News: Department of Art

Graduates bumping fists
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting celebration, health, and progress at UNLV.

A woman stands next to a turquoise blue wall in the shadow of palm trees
Arts and Culture |

2015 alumna Fawn Douglas uses her art and Nuwu Studios collective to be a fierce advocate for Native Americans, women’s issues, and more.

vice president kamala harris watches u.n.l.v. student administer COVID vaccine to another local college student
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting health, recovery, and celebration at UNLV.

woman seated in front of art exhibition
Arts and Culture |

A conversation between two art teachers on remote learning and the limitations of creating only in digital media.

A collection of various drawings, some framed, some not
Arts and Culture |

This group exhibition documenting the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic through the work of 22 artists runs April 19 - July 9.

Portrait of Holly Samayoa is the Rookie of the Year in the Classified Employee of the Year Awards for 2020
People |

After more than a decade, Holly Samayoa earned her UNLV degree and now has been recognized as the university's Rookie of the Year.

artist looking at reflection through a round mirror that is part of exhibition
Arts and Culture |

Artist Lance L. Smith offers an exploration of diasporic systems of knowledge and their uses as tools for liberation.

Hall of Fame collage
Arts and Culture |

This year, the university honors both 2020 and 2021 recipients - and the line-up of Las Vegas luminaries couldn't be brighter!

A red UNLV mortarboard decorated with the words "stay the course"
Campus News |

UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield to honor four Winter 2020 graduates for their academic, research, and community impact.

woman in mask in front of large artwork
Arts and Culture |

After a semester of learning the behind-the-scenes operations at the Barrick, junior J. Walsea offers advice for any student seeking internships as the pandemic rages on.

protestors outside New York New York casino
Arts and Culture |

Following a public call for submissions, what returned tackled topics engendered by "Justice" from police brutality and Black Lives Matter to transgender civil rights, protest, decay and erosion, lives lost, equity, and reform.

Clouds hang over the Las Vegas Strip
Campus News |

Reasons for hope aren't just confined to UNLV's academic halls. Here are just a few places where 2020 inspired staff and students to find new paths forward.