09 Mar 2018    

April 6 college faculty meeting to include vote on proposed amendments to college bylaws

Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing will hold its spring faculty meeting on Friday, April 6 at 3:30 p.m., at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.

Included on the agenda is a vote on the proposed amendments to the college bylaws. This serves as notice of this public meeting to amend the college bylaws.

The following documents are available to review regarding the proposed changes:

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Patricia Johnston will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Wednesday, March 28 in Richards Hall. Portrait of Capt. Benjamin Carpenter, 1785, Peabody Essex Museum. Patricia Johnston

09 Mar 2018    

Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar series features College of the Holy Cross art historian Johnston

Lincoln, Neb.--Art historian Patricia Johnston will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, March 28. The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. It is free and open to the public.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 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.

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Enrique Martinez, Grand Island High School, "Mi Amor," acrylic on board, 2017.

06 Mar 2018    

Statewide High School Invitational Reception is March 9

Lincoln, Neb.--The "Statewide High School Invitational" exhibition reception will be held on Friday, March 9 from 6-8 p.m. in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.  

The exhibition, which is part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts' Nebraska Young Artist Awards' visual arts component and is sponsored by the School of Art, Art History & Design, runs through March 13.  Schools were invited to nominate up to three students to participate in the juried exhibition.

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Associate Professor of Art History Wendy J. Katz is the editor of the new book, "The Trans-Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898-1899: Art, Anthropology and Popular Culture at the Fin De Siècle," published by the University of Nebraska Press.

28 Feb 2018    

Katz to give gallery talk on women at Omaha’s 1898 Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition in Omaha

Lincoln, Neb.--Associate Professor of Art History Wendy J. Katz is among four speakers who will discuss the ways that women participated in and were represented at Omaha’s World Fair in 1898.

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Left: Zora Murff. Photo by Jess T. Dugan. Right: John-David Richardson. Photo by Rana Young.

28 Feb 2018    

Photo students win national Society for Photographic Education student awards

Lincoln, Neb.--Two School of Art, Art History & Design photography graduate students and one alumnus were among 10 students nationally who received Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Student Awards for Innovations in Imaging.

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Trevor Amery, “Cactus to Clouds_everest,” 2016, 7’ x 9.6” x 3’, sculpture, painting, sauna, lookout, social sculpture.

26 Feb 2018    

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series features sculptor Amery

Lincoln, Neb.--Sculptor Trevor Amery will present the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 28.

The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. It is free and open to the public.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 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.

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Danielle Young, Untitled from the series “Black: Genesis,” archival pigment print, 2017.

09 Feb 2018    

Annual juried undergraduate exhibition opens Feb. 12

Lincoln, Neb.--The Annual University of Nebraska–Lincoln Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, which features outstanding work from 50 undergraduate art students in the School of Art, Art History & Design, runs Feb. 12-16 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.

A closing reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 16 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. Awards will be announced at 6 p.m.

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Sarah McEneaney, “Studio Spring Summer 2017,” 2017. Acrylic and collage on wood, 48” x 36”.

01 Feb 2018    

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series features painter McEneaney

Lincoln, Neb.--Painter Sarah McEneaney will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 21.

The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. It is free and open to the public.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 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.

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A still from Jenny Polak and Dread Scott’s 2004 video collaboration “Welcome to America,” which explores brutality against immigrants in U.S. detention after Sept. 11, 2001.

23 Jan 2018    

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series features Polak, Scott

Lincoln, Neb.--Jenny Polak and Dread Scott will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 31.

The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. It is free and open to the public.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 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.

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Christy Aggens, “41.208528,-101.645003 (Rural Ogallala),” acrylic on panel, May 2017. Anthony Hawley, “The Book of Spells” (detail), medium format photo, silver gelatin prints, archival inkjet prints, Polaroid, 2016-2017.

17 Jan 2018    

'Friends and Colleagues' exhibition on display at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

Lincoln, Neb.--Lincoln, Neb.—“Friends and Colleagues:  Work from Emeriti, Lectures and Staff” is on display through Jan. 26 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.

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