• Students in avant-garde fashion strut around campus
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Art, Design, and Art History

Dynamic and diverse students discovering the future.

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Two students discuss a painting
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Art On The Move

Photos include:  The Beverly Theater, 515 S. Sixth St., designed by Carpenter Seller Del Gatto Architects; The Carousel Bar, 1 S. Main St., designed by The Plaza Hotel Design Team; The Golden Steer restaurant, 308 W. Sahara Ave., designed by Carpenter Seller Del Gatto Architects; The Bent Inn & Pub, 1100 E. Ogden Ave, designed by SPARC Design; “We, Westside,” a mural at 500 Jefferson Ave., Obodo Urban Farm, 1300 C St.
The city of Las Vegas honored exceptional urban design through the Mayor’s Urban Design Awards (MUDA) at the 2024 Mayor’s Symposium on Urban Design Tuesday, March 5, at the Historic Fifth Street School. Mike Del Gatto, Principal and Vice President of Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects, is a UNLV Architecture alumnus. His firm received two awards, and UNLV Art instructor Iandry…
Aerial view of UNLV HFA building with Las Vegas strip in the background.
UNLV Art Department Community, To begin our semester, we must first acknowledge the terrible events of December 6th. Nothing will erase the sense of loss we all feel following the abrupt end of the fall semester. Our community was forever changed with the loss of our colleagues. We have to face the fact that we live in a time when this sort of violence is far too common. It’s easy to become lost…
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Dearest Friends and Colleagues: At the end of the fall 2023 semester, on December 6, 2023, our beloved university, UNLV, was dealt a devastating blow, a tragic event we could never have imagined happening, as we were poised to end the semester. As we all know firsthand, an active shooter on our campus viciously murdered three esteemed faculty colleagues and seriously injured a fourth victim.…
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UNLV Visiting Artists, Designers, and Art Historians

Sponsored by the Department of Art, the College of Fine Arts, and community partners

The UNLV Department of Art is fortunate to host cutting edge artists, designers, and art historians. These inspiring creative leaders visit the campus to engage with students in the classroom, teach workshops, share their research, facilitate discussions, and offer critique.

Las Vegas Sphere featuring the red, white, and blue of U.S. flag

For Sphere’s first design contest, celebrating the 4th of July, two winners from Art, Architecture, Film, Engineering, and Mathematics will have their designs showcased on the Exosphere.

wooden exhibit featuring photos, candles, and packages of candy

Inspired by the Mario Basner Passion Project fund, the student exhibition runs through May 15.

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The series, 'Arts in the Center,' will run Feb. 28 to June 5 at Historic Commercial Center and will highlight works from CFA schools and departments.

The UNLV community gathers for an an event in the Barrick Art Museum.

Students go beyond the canvas to spark their artistic perspectives and sculpt their creative futures.

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The Department of Art is one of the departments in the College of Fine Arts.