Category: Student Spotlight
College of Fine Arts News
Watch: ArtsUnexpected 2019
ArtsUnexpected was an all day and evening arts extravaganza at various locations on the UNM campus, surrounding community and in downtown Albuquerque. Check out this year’s video to give you an idea of what you missed.
Watch: UNM Dance students perform in “Hannibal”
"Hannibal" 2019Professor Donna Jewell, guest choreographer and actress with the Austrian based theater company Lawine Torren, took four dance students from UNM to perform on April 12 in the largest contemporary theater piece in the world, entitled Hannibal. The...
Dean’s Travel Grant Awards
UNM’s College of Fine Arts Dean's Office is pleased to announce once again the availability of travel grants to select CFA students. Launched in 2013, the CFA Dean’s Travel Grant Award program has been able to send over 200 students to study and perform around the...
UNM Students Create Mural at Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless
The design, To Spread Happiness, features hummingbirds, which symbolize determination, flexibility, and adaptability. The hummingbirds flutter across a turquoise sky above the Sandia skyline outlined in rainbow stripes.
UNM Students Construct Interactive Sculpture at Vizcaya Museum
The UNM students have worked with the curators and staff at Vizcaya to propose and complete an interactive sculptural piece that responds to the theme of this year’s program: Overload.
Call for New Year’s Card Artwork: $200 in Prizes!
The Dean of UNM’s College of Fine Arts continues a fun, festive, and artistic holiday tradition by asking for submissions for two official Fine Arts New Year’s cards to be created by you, our wonderful UNM Fine Arts students!
Watch: Arts Unexpected 2017
featuring over 250+ artists and performers, the 5th annual Arts Unexpected festival is a student-organized pop-up art festival which showcases the CFA’s talents.
Watch: Secondhand Sunset represents Albuquerque at Cannes
Written and directed by Media Arts major Andy Kastelic, Secondhand Sunset will be screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival
Watch: Nathaniel Gutierrez – Messing With Your Perception
UNM’s Nathaniel Gutierrez’ visual interpretations of the world around him allows him to create an augmented reality on sculptures, objects and buildings
How to Apply
• All students must be admitted to the University, whether as an incoming freshman, transfer student, or non-degree student. Apply online through the Admissions Department at UNM
•After meeting all CFA admission requirements, students must apply to become a declared major.
Academic Advisement
The College of Fine Arts Student Success & Advisement Center is committed to serve the UNM community with compassion, guidance, and respect as we promote academic excellence.
To speak with a CFA advisor, please call (505) 277-4817.