- Welcome to the New Year: 'The Importance of Moving Forward' - A Message from Dean Nancy UscherDearest Friends and Colleagues: At the end of the fall 2023 semester, on December 6, 2023, our beloved university, UNLV, was dealt a devastating blow, a tragic event we could never have imagined happening, as we were poised to end the semester. As we all know firsthand, an active shooter on our campus viciously murdered three esteemed faculty colleagues and seriously injured a fourth victim.…
- Fall 2023 Welcome Message from Dean Nancy J. UscherDear College of Fine Arts Colleagues: It is my great pleasure to welcome all of you back to campus for the 2023-24 academic year and a new chapter of life for all of us! This is always a hopeful and meaningful time of new beginnings for our students, faculty and staff. This fall, in particular, the college is approaching the future with significant accomplishments that have taken place over the…
- CFA Around the World: CFACoLab Receives Five-Star Review in Scotsman NewspaperJosephine Balfour-Oatts has given CFACoLab's IS IT ART? a five-star review in the Scotsman newspaper! She writes: "Nine characters. One gallery. An empty pedestal. Two questions: is it the greatest work in the history of art? Or is it nothing at all? Devised by CFACoLab - a collective of actors, dancers, composers, visual artists and designers - Is…
- CFA Around the World: UNLV Students, Alumni, Faculty Featured at Akropoditi DanceFest in GreeceUNLV Dance, in collaboration with Red Desert Dance Ensemble, are featured at the opening of the Akropoditi Dancefest in Syros Greece. A new 8 minute work, “Alice”, will be presented at an outdoor venue in Ermoupolis July 7, 2023 and later that evening the new work “To The Left of Center”, will be featured at the Evanthia Kairi Theater. Sophie Cheeseman, UNLV Music composition…
- UNLV College of Fine Arts Promotes 'Around the World' InitiativeThe College of Fine Arts Around the World initiative is a powerful example of the way in which the CFA embeds and integrates global experiences into the education we offer to students. This is no ordinary travel abroad program, but rather it provides a robust opportunity for students to make original art and perform throughout the world to better understand it. Through this experiential learning…
- UNLV Dance Performs with Martha Graham Dance Company in NYC April 22UNLV Dance has been selected to perform with the New York-based Martha Graham Dance Company in a prestigious concert entitled University Partners Showcase April 22 in the famed Joyce Theater. UNLV Dance joins six other highly-regarded dance institutions presenting work from the 20th century canon of modern dance. UNLV Dance will perform a piece by legendary modern dance pioneer, Erick…