16 Sep 2019
Carson Center to host film festival Sept. 21-22
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is one of the sponsors of this year's Lincoln Arts Festival this weekend, so it's the perfect opportunity to shine a light on our outstanding students, past and present, with a student filmmaker festival!
See the incredible work of Michaela Wadzinski, Adam Vincent Turner, Alexander Jeffery, Elizabeth Baquet, Mattie McIntosh, Victor Collazo Vargas, Natalia Hernandez, Luke Spinner Tidball, Connor Huggett, and many more.
STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
16 Sep 2019
Nebraska Repertory Theatre single tickets on sale now
Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Nebraska’s Actors’ Equity Association professional regional theatre, is pleased to announce that 2019-2020 season single tickets will go on sale Aug. 8, 2019. Single tickets, as well as season packages, the best value, are available by contacting the Lied Center Ticket Office at 402.472.4747 or 800.432.3231 or at the ticket office window at 301 North 12th Street Lincoln NE between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
13 Sep 2019
Cellobration coming up on September 27
Glenn Korff School of Music cello professor, Dr. Karen Becker, welcomes distinguished guest cellist, Dr. David Littrell, Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University. The annual UNL Cellobration will be filled with exciting learning opportunities for all cellists! (Note: lunch will not be provided. We recommend bringing a sack lunch.)
FRIDAY, SEP. 27, 2019
Schedule for the day (all events will take place in Kimball Recital Hall)
9:00 Check in
9:30 Warm-ups & Cello Choir
13 Sep 2019
New faculty begin this fall
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts welcomes the following new faculty this fall:
Katie Anania is assistant professor of art history in the School of Art, Art History & Design. She comes to Nebraska from Georgia College, where she was assistant professor of art history. Prior to her work at Georgia College, Anania was a 2018 Wallace Fellow at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
13 Sep 2019
Carson Film enjoys success on film festival circuit
Lincoln, Neb.--The most recent film in the Carson School Film Series, "The Healing of Harman," has enjoyed success with several awards and entry into several film festivals since its premiere last fall in Lincoln and Los Angeles.
“I had more than 20 mentees, including three students that I promoted to producers, and I would tell them ‘Awards are never the goal, but they get your work seen, which leads to other work,’” said Julie Uribe, a lecturer in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film who served as executive producer and co-wrote the screenplay.
11 Sep 2019
Anderson to perform ‘Degrees of Separation…’ in Kimball
LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Professor of Trombone Scott Anderson will perform a faculty recital titled, “Degrees of Separation…” on Wednesday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public. The title of this recital comes from the question most heard by trombonists when it comes to the composers of trombone music. That question is “who is that?”
09 Sep 2019 By Kathe C. Andersen
IGNITE to feature Cunningham, Donahue on Sept. 13
Lincoln, Neb.--Award-winning, New York-based artist and producer Kevin Cunningham and director and producer Tom Donahue will be presenting at the next IGNITE colloquium at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.
Cunningham and Donhue will each present during the event from 12:30-1:50 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13 in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Rm. 101. The Carson Center is located at 1300 Q St. The event is free and open to the public.
09 Sep 2019
Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series presents printmaker Wozniak Sept. 18
Lincoln, Neb.--Aleksander Wozniak, a Poland-based artist, printmaker and teacher at the University of Warmia and Mazury in the city of Olsztyn, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture this fall in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design.
Wozniak’s lecture is Sept. 18. Each lecture takes place at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lectures are free and open to the public.
04 Sep 2019
Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series presents contemporary art advisor Arning Sept. 11
Lincoln, Neb.--Bill Arning, a contemporary art advisor based in Houston, Texas, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture this fall in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design.
Arning’s lecture is Wednesday, Sept. 11. Each lecture takes place at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lectures are free and open to the public.
04 Sep 2019
Carson School presents Globe Showcase
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film presents “The Tale of Two Kings: A Restaging of scenes from ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Richard II’ from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre" on Monday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.