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about the school

                              

The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts teaches students to tell stories and create worlds across disciplines old, new and those still being discovered.  

Through filmmaking, interactive media, virtual reality, experience design, sonic arts, wearable technologies, AI and more, the Center allows students to flourish into creative leaders for an evolving world, graduating with the skills they need to tell the stories that matter to them. 

Meet Professor Ash Eliza Smith  

Professor Ash Eliza Smith uses storytelling, worldbuilding and speculative design to shape new realities through interdisciplinary art. Learn more about how Ash encourages Huskers to embrace their playful instincts and create on the cutting edge. 

Meet our Faculty

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Dancers strike out on a darkened stage in mocap suits.
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