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calendar icon19 Oct 2017    

Photographer Adams to present Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture Oct. 26

Lincoln, Neb--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.

The next lecture in the series will be presented by Photographer David Emitt Adams on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in Woods Art Building Rm. 11. Adams’s lecture is free and open to the public.

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calendar icon18 Oct 2017    

Fritz releases book with photographs that explore world’s largest enclosed landscapes

Lincoln, Neb.--Professor of Art Dana Fritz’s photographs explore the world’s largest enclosed landscapes. A new book on the series, “Terraria Gigantica:  The World under Glass,” (University of New Mexico Press) has recently been published.

Fritz will present a public lecture at 5:30 p.m. followed by a book signing on Thursday, Nov. 2 at Sheldon Museum of Art.

Fritz began thinking about the project after visiting several Victorian glasshouse conservatories, such as the Kew Gardens in England.    

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calendar icon11 Oct 2017    

Open Studios event is Oct. 20

Lincoln, Neb.--Graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design will be hosting an Open Studios event on Friday, Oct. 20 from 5-7 p.m. in Richards Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

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calendar icon10 Oct 2017    

Art historian Godbey and Photographer Coppelman to present Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lectures Oct. 19

Lincoln, Neb.--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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calendar icon06 Oct 2017    

Printmaker Isaksen to present next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture

Lincoln, Neb.--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.

Printmaker Eva Isaksen will present the next lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. Isaksen’s lecture is free and open to the public.

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calendar icon05 Oct 2017    

Nebraska National exhibition continues through Oct. 20 at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

Lincoln, Neb.—The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design is hosting the sixth annual Nebraska National Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibition features the work of the best undergraduate student artists from across the country.

Nebraska National continues through Oct. 20 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. There will be a reception on Friday, Oct. 6 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery with the awards announced at 6 p.m.

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calendar icon04 Oct 2017    

Open Studios event Oct. 20

Lincoln, Neb.--Graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's School of Art, Art History & Design will be hosting an Open Studios event on Friday, Oct. 20 from 5-7 p.m. in Richards Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

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calendar icon21 Sep 2017    

Art critic Mahoney will present next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture Oct. 4

Lincoln, Neb.--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.

Art critic Robert Mahoney will present the next lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. Mahoney’s lecture is free and open to the public.

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calendar icon20 Sep 2017    By Kathe C. Andersen

Hoff's excavation in Turkey yields light industrial finds

Lincoln, Neb.—Three additional kilns were uncovered this summer at the Antiochia at Cragum excavation in Turkey this summer, bringing the total to six kilns. The kilns, along with a previously uncovered glass manufacturing workshop, all found in the bath house area of the site, indicates the area became light industrial in nature during the late Roman Empire (5^th to 7^th century A.D.).

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calendar icon15 Sep 2017    

Printmaker Worob to present next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture

Lincoln, Neb.--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.

Printmaker Sukha Worob will present the next lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. Worob’s lecture is free and open to the public.

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