College of Fine Arts

The first Faculty Lightning Lounge of the 2026-27 academic year will be held Wednesday, Sept. from 3:30- 4:30 p.m. in Centennial Engineering Center’s Stamm Commons.

The University of New Mexico’s Film and Digital Arts program has been internationally recognized by MovieMaker Magazine on its 2026 list of The 30 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada.  MovieMaker Magazine is an influential, industry-leading...

The National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C, is currently featuring photography by Subhankar Banerjee, professor of art and founder and director of The University of New Mexico’s Center for Environmental Arts & Humanities, in the Beneath the Surface:...

Jessica Metz, ARTSLab manager at The University of New Mexico, has been selected for the inaugural cohort of CNM Ingenuity’s Fuse Makers in Residence program, a three-month initiative designed to support innovative creators with access to advanced tools...

Four UNM alumni earn prestigious NMDIG grants for film projects  Four University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts alumni have been selected as 2026 grant recipients for the New Mexico Documentary Incubator Grant, placing them amongst a cohort of very...

Four University of New Mexico musicians recently boarded a plane for China and returned home 11 days later. They were the graduate students who comprise The Abe Franck String Quartet: Lorenzo Gallegos, Dongqi Zhou, Andre Silva and Penelope...

A group of UNM faculty, alumni and New Mexico-based volunteers has joined together to organize the 2026 Albuquerque Fringe Festival, the second annual event and an outgrowth of Festival Flamenco Alburquerque that debuted during last year’s Festival...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor of Voice and Opera Olga Flora recently made her debut as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, marking a milestone in her international performing career. Flora performed as a mezzo-soprano soloist in Wolfgang Amadeus...

University of New Mexico student filmmaker Michael Anthony Kurtz will host the second annual Kurtz Studios World Premiere on Thursday, May 14, featuring the debut of two original short films, Letter to the Blind and Abby, at the UNM Student Union...

Sandra Odell and Douglas Ferraro, both UNM Ph.D. scholars, have long been supporters and collectors of The Tamarind Institute since the 1980s. They have recently established the Sandra and Douglas Ferraro Artist Residency at Tamarind Institute. Their...