03 Mar 2021 By Kathe C. Andersen
Carson School launches Professional Development Series for performers
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film has launched a Professional Development Series to bring guest artists in monthly who focus on professional development for performance students.
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26 Feb 2021 By Kathe C. Andersen
Carson Center’s Twomey receives NSF grant for Augmented Reality research
Lincoln, Neb.—Robert Twomey, assistant professor of emerging media arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant as co-principal investigator on a $750,000 project titled “An Embodied, Augmented Reality Coding Platform for Pair Programming.”
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22 Feb 2021
Black History Month Celebration Trivia Night Feb. 26
Lincoln, Neb.--Celebrate Black History Month with fun trivia questions and poetry performances at Trivia Night on Friday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. via Zoom.
Winners and lucky participants may win various prizes, and the top winner will receive a $40 gift card. (Please note: While the event is open to all UNL students, faculty, staff and alumni, only students are eligible for the prizes.)
Two Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film theatre performance students will be participating in the poetry performances, Brannon Evans and Hannah Mason.
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22 Feb 2021
Nebraska Repertory Theatre announces changes to Spring 2021 season
Lincoln, Neb.--Nebraska Repertory Theatre has announced its Spring 2021 Season. Like many other performing arts organizations, Nebraska Rep has made adjustments to their performance season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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18 Feb 2021
Carson Center, Carson School partner with Seed&Spark Crowdfunding
Lincoln, Neb.—The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film have a new partnership with Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding platform that delivers education, tools and resources that create access for all storytellers to get their work made and seen.
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12 Jan 2021
Nebraska’s Carson School names Ganser as Managing Marketing Director
Lincoln, Neb.-- The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film has named Timothy Ganser as Managing Marketing Director. Ganser began his duties part time on Jan. 5 and will begin full time in March.
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08 Jan 2021 By Kathe C. Andersen
Emerging Media Arts student organizing online concert event
Lincoln, Neb.--Sydney Peters, a sophomore emerging media arts student in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, is organizing an online music event on Jan. 26, 2021.
The Citrusfest is a live, online experience event that will showcase undiscovered musical talent from across the country, in front of an online audience of fans, record labels, producers and leaders in the entertainment industry, to help kickstart an artist’s career. The event will take place between 7-9 p.m. CT.
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18 Dec 2020 By Camille Paddock, University Communication
Husker faculty goes the extra mile for students stuck in isolation
Lincoln, Neb.--Unexpected impacts of the global pandemic led the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Steve Kolbe to adjust end-of-semester plans to provide extra supports for students.
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18 Nov 2020 By Kathe C. Andersen
Carson Center’s STORY CITY can be experienced throughout Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.--Take a walk downtown, in the Haymarket or across Lincoln and experience the geolocative STORY CITY projects created by first-year students in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts’ Story Lab course this semester.
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16 Nov 2020
HDR, Inc. receives architecture award for Carson Center
Lincoln, Neb.--HDR, Inc. received the AIA Nebraska Architecture Merit Award for their design of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.
AIA Nebraska, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, announced their 2020 Excellence in Design Award winners on Nov. 9. Nine Honor Awards and 1 Merit Award were presented from among 103 submissions, the largest number of submissions from Nebraska architects to date.
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