29 Nov 2022
Winter art sales are Dec. 9-10
Lincoln, Neb.--Get your holiday shopping done early at the winter art sales organized by students in the University of Nebraska’s School of Art, Art History & Design to sell their work. This year’s winter sales are Friday, Dec. 9 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Clay Club’s winter sale will take place in Richards Hall Rm. 118. The sale will feature work made by School of Art, Art History and Design graduate and undergraduate ceramics students.
14 Nov 2022
Sculptor Spangler is next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist lecturer
Lincoln, Neb.—Aaron Spangler, a sculptor and printmaker best known for monumental carved wooden sculptures and for contemporizing the traditional art of bas relief, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
28 Oct 2022
Landis wins Mayor’s Arts Award
Lincoln, Neb.--Jen Landis, assistant professor of practice in graphic design in the School of Art, Art History & Design, is among the winners of this year’s Mayor’s Arts Awards.
Landis will receive the Gladys Lux Art Education Award for her work to create three educational art communities for girls and young women at the event on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. The awards are presented by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln Arts Council.
28 Oct 2022
UNL graduate studio art students host Open Studios Nov. 11
Lincoln, Neb.—Graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) studio art program in the School of Art, Art History & Design will host their annual Open Studios and Raffle on Friday, Nov. 11 from 6-8 p.m.
The event, hosted by the student-run Visual Artists in Practice, is free and open to the public. Studios will be open in Richards Hall (basement and 2nd floor) and Woods Art Building (basement and 3rd floor) on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln city campus.
26 Oct 2022
Photographer Alshaibi is next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist lecturer
Lincoln, Neb.—Sama Alshaibi, who works between photography, video, performance and installation, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
06 Oct 2022
Canceled: Pictorial curator Hult-Lewis is next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecturer
** Oct. 20, 2022, Please note: This event has been canceled. We hope to reschedule this spring.**
Lincoln, Neb.—Christine Hult-Lewis, the interim pictorial curator at the Bancroft Library, the special collections library at the University of California Berkeley, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
22 Sep 2022
Fleming co-creates groundbreaking ‘The Wilds’
Lincoln, Neb.--“I think what audiences can be sure to expect is a very engaging event that has a lot of immersive qualities; is highly experimental; is sonic, kinetic and visual; and touches upon both our most primary, innate being and our potential in an uncertain future.”
This is the description of “The Wilds” by Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Jesse Fleming, who created this groundbreaking new performance experience with acclaimed choreographer Laurel Jenkins and Grammy-nominated producer/composer Lewis Pesacov.
08 Sep 2022
Artist and TV creator Heitzman presents lecture Sept. 21
Lincoln, Neb.—Artist and TV creator Ric Heitzman will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln 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.
31 Aug 2022
Claus presents Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture Sept. 7
Lincoln, Neb.--Five artists will be presenting Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lectures this fall in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design. The series begins with Husker alumnus Trent Claus (BFA 2006) on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
The 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.
29 Aug 2022
Two postdoctoral fellows in residence for national project on art, data science
Lincoln, Neb.--Dorota Biczel, recent part-time faculty in art history at the University of Houston, and Jessica Santone, associate professor of art history and visual studies at California State University in East Bay), will be in residence at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design for the 2022-2023 academic year as postdoctoral fellows.