Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts

Forty-one students have been selected to join the latest cohort of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

25 Aug 2023    

41 students selected for new Carson Center cohort

Lincoln, Neb.—Forty-one students, including 28 first-year students and 13 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 fifth cohort for the center, which opened in the fall of 2019. There will be a total of 136 emerging media arts majors this fall. 

While 32 of the 41 students hail from Nebraska, this year’s cohort also includes students from Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York and South Dakota.

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Never seen on camera, Sophia Stueven, a May 2023 Carson EMA graduate, keeps moviegoers dazzled by the special effects. Stueven works for Lola Visual Effects and has worked on films including "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning" and "Barbie." Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing.

25 Jul 2023    By Kristina Jackson, University Communication and Marketing

Carson EMA grads get opportunity of a lifetime through Lola partnership

Lincoln, Neb.--A team of Huskers helped bring “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” to the big screen, part of a growing partnership between the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and Lola Visual Effects.

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Left to right: Conrad Burgos, J. Bird Lathon and Eboni Zamani were selected for the Black Public Media Residency at the Carson Center this year.

13 Jul 2023    

Next Carson Center, Black Public Media fellows cohort announced

Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and Black Public Media (BPM) have announced the second cohort of their new residency program for creative technologists, called the Black Public Media Residency at the Carson Center.

The program just recently received a $40,000 award from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Grants for Arts Projects program.

This year’s recipients are Eboni Zamani, J. Bird Lathon and Conrad Burgos, who developed creative technology projects while they were in residence at the Carson Center July 10-21.

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Last year’s first cohort of the Black Public Media Residency at the Carson Center included Rae Phillips (second from left), Andrea Walls (second from right) and Johannes Barfield (right), shown with emerging media arts students Ebben Blake (left) and Kayla LaPoure (third from right) and Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Dan Novy at last year’s final presentations. The program received a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment from the Arts.

22 Jun 2023    

Black Public Media wins $40,000 NEA Grant to support Carson Center residency

Lincoln, Neb.-- The Harlem-based national media arts nonprofit Black Public Media (https://blackpublicmedia.org) (BPM) has received a $40,000 award from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Grants for Arts Projects program. The award will support its fellowship and residency program for new works in immersive, interactive and emerging media at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 

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Hank Stratton

20 Jun 2023    

Arizona’s Stratton named Carson School Director

Lincoln, Neb.--Hank Stratton, head of acting/musical theatre at the University of Arizona and the artistic director of the Arizona Repertory Theatre, has been named the director of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and executive director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre. He begins his appointment Aug. 1.

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Jon Bokenkamp (left) and Todd Nelson have a conversation during the Nebraska Coast Connection's Hollywood Salon Comes Home event on May 8 at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. Photo by Laura Cobb.

25 May 2023    

NCC’s Hollywood Salon returned home to Lincoln

Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Coast Connection held The Hollywood Salon Comes Home event on May 8 at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. The event was part of a celebration of 30 years of the Nebraska Coast Connection and The Hollywood Salon.

The event featured a Q&A with two Nebraska friends who made their careers in Hollywood: Kearney native Jon Bokenkamp (creator, writer/producer of NBC’s “The Blacklist”) and UNL Theatre and Journalism alumnus Todd Nelson (CBS/Paramount producer and founder of the Nebraska Coast Connection).

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A collage of images from "Can You See How I See," which aims to spread awareness of the medical condition called Palinopsia. Courtesy photo. Emerging Media Arts senior Trystan Nord is the technical artist for "Can You See How I See," an experiential multimedia experience that looks to build awareness of a medical condition called Palinopsia. Courtesy photo.

25 May 2023    

EMA senior traveling to London for ‘Can You See How I See’

Lincoln, Neb.--Trystan Nord, a senior emerging media arts student from Gretna, Nebraska, is traveling to London in June for the opening of “Can You See How I See,” a graduate thesis project for Central St. Martens student Yoni Chepisheva. Nord has served as technical artist for the project.

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Clockwise from upper left:  Cameron Cerny, Sydney Peters, Sophia Stueven and Izzy Pineda.

15 May 2023    

First four-year EMA students graduate

Lincoln, Neb.--Among the 123 May graduates from the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts were 18 students receiving their Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Emerging Media Arts.

These graduates are the first to complete four years in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

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The Hixson-Lied Faculty and Staff Award recipients include Christy Aggens, Jamie Bullins, Dana Fritz, Marques L.A. Garrett, Danni Gilbert, Leslie Harms, Anna Henson, Jen Landis, Sean Strough, David von Kampen and Sandra Williams.

05 May 2023    

Hixson-Lied Faculty, Staff awards announced

The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts announced the 2023 recipients of the Hixson-Lied Faculty and Staff awards.

This ongoing awards program for faculty and staff recognizes outstanding performance and accomplishments in the areas of teaching; research and creative activity; faculty servce, outreach and engagement; outstanding lecturer; and staff service.

The following faculty and staff awards were presented at the college’s Honors Day celebration on May 5.

• College Distinguished Teaching Award:

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The Nebraska Coast Connection presents The Hollywood Salon Comes Home on Monday, May 8 at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

19 Apr 2023    

Nebraska Coast Connection presents The Hollywood Salon Comes Home May 8

Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Coast Connection presents The Hollywood Salon Comes Home on Monday, May 8 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. The event is free and open to the public.

It will also be live streamed for viewers in California and worldwide. Visit https://nebraskacoast.com for streaming details. The event is part of the celebration of 30 years of Nebraska Coast Connection and The Hollywood Salon.

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