The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film will light the Temple Building in red on Tuesday, Sept. 1 for #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART.

31 Aug 2020    

Carson School will light Temple Building in red Sept. 1 for national event

Lincoln, Neb.--On Tuesday Sept. 1, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film Student Chapter of USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology) will join with Lincoln’s Lied Center for Performing Arts, Kimball Recital Hall, and other theatres nationwide for #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART.

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Our new faculty include (clockwise from upper left): Ben Evjen, Michelle Harvey, Anna Henson, Rafael Untalan, Robert Twomey and Jinku Kim.

25 Aug 2020    

College welcomes 6 new faculty

Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts welcomes the following new faculty this fall:

• Ben Evjen, Assistant Professor of Practice in Graphic Design
Evjen comes to Nebraska from Utah Valley University, where he was assistant professor and program coordinator in the Art & Design Department. He has also served as an adjunct instructor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

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Anna Henson teaches her Principles of Interactivity course Aug. 24 in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. Thirty-six students have been selected to join the second Carson Center cohort. Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication.

25 Aug 2020    

36 students selected for new Carson Center cohort

Lincoln, Nebraska—Thirty-six students—26 high school students and 10 transfer students—have been selected to join the latest cohort of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

This is the second cohort for the center, which opened last fall.

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Jesse Fleming and Ash Smith have earned seed funding from the Office of Research and Economic Development’s Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Program. Photo by Justin Mohling.

09 Jul 2020    

2 Carson Center faculty receive ORED seed funding

Lincoln, Neb.--Two Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts faculty were among three University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty who have been selected for seed funding from the Office of Research and Economic Development's Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Program.

The goal of the program is to foster excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity in the arts and humanities, and to increase recipients’ competitiveness for external funding or enhance the societal impact of their work.

The receipients are:

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EMA student Annie Wang inside her virtual room. Screenshot by Ryan Holland.

27 May 2020    By Kathe C. Andersen

Carson Center’s Open Studios event a virtual success

Lincoln, Neb.--Students from the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts shared their work from the spring semester StoryLab and Visual Expression Studio classes in a virtual Open Studios event on Mozilla Hubs inside a 3D virtual model of the Carson Center on May 1.

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The Hixson-Lied Faculty and Staff Awards recognize outstanding performance and accomplishments in the areas of teaching, research and creative activity, faculty service, outreach and engagement, outstanding lecturer, and staff service to the college.

27 May 2020    

Hixson-Lied Faculty, Staff awards announced

Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts announced the 2020 recipients of the Hixson-Lied Faculty and Staff awards. These awards are made possible by the Hixson-Lied Endowment.

The following awards were presented:

• The College Distinguished Teaching Award was presented to Hye-Won Hwang, assistant professor of practice in dance from the Glenn Korff School of Music. This award recognizes a professor who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and a selfless dedication to students.

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Left: William Grange; Right: Grange's book "The Business of American Theatre" will be published in July.

27 May 2020    By Kathe C. Andersen

Grange’s 12th book ‘The Business of American Theatre’ will publish in July

Lincoln, Neb.--Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film Professor of Theatre William Grange’s 12th book, “The Business of American Theatre,” will be published in July by British publisher Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Publishing Group in the United Kingdom.

It covers a wide range of subjects, including traditions of investment, marketing, labor union contracts, advertising, leasing arrangements, ticket scalping, zoning ordinances, royalties, and numerous other financial transactions have influenced the art of American theatre for the past three centuries.

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The draft Environment, Sustainability and Resilience Master Plan is available online for the campus community to review and provide feedback by May 29.

13 May 2020    By Troy Fedderson, University Communication

Feedback sought on first sustainability, resilience master plan

Lincoln, Neb.--A proposed master plan that links sustainability practices, teaching curricula, research expertise and wellbeing programming is charting new ground for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts congratulates the outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni, who are recipients of our Honors Day awards this year.

24 Apr 2020    

Honors Day 2020 recipients announced

Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the 2020 recipients of our Honors Day awards. While we are unable to gather in person for our annual Honors Day Dinner, we want to recognize all of these outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Note: The Glenn Korff School of Music's Vreeland Awards and Porter Award in Dance will be announced at the Korff School's virtual Honors Convocation on April 30.

Congratulations to all of this year's recipients:

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Clockwise from upper left: Maurice M. Dixon, Jr.; Robert Krueger; Kara Thomson; The Johnny Carson Foundation with Dean Chuck O'Connor and Carson Center Founding Director Megan Elliott.

22 Apr 2020    

Alumni Board Awards announced

Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Board has announced their alumni board awards for 2020.

Due to COVID-19, the College will not be having its annual Honors Day celebration. These awards will be recognized at a later date. Additional Honors Day awards will be announced on our website and social media @UNLArts on April 24.

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