Paul Barnes will perform with featured artist Eldred Marshall on July 18 as part of the Lied Center Piano Academy.

08 Jul 2024    

Lied Center Piano Academy concerts begin July 16

Lincoln, Neb.--The Lied Center for Performing Arts and the Glenn Korff School of Music will host the annual Lied Center Piano Academy July 15-19, led by Marguerite Scribante Professor of Piano Paul Barnes, who serves as artistic director. 

The week includes four concerts that are free and open to the public. All of the concerts will take place in Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. 

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Carlie Antes Carlie Antes presents “particulates” at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City this summer. Courtesy photo.

28 Jun 2024    

Antes presents ‘particulates’ at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center

Lincoln, Neb.—An exhibition of new work by School of Art, Art History & Design Assistant Professor of Practice and 3D Foundations Coordinator Carlie Antes titled “particulates” will be on display July 1-Aug. 16 at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (KHN) in Nebraska City, Nebraska. 

A gallery talk will be presented on Thursday, July 18 at 5 p.m. in conjunction with KHN’s monthly Third Thursday Artist Talks. The talk is free and open to the public.

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Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Dan Novy will serve as technical advisor for Ocean Discovery League's next-generation deep ocean sensor system as part of a $1.2 million NOAA grant project. Courtesy photo.

27 Jun 2024    

Novy part of Ocean Discovery League’s $1.2M NOAA grant for development of its next-generation deep ocean sensor system

Lincoln, Neb.--Dan Novy, assistant professor of emerging media arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will serve as a technical advisor for Ocean Discovery League’s (ODL) next-generation deep ocean sensor system, as part of a recently announced $1.2M NOAA grant project.

Novy is a transmedia experience designer and Imagineer who supervised the development of previous ODL systems. On this project, he will also assist in the integration of innovative technologies and experiences, both technical and creative, to enhance the system’s usability and impact.

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Jamie Reimer

19 Jun 2024    

Reimer wins Gold Prize in Virtuoso Awards

Lincoln, Neb.--Jamie Reimer, the Richard H. Larson Distinguished Professor of Music (Voice) in the Glenn Korff School of Music, won the Gold Prize in the 2024 Virtuoso Awards for Professional Classical Voice. 

Reimer was one of six who received Gold Prizes in the category in the Virtuoso International Music Awards, which support musical creativity and motivate talented artists. The online music competition offers the opportunity to show musicians’ talent and interpretive skills worldwide.

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Sandra Williams, center, and Maddie Vanderbur, a senior in graphic design and the mural’s designer, look over a printout of the mural. Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing.

11 Jun 2024    By Kristina Jackson, University Communication and Marketing

Nebraska students design, paint mural at Beatrice business

Lincoln, Neb.--Students enrolled in a Fine and Performing Arts course have added a new roadside view along U.S. Highway 77 in Beatrice.

The group — part of a Street Art II: Mural Masters class led by Sandra Williams, associate professor of art — spent more than a week painting a mural at Premier Chevrolet Buick GMC in Beatrice. Williams said project offers students valuable experience while connecting them to Nebraska communities. It also offers students a creative experience that cannot be replicated in a classroom.

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Tony Bushard

03 Jun 2024    

Bushard named associate dean of Hixson-Lied College

Lincoln, Neb.--Tony Bushard, professor of music history and former associate director for faculty affairs in the Glenn Korff School of Music, has been named associate dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, effective July 1, 2024. Bushard previously served as the interim associate dean this past spring.

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 Left to right:  Shane Daughtrey, Lauren Breed and Evangeline Mason. Courtesy photos.

29 May 2024    

2 Korff School vocalists are national semi-finalists in NATS auditions

Lincoln, Neb.—Two Glenn Korff School of Music vocalists are national semifinalists in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Student Auditions after competing with hundreds of singers across the country in live and virtual auditions.

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Olli Jenkins and Ciara Steve present "Micromeals" at the Biodesign Challenge on May 8. Photo by Brian Garbrecht. Isaiah Griffith demonstrates "Scentimedics" at the Biodesign Challenge on May 8. Photo by Brian Garbrecht.

22 May 2024    

Emerging Media Arts students’ ‘MicroMeals’ wins first Biodesign Challenge

Lincoln, Neb.--Twenty emerging media arts students in five groups participated in the Biodesign Challenge (BDC) on May 8 at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts for a chance to compete at the international competition in New York City. 

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Laura Cobb

15 May 2024    By Undergraduate Research and Fellowships

Alumna Cobb earns 2024-2025 Fulbright

Lincoln, Neb.--Laura Cobb, who earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in May 2023, has received a 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to work on a photography project in Germany.

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School of Art, Art History & Design ADDY winners (left to right):  Keegan Towey, Shaydan Bayless, Fatima Al-Jayashi, Joe Warren and Ava Schicke.

07 May 2024    

5 graphic design students earn ADDYs

Lincoln, Neb.--Five graphic design students in the School of Art, Art History & Design took home ADDY Awards in the Nebraska American Advertising Awards.

“The Nebraska American Advertising Awards are a fantastic opportunity for our UNL graphic design students to get noticed not just locally, but across the region and country,” said Assistant Professor of Practice in Graphic Design Jen Landis. “Winning a gold or silver ADDY puts our students a step above in the design world – it's a significant achievement.”

The five winners included (name, project, award):

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