College of Fine Arts

Penguins at the Albuquerque’s BioPark were just chilling – literally – one recent morning soon after the new exhibit opened, snacking on fish, and hopping off a rocky promontory to take a dip in the water that fills their glass enclosure. Soon the space...

Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) at The University of New Mexico, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. Jacobsen holds a Ph.D. in Cultural...

The Tamarind Institute at The University of New Mexico presents Head of a Woman, a symposium showcasing the additions women have added to the print field, on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Albuquerque Museum. Tamarind Institute, a...

The University of New Mexico is taking part in the Film Programs and Union Fair on Aug. 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. to show prospective Film and Digital Arts majors what the department has to offer. Along with Central New Mexico Community College, Eastern New...

Registration for UNM Music Prep School is now open for the fall semester. UNM Music Prep School hosts a variety of Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday music classes for infants through adults. The classes include a variety of parent-child classes including...

There’s a reason, many of them in fact, New Mexico is called The Land of Enchantment – from sun-drenched vistas to clear blue skies, from brilliant desert landscapes to picturesque mountains, from culture and cuisine to the diversity of its population as...

The University of New Mexico prides itself on its cutting-edge technology and researchers making innovative strides in science and healthcare. But in a quiet corner of Masley Hall, students eschew laptops and use mostly hand tools to craft violins,...

Say the word “coding” and most people think of developing high tech computer software, phone apps, or websites. But since the 1950s, coding has also been used to create art. Teachers from all over New Mexico recently attended the first-ever Computer...

A toss of the skirt, a flick of the wrist and the crook of a finger, eyes demurely downcast or locked in smoldering intensity, the strumming and drumming, clapping, tapping, swirling, and stamping. Flamenco, the passionate, dramatic dance and music born...

Recent graduates Alex Booher and Alexandra Valdez came from different academic areas to the Film & Digital Arts department at The University of New Mexico, but both ended up in internships with Sandia National Laboratories where their skills in game...