University of Texas at Austin Associate Professor of Art History Stephanie Mulder and Bucknell University Assistant Professor of Spanish and Africana Studies Nick Jones will present during the Oct. 29 Zoom panel titled “Whose Renaissance: Re-Imagining the Early Modern World in the Age of White Supremacy.”

14 Oct 2020    

Zoom panel on race, blackness and the Renaissance will be held Oct. 29

Lincoln, Neb.--A Zoom panel titled “Whose Renaissance: Re-Imagining the Early Modern World in the Age of White Supremacy” will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m. CDT. Please visit https://go.unl.edu/whoserenaissanceunl to register and to receive the Zoom link.

The one-hour panel will touch on current global conversations about race and identity and examine them in terms of the history of art, design and material culture.

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Phil Lique Work by Phil Lique. Lique will present the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Oct. 21.

13 Oct 2020    

Printmaker Lique presents next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture

Lincoln, Neb.--Printmaker Phil Lique will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. CDT via Zoom.

The lecture is free and open to the public and available via Zoom at https://unl.zoom.us/j/99557244380.

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Ryan Bromm, Untitled (Soil Collection Exercise, Visualizing Crisis), September 2020.

12 Oct 2020    

‘Bloom and Bust: New Visions of Growth’ opens Oct. 14 at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

Lincoln, Neb.--The exhibition “Bloom and Bust: New Visions of Growth” opens Oct. 14 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.

“Bloom and Bust” runs Oct. 14-27 at the gallery, which is located in the center of the first floor of Richards Hall on the university’s city campus at Stadium Drive and T streets.

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Applications are now being accepted for the Nebraska Young Artist Awards, which recognizes 11th grade students in Nebraska talented in the arts. The application deadline is Dec. 4.

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.

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Shawn Dunwoody

01 Oct 2020    

Dunwoody presents next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture

Lincoln, Neb.—Interdisciplinary artist Shawn Dunwoody will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m. CDT via Zoom.

The lecture is free and open to the public and available via Zoom at https://unl.zoom.us/j/91487756343.

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Malcolm Mobutu Smith will present a Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom.

23 Sep 2020    

Fall Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series to be presented online

Lincoln, Neb.--Five artists are presenting Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lectures this fall in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design.

The School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students.

Each lecture will be presented via Zoom and are open to the public. Links for each lecture will be available on arts.unl.edu.

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Christie Asuoha, "Amarachi," digital collage, 2020. From the series “The Heads of Asuoha." Christie Asuoha, "Nneoma," digital collage, 2020. From the series “The Heads of Asuoha."

01 Sep 2020    

Recent art grad wins Best of Show in the 2020 SECCA Student Showcase

Lincoln, Neb.--Christie Asuoha, who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Art, Art History & Design in August 2020, won Best of Show in the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Student Showcase 2020.

The virtual exhibition of artworks by high school and college students in art and design fields is viewable online at https://www.seccashowcase.org. SECCA is an affiliate of the North Carolina Museum of Art.

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Amanda Durig, “Impossible Alternatives,” line etch, aquatint, soap ground on paper mounted to panel, 25 ¾” x 17 ¾” x 5/8”, 2020. P.J. Hargraves, “Our Season,” Stoneware Cone 6, Salt Fired (Oxidation), 28” x 22” x 16”, 2019.

26 Aug 2020    

Eisentrager-Howard Gallery opens this fall with MFA exhibitions

Lincoln, Neb.--Last spring, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln had to transition to remote learning due to the coronavirus. It meant the postponement of the April MFA exhibitions in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.

This fall, the gallery will re-open with those four MFA exhibitions, as well as special protocols to protect gallery patrons from COVID-19.

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Our new faculty include (clockwise from upper left): Ben Evjen, Michelle Harvey, Anna Henson, Rafael Untalan, Robert Twomey and Jinku Kim.

25 Aug 2020    

College welcomes 6 new faculty

Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts welcomes the following new faculty this fall:

• Ben Evjen, Assistant Professor of Practice in Graphic Design
Evjen comes to Nebraska from Utah Valley University, where he was assistant professor and program coordinator in the Art & Design Department. He has also served as an adjunct instructor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

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17 Aug 2020    

2 undergrads earn Gilman Scholarships

Lincoln, Neb.--Two Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts undergraduates were among 30 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln who earned Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to support credit-bearing study abroad, internship abroad or virtual international opportunities between spring 2021 and Dec. 31, 2021.

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