points of View" exhibition, was a pioneer in the transformation of American landscape photography in the 1970s, and his body of work has influenced generations of artists.