Accomplishments: College of Fine Arts
Linda Lister (Music) led a Yoga for Singers workshop via Zoom for the London International Gospel Choir.
Judy Ryerson (Theatre), resident costume designer for Nevada Conservatory Theatre, recently collaborated on the book Introduction to Theatrical Design and Production: A Collaborative Journey published by Waveland Press.
"UNLV developed an Intro to Design and Production class for all majors about 11 years ago," Ryerson said.…
Dak Kopec (Architecture) was invited by Anant National University in Gujarat, India to present on the topic of design as a supporter and detractor to mental health and well-being on August 15th. The event is sponsored by Ashoka Center for Well Being in Gujarat, India with the intention to inspire people to have conversations with each other…
Stephen Caplan (Music) has written an extremely informative article, recently published in The Double Reed, the quarterly journal of the International Double Reed Society. The article, "Six Metamorphoses After Covid," is about lessons learned during this pandemic. Highly recommended reading for all musicians (and non-musicians, too)!
Diana Eden (Film) is the author of the book Stars in Their Underwear: My Unpredictable Journey from Broadway Dancer to Costume Designer for Some of Hollywood's Biggest Stars. It chronicles her life as a costume designer for Las Vegas shows and Hollywood TV and films. Su Kim Chung of UNLV Libraries' Special Collections & Archives, facilitated…
Tiffany Lin (Art) has designed a flag about water and immigration that will fly on one of the flagpoles that surround the rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City from Aug. 1 through Aug.16. Rockefeller Center received hundreds of submissions from across the world for this public exhibition. Lin's flag will fly with 191 other flags,…
Demecina Beehn (Art) presented "Can We Talk Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» This? On Diversity in Art Curation in this Cultural Moment" with Sheila Goloborotko of the University of North Florida. The program focuses on creating diverse art exhibitions from the ground up and the push to make cultural institutions anti-racist and is part of the virtual programming of the…
Laura Brennan, Sapira Cheuk (both Art) and Jean Munson (Art and WRIN) have published personal essays and images of their artwork as a part of Nevada Humanities' online program Heart to Heart. Their work considers the place of the artist amidst quarantine and pandemic.
Fawn Douglas (Art) is interviewed by UNLV alumnus Justin Favela, '10 BFA Art, on The Art People Podcast. They discuss her history as an Indigenous American artist and enrolled member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, talk about her role as a student and educator, and discuss her as advocacy work for the Nuwu culture and the many indigenous groups in…
Ashley Doughty (Art) is participating in the #100DaysofDemocracy challenge @100daysofdemocracy. Her posts will use graphic design to make complicated voting details hopefully more comprehensible, and visually appealing. Follow @100daysofdemocracy so you don’t miss the posts, and also see the work of many other great designers.
Emily Budd (Art) is included in Stone Fruit Magazine: Issue 3, a zine on queerness and religion, centered on the theme of sanctuary. Stone Fruit is a submission-based zine centered on queer people's experiences with organized religion, faith, and spirituality. The goal of the publication is to present works that address issues with nuance, and…
Erik Beehn (Art) is interviewed on The Museum of Non-Visible Art, a project by Praxis, hosted by Yale University Radio with more than 1,300 interviews in the archive. Beehn’s artwork employs painting, photography, printmaking, and installation to investigate an arc of mark-making techniques throughout the 20th century, and the evolution of…