Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts

If you’re up for the challenge, the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will prepare you to make a difference in the world. Here you can get personal attention, global connections and the experience of a Big Ten university—at one of the best values in American higher education.

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Carson Foundation $2.5M gift supports endowed directorship Read the Story

EMA students preparing for Open Studios — Posted by Instagram user @carsoncenterunl

School of Music students posing for a group photo before performance at Chartres Cathédrale — Posted by Instagram user @pete_eklund

2022 Annual Publication Published on ISSUU View it Now

The Entertainment Rigging Class practicing rigging in class. — Posted by Instagram user @carsonschoolunl

Applications sought for Nebraska Young Artist Awards Read the Story

Ceramics student working in the studio on the wheel. — Posted by Instagram user @unl_clay

Students and faculty from the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts had the opportunity to tour Disney Imagineering with Mikhael Tara Garver as part of their trip to Los Angeles to attend the Infinity Festival-Hollywood. Courtesy photo.

Carson Center students network in Los Angeles

Lincoln, Neb.--Twenty-one students and three faculty and staff in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, along with Johnny Carson Endowed Director in Emerging Media Arts Megan Elliott, and Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Dean Andy