College of Fine Arts News
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Current Fine Arts News
There are more than two dozen UNLV entries in the college division of the contest. Voting ends on June 5, 2024.
From classic plays to exciting new voices in American theatre, the season promises to be thrilling, thought provoking, joyous, and immediate.
The UNLV Film Documentaries class created this 15-minute film about the revitalization of Las Vegas’ Historic Commercial Center.
President Keith E. Whitfield honors six graduates who have shown exemplary commitment to both the community and their studies.
News highlights starring UNLV students and faculty who made local and national headlines.
With encouragement from a chorus of faculty, Christian Shelton learns to make a lasting impression.
Fine Arts In The News
Brutalist buildings have been called ‘imposing monsters’ and yet they feature prominently in the architectural landscape of the nation’s capital. The National Building Museum uses this perspective as a launching point for its new exhibition, Capital Brutalism, which opens on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Co-organized with the Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA), Capital Brutalism is the largest-ever survey of Brutalist architecture in Washington, D.C. and will be on display at the Museum through Monday, February 17, 2025
Hailed by Count Basie Orchestra bandleader Scotty Barnhart as a “superb musician and soloist who has great technique and a refined sophistication,” Butler’s recording primarily features compositions by Bennie Green from his 1959 LP, Bennie Green Swings the Blues, and saxophonist Ike Quebec’s album, Easy Living, which also features the trombonist, and was recorded in 1962.
When Nikki Corda founded the Nevada Women’s Film Festival in 2015, she had no idea she was creating a Las Vegas institution. A CSN film professor at the time, she was just looking for a student club project. “I noticed there was a disparity between how many women students we had at the time and male students,” Corda recalls.
The public can officially vote, for the first time ever, on the outward appearance of the Sphere. Voting is open now through June 5 in the inaugural Sphere XO Student Design Challenge, Sphere Entertainment Co. announced today. The program is the first opportunity for members of the public to create art for the Exosphere, the venue’s outer shell that has gained worldwide attention for its many forms — from the moon to a smiley face.
The song’s opening line tells the story of Las Vegas — then and today. “Bright light city, gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire.” “It showed you there was more to Las Vegas than mobsters and the Rat Pack. That message had value,” Las Vegas historian Michael Greene says of the titular tune from the 1964 film “Viva Las Vegas.”
From tennis ball studded stilettos to a custom Celia Kritharioti minidress emblazoned with a movie poster, Zendaya has gone all-in on the theme for her promotion of the new tennis flick Challengers.
