Associate Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy and Director of Faculty Development for the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor's Faculty Affairs team Kevin Hanrahan received the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award at the Faculty Senate meeting in September.

13 Sep 2021    

Hanrahan receives Lake Academic Freedom Award

Lincoln, Neb.--Kevin Hanrahan, associate professor of voice and vocal pedagogy in the Glenn Korff School of Music and director of faculty development for the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor’s Faculty Affairs team, received the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award at the Faculty Senate meeting in September.

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Megan Elliott. Photo by Wyn Wiley.

09 Sep 2021    

Elliott is one of 10 essayists for NEA Tech as Art report

Lincoln, Neb.--Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Founding Director Megan Elliott was one of 10 essayists commissioned by the National Endowment of the Arts to accompany the publishing of the report “Tech as Art: Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium.”

The report is the result of a two-year research initiative exploring the multifaceted creative practices of artists who engage with digital technologies. 

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Ash Eliza Smith (left) and Jesse Fleming each received Layman Awards from the UNL Office of Research & Economic Development for their research projects.

09 Sep 2021    

Smith, Fleming receive Layman awards

Lincoln, Neb--Two professors in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts each received Layman Awards from the UNL Office of Research & Economic Development for their research projects.

Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash E. Smith and Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Jesse Fleming each received $10,000 Layman Awards. Layman Awards provide funding for projects that will enhance the grantee’s ability to obtain external funding to support prominent scholarly work.

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Anna Henson

09 Sep 2021    

Henson’s project receives Rural Drug Addiction Research Center funding

Lincoln, Neb.--Anna Henson, an assistant professor of practice in emerging media arts in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, has received $25,000 for one year of support with the option for an additional $25,000 in second-year support from the Rural Drug Addiction Research Center for her pilot project.

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From Robert Twomey's exhibition "Three Stage Drawing Transfer." This project creates a visual-mental-physical circuit between a generative adversarial network (GAN), a co-robotic arm and a five-year-old child. Courtesy photo.

09 Sep 2021    

Carson Center faculty presentations and exhibitions

Lincoln, Neb.--Faculty from the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts have recently participated and presented at these major conferences and exhibitions:

• Megan Elliott, founding director of the Carson Center, was a panelist in Education in XR (held in AltSpace) speaking about how the Carson Center used XR for teaching and learning during the pandemic.

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The Nebraska Rep's 2021-2022 season is titled "Journey." Each show is representative of either an exotic physical journey or a compelling emotional journey. The season opens Sept. 29 with "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

07 Sep 2021    

Nebraska Repertory Theatre announces its 2021-2022 season titled 'Journey'

Lincoln, Neb.--Nebraska Repertory Theatre announces its 2021-2022 Season. “Journey” is the season’s theme as each show is representative of either an exotic physical journey or a compelling emotional journey.

The season opens on Sept. 29 with Nebraska Rep Executive Director Christina Kirk making her Rep directorial debut with William Shakespeare’s popular comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts has received funding from the Nebraska Research Initiative to establish the Carson Center-Design and Innovation Core (DIC), a Core Research Facility.

07 Sep 2021    

Carson Center earns Core Research Facility designation

Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts has received $625,000 in funding from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI) to establish itself as a Core Research Facility at Nebraska.

NRI funding is designed to facilitate and grow faculty research programs that have an impact in Nebraska and worldwide. The Core Research Facility will be called the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts-Design and Innovation Core (DIC). The funding is over five years.

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School of Art, Art History & Design alumna Rikki Neumann (B.F.A. 2017) works on the mural created by Shawn Dunwoody at the Veterans of Foreign Wars headquarters at 2431 N. 48th St. Photo by Eddy Aldana. Students from Associate Professor of Art Sandra Williams’ University Honors seminar Graffiti Revolution help Shawn Dunwoody (right) paint his mural at the Veterans of Foreign Wars at 2431 N. 48th St. Photo by Eddy Aldana.

02 Sep 2021    By Kathe C. Andersen

Murals painted in University Place neighborhood

Lincoln, Neb.--Eight murals were created this week along north 48th Street in Lincoln as part of the LUX Center for the Arts’ Emerge LNK: Mural+Street Festival.

Emerge LNK is a mural project that seeks to bring joy to our community and uplift small businesses as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic together.

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Suna Gunther

02 Sep 2021    By Kathe C. Andersen

Gunther faculty recital to feature UNL voice faculty, alumni

Lincoln, Neb.--A faculty recital by new Glenn Korff School of Music Assistant Professor of Voice Suna Gunther will include several University of Nebraska–Lincoln voice faculty and alumni.

The recital is Friday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts for the link.

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Trent Claus (right) on set with "The Egg," Lola VFX’s proprietary lighting rig, shooting picture double Max Lloyd-Jones to help recreate actor Mark Hamill as a young Luke Skywalker on "The Mandalorian." Photo courtesy of Disney+. Trent Claus

31 Aug 2021    By Kathe C. Andersen

Art alum featured for his visual effects work for the return of Luke Skywalker in ‘The Mandalorian’

Lincoln, Neb.--Husker alumnus Trent Claus (B.F.A. 2006) is featured on the recent episode of “Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian” to discuss his work on the Disney+ TV series “The Mandalorian,” bringing Luke Skywalker back to the Star Wars franchise.

The episode exploring the making of the Season 2 finale and telling the story of the cutting-edge technology used to bring Luke Skywalker back premiered on Aug. 25 exclusively on Disney+.

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