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.
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.
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.
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.
11 Nov 2020
Henson's paper receives honorable mention at Designing Interactive Systems conference
Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professor of Practice in Emerging Media Arts Anna Henson has co-authored "Exploring Hybrid Virtual-Physical Homes," which received honorable mention at the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Conference.
26 Oct 2020
Nebraska Rep, The Black Rep continue collaboration with special guest Dick Cavett
Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Repertory Theatre and the Saint Louis Black Repertory Company continue to collaborate for #realchange Friday, Nov. 6 at 6 pm with “#realchange Baldwin and the American Theatre.”
15 Oct 2020
Four college faculty selected as new Research Development Fellows
Lincoln, Neb.--Four faculty from the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts were among 25 faculty selected to serve as 2020-21 Research Development Fellows.
The program provides full-time, pre-tenure faculty with information, resources and approaches necessary to prepare competitive grant proposals.
15 Oct 2020
Actress Marg Helgenberger to present Zoom Q&A for Carson Center’s IGNITE Oct. 16
Lincoln, Neb.--Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger (All Rise; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; China Beach) will present a question and answer session for the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts’ IGNITE series titled “Creativity in the Age of COVID-19,” where she will discuss what it is like to pioneer live-action television production in Hollywood during the global pandemic.
12 Oct 2020
Carson Center's Twomey organizes workshop for ISEA 2020
Lincoln, Neb.—Robert Twomey, assistant professor of emerging media arts in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, is one of three organizers for a workshop at ISEA 2020, one of the most significant electronics arts conferences in the world.
The 26thInternational Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) will be held virtually Oct. 13-18 with a theme of “Why Sentience.” ISEA is a long-running international non-profit with a yearly conference that includes arts, scientists and technology.
01 Oct 2020
Hixson-Lied College seeks apps for Nebraska Young Artist Awards
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is seeking applications for the 24th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.
The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize 11th grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and emerging media arts. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.