News: College of Fine Arts
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Established in 1976, the DownBeat Student Music Awards are considered the most prestigious awards in jazz education, and UNLV Jazz has garnered 33 DownBeat Student Music Awards since 2010.
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Lin will lead the group in a series of friendship-building exercises as participants add their own embroideries to her textile artwork, the sky we built, May 8 and June 5.
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The season is a joyous celebration of theatre with a hopeful return to in-person audiences.
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The concert is the fifth and final of the spring 2021 live-streamed student performances.
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Senior Melissa Del Rosario produced and sold "Take Out Girl" — a huge achievement and a first for a UNLV Film student.
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UNLV Opera Theatre collaborated with Nevada Conservatory Theatre and UNLV Film to produce "Sur la Table."
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This spring concert is choreographed by Bachelor of Fine Arts performance and choreography majors.
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Multidisciplinary student team overcame 2020 pandemic obstacles and competition delays to win first in the operations and presentation categories, and second place for innovation and energy.
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The concert — "We Are Back!" — is at 7:30 p.m. in Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall
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The event, scheduled for 11 a.m., celebrates the end of the semester, all we have accomplished during the pandemic, and our hopes for movement and dance for the future.
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UNLV Percussion featured in the first in-person performance in more than a year.
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From the Solar Decathlon to student scholarships, Commercial Roofers helps students rise to demands of challenging field.