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The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts provides a challenging and supportive environment to help prepare you for your career goals. To expand beyond the university, students are encouraged to apply for Hixson-Lied Endowment funding for travel, conferences and special projects.

Professor Pete Pinnell holding and looking over a ceramic work a School of Art student who is sitting at a wheel in the ceramics studio is working on.

Classes that Create You

Through innovative curriculum and hands-on experiences, you will gain valuable skills in your classes to prepare you for your chosen career.

Students participate in global world-build

Students in Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash E. Smith’s Innovation Studio course participated in a global world-build that deals with the environmental consequences of our present moment.

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Cropped, detail of a digital artwork created by an Emerging Media Arts student of a person looking out a window in a speculative world with a rendering of campus with a stadium view.

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A cropped, detail of a design created for a Boulder, Colorado bike sharing program with a person riding a bicycle and stylized text reading 'We've Gone Electric.'

Students in Associate Professor of Art Stacy Asher’s advanced Graphic Design III course designed graphics for a Boulder, Colorado, bike sharing program.

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Cropped, detail of a digital artwork created by an Emerging Media Arts student with three figures in a modeled room, all in the same, dynamic standing position.

A Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts course explored virtual and social worlds.

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A class of students walking in a line along a nature path in the plains with Professor Aaron Holz leading the group.

Students studied watercolors at Cedar Point Bilogical Station in a "Working with Watercolors" course taught by Professor of Art Aaron Holz.

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Six Nebraska dance students on stage performing a piece choreographed by students, all in the same pose.

Student Dance Project presents original choreography by student coreographers in a composition course led by Susan Ourada, associate professor of dance.

Conduct Research and Creative Activities

Students have the opportunity to work on research and creative activities alongside faculty members or on their own.

Art students work with artists on murals

School of Art, Art History & Design students, faculty and alumni worked with artists to create murals in the University Place neighborhood as part of the LUX Center for the Arts’ Emerge LNK: Mural + Street Festival

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School of Art students outdoors painting a mural in the University Place neighborhood.

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A portrait of Zachary Cheek with the lit stadium in the background at dark.

Trombone performance and economic double major student Zachary Cheek examined the interconnectivity of the global opioid market.

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School of Art student outdoors kneeling next to two young people creating sidewalk art in a rural community.

HALO program students assisted Associate Professor of Art Sandra Williams with a community arts project in Alliance, Nebraska.

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Theatre student giving a presentation on a lit stage with Nebraska banners on either side of him and a projected slideshow behind him.

Theatre student designs mobile app to control the grand MA2 lighting console.

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Graphic Design alumna Emily Tran sharpening a pencil while sitting at a table in an open study space with drawing supplies and drawing pad in front of her.

Graphic Design student Emily Tran creates graphic novel about Vietnamese refugee, immigrant experiences.

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Connect with Faculty and Advisors

Faculty and staff foster a positive environment to help students align their passions with their career.

Carson School students assist with rigging at Eric Church concert with Assistant Professor of Practice Bryce Allen

Five Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film design/tech students traveled to Boise, Idaho, in May with Assistant Professor of Practice Bryce Allen to get hands-on rigging training and professional experience while working a load-in and load-out for the Eric Church concert at the Extra Mile Arena.

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Five Carson School students pose with Assistant Professor of Practice Bryce Allen for a picture in front of a outdoor landscape in Boise, Idaho.

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Alum Staff Sergeant Katie Rice Rogers in full regalia holding a flute during a performance among other performers.

Alum Staff Sergeant Katie Rice Rogers attributes career success to supportive and encouraging faculty in Q&A.

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Cropped, detail of a drawing created by School of Art student.

Art students exhibited drawings, paintings and sculpture with works by Assistant Professor of Practice Byron Anway in an exhibition titled "Abierto" curated by Anway.

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Glenn Korff School professor and student outdoors on a sunny day under a shady tree in the sculpture garden. The student is sitting in a chair, playing a bassoon in front of a music stand while the professor gives instruction.

Glenn Korff School of Music student Tom Stark plays the basoon under instruction of Assistant Projessor of Bassoon and Music Theory in an open-air classroom.

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Two people at a table looking down at and writing on handheld sized whiteboards.

The Hixson-Lied College and Big Red Resilience and Well-Being sponsored Well-Being Pop-ups in each of our units to help students talk about the nine dimensions of well-being.

Gain Real-World Experience through Internships

Internships are important experiences to have in college to get a taste of your potential career journey.

5 Emerging Media Arts students intern with branching narrative film project

Five students studying emerging media arts in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts worked as interns on a new branching narrative film project in Lincoln and Boston.

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Three Carson Center students interning on a narrative film project pose for a photo with an Emerging Media Arts professor.

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Film student alum smiling and looking off to the side while handling professional film equipment.

A senior film student received a cinematography internship with NFL Films.

We Are Nebraska

We Are Nebraska interns explore their personal stories using improvisational methods.

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Sabrina Sommer, smiling and looking off-frame while sitting on a large rock in front of a body of water and bridge in New York City.

Graphic design alumna Sabrina Sommer turned an internship into a career.

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Theatre students on stage, performing in Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s production of 'Avenue Q.'

Theatre students have the opportunity to earn union membership credits by performing in Nebraska Repertory Theatre productions.

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Take your Academic Experience Further through Clubs

With more than 500 Registered Student Organizations, including several in each school in the Hixson-Lied College, you are bound to find your fit somewhere. Student organizations can connect you to like-minded students, as well as help you gain valuable experience in your own unique career path.

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