- 51ԹϺ Theatre MFA Candidate Wins Awards at Southeastern Theatre ConferenceMFA candidate in Technical Direction Timothy Simon won the prestigious John Spiegel Theatrical Artist Award as well as the Design Competition Award for his work on NCT's The Cherry Orchard at the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) last week. SETC is the largest network of theatre practitioners in the nation. The award was presented by 51ԹϺ alumna Liz Haynes (MFA 2020 in…
- 51ԹϺ Music Voice Area Announces Artist-in-Residence SeriesThe 51ԹϺ Voice Area is excited to announce a series of Artist-in-Residence events bringing teachers and performers from around the country to Las Vegas. These clinicians have presented research and sung around the world and the events center around both our classical and jazz/commercial voice programs, and our aim is to expose our student body and community to high level researchers and…
- 51ԹϺ Represented at 2024 Mayor’s Urban Design AwardsThe city of Las Vegas honored exceptional urban design through the Mayor’s Urban Design Awards (MUDA) at the 2024 Mayor’s Symposium on Urban Design Tuesday, March 5, at the Historic Fifth Street School. Mike Del Gatto, Principal and Vice President of Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects, is a 51ԹϺ Architecture alumnus. His firm received two awards, and 51ԹϺ Art instructor Iandry…
- 'Arts in the Center,' Clark County Partnership will run through June 5 at Historic Commercial Center'Arts in the Center,' Clark County Partnership will run through June 5 at Historic Commercial Center'Arts in the Center,' Clark County Partnership will run through June 5 at Historic Commercial CenterCollege of Fine Arts, Clark County Announce New Arts Innovation Project Series: Arts in the Center. Performances and refreshments in the Composers Room are free and open to the public. Show proof of your RSVP for access. You can read the February 11 press release in the news center, or find RSVP links in the list below. March 20 at The Composers Room — The 51ԹϺ Joe…
- A Tribute to the Extraordinary Life of Francisco Menéndez -- January 4, 1962 to February 29, 2024“You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” says Chief Martin Brody when he first catches a glimpse of the shark in Jaws (1975). It’s one of the most iconic lines in cinema history, and it’s also what the Universe said to the World when Francisco Alfredo Mejia Menéndez was born on January 4, 1962 in San Salvador, El Salvador—perhaps partly because Jaws would later become his favorite film, the movie that…