Dean Nancy J. Uscher is pleased to announce James Sims and Amanda Perez as the winners of the Mario Basner Passion Fund. As winners of this award, they will be funded to travel to a location in the world (foreign or domestic) in order to experience creative immersion in a subject matter or location, discover agency, and find a voice through photography. James Sims James Sims is an…
The Department of Art graduate cohort express our gratitude to the College of Fine Arts for funding our recent art research trip to Los Angeles, April 21-23. The trip was an incredible opportunity for our MFA students to experience the vibrant art scene of LA, and cultivate connections with professional artists. Our itinerary allowed us to visit some of the best art museums and galleries in the…
Thank you to everyone who attended the UNLV Film Honors Celebration on May 1. Congratulations to the winners! Name Title of Film/Essay/Script Award Monetary Prize (if applicable) Other prize(s) Lauren Stewart and Maciel Lara "Getting There" (written and directed by Lauren Stewart; produced by Lauren Stewart and Maciel Lara)…
Architecture grad student Andrya Mojena recently won second place in the University of New Mexico College of Architecture's Jeff Harnar Awards (student category) for her studio project, Desert Senses. The award recognizes design excellence for projects that reflect an understanding of the desert regions of the southwest. This is the first time a student from UNLV has been…
UNLV School of Music adjunct organ faculty Dr. Paul S. Hesselink recently passed away. An adjunct faculty at UNLV since 1993, Dr. Hesselink played a major role in securing the university’s Maureen Jackson Smith Organ in Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Hall, completed in 2004 by the Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau of Hamburg, Germany. Hesselink earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in organ at…
The 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…
DMA Student Lauren Zwonik will be featured this May as a guest artist at the XXXVIII Festival Internacional de Flautistas in Lima, Perú. While in Perú, Lauren will host a masterclass, perform in a joint recital with Dr. Christine Beard from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, perform the Telemann Double Concerto in e minor arranged for flute and piccolo with the festival orchestra, among…
Fawn Douglas (MFA) was named an awardee from Nevada of WESTAF’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Artist Fund. WESTAF announced, "Our team of reviewers identified 18 awardees (from a pool of more than 450 applications!), with one awardee per state and jurisdiction receiving an average of $10,000 per artist. Made possible through WESTAF’s MacKenzie Scott gift, the fund…