College of Fine Arts News
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From Merce Cunningham to Creative Computation: Media Artist Sarah Bennett-Davidson Shares Her Journey
Sarah Bennet-Davidson is a media-based artist in New Mexico. She is currently a graduate student here at The University of New Mexico, enrolled in the MFA program in Electronic Art & Technology, and has been taking vvvv classes with The NODE Institute since 2022.
New Devised Theatre Work Explores Voting and Democracy Amidst Post-Election Fallout
The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance invites audiences to Voice Vote, a brand-new devised theatre piece that investigates the themes of voting and democracy through the perspectives of university students. Created collaboratively with the cast,...
KOAT 7 Spotlights Film & Digital Arts Assistant Professor Ramona Emerson
KOAT Channel 7 Journalist and News Anchor, Royale Da recently spotlighted UNM Film & Digital Arts Assistant Professor Ramona Emerson, as part of Native American Heritage month, highlighting Indigenous voices. The feature covers the release of Emerson’s new...
Music Professor Ana Alonso-Minutti Wins Prestigious Publication Award
Associate Professor of Musicology, Ana Alonso-Minutti, has been awarded the prestigious Robert M. Stevenson Award by the American Musicological Society (AMS) for her book “Mario Lavista: Mirrors of Sounds,”(Oxford University Press, 2023). The award ceremony took place...
Art Student to Take Route 66 Research to National Conference
Madison Garay is a third-year master’s student at The University of New Mexico. Her research interests are in Art History-Art of the Americas, 20th-century design, Native contemporary art, Chicano art, and built environments of the Southwest. Her research at UNM...
People on the Move: UNM Theatre and Dance Faculty Dominika Laster Presents New Documentary on EU Border Crisis
The UNM Department of Theatre and Dance, Drzewo Productions, and Performance in the Peripheries announced today the pre-release screening of People on the Move a documentary short about the Polish-Belarusian border crisis. The screening will take place on 23 November...
New scholarship for UNM Music, The Franklin Garber Endowed Scholarship in Music
UNM Assistant Professor of Cello, Christoph Wagner and freshman Sofia Martin, who received the first award from the new Franklin Garber Endowed Scholarship in Music.The UNM Department of Music is delighted to announce the first award from the new Franklin Garber...
Blown away by groundbreaking for new fine arts building CCAT
Albuquerque, NM – On the evening of Tuesday, October 15, 2024, The UNM College of Fine Arts faculty, staff, students, and honored guests gathered at the site of the future fine arts building, the Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology, also known as CCAT, to...
New Director of UNM ARTSLab
Assistant Professor Stewart Copeland named Director of ARTSLab Harris Smith, Dean of Fine Arts, is pleased to appoint Assistant Professor of Art Stewart Skylar Copeland as Director of ARTSLab. ARTSLab is a transdisciplinary research facility and exhibition space...
National Gallery of Art Acquires Significant Work by Juan Correa with the help and advisement of Art History Professor, Ray Hernández-Durán
In 2022, Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D., Professor of Art History in the Department of Art was invited to serve as a consultant to the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington D.C. as the gallery prepared to make their first Spanish Colonial Art acquisition....
UNM Theatre and Dance Presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
– Featuring Intergenerational Mentorship and CollaborationThe University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to present William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a rich and complex comedy of love, mistaken identity, and transformation. First...
Eleven New Works to Set Stage at UNM
Photo: Dominique Adessa in a recent work. Photo credit Chancey BushALBUQUERQUE, NM - The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to present “Vorsicht” – an evening of new choreographic works from students at the University of New Mexico. The...
KRQE News 13 – UNM set to break ground on new fine arts building
Bela Olague, Posted: Oct 10, 2024 / 10:21 PM MDT, Updated: Oct 11, 2024 / 06:24 AM MDTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – If you’re driving in Albuquerque along Route 66 in the next two years, you’ll see a new building on the University of New Mexico’s campus under...
A new era for Fine Arts education: UNM set to break ground on landmark Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology
By Lydia Thomas, September 25, 2024The University of New Mexico is set to embark on an innovative journey with the groundbreaking of the Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology (CCAT) on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), this new...
Angel Estrada, UNM Art Education Undergrad, Collaborates with Local Elementary Schools on Art Project
Originally from New York, he moved to New Mexico in 2021 at the urging of his mentor, Santa Fe potter Romig Streeter. Along with art teacher Tanya Silva, Estrada is involved in an Albuquerque Public Schools project with the City of Albuquerque. Art teachers and...
Art and Ecology Professor Subhankar Banerjee Receives 45th Ashley Fellow and Globally-Engaged Research Award
Subhankar Banerjee is the Professor of Art & Ecology, as well as a writer, curator, and environmental humanities scholar. His creative, curatorial and scholarly efforts focus on biodiversity and climate crises, and on multispecies kinship, caretaking and justice....
MFA in Dance Candidate Jessica Wilson Presents “Winter’s End”
MFA in Dance candidate Jessica Wilson will present her thesis concert, "Winter’s End," a provocative exploration of the societal expectation of women as sacrificial figures. Drawing upon the infamous "The Rite of Spring," Wilson reimagines this historical piece to...
Tamarind Master Printer Apprenticeship
Every year Tamarind invites 1-2 students who successfully complete the rigorous Printer Training Program to stay on in the professional workshop for a second year of training.
Summer Residencies with Painting and Drawing Instructor Raychael Stine
Visual artist Raychael Stine is a painter living and working along with her two dogs here in Albuquerque, NM, as well as the Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of New Mexico, where she has taught since 2013.
Tamarind Fall Season Opening Reception for DANIELLE ORCHARD: TENDER OBSERVER
Danielle Orchard : Tender Observer showcases lithographs made by Orchard at Tamarind Institute from 2019 to 2023. Each collaboration is marked by subtle shifts in color and nuanced approaches to mark-making, reflecting Orchard’s deepening engagement with the medium....
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