Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
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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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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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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14 Apr 2023
2 Carson Center professors have work at WOW Festival 2023
Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professors of Emerging Media Arts Ash Eliza Smith and Robert Twomey will have their work, “CLEANING THE STABLES” included in the La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls (WOW) Festival on April 27 in San Diego.
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14 Apr 2023
Submissions open for Black Public Media residency at Carson Center
Lincoln, Neb.--Black Public Media (BPM) and the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts are continuing a collaboration for the second year on a new residency for Black filmmakers, creative technologists and artists who need access to emerging technology, studio time or work space.
The in-person residency was launched at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the summer of 2022.
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31 Mar 2023
AI+Creative Filmmaking Design Hackathon is April 15
Lincoln, Neb.--A one-day, intensive AI filmmaking hackathon will be held on Saturday, April 15, where creatives will offer up speculative visions of the future and emergent system designs to offer us clues and strategies of ways that we can shape an interspecies future.
The event is co-hosted by The Nebraska Technology and Governance Center, Cinema 16 and the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.
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14 Mar 2023
Emerging Media Arts senior earns Maxis Studios internship
Lincoln, Neb.--Alijah Mallula, a senior emerging media arts and English major at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has earned a three-month internship from Maxis Studios, in Redwood City, California.
There were 619 applicants for the internship, and Mallula was the single candidate offered the internship. She will start May 22 and continue for 12 weeks.
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05 Dec 2022
Carson Open Studios event is Dec. 9
Lincoln, Neb.—Students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film will host an Open Studios event on Friday, Dec. 9. All of the events listed are free and open to the public.
The schedule includes:
• 5-7 p.m. Emerging Media Arts Open Studios at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, 13th and Q sts. The event showcases work in progress by Bachelor of Fine Arts in emerging media arts students.
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18 Nov 2022
Carson Center students network in Los Angeles
Lincoln, Neb.--Twenty-one students and three faculty and staff in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, along with Johnny Carson Endowed Director in Emerging Media Arts Megan Elliott, and Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Dean Andy Belser, attended the Infinity Festival-Hollywood Nov. 2-5.
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27 Oct 2022
Johnny Carson Foundation gives $2.5M to create endowed directorship for Carson Center
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced a $2.5 million gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation to create an endowed directorship for the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.View Article