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Visual Arts in Practice will host their annual Open Studios event on Friday, Nov. 7 from 5-7:30 p.m. in Richards Hall and Woods Art Building. Included among the artists is Daniel Garcia, whose work is shown above.

Step inside the creative process at UNL’s Open Studios Nov. 7

October 20, 2025

Left: Adrian Arleo, “Rabbit-Hearted (detail),” 2025, clay, glaze, wax encaustic, 10” x 13” x 19”. Right: Jane Shellenbarger, “Square Box,” soda-fired stoneware, 2024. Arleo and Shellenbarger will present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lectures on Oct. 30.

Ceramic artists Arleo, Shellenbarger to present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist lecture Oct. 30

October 16, 2025

Darius Spieth speaks at the Sept. 9 ceremony at the Résidence de France in New Orleans after being decorated with the rank of Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Palmes académiques. Photo by Audoin de Vergnette, Consulate General of France in New Orleans.

Art history alum wins French academic honor

October 9, 2025

Aaron Holz, “Split Sky,” 2023.

Faculty, staff exhibit on display at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

October 6, 2025

Margaretta Lovell is the author of “Painting the Inhabited Landscape: Fitz H. Lane and the Global Reach of Antebellum America.” She will present the Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Oct. 16.

Cultural historian Lovell presents Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture Oct. 16

October 2, 2025

Linda Fernandez, “El Ritmo del Centro” mural.

Amber Art and Design muralists present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture Oct. 9

September 25, 2025

Amy Sanders with her work in her solo ceramic exhibition at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan at the end of her residency this summer. Courtesy photo.

UNL graduate ceramics student completes productive summer with residency in Japan

September 11, 2025

The ceramic work of Suze Lindsay.

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series continues Sept. 11 with ceramic artist Lindsay

August 28, 2025

Tanner Maas, a drum major with the Cornhusker Marching Band, stands by the work he selected, Harold Edgerton’s “Milk Drop Coronet,” for the exhibition “Go Big Red” on display at Sheldon Museum of Art through Dec. 31.

‘Go Big Red’ on display at Sheldon

August 26, 2025

Karen Blessen. Photo by Danny Fulgencio.

UNL Libraries hosts exhibit of artist Karen Blessen’s journals

August 26, 2025

Mickey Smith, “Modern Drama,” 2024.

“Mickey Smith: Morphologies” opens Sept. 5 at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

August 25, 2025

Mickey Smith, “Morphologies” exhibition installation at Law Warschaw Gallery in 2024.

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist fall series begins Sept. 4

August 21, 2025