25 Oct 2012
Art graduate students to host Open Studios
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Art and Art History and Visual Artists in Practice (VAP) will present Graduate Open Studios on Friday, Nov. 9 from 5-8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
24 Oct 2012
School of Music opera presents "O Pioneers!"
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Music’s Opera program brings Willa Cather’s timeless novel of life on the Nebraska prairie to the Kimball Hall stage this November with the premiere of the newly revised opera “O Pioneers!” by UNL Professor of Composition and Director of Orchestras Tyler White.
The opera, which originally premiered at UNL in 1999, returns in a revised version with performances on Friday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m.
22 Oct 2012
Printmaker Robyn O'Neil in residence Oct. 22-26
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Art and Art History announce the visit of artist Robyn O'Neil. Robyn O'Neil will be in residence the week of October 22-26 in the printmaking studio to create an edition for the Under Pressure Print Club, with students and faculty assisting with the printing.
She will give a public lecture on Thursday, October 25 at 5:00 p.m. in Richards Hall, room 15, with a reception and printing demonstration following in Woods Hall, room 303.
17 Oct 2012
Souto's new work on display at Kiechel Fine Arts
“Ecos de la Memoria (Memory Echoes),” an exhibition featuring new work by University of Nebraska–Lincoln Associate Professor of Art Francisco Souto, will be on display at Kiechel Fine Art in Lincoln from Oct. 19 through Nov. 23.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 19 from 6-8 p.m.
“Ecos de la Memoria” is an exhibition structured around a sensorial trajectory rather than organized by media or chronology.
17 Oct 2012
“African Art in Unlikely Places" exhibition opens
African Art in Unlikely Places: The David Rapkin Collection” opens Oct. 19 and runs through Nov. 9 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
An opening reception will be held on First Friday, Nov. 2 from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery. A gallery talk with Rapkin will take place at 6 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
16 Oct 2012
Beehive Design Collective visit postponed
The visit by the Beehive Design Collective to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Department of Art and Art History Oct. 29-Nov. 2 has been postponed. The public lecture on Oct. 29 is cancelled.
18 Sep 2012
UNL archeological team unearths Roman mosaic
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln archeological team has uncovered a massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey – a meticulously crafted, 1,600-square-foot work of decorative handiwork built during the region’s imperial zenith. It’s believed to be the largest mosaic of its type and demonstrates the reach and cultural influence of the Roman Empire in the area in the third and fourth centuries A.D., said Michael Hoff, Hixson-Lied professor of art history at UNL and the director of the excavation.
06 Sep 2012
Chiara's Hixson-Lied Concert Series begins Sept. 18
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Music’s Chiara String Quartet begins their Hixson-Lied Concert Series with a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Kimball Recital Hall, 11th and R streets on the UNL city campus. They will be joined on the program by UNL’s new Graduate Quartet-in-Residence, the Skyros Quartet.