Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts

Ted Schilowitz

20 Feb 2020    

Paramount Pictures Futurist Schilowitz returns for IGNITE Feb. 28

Lincoln, Neb.--Ted Schilowitz, the first-ever Futurist-in-Residence for Paramount Pictures, will present the IGNITE colloquium on Friday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Rm. 101. The event is free and open to the public.

IGNITE is a weekly colloquium for all Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts students, which involve guest lectures, workshops and seminars around creative and professional development. The Center is located at 1300 Q St.

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Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash E. Smith has co-curated the exhibition "STREAMING" on display through March 13 at the University of California San Diego's Qualcomm Institute. Courtesy photo. Co-curators Ash Smith, Robert Twomey and Stephanie Sherman at the "STREAMING" exhibition at the University of California San Diego's Qualcomm Institute. Courtesy photo.

06 Feb 2020    

Carson Center’s Smith co-curates ‘STREAMING’ exhibition

Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash E. Smith has co-curated the exhibition “STREAMING” now on display through March 13 at the gallery@calit2 at the University of California San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute.

“STREAMING” is a research platform and exhibition that considers the ecological and social impacts of networked culture streams and the possibilities and limits for their calculation.

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Bernie Su

18 Dec 2019    

Carson Center Advisory Council member Su receives his third Emmy Award

Lincoln, Neb.--Bernie Su, an interactive creator and showrunner and a member of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts’ Advisory Council, earned his third Emmy Award this fall in Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media for Artificial.

Su is the co-creator and showrunner of the Peabody award-winning Artificial, the first live audience-interactive science fiction series to debut on Twitch. This series is a fully scripted serialized live narrative that lets the audience interact with the character while shifting the story and plot elements.

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Lynette Wallworth

17 Dec 2019    

Carson Center Advisory Council member Wallworth receives Crystal Award

Lincoln, Neb.--Lynette Wallworth, an internationally acclaimed artist and director and a founding member of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts’ Advisory Council, is one of four artists to receive the 26th annual Crystal Awards at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, in January 2020.

She joins artist Theaster Gates, choreographer Jin Xing and actor Deepika Padukone in receiving the award.

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Students from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film will share their works-in-progress at the Open House Studios Event on Dec. 13 at the Carson Center.

10 Dec 2019    

Carson School Open House Studio event is Dec. 13

Lincoln, Neb.--Experience an evening of exploration and experimentation as students from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts share their works-in-progress from their first semester at the Open-House Studios event on Friday, Dec. 13 from 5-8 p.m. in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, 1300 Q St.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested at https://go.unl.edu/xyjs.

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Applications for the Nebraska Young Artist Awards are due Dec. 6.

18 Nov 2019    

Hixson-Lied College seeks applications for Nebraska Young Artist Awards

Lincoln, Neb.—The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is seeking applications for the 23rd annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.

The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize 11th grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and emerging media arts. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.

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The dedication of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts will take place on Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication.

24 Oct 2019    

Carson Center dedication events begin Nov. 15

Lincoln, Neb.--Experts say the U.S. economy is being rapidly reshaped by emerging media technologies, with entire industries being “vaporized” and turned into software. This new economy is fundamentally changing the way companies go to market, influence their customers and engage their audiences. 

These changes demand a workforce that is both technologically adept and imaginative. 

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Jesse Fleming’s “Jane the Baptist” (Installation View, 2017) at Five Car Garage gallery in Los Angeles. Photo by Aaron Maclachian.

14 Oct 2019    

Carson Center’s Fleming has work selected for Cedars-Sinai permanent collection

Lincoln, Neb.—Jesse Fleming, assistant professor of emerging media arts in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at Nebraska, had his video work, titled “Jane the Baptist,” acquired by the permanent collection of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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Independent filmmakers Alexander Jeffery (left) and Paul Petersen will present at the next Carson Center IGNITE colloquium on Sept. 20.

19 Sep 2019    

Filmmakers Jeffery, Petersen present next IGNITE lecture Sept. 20

Lincoln, Neb.--Independent filmmakers Alexander Jeffery and Paul Petersen will present at the next IGNITE colloquium on Friday, Sept. 20 at 12:30 p.m. in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Rm. 101. The event is free and open to the public.

IGNITE is a weekly colloquium for all Carson Center students, which will involve guest lectures, workshops and seminars around creative and professional development. The Center is located at 1300 Q St.

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The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is hosting a Student Filmmaker Festival to show works from our students, past and present, during the Lincoln Arts Festival on Sept. 21-22.

16 Sep 2019    

Carson Center to host film festival Sept. 21-22

Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is one of the sponsors of this year's Lincoln Arts Festival this weekend, so it's the perfect opportunity to shine a light on our outstanding students, past and present, with a student filmmaker festival!

See the incredible work of Michaela Wadzinski, Adam Vincent Turner, Alexander Jeffery, Elizabeth Baquet, Mattie McIntosh, Victor Collazo Vargas, Natalia Hernandez, Luke Spinner Tidball, Connor Huggett, and many more.

STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

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