College of Fine Arts

The mark of a life is immeasurable. For artist, activist and educator Patrick Nagatani, the impressions he left behind take the tangible forms of his photography and art, as well as the intangible forms of how he impacted his peers, students and those...

Lyrical, earthy and powerful, “The House of Bernarda Alba” is a masterpiece by one of the world’s most influential playwrights, Federico García Lorca, directed by Shepard Sobel in a new translation by Caridad Svich. Presented by The University of New...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance announces the world premieres of three plays by third-year students in UNM’s award winning MFA in Dramatic Writing Program, presented as part of the 2018 Linnell Festival of New...

The painter Henri Matisse said, “Creativity takes courage.” True to that notion and with the help of The University of New Mexico’s College of Fine Arts (CFA), numerous artists are flying in the face of ominous superstition on Friday, April 13. The CFA’s...

Leading American choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess and his husband Jameson Freeman have established an endowment for Dance at The University of New Mexico, Burgess’s alma mater. The Dana Tai Soon Burgess and Jameson Freeman Endowed Fund for Dance will...

In a thoroughly unscientific study based on random stories told by traveling Burqueños, there’s a one in three chance that saying, “I’m from Albuquerque” will prompt some version of the response, “Oh, cool! Breaking Bad!” A now quintessential part of...

Explore the borderlands between art and science at the weekend-long convocation, Albuquerque Wonder Cabinet: Precision and Imagination, April 20 through 22. The event will consist of more than 20 renowned speakers and demonstrations, including Matthew...

Phrases like “global warming” “climate change” and “rising sea levels” are buzz words that increasingly cause people to tune out, which is why the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony is tuning up to re-ignite awareness of climate change.   NASA says...

Beginning in 2017, through a generous gift from the Frederick Hammersley Foundation, The University of New Mexico's Department of Art launched a program that invites prominent contemporary painters from around the world to live and work in...

At the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood, there’s a café that plays only instrumental music from movie soundtracks, and it makes for quite a unique dining adventure. From one moment to the next, your meal transforms into something sad, epic, romantic – all...