2009
MARCH
MFA Thesis Exhibition I opens April 6
The first of three MFA Thesis Exhibitions opens April 6 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus. Three Master of Fine Arts candidates in the Department of Art and Art History will show their work in the exhibition. MFA Thesis Exhibition I will run April 6-10 and features the work of Shane Haley, Josh Norton and Samuel B. Rapien. A closing reception will be held April 10 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
Ragtime Sounds & History Explored on NET Television Special
Classically-trained pianist and ragtime enthusiast Jack Oliva explores the origins of ragtime music through history and song in a new NET Television special, "Ragtime Cabaret," premiering Saturday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. CT on NET1 and in high-definition on NET-HD. (more)
FEBRUARY
School of Music Opera Wins National Opera Association Award
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Music 2008 opera production of Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" has won the National Opera Association (NOA) Award for Best Production. It is the third time in 10 years that UNL Opera has won the award. (continue reading)
Nebraska Young Artist Award Winners Announced
Sixty-one students from more than 35 high schools across the state have been selected to participate in the special day of activities on Thursday, April 2, 2009, at UNL. (continue reading)
JANUARY
UNL's Janice Stauffer Wins Prestigious Award
Janice Stauffer, Associate Professor of Costume Design at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, University of Nebraska Lincoln, has been "selected by the Executive Committee of Region V to receive the highest honor that the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival can give: the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion," (continue reading)
DR. WU HUNG IS NEXT GESKE LECTURER
the founder and director of the Center for the Art of East Asia at the University of Chicago, will be the next Geske Lecturer. His lecture, entitled "Contemporary Chinese Art and Urban Transformation," will be presented Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the Sheldon Museum of Art's Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. (continue reading)
Next AIA Lecture is Feb. 15
The Lincoln-Omaha Society of the Archaeological Institute of America announces the fourth lecture on archaeology for the 2008-2009 season. Professor Thomas Hikade, from the University of British Columbia, will be speaking on his recent excavations at the Egyptian site of Hierakonpolis. (continue reading)
2008
Two Exhibitions Open at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Jan.
Two exhibitions open in January at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. "Vacant Spaces" and "The Portrait in Print" open Jan. 19 and continue through Feb. 19. (continue reading)
BFA Capstone Exhibition Dec. 15-19
Eleven undergraduate degree candidates in studio art will present their work in the BFA Capstone Exhibition at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall in December. (continue reading)
CERAMICS ALUM ACCEPTED INTO THE 5TH WORLD CERAMIC BIENNALE 2009 IN KOREA
Susan Dewsnap, who received her Master of Fine Arts in ceramics in May 2008 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has had her piece, "Four Small Plates," accepted into the 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 in Korea.
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