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Led by artistic director and conductor Taras Krysa, the program includes Brahms’s majestic Symphony No. 3, Ravel’s enchanting Mother Goose Suite, and Vaughan Williams’s Oboe Concerto.
The exhibition captures the moments and emotions that shape students’ perspectives through photography.
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.
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.
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