In The News: College of Fine Arts
UNLV Solar Decathlon team to learn results of international competition as they came in 3rd place.
UNLV students were racing to put the finishing touches on Mojave Bloom, a 628-square-foot home they’ve built from scratch for the U.S. Department of Energy’s international 2020 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The biennial contest challenges colleges worldwide to design, construct and operate homes powered by renewable energy.
Raised in Dubai and currently based in the United States, Lebanese-American Diana Zeineddine is a force to be reckoned with!
In the sound sculpture “Gnaw,” a demented stuffed animal shakes while making weird chewing noises. In “Cradle,” plastic fingers are hot-glued together to form an organic tower that’s equal parts disturbing and comforting. In “Soap,” a rainbow of soap baseballs questions the masculine tradition of sports. And in “Bunting for Babylon II (Coke & Crystals),” a patriotic decoration is reimagined as a critique of runaway capitalism.
Ask Ann-Margret what first springs to mind when someone brings up Las Vegas, and she calls out such terms as, “Happiness,” and “Bang!” and also, “Wow!”
UNLV is defining the idea of powerhouse, in terms of both dominance in a global home design contest and literally powering houses.
Helping build a small house powered by renewable energy was a life-changing experience for UNLV student Alejandro Munoz.
UNLV students are building an energy efficient home that they designed as part of the Solar Decathlon project.
The walls of this house have sound-absorbing panels and multiple layers of thermal insulation. The home was designed to muffle jarring outside sounds and prevent disturbing echoes from bouncing off the interior walls.
On this episode Dr. Erika Abad interviews artists Lance L. Smith and Brent Holmes about their exhibitions currently on view at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.
At some point in the conversation, Ann-Margret casually drops the initials. “E.P.” As in, “We were friends for a long time, E.P. and I. We met on the movie, we had several things in common, including a love for Las Vegas. We dated, and we just had a great time together.”
Some of the best future architects in the world could be living right here in Las Vegas.