College of Fine Arts

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...

A team of students, under the leadership of Andrea Polli, a professor at The  University of New Mexico's College of Fine Arts and associate professor of Computer Science at the UNM School of Engineering, has been working on a project called BioShield, a...

Janet L. Pritchard recently became the third University of New Mexico alumnus in as many years to receive the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for photography. The grants provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative...

UNM Art Museum is welcoming a new exhibit that features student artwork titled “Emergent 2019: New Student Videos from UNM” from May 8 through June 15. Opening reception is May 9 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Emergent 2019: New Student Videos from UNM is the...

Tamarind Institute presents No Modifiers, an exhibition showcasing lithographs by University of New Mexico graduate students and professional guest artists, created in collaboration with the Tamarind Institute Printer Training Program Class of 2019. The...

The film landscape in New Mexico is changing, and cinematic course offerings at The University of New Mexico are changing right along with it. UNM’s Department of Cinematic Arts has been renamed the Department of Film and Digital Arts, and its curriculum...

The UNM Department of Art announced that Xylor Jane has been selected as the Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist for 2019. Jane, an artist based in Greenfield, Massachusetts, is in residency at The University of New Mexico in the Spring 2019 Semester....