Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
18 Nov 2020 By Kathe C. Andersen
Carson Center’s STORY CITY can be experienced throughout Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.--Take a walk downtown, in the Haymarket or across Lincoln and experience the geolocative STORY CITY projects created by first-year students in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts’ Story Lab course this semester.
16 Nov 2020
HDR, Inc. receives architecture award for Carson Center
Lincoln, Neb.--HDR, Inc. received the AIA Nebraska Architecture Merit Award for their design of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.
AIA Nebraska, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, announced their 2020 Excellence in Design Award winners on Nov. 9. Nine Honor Awards and 1 Merit Award were presented from among 103 submissions, the largest number of submissions from Nebraska architects to date.
11 Nov 2020
Henson's paper receives honorable mention at Designing Interactive Systems conference
Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professor of Practice in Emerging Media Arts Anna Henson has co-authored "Exploring Hybrid Virtual-Physical Homes," which received honorable mention at the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Conference.
15 Oct 2020
Four college faculty selected as new Research Development Fellows
Lincoln, Neb.--Four faculty from the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts were among 25 faculty selected to serve as 2020-21 Research Development Fellows.
The program provides full-time, pre-tenure faculty with information, resources and approaches necessary to prepare competitive grant proposals.
15 Oct 2020
Actress Marg Helgenberger to present Zoom Q&A for Carson Center’s IGNITE Oct. 16
Lincoln, Neb.--Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger (All Rise; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; China Beach) will present a question and answer session for the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts’ IGNITE series titled “Creativity in the Age of COVID-19,” where she will discuss what it is like to pioneer live-action television production in Hollywood during the global pandemic.
12 Oct 2020
Carson Center's Twomey organizes workshop for ISEA 2020
Lincoln, Neb.—Robert Twomey, assistant professor of emerging media arts in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, is one of three organizers for a workshop at ISEA 2020, one of the most significant electronics arts conferences in the world.
The 26thInternational Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) will be held virtually Oct. 13-18 with a theme of “Why Sentience.” ISEA is a long-running international non-profit with a yearly conference that includes arts, scientists and technology.
01 Oct 2020
Hixson-Lied College seeks apps for Nebraska Young Artist Awards
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is seeking applications for the 24th 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.
30 Sep 2020
Carson Center’s Smith part of Exhibit Columbus Symposium New Middles
Lincoln, Neb.--University of Nebraska–Lincoln Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash E. Smith is part of the Exhibit Columbus Symposium New Middles, which kicks off Sept. 15 and runs through Oct. 27.
15 Sep 2020
Register now for the Fall Three-Week Session
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is offering four courses during the Fall Three-Week Session from Nov. 30 to Dec. 18.
Enroll in an online class during the fall Three-Week Session to make progress toward your degree, enhance your professional credentials or tackle a grand challenge.
Register now in MyRed. Availability is limited, so sign up today! Scholarships and financial aid options are available to qualifying students.
25 Aug 2020
36 students selected for new Carson Center cohort
Lincoln, Nebraska—Thirty-six students—26 high school students and 10 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 second cohort for the center, which opened last fall.