Schools and Colleges

There’s a new class at the University of New Mexico you can really sink your teeth into.  Vampire Cinema: Blood, Bats and Bedrooms (FDMA 330/*430) is making its red carpet premiere this semester in UNM’s College of Fine Arts.  Adjunct Lecturer Teresa...

The Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards were established in 2020 to honor recently promoted faculty who have accomplished outstanding research or creative works in their respective career stage.  This award was created in response to a...

Pulitzer Prize winning Diné composer and sound artist Raven Chacon, who earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in music at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Genius Grant. He was given the award for “creating musical...

The University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM) was among 18 recipients of the inaugural Creative Industries Grant Awards, offered by the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD). The funding will allow the UNMAM to invest in the tools,...

It’s not just a song, an album or an artist. It’s not simply a genre, or something you hear walking through a plaza or a restaurant. It is so much more than music; it’s a history, it’s a culture, it’s a lifestyle.    Mariachi, associated with an image...

A UNM and greater Albuquerque dancing powerhouse is receiving well-deserved, national recognition. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has named National Institute of Flamenco (NIF) Director Eva Encinias as a recipient of the NEA National Heritage...

The second annual ARTSSPLASH 2023 on Wednesday, Sept. 27, will celebrate fine arts at The University of New Mexico and raise awareness about the various programs within the UNM College of Fine Arts. The event will take place on the east side of the...

Ruby Kraft follows in her alumnus grandfather’s footsteps in the Art Department at The University of New Mexico. Kraft, who recently won a scholarship for drawing, is a senior who looks forward to graduating in December with a B.F.A. in Studio...

Land, Body and Archive, an exhibition by current MFA students from The University of New Mexico, Arizona State University, and University of Arizona, is now on exhibit at the John Sommers Gallery at UNM. This exhibition speaks to the practices of 13...

The University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM) has installed the next in its permanent collection exhibition series, Hindsight Insight 3.0: Portraits, Landscapes, and Abstraction from the UNM Art Museum. Opening on Friday, Sept. 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. at...