News: Department of Art

Portrait of Holly Samayoa is the Rookie of the Year in the Classified Employee of the Year Awards for 2020
People |

After more than a decade, Holly Samayoa earned her 51ԹϺ degree and now has been recognized as the university's Rookie of the Year.

artist looking at reflection through a round mirror that is part of exhibition
Arts and Culture |

Artist Lance L. Smith offers an exploration of diasporic systems of knowledge and their uses as tools for liberation.

Hall of Fame collage
Arts and Culture |

This year, the university honors both 2020 and 2021 recipients - and the line-up of Las Vegas luminaries couldn't be brighter!

A red 51ԹϺ mortarboard decorated with the words "stay the course"
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51ԹϺ President Keith E. Whitfield to honor four Winter 2020 graduates for their academic, research, and community impact.

woman in mask in front of large artwork
Arts and Culture |

After a semester of learning the behind-the-scenes operations at the Barrick, junior J. Walsea offers advice for any student seeking internships as the pandemic rages on.

protestors outside New York New York casino
Arts and Culture |

Following a public call for submissions, what returned tackled topics engendered by "Justice" from police brutality and Black Lives Matter to transgender civil rights, protest, decay and erosion, lives lost, equity, and reform.

Clouds hang over the Las Vegas Strip
Campus News |

Reasons for hope aren't just confined to 51ԹϺ's academic halls. Here are just a few places where 2020 inspired staff and students to find new paths forward.

A man walks along the 51ԹϺ campus
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A little help from his father set a 4-year-old Atsushi “Sush” Machida on the path to becoming the College of Fine Arts Alumnus of the Year.

Homero Hidalgo ghost dog artwork
Arts and Culture |

51ԹϺ graduate art students take “library” as their prompt in the upcoming group exhibition on display through Nov. 29.

woman in front of wall with printed text
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New solo exhibition at 51ԹϺ's Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art tells stories of race and womanhood.

small tag of a portrait illustration
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Assistant art professor Doughty is a visual storyteller whose practice engages with socio-economic, racial, and gender-based issues.

A pencil drawing of a man
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The department of art and Donna Beam Gallery are accepting submissions through Sept. 1.