12 Mar 2018
66 students chosen for Nebraska Young Artist Awards
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced winners of the 21st annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.
The awards recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska for talents in visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and new media. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.
Sixty-six students from more than 35 high schools across the state have been selected to participate in the special day of activities April 4 at the university.
09 Mar 2018
April 6 college faculty meeting to include vote on proposed amendments to college bylaws
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing will hold its spring faculty meeting on Friday, April 6 at 3:30 p.m., at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Included on the agenda is a vote on the proposed amendments to the college bylaws. This serves as notice of this public meeting to amend the college bylaws.
The following documents are available to review regarding the proposed changes:
09 Mar 2018
Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar series features College of the Holy Cross art historian Johnston
Lincoln, Neb.--Art historian Patricia Johnston will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, March 28. The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. It is free and open to the public.
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.
06 Mar 2018
Statewide High School Invitational Reception is March 9
Lincoln, Neb.--The "Statewide High School Invitational" exhibition reception will be held on Friday, March 9 from 6-8 p.m. in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
The exhibition, which is part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts' Nebraska Young Artist Awards' visual arts component and is sponsored by the School of Art, Art History & Design, runs through March 13. Schools were invited to nominate up to three students to participate in the juried exhibition.
02 Mar 2018 By Kathe C. Andersen
Laugh your way through finding a purpose with 'Avenue Q'
Lincoln, Neb.--It may seem familiar with its smart humor, a cast of human and monster puppets interacting with other humans, a vague and yet specific street location in New York City, and teaching important life lessons. But “Avenue Q” is not the same as the “Sesame Street” that you may remember. It's much funnier.
02 Mar 2018
Concordia String Trio presents ’Serenades and Such’
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Concordia String Trio will present “Serenades and Such” at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 16 at First-Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln and it will include two premieres. The program will begin and end with serenades.
02 Mar 2018
Join UNL Jazz Orchestra and Big Band for ’A View from the Side’
LINCOLN, Neb.— This University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Jazz Orchestra and Big Band “A View from the Side” performance at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 in Kimball Recital Hall will feature inventive arrangements of classic jazz standards as well as new works that will excite the listener through their inventive use of color, rhythm and harmony. This program will include works and arrangements by Jack Cooper, Bill Holman, Tom Matta, Gary Lindsey, Donald Brown, Paul McKee and others.
28 Feb 2018
Katz to give gallery talk on women at Omaha’s 1898 Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition in Omaha
Lincoln, Neb.--Associate Professor of Art History Wendy J. Katz is among four speakers who will discuss the ways that women participated in and were represented at Omaha’s World Fair in 1898.
28 Feb 2018
Photo students win national Society for Photographic Education student awards
Lincoln, Neb.--Two School of Art, Art History & Design photography graduate students and one alumnus were among 10 students nationally who received Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Student Awards for Innovations in Imaging.
27 Feb 2018
UNL Symphony Orchestra performance includes Student Soloist Night
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Symphony Orchestra’s performance on Tuesday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall will feature one of the greatest and most popular orchestral showpieces of all time and will also showcase some of the finest student talent of the Glenn Korff School of Music.