Aaron Spangler, “The Band Played the Night of the Johnstown Flood” (2022), carved and painted Basswood with a touch of graphite, 72”x 124” x 5”. Aaron Spangler

14 Nov 2022    

Sculptor Spangler is next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist lecturer

Lincoln, Neb.—Aaron Spangler, a sculptor and printmaker best known for monumental carved wooden sculptures and for contemporizing the traditional art of bas relief, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.

The lecture is free and open to the public. 

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Jen Landis

28 Oct 2022    

Landis wins Mayor’s Arts Award

Lincoln, Neb.--Jen Landis, assistant professor of practice in graphic design in the School of Art, Art History & Design, is among the winners of this year’s Mayor’s Arts Awards.

Landis will receive the Gladys Lux Art Education Award for her work to create three educational art communities for girls and young women at the event on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. The awards are presented by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln Arts Council.

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A visitor interacts with a graduate student at last year’s Open Studios event. This year’s Open Studios event is Nov. 11. Photo by Eddy Aldana.

28 Oct 2022    

UNL graduate studio art students host Open Studios Nov. 11

Lincoln, Neb.—Graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) studio art program in the School of Art, Art History & Design will host their annual Open Studios and Raffle on Friday, Nov. 11 from 6-8 p.m.

The event, hosted by the student-run Visual Artists in Practice, is free and open to the public. Studios will be open in Richards Hall (basement and 2nd floor) and Woods Art Building (basement and 3rd floor) on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln city campus.

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Photographer Sama Alshaibi presents the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Nov. 9. Sama Alshaibi, “The Harvest,” photograveur, from her project titled “Carry Over.”

26 Oct 2022    

Photographer Alshaibi is next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist lecturer

Lincoln, Neb.—Sama Alshaibi, who works between photography, video, performance and installation, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

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Carleton Watkins, “Rancho San Antonio Rock Outcropping, Exhibit no. 6” (1861). Salted paper print. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, BANC PIC 19xx.096:06—ffALB.

06 Oct 2022    

Canceled: Pictorial curator Hult-Lewis is next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecturer

** Oct. 20, 2022, Please note:  This event has been canceled. We hope to reschedule this spring.**

Lincoln, Neb.—Christine Hult-Lewis, the interim pictorial curator at the Bancroft Library, the special collections library at the University of California Berkeley, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.

The lecture is free and open to the public. 

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"The Wilds," a groundbreaking new performance experience co-created by Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Jesse Fleming, runs Oct. 6-15 at the Lied Center's Carson Theater. Jesse Fleming

22 Sep 2022    

Fleming co-creates groundbreaking ‘The Wilds’

Lincoln, Neb.--“I think what audiences can be sure to expect is a very engaging event that has a lot of immersive qualities; is highly experimental; is sonic, kinetic and visual; and touches upon both our most primary, innate being and our potential in an uncertain future.”

This is the description of “The Wilds” by Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Jesse Fleming, who created this groundbreaking new performance experience with acclaimed choreographer Laurel Jenkins and Grammy-nominated producer/composer Lewis Pesacov.

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Ric Heitzman presents the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Sept. 21. Ric Heitzman, “Aggressorine,” 23” x 29”, ballpoint pen on bristol.

08 Sep 2022    

Artist and TV creator Heitzman presents lecture Sept. 21

Lincoln, Neb.—Artist and TV creator Ric Heitzman will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.

The lecture is free and open to the public. 

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln 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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Left: A concept painting for Toon Town at night for the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" by Ron Diaz in the exhibition “Building a Narrative: Production Art and Pop Culture.” Right: Trent Claus.

31 Aug 2022    

Claus presents Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture Sept. 7

Lincoln, Neb.--Five artists will be presenting Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lectures this fall in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design. The series begins with Husker alumnus Trent Claus (BFA 2006) on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

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.

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Left: Dorota Biczel. Photo by Anthony Rathbun. Right: Jessica Santone.

29 Aug 2022    

Two postdoctoral fellows in residence for national project on art, data science

Lincoln, Neb.--Dorota Biczel, recent part-time faculty in art history at the University of Houston, and Jessica Santone, associate professor of art history and visual studies at California State University in East Bay), will be in residence at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design for the 2022-2023 academic year as postdoctoral fellows. 

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One highlight of the "Building a Narrative: Production Art and Pop Culture" exhibition is the animation cel collection, arranged in a grid and representing 90 different television shows.

26 Jul 2022    

Animation, production art exhibition continues at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

Lincoln, Neb.--“Building a Narrative: Production Art and Pop Culture,” featuring original artwork from popular films, animated television series, comics and trading cards, is on display through Oct. 7 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.

As part of the Lincoln Collects series, the exhibition is comprised of more than 140 selected works from the private collection of alumnus Trent Claus (B.F.A. 2006), who is a visual effects supervisor for Lola VFX.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 12:30-4:30 p.m. with a brief closure from 2-2:30 p.m.

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