- School of Music Student Wins First Prize at International CompetitionGrace-Haeun Kim, an alumna of the School of Music and currently enrolled in SoM's Artistic Diploma Program, has won first prize in the prestigious Golden Classical Music Awards international competition. "Grace-Haeun Kim made us proud once again! Please join me in offering my enthusiastic congratulations to this talented laureate," says Kim's UNLV professor Mykola Suk, "I am…
- Fine Arts Study Sessions - Wednesdays at 11am starting January 29Fine Arts Majors, you’re invited to a Weekly Study Session on Wednesdays! Q: When and where is this? A: Wednesdays (starting January 29) from 11:00am-12:30pm in person in the Architecture Library on the first floor of the Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building. See upcoming dates here. Q: So what exactly is this? A: It’s a low-key fine arts student event that gives YOU time each week to work on…
- Message from Dean Nancy J. Uscher - Spring Semester 2025Dear CFA Colleagues and Community Friends: Welcome back for the Spring 2025 semester! I hope all of you had wonderful and restorative holidays. The College of Fine Arts community has a very exciting spring semester on the horizon. Most importantly, we continue to value and encourage thinking about the concept of abundance in our educational and artistic work, and in the way we perceive life’s…
- UNLV School of Architecture Spring 2025 Lecture SeriesSpring 2025 Lecture Series: Challenges and Solutions of Contemporary Urbanism You are invited to attend the SPRING 2025 International Lecture Program of the online lectures at the Las Vegas School of Architecture. All online lectures will be moderated by Professor Steffen Lehmann, are public and free with no registration required. Thursday, Feb 6, from 10 am to 11.15 am Pacific…
- U2:UV Music Scholarship and Experiential Fund AnnouncedUNLV College of Fine Arts Dean Nancy Uscher is pleased to announce an exciting gift from the 22-time Grammy Award-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band U2 to provide scholarship support as well as experiential educational opportunities to UNLV School of Music students. The U2:UV Music Scholarship and Experiential Fund at UNLV, a $300,000 one-time gift, will provide support for access…
- UNLV Music Alumna and DMA Student win First Place Prize from the National Opera AssociationDMA student Olivia Yokers and UNLV alumna Dr. Bonita Bunt (DMA 2017) won the first place Jury Award in the 2025 National Opera Association Poster Session at the national conference held in Savannah, GA January 5-8, 2025. The poster paper is entitled "Opera Pedagogy from Studio to Stage: Merging the Methods of Michael Chekhov, Rudolf Laban, and Body Mapping to Train the Emerging…
- Professor Emeritus Virko Baley Wins 2024 American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for Performance of American MusicProfessor Emeritus Virko Baley is the winner of Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music, 2024, in the professional division, for "Music for Emily Dickinson". Baley was selected from applications reviewed throughout the United States. Among the many contests of The American Prize, the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music is unique. It…
- UNLV SoA Represented at the AIA Nevada Design and Service AwardsThe AIA Nevada Design and Service Awards Gala was held recently and among the many highlights, Professor Glenn Nowak was awarded the Silver Medal - the highest honor that AIA Nevada can bestow on an individual architect for lasting contributions to the theory and practice of architecture in the state. Jamie Centeno, UNLV M. Arch 2024 and current History of Architecture faculty, received the…