In The News: College of Fine Arts

Last month, second-year students at the UNLV School of Architecture gathered to present a beguiling exhibit of their work for the semester. Demonstrative Architecture: Apotheosis of the Unfamiliar is not an exhibit of buildings with a program, but something far more ethereal. Students explored a variety of forms and ideas in wood, cardboard, and glycerine. They then tried to translate these forms into structures that suggested not a building program but an emotional state.

Las Vegas, it’s fair to say, is not known for its architectural splendor.

The Nevada Arts Council is unveiling a new traveling photo exhibition – “Home Means Nevada” which will start its journey in the hallways of the Nevada Legislature during the 2019 session.
The work of Las Vegas artist Erik Beehn is on display at the Volunteer State Community College Art Gallery. The exhibit will be an installation, meaning that Beehn will build some of the art on location. The show is based on the novel “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Lady Gaga’s big-band performances at the Park Theater are called, “Jazz & Piano,” but they could be called, “UNLV Jazz & Piano.”

At 5 a.m. Sunday, UNLV sophomore Roxayna Pais and her make-a-thon team huddled inside the school of architecture, piecing together bits of foam boards and typing the finishing touches to lines of code.
German-born Steffen Lehmann studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and the Technical University of Berlin, has taught at universities in Australia, the UK, and other countries, was influential as founder of Steffen Lehmann Architekten Berlin in the urban redevelopment of central Berlin in the 1990s, and held the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific from 2008 to 2010.

Nevada Conservatory Theatre begins its season with Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy of manners and mischief. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 7 in UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Tickets are $22.50 to $25, with $10 tickets for students with ID at unlv.edu/pac.

I refer to Dave Loeb’s performances on “Family Guy” as, “The Bait.” It’s what we put on the hook to to remind Las Vegas music fans of Loeb’s true passion — his UNLV Jazz Studies program at UNLV.

The two dancers slowly diverged on the stage, but they didn’t stay separated for long.
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Las Vegas, the self-proclaimed “Entertainment Capital of the World”. Concerts and performances are getting bigger year by year, and the production that makes full use of IT (information technology) attracts tourists. "Technologists" who have knowledge of both engineering and art are behind the scenes. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), located in the center of Las Vegas, has produced entertainment engineers who vividly color the world stage.