15 Apr 2016
Honors Day Celebration is April 23
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will celebrate faculty, staff, student and alumni achievement at its annual Honors Day Celebration on Saturday, April 23. The event is by invitation only.Among the awards to be presented will be the following Alumni Board Awards:
15 Apr 2016
MFA Thesis Exhibition III opens April 18
Lincoln, Neb.--The final MFA Thesis Exhibition III runs April 18-22 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. A closing reception will be held April 22 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.The third MFA Thesis Exhibition features the work of Amanda Breitbach, Keith Graham and Shalya Marsh.
11 Apr 2016
Sokolow to present next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist lecture April 28
Lincoln, Neb.--Deb Sokolow will present the next lecture of the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture Series on Thursday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15 on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln city campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.Sokolow is a Chicago-based artist and a lecturer at Northwestern University. She is a 2012 recipient of an Artadia Grant and has participated in residencies nationally and internationally.
05 Apr 2016
"The Female Complex" at the MEDICI Gallery April 18-22
Lincoln, Neb.--“The Female Complex” will be on display in the MEDICI Gallery in Richards Hall from April 18-22.The exhibition will be curated and installed by Kristin Mahan as part of her final project for her gallery management class.
A closing reception will be held on Friday, April 22 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery, which is located on the first floor of Richards Hall.
01 Apr 2016
UNL Graduate Student Breitbach to present lecture on her work April 18
Lincoln, Neb.—Amanda Breitbach, an MFA candidate in the Department of Art and Art History in May and a graduate fellow with the Center for Great Plains Studies, will present a lecture titled “Land/People” on her thesis work and research in the Center for Great Plains Studies on Monday, April 18 at 3:30 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Museum. The lecture is free and open to the public.Her thesis exhibition will be on display in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall from April 18-22. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.
01 Apr 2016
2016 Nebraska Young Artist Award recipients announced
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the winners of the 19th 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 film and new media. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.
30 Mar 2016
Stanford's Morris to present two free lectures in Lincoln, Omaha
Lincoln, Neb.—Stanford University’s Dr. Ian Morris will present two free public lectures on intellectual history and archaeology in Omaha and Lincoln.His first lecture is Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m. at Joslyn Museum of Art in Omaha and is titled “What did the Greeks and Romans ever do for us? Putting classical civilization in perspective.”
28 Mar 2016
Photographer Takashi Arai presents Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture April 5
Lincoln, Neb.--Photographer Takashi Arai will present the next lecture of the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture Series on Tuesday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15 on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln city campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.Arai first encountered photography while he was a university student studying biology. In an effort to trace photography to its origins, he encountered daguerreotype, and after much trial and error, he mastered the complex technique.
24 Mar 2016
MFA Thesis Exhibitions open April 4 in Eisentrager-Howard Gallery
Lincoln, Neb.—Nine graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Art and Art History will present their MFA Thesis Exhibitions in three exhibitions on display between April 4-22 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.The first MFA Thesis Exhibition runs April 4-8 and features the work of Joyce Bingeman, Patricia Davis and Meryl Engler. A reception will be held April 8 from 5-7 p.m.
17 Mar 2016
Habe to receive University of Nebraska Board of Regents Kudos Award
Lincoln, Neb.—Michaela Habe, Financial Specialist in the Department of Art and Art History, will receive a Kudos award during the March 18, 2016, meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
A UNL graduate, Habe has spent her professional career at UNL. She began as a student worker and held positions in University Housing before her current role as financial specialist in the Department of Art and Art History.