Painter Odalis Valdivieso will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Oct. 6.

27 Sep 2021    

Painter Valdivieso to present next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series lecture

Lincoln, Neb.—Painter Odalis Valdivieso will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. Her lecture is free and open to the public.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Valdivieso lives and works in Miami. She received a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Royal College of Art in London. 

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Chuck O'Connor

16 Sep 2021    By Julie Kundhi, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor

O’Connor returns to faculty after 10 years of success as dean

Lincoln, Neb.--Charles “Chuck” O’Connor has announced that he will step down Jan. 3, 2022 after serving for nearly a decade as dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. He plans to return to his full-time faculty role in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.

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Ash Eliza Smith (left) and Jesse Fleming each received Layman Awards from the UNL Office of Research & Economic Development for their research projects.

09 Sep 2021    

Smith, Fleming receive Layman awards

Lincoln, Neb--Two professors in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts each received Layman Awards from the UNL Office of Research & Economic Development for their research projects.

Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash E. Smith and Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Jesse Fleming each received $10,000 Layman Awards. Layman Awards provide funding for projects that will enhance the grantee’s ability to obtain external funding to support prominent scholarly work.

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School of Art, Art History & Design alumna Rikki Neumann (B.F.A. 2017) works on the mural created by Shawn Dunwoody at the Veterans of Foreign Wars headquarters at 2431 N. 48th St. Photo by Eddy Aldana. Students from Associate Professor of Art Sandra Williams’ University Honors seminar Graffiti Revolution help Shawn Dunwoody (right) paint his mural at the Veterans of Foreign Wars at 2431 N. 48th St. Photo by Eddy Aldana.

02 Sep 2021    By Kathe C. Andersen

Murals painted in University Place neighborhood

Lincoln, Neb.--Eight murals were created this week along north 48th Street in Lincoln as part of the LUX Center for the Arts’ Emerge LNK: Mural+Street Festival.

Emerge LNK is a mural project that seeks to bring joy to our community and uplift small businesses as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic together.

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Trent Claus (right) on set with "The Egg," Lola VFX’s proprietary lighting rig, shooting picture double Max Lloyd-Jones to help recreate actor Mark Hamill as a young Luke Skywalker on "The Mandalorian." Photo courtesy of Disney+. Trent Claus

31 Aug 2021    By Kathe C. Andersen

Art alum featured for his visual effects work for the return of Luke Skywalker in ‘The Mandalorian’

Lincoln, Neb.--Husker alumnus Trent Claus (B.F.A. 2006) is featured on the recent episode of “Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian” to discuss his work on the Disney+ TV series “The Mandalorian,” bringing Luke Skywalker back to the Star Wars franchise.

The episode exploring the making of the Season 2 finale and telling the story of the cutting-edge technology used to bring Luke Skywalker back premiered on Aug. 25 exclusively on Disney+.

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Ana Maria Ortiz Ana Maria Ortiz’s street art in Estarreja, Portugal.

19 Aug 2021    

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series begins Sept. 1 with painter Ortiz

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 painter and muralist Ana Maria Ortiz (Ana Marietta) on Wednesday, Sept. 1.

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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Elizabeth Olds, “Mending Nets,” wood engraving, circa 1935, 8” x 10 7/8”. Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Allocation of the U.S. Government, Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, WPA-320.1943.

28 Jul 2021    

Sheldon’s fall exhibition on waste organized by Anania

Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professor of Art History Katie Anania has organized the exhibition “The Nature of Waste: Material Pathways, Discarded Worlds,” which opens Aug. 13 at Sheldon Museum of Art. The exhibition continues through Dec. 31.

Trash and waste produced by human beings now exceed the combined weight of all life forms on the planet. The exhibition takes an interdisciplinary approach to waste products, showing how artists have used and depicted castoffs, junk, detritus and ruins in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Students in Alliance create spray chalk animals as part of the Stay Wild community arts project, led by Associate Professor of Art Sandra Williams. Courtesy photo. Students from the Alliance Recreation Center create spray chalk animals as part of the Stay Wild community arts project, led by Associate Professor of Art Sandra Williams. Courtesy photo.

06 Jul 2021    

Williams takes ‘Stay Wild’ community art project to Alliance

Lincoln, Neb.--School of Art, Art History & Design Associate Professor of Art Sandra Williams spent a week in Alliance, Nebraska, in June to collaborate on her community art project titled “Stay Wild” with the Carnegie Arts Center and the Alliance Recreation Center.

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“Let Love Reign” (left) by Felicia Shaw and “Love’s Greatest Gift” (right) by Annette Trammel created for the American Love Project. Shaw and Trammel are teachers in the Grand Prairie ISD in Texas.

24 Jun 2021    

Blessen’s 29 Pieces launches The American LOVE Project

Dallas, Texas--School of Art, Art History & Design alumna Karen Blessen’s 29 Pieces organization is launching The American LOVE Project.

Blessen (B.F.A. 1973) is the executive artistic director and founder of 29 Pieces, which was established in 2005 to develop and deliver arts programs to the Dallas-area community. It uses art to awaken, uplift and give voice to the creative human spirit to make genuine, positive social change.

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Professor of Art Peter Pinnell has received a $44,000 grant from the Windgate Foundation to replace electric kilns in the School of Art, Art History & Design’s ceramics program.

21 Jun 2021    

Pinnell receives Windgate Foundation grant for new electric kilns

Lincoln, Neb.--University of Nebraska–Lincoln Professor of Art Peter Pinnell has received a $44,000 grant from the Windgate Foundation to replace electric kilns in the School of Art, Art History & Design’s ceramics program.

The grant will be used to replace eight of the school’s 14 electric kilns, along with kiln shelves and some additional spare parts. 

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