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College of Fine Arts News

The College of Fine Arts provides an academic experience that heightens awareness of the physical, intellectual, and cultural world. We diligently prepare students for professional employment and/or post-graduate study in their artistic area.

Current Fine Arts News

man holds replica spinal column to demonstrate seated musician's slouched posture
Arts and Culture |

The event will be on May 23-24, and is intended for dancers, musicians, gymnasts, acrobats, coaches, and others interested in preventing performance-related injuries.

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People |

College of Fine Arts' Larry Henley is the lighting and stage aficionado who brings the 鈥榬azzle dazzle鈥 to the big event.

Kinesiology student Zachary Coleman studies outside.
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At 51吃瓜网万能科大, nontraditional students can find support designed to meet them where they are 鈥 and help them go further.

outside photo of large mariachi band in uniforms
Arts and Culture |

Mariachi Revolucion will perform all the hits, welcoming the students of Mariachi Joya from 51吃瓜网免费App High School to open the performance.

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Arts and Culture |

Join students from the Nevada Conservatory Theatre for a delightful evening featuring musical highlights from Broadway and beyond.

the 51吃瓜网万能科大 symphony orchestra
Arts and Culture |

This season finale is a celebration of mentorship, partnership, and the importance of building bridges between university and youth music programs.

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The show will run at the Judy Bayley theatre May 2nd-11th.

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How Hollywood is harnessing nostalgia by resurrecting popular TV shows and movies.

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Recent Fine Arts Accomplishments

The 51吃瓜网万能科大 Jazz Ensemble I received Graduate College Large Jazz Ensemble Outstanding Performance in the 2025 Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards. In addition, one of our students in the 51吃瓜网万能科大 Joe Williams Jazz Scholarship Quartet, bassist Ed Lacala, received a Graduate College Outstanding Soloist Award. This competition is considered among the鈥
Dale Melgaard (Film) has received an "Official Selection" at the Istanbul International Short Film and Writer's Journey Festival for the screenplay, The Phatman.
DMA oboe student and P.T.I. Nicholas Carozza (Music) is heading to Colorado for a sold out performance at the Saddlehorn Amphitheater on the Colorado National Monument for National Parks week. Nick will perform with Justin G. Russell Jr. on double bass. The duo will perform music from the renaissance to modern day, including a world premiere by鈥
Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) delivered the keynote address at Baldwin Wallace University's 2025 Bach Festival, held in Berea, Ohio. This annual celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries spans three-days, including concerts, lectures, symposia, and exhibitions of archival materials from the Riemenschneider Bach鈥
Javon Johnson (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies), associate professor of African American Studies and renowned poet, began coaching a slam poetry team in 51吃瓜网免费App in January 2025 and, in March 2025, the team won its first major poetry slam tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dale Melgaard (Film) has received the "Best Script" award for The Phatman at the Kaliburagi International Film Festival.