College of Fine Arts

Dancers and choreographers in the UNM Dance program were rehearsed and ready to go. A student-choreographed spring show was set to be performed when the whole country shut down, effectively shutting down the dance troupe and its audience. Artistic...

University of New Mexico Master’s of Fine Arts candidate Robbin Bates installed her thesis exhibition on March 16, her artist talk was scheduled for March 25, and a reception for March 27. In the end, only four people saw her exhibition before COVID-19...

People are worried, lonely, bored, and frustrated as the pandemic isolation drags on and they are stuck in their homes. So artist and curator Janie Perry Gonzales, founder of Vida Art Connections, decided it was a good time to have an art show. Five of...

With local healthcare workers facing a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, UNM Art Museum, and Museum of Southwest Biology recently donated their supply of gloves and N-95 masks to UNM Hospital. 

Composer and pianist José Luis Hurtado, an associate professor in The University of New Mexico’s Department of Music in the College of Fine Arts, is one of the 2020 winners of...

Last year, Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) at The University of New Mexico, traveled to Italy on a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. The grant would allow...

Three finalists for the position of Dean of College of Fine Arts have been invited to participate in zoom campus interviews during the weeks of April 16- April 24, 2020.  The candidates include: Karen Hutzel –professor and chair, Department of Arts, The...

Four students at The University of New Mexico are getting real-world experience creating digital and social media content through a multimedia communication internship that recently was cited by the National Science Foundation as a national model for...

Necessity is the mother of invention for the Tamarind Institute at The University of New Mexico. As most of the university, Tamarind has shut its doors due to the current public health crisis but wants to let people continue to enjoy its collection and...

A white gazebo situated in the backyard of an Albuquerque home is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of art show venues. But Calendar, a gazebo gallery, is picking up steam thanks to a recent $8,000 grant. Jonathan Hartshorn is the...