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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Color guard member Haley Petri chants “Go Big Red” during the Cornhusker Marching Band’s warm-up concert north of Kimball Recital Hall on Aug. 20. The band then marched to Memorial Stadium for its annual exhibition before it was canceled due to lightning. The band will make its 2021 debut Sept. 4 at the stadium with pregame and halftime performances at Nebraska's football home opener against Fordham. Photo by Craig Chandler/University Communication.

26 Aug 2021    

Cornhusker Marching Band makes debut Sept. 4

Lincoln, NE--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's 296-member Cornhusker Marching Band makes its 2021 debut Sept. 4 at Memorial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances at Nebraska's football home opener against Fordham.

It will be the band’s first in-person performance at the stadium since November 2019.

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The Robert Owens Ensemble includes (left to right) Karen Becker, cello; Stacie Haneline, piano; Clark Potter, viola; and Jamie Reimer Seaman, soprano.

19 Aug 2021    

Robert Owens Ensemble earns finalist judges’ citation in The American Prize competition

Lincoln, Neb.--The Robert Owens Ensemble was awarded a Finalist Judges’ Citation for “Championing the Music of Robert Owens” in the 2020 American Prize Competition.

The ensemble includes three Glenn Korff School of Music faculty: Jamie Reimer Seaman, soprano; Karen Becker, cello; and Clark Potter, viola. The ensemble also includes pianist Stacie Haneline.

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Ana Maria Ortiz Ana Maria Ortiz’s street art in Estarreja, Portugal.

19 Aug 2021    

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series begins Sept. 1 with painter Ortiz

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 painter and muralist Ana Maria Ortiz (Ana Marietta) on Wednesday, Sept. 1.

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.

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Forty-two students have been selected to join the latest cohort of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. Thirty-three of the 42 students hail from Nebraska.

19 Aug 2021    

42 students selected for new Carson Center cohort

Lincoln, Neb.--Forty-two students, including 26 high school students and 16 transfer students, have been selected to join the latest cohort of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

This is the third and largest cohort for the center, which opened in the fall of 2019.

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Left to right: Big Red Resiliency & Well Being Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Kenji Madison, Jack Dobson, Taylor Hoskinson and Big Red Resiliency & Well Being Director of Student Resilience Constance Boehm with the final painting, which will be installed in the offices of Big Red Resilience & Well-Being in the University Health Center. Photo by Jenna Brende.

28 Jul 2021    

Painting strokes build "The Human Connection"

Lincoln, Neb.--University of Nebraska–Lincoln students added their painting strokes to a canvas on April 26 to build “The Human Connection.”

The event was organized by Alex Cathcart, a junior mathematics major focusing in finance and statistics; Taylor Hoskinson, a sophomore advertising and public relations major; and Jack Dobson, a freshman psychology major. It was sponsored by the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Undergraduate Student Advisory Board. 

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Elizabeth Olds, “Mending Nets,” wood engraving, circa 1935, 8” x 10 7/8”. Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Allocation of the U.S. Government, Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, WPA-320.1943.

28 Jul 2021    

Sheldon’s fall exhibition on waste organized by Anania

Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professor of Art History Katie Anania has organized the exhibition “The Nature of Waste: Material Pathways, Discarded Worlds,” which opens Aug. 13 at Sheldon Museum of Art. The exhibition continues through Dec. 31.

Trash and waste produced by human beings now exceed the combined weight of all life forms on the planet. The exhibition takes an interdisciplinary approach to waste products, showing how artists have used and depicted castoffs, junk, detritus and ruins in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Last year’s Cornhusker Marching Band recorded a pregame and halftime performance in Memorial Stadium in October for the virtual game day experience. This year the band will return to performing live at each home game in front of a full stadium of fans. Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication.

28 Jul 2021    

Cornhusker Marching Band exhibition concert is Aug. 20

Lincoln, Neb.--The Cornhusker Marching Band’s annual exhibition concert returns Friday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. in Memorial Stadium. The concert is free and open to the public.

The annual concert will present highlights of what the Cornhusker Marching Band has been working on during their pre-season Band Camp, including the famous “drill down” and a preview of the first halftime show.

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