Megan Elliott speaks at the dedication of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts in 2019. Elliott is the inaugural Johnny Carson Endowed Director in Emerging Media Arts. (Justin Mohling/University Communication and Marketing) Johnny Carson. Photo courtesy of the Carson Entertainment Group.

27 Oct 2022    

Johnny Carson Foundation gives $2.5M to create endowed directorship for Carson Center

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced a $2.5 million gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation to create an endowed directorship for the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

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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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Pat Hazell (left) and Teresa Ganzel. Teresa Ganzel with Johnny Carson in a Tea Time Movies with Art Fern sketch on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” Courtesy photo.

14 Oct 2022    By Kathe C. Andersen

Hazell, Ganzel return for Carson Lecture Series program Oct. 30

Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film’s Carson Lecture Series returns Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3:30 p.m. in the Swanson Auditorium of the Nebraska Union at 14th and R sts. on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln city campus.

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Scott Anderson

13 Oct 2022    

Anderson presents faculty recital Oct. 19

Lincoln, Neb.--Glenn Korff School of Music Professor of Trombone Scott Anderson will present a faculty recital with the Moran Quintet on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. 

The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.

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Ash Eliza Smith (left) and Kwakiutl Dreher

12 Oct 2022    

2 faculty from UNL are fellows at MIT Worlding incubator

Lincoln, Neb.—University of Nebraska–Lincoln Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash Eliza Smith and Associate Professor of English Kwakiutl Dreher were fellows at the inaugural WORLDLING, a first-of-its kind research and development initiative that explores climate futures at the intersection of documentary, land-use planning, speculative modeling and game-engine technologies.

It is a partnership between Unity Software/the Unity Charitable Fund and the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab.

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Paul Vanouse

10 Oct 2022    

Interdisciplinary artist Vanouse in residence in the Carson Center

Lincoln, Neb.--Interdisciplinary artist Paul Vanouse will be in residence in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and will present at IGNITE on Friday, Oct. 21 at 12:30 p.m.

The IGNITE colloquium involves guest lectures, workshops and seminars around creative and professional development. IGNITE is free and open to the public.

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Richard Endacott

07 Oct 2022    

Endacott screenplay earns film festival honors

Lincoln, Neb.--Professor of Film Richard Endacott has earned film festival success for his screenplay “Turn Over.” 

The script has won Best Dramatic Short Script at the Cowpokes International Film Festival in Harrah, Oklahoma; Writer’s Block Award (Best Short Script) at the Snake Alley Festival of Film in Burlington, Iowa; and Best Short Script in the Copa Shorts Film Festival in Maricopa, Arizona.

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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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UNL Jazz Singers and Jazz Orchestra will perform Oct. 14.

06 Oct 2022    

Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Singers perform Oct. 14

Lincoln, Neb.--The Glenn Korff School of Music presents a combined concert featuring the Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Singers titled “All at Once” on Friday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. 

The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.

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The Big Band, UNL's repertory jazz ensemble, performs Oct. 12.

06 Oct 2022    

Big Band concert is Oct. 12

Lincoln, Neb.—The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Big Band performs Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. 

The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.

The Big Band, UNL’s repertory jazz ensemble, is under the direction of graduate student Bryan Canonigo. Their concert is titled “Introducing.”

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