May 1, 2003

Screening of works by film, new media students is May 7

The annual year-end film and new media screening will be at 7:30 p.m. May 7 in the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St. A reception will follow the screening.

This annual year-end screening showcases the projects completed this academic year by students in the film and new media program. The second annual Nebbie Awards will be presented in several categories for the best projects. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Theatre Arts' film and new media program includes filmmaking, both traditional 16mm film and digital video, and "new media," which includes multimedia, CD-ROM authoring, web design and computer animation, plus special effects and computer editing.

The Film and New Media screening is co-sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.

'Pow Wow Plains' display honored by arts council

"Pow Wow Plains: Photographs by Tom Tidball" has been honored with a Cultural Celebration Award by the Lincoln Arts Council.

The photographs were displayed at the Great Plains Art Collection from Aug. 10 to Dec. 15, 2002. Photographer Tom Tidball, writer Carrie Wolfe, and Great Plains Art Collection curator Reece Summers were named winners of the award.

The award recognizes artistic work that has fostered an appreciation of a specific culture or cultures through the arts. This is the 25th anniversary of the award.

Tidball's photographs were of the annual pow wows of the Omaha, Winnebago, Santee Sioux and Ponca tribes during the summers of 1999 to 2002. Wolfe, a documentary filmmaker from Lincoln, conducted interviews and wrote text to accompany the photographs.

The award will be presented June 4 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Capstone Exhibition opens May 6

The BFA Capstone Exhibition, featuring the work of graduating bachelor of fine arts studio art majors, will run May 6-9 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. A reception will be in the gallery from 5-7 p.m. May 9.

Twenty-seven participants from all studio areas are scheduled to show their work in the exhibition. All will be receiving degrees in May or August.

Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. on Monday-Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and from noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Pottery sale is May 2-3

The UNL Clay Club's semi-annual pottery sale will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 2 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 3 in 118 Richards Hall.

Raffle items will be drawn at the end of the day on May 3. Items of all shapes, sizes and prices will be available.

For more information, call 472-5522.

Great Plains Film Festival seeks entries

The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the Nebraska Film Office are now accepting entries for the 2003 Great Plains Film Festival, scheduled for Aug. 1-14. The deadline for submitting entries is June 2.

The Great Plains Film Festival provides a showcase for film and video artists from the Great Plains region or whose film or video relates in content or story to the Great Plains. Nationally recognized filmmakers judge the festival entries and award several cash prizes totaling $16,000. The Great Plains consists of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Feature-length (45 minutes and over) and short (under 45 minutes) entries are judged in these categories: narrative feature, documentary feature, narrative short, documentary short, made for public television, and young media artists (open to high school age or younger).

A new category, screenplay, acknowledging the importance of the written word to the art of media making, has been added.

Again this year, the festival will celebrate Great Plains Latino media arts and culture and will present its Rainbow Award to the best Latino entry.

All of the finalists will be screened in the new Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, which features two screens and state-of-the-art technology in sound and projection.

Applications and more information about the festival can be found at <www.TheRoss.org>. Questions should be e-mailed to Danny Lee Ladely at <dladely1@unl.edu> or call 472-9100.

Coming up at the Ross

Two films, Russian Ark and All the Real Girls, continue through May 8 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.

Opening on May 9:

Assassination Tango, directed by and starring actor Robert Duvall. This thriller studies the world of Argentine tango by following a hit man (Duvall) who is sent to Argentina for work.

Gerry stars Matt Damon and Casey Affleck as two friends who lose their way during a hike in a remote area.

Both films will run through May 22.