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
Over nearly two decades of performing throughout the United States and abroad, WindSync has proven itself “a major force in the American chamber music landscape” (Arts and Culture Texas).
Camelot is a special exhibition honoring former gallery director Jerry Schefcik and his 37 years of service to UNLV and the art community.
The contemporary chamber music series features 20th and 21st century works performed by faculty, students, and alumni.
Created by a multidisciplinary team of UNLV students, R.2X Cosmic Expedition takes the campus community beyond the classroom and into the solar system.
UNLV's entertainment engineering and design program helps boost student resumes with real-world projects and industry collaborations.
This landmark performance gathers an extraordinary community of choreographic voices whose works celebrate where UNLV Dance has been, honor who it is today, and imagine where it will go next.
Fine Arts In The News
The dean of UNLV's College of Fine Arts, Nancy Uscher, shares that the college will host Art Walk 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday night, October 23, inviting the whole Las Vegas community to a free evening celebrating arts and culture.
University offers 22-credit minor as demand for mariachi educators grows.
Hisonni Mustafa is on an unstoppable streak. This year alone, the UNLV student, filmmaker and veteran has earned multiple Pacific Southwest Student Emmys and Directors Guild of America honors for his short documentary, Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain, and a Webby award for his assault rifle PSA, Bang Bang. H
The founder and creator of the UNLV Art Walk is sharing more about what's to come at the 9th annual event on the UNLV campus.
How Michael Heizer’s “City,” a work of land art about the size of the National Mall, transformed rural Garden Valley into a fine art destination.
Axel Rodríguez Olivas nervously steps on stage, carrying a violin. He raises his bow and begins to play, his nerves melting away. Mariachi music explodes throughout the room as violins, trumpets, the guitarrón, and a stringed instrument called the vihuela launch into an upbeat melody. There they are joined by a warm voice as a tenor begins to sing. The 20-year-old musician is set to become the first student to graduate with a minor in mariachi from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, one of the only universities in the country to offer such a niche specialization.
