Accomplishments: Department of Art
Tiffany Lin (Art) delivered a lecture at UNR in the department of art in which she discussed recent works on American life, history, and ecology of the Mojave.
Emily Budd (Art) has had her sculptural work selected for the group exhibition, Mixed Media, at Site:Brooklyn Gallery. The exhibition runs until May 22.
Laurence Myers Reese (Art) spoke at the 2022 Conney Conference for Jewish Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about his thesis work "In the Image of (Towards a Trans Talmud)," an interdisciplinary work investigating themes of intersex, trans, and genderqueer identity in Jewish texts. He is a graduate student.
Laurence Myers Reese (Art) presented his thesis work "In the Image of... (Towards a Trans Talmud)" at the Western Jewish Studies Association annual conference at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. His work was part of a panel on Modern Jewish Identities with scholars from Israel and the U.S. He is a graduate student.
Tiffany Lin (Art) is part of the Migrate, a temporary art installation in the Wetlands Park Nature Preserve with installments by local artists reflecting the theme of "Migration and Movement."
Hikmet Loe (Art History) published the article "Spirit of the Land: Art, Activism, and Collaboration in Southern Nevada" in Southwest Contemporary, vol. 5, Collectivity + Collaboration; and found online. One of three exhibitions honoring the lands of Southern Nevada, "Spirit of the Land" will be held at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, …
Susanna Phillips Newbury (Art) reviewed the Nevada Museum of Art's fall exhibition "Land Art: Expanding the Atlas." The first of a yearlong series of shows on art and environment, "Land Art" identified new pathways in assessing social engagement and dispossession in landscape studies not only in the U.S. West, but also across the world.
Daniella Etel Courban (Art) was published in the Heart to Heart Nevada Humanities series this week.
"Humanities Heart to Heart" is a series of essays and multimedia presentations created by Nevadans that highlight diverse, personal perspectives from all corners of the Silver State, reflecting on life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we…
Tiffany Lin (Art) recently was featured on KNPR's series "Exit Spring Mountain." She is one of the guests for episode seven, "Count Us In."
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Fawn Douglas (Art) was recognized earlier this month as the January Citizen of the Month for the city of Las Vegas. The presentation was made by Councilwoman Olivia Diaz. Douglas is co-founder of Nuwu Art + Activism Studios, curator of the recent Ah’-Wah-Nee exhibition at UNLV, a member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and former tribal councilwoman…
Susanna Newbury (Art) is the author of The Speculative City, which is a finalist for the College Art Association’s Charles Rufus Morey Award for Distinguished Books in Art History.
Pasha Rafat (Art) recently curated Still-life-s at A S A P which included national and international artists that have a community connection to Las Vegas, NV. Featured Artists were Ginger Bruner, Ash Ferlito, Maureen Halligan, Afsaneh Javanmard, Dylan Jones, Fay Ku, Yuino Nakabayashi, Kathleen Nathan, Lisa Rock, and Aaron Sheppard. …