26 Nov 2012
Clay Club hosts Winter Ceramics Sale Dec. 7-8
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Clay Club will host its annual Winter Ceramics Sale on Friday, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sale is held in Richards Hall Rm. 118 on UNL's city campus.
Works of ceramic art created by undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni will be for sale. The work includes functional pottery, vessels and sculpture and represents a broad range of aesthetics, techniques and concepts.
20 Nov 2012
Owad's work included in Wichita juried MFA exhibition
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Art and Art History graduate student Liana Owad has had her work accepted into the Wichita State MFA Juried Exhibition “How Much Do We Control?”
The exhibition opens Dec. 10 and continues through Jan. 25 at the Clayton Staples Gallery at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan. The juror was Robert Bupb, Associate Professor of Art at Wichita State University.
09 Nov 2012
Rogers' MFA Thesis Exhibition runs Nov. 26-30
Nettie Locke Rogers’ Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, titled “A Transformational Bond,” runs Nov. 26-30 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln city campus.
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.
A closing reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30 from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.
29 Oct 2012
Susanne Grieve presents AIA lecture on Antarctic
Susanne Grieve, from the Antarctic Heritage Trust and Director of Conservation for the Program in Maritime Studies in the history department of East Carolina University, will present the next Archaeological Institute of America public lecture on Monday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Richards Hall room 15 on the UNL city campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
25 Oct 2012
Art graduate students to host Open Studios
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Art and Art History and Visual Artists in Practice (VAP) will present Graduate Open Studios on Friday, Nov. 9 from 5-8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
22 Oct 2012
Printmaker Robyn O'Neil in residence Oct. 22-26
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Art and Art History announce the visit of artist Robyn O'Neil. Robyn O'Neil will be in residence the week of October 22-26 in the printmaking studio to create an edition for the Under Pressure Print Club, with students and faculty assisting with the printing.
She will give a public lecture on Thursday, October 25 at 5:00 p.m. in Richards Hall, room 15, with a reception and printing demonstration following in Woods Hall, room 303.
17 Oct 2012
Souto's new work on display at Kiechel Fine Arts
“Ecos de la Memoria (Memory Echoes),” an exhibition featuring new work by University of Nebraska–Lincoln Associate Professor of Art Francisco Souto, will be on display at Kiechel Fine Art in Lincoln from Oct. 19 through Nov. 23.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 19 from 6-8 p.m.
“Ecos de la Memoria” is an exhibition structured around a sensorial trajectory rather than organized by media or chronology.
17 Oct 2012
“African Art in Unlikely Places" exhibition opens
African Art in Unlikely Places: The David Rapkin Collection” opens Oct. 19 and runs through Nov. 9 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
An opening reception will be held on First Friday, Nov. 2 from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery. A gallery talk with Rapkin will take place at 6 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
16 Oct 2012
Beehive Design Collective visit postponed
The visit by the Beehive Design Collective to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Department of Art and Art History Oct. 29-Nov. 2 has been postponed. The public lecture on Oct. 29 is cancelled.
18 Sep 2012
UNL archeological team unearths Roman mosaic
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln archeological team has uncovered a massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey – a meticulously crafted, 1,600-square-foot work of decorative handiwork built during the region’s imperial zenith. It’s believed to be the largest mosaic of its type and demonstrates the reach and cultural influence of the Roman Empire in the area in the third and fourth centuries A.D., said Michael Hoff, Hixson-Lied professor of art history at UNL and the director of the excavation.