College of Fine Arts

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Music has named Ava Cardner as the recipient of the prestigious 2024-25 Presser Award, recognizing her exceptional musicianship, academic achievements and service to the music community. A...

Beth Ratay, a professional faculty member and composer for the department of music at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the 2025 Discovery Grant from OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Women Composers program. The $100,000 grant will be split...

Kristina Jacobsen, associate professor of ethnomusicology, songwriting and anthropology recently released a definitive Italian translation of her book, Sing me back home: songwriting etnografico e poltica della lingua sarda, published by NeoClassica Press in Rome and translated by Antonio Gambacorta. The book was released earlier in February.

Three University of New Mexico Film and Digital Art students will receive extra cash for their documentaries this year after winning a New Mexico Documentary Incubator Grant (NMDIG). Out of eight awardees, three have connections to UNM.

The University of New Mexico’s Moving Image Arts class invites the campus community to an exhibition in partnership with the local nonprofit, JustWrite. The exhibition runs through Feb. 21, with a reception on Thursday, Feb. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the...

Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology, Songwriting and Anthropology (Sociocultural and Linguistic) at The University of New Mexico, along with Sardinian ethnomusicologist Diego Pani, a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at UNM, will...

Four undergraduates at The University of New Mexico have been chosen to receive the Undergraduate Research Scholarship for Spring 2025. The scholarship, presented by the Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network (URAD) is intended to support...

The UNM ARTSLab hosts the Lunar Arts Award exhibition celebrating the creative exploration of the moon's influence on human culture and imagination on Friday, Jan. 24 from 4-6 p.m. at the UNM ARTSLab. Sponsored by the Space Sustainability Research Grand...

The University of New Mexico Art Museum will host Push & Pull: The Prints of Helen Frankenthaler and Her Contemporaries starting with an opening on Jan. 31. The exhibition celebrates abstraction in all print processes. The opening reception of Push &...

Harris Smith, dean of UNM Fine Arts, recently announced the appointment of Assistant Professor of Art Stewart Skylar Copeland as director of ARTSLab, a transdisciplinary research facility and exhibition space serving UNM and the greater New Mexico...