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College of Fine Arts News

The College of Fine Arts provides an academic experience that heightens awareness of the physical, intellectual, and cultural world. We diligently prepare students for professional employment and/or post-graduate study in their artistic area.

Current Fine Arts News

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Campus News |

The bachelor's in creative practice gives students the flexibility to build a career as creative as they are.

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Arts and Culture |

The season-opening program features a cinematic work inspired by the composer’s travels and a guest performance by Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon.

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Arts and Culture |

This free event features art exhibitions, live music, dance and theatre performances, film demonstrations, food and wine tastings, a beer garden, and much more.

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Arts and Culture |

50 Sisters, 50 Cousins, and 50 reasons not to say I do. NCT presents Charles L. Mee’s Big Love, a hilarious reimagining of an ancient Greek myth.

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Arts and Culture |

NEXTET, the contemporary chamber music series at the UNLV School of Music, features 20th and 21st-century concert music performed by faculty, students, and guest artists.

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Arts and Culture |

The concert features selections from the Jazz Ensemble I album, My Favorite Things, and Back Home, from the Latin Jazz Ensemble and Joe Williams Scholarship Quintet's release.

Fine Arts In The News

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For Irvin Garcia, mariachi music has been part of his life since sixth grade. Saturday, his trumpet joined the sounds filling Craig Ranch Regional Park as North Las Vegas kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Arizona Republic

VAI Resort, a $1 billion project under construction in Glendale, is attempting to bring Las Vegas-style hospitality to Arizona.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Pepe Jimenez articulates what has been in my head for years regarding the UNLV Jazz and Commercial Music shows at Ham Hall.

Local 3 News

On a work trip to Mississippi last year, Jason GaNun wound up trying three different hotel rooms to get some peace and quiet before a busy day — and none of them did the trick.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

The UNLV Department of Dance is celebrating a major milestone with its 50th Anniversary Concert Season. Louis Kavouras is in the studio with three UNLV dance students to discuss the anniversary celebration and more about the program. 

KSNV-TV: News 3

From the Las Vegas Valley to Netflix screens, UNLV theatre professor Nate Bynum is bringing a hometown spirit to Hollywood while continuing to shape the next generation of performers.

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Recent Fine Arts Accomplishments

Susanna Phillips Newbury (Art) has been elected co-chair of the College Art Association's Professional Practices Committee for a two-year term starting February 2027. In this role, she will help shape national higher education best practices, intellectual property guidelines, and fair use policies in the visual arts.
Rick Keller (Music) has published A Creator's Practical Guide to Music Technology through Kendall Hunt Publishing. The textbook offers a comprehensive, no-prerequisites guide to the full creative and business pipeline for today's music makers. Chapters cover assembling a home studio workstation, music creation and production, mixing, and the…
Christina Watanabe (Theatre) is the lighting designer for the world premiere of The Getaway Driver at acclaimed regional theatre Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI. Inspired by the remarkable true story of Katherine Ann Power and Clare Schroeder, The Getaway Driver is a gripping new drama that follows two women…
Assistant professor Kymberly Mellen (Theatre) recently opened a critically acclaimed, 92-performance production of Melissa Leilani Larson’s Pride and Prejudice at The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater’s Lindsay Legacy Theater in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Following rehearsals from June 1 through Aug. 15, the production opened Aug. 17 and runs through Nov. 7…
Kristen Keach (Art) received a grant from the Palladio Museum to participate in its 68th Course on Palladian Architecture in Vicenza, Italy, which explored the theme "Palladio and Comfort in the Well-Designed House."
Nastaran Hashemi (Architecture) and Debajyoti Pati of Texas Tech University recently published “Healthcare Design for Pandemic Resilience: A Systems Thinking Approach” in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal. The article examines how healthcare environments adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies design strategies to…