Category Archives: Awards
Ger Xiong, MFA receives Fulbright U.S. Student Award to research in Thailand!
Ger Xiong, a graduate student pursuing his MFA in Studio Arts, has been selected for a 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S Student Award to research in Thailand. Ger was born in Chiangkham refugee camp in Northern Thailand when his family escaped the Hmong genocide in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. His family immigrated to the U.S….
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Juried Student Show Opens Tonight!
Monica Martinez Seizes Opportunity as Recipient of the Vivian B. Head Scholarship
The Vivian B. Head Scholarship is available for students in the art, music and theatre departments. Students are required to write an essay about free enterprise. Monica Martinez wrote about how she would use the free enterprise system in the art world and found out over the summer she was chosen to be the award…
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Art in Public Places for the HJULC Building Made Their Final Selection!
Architect, Christophe Zeller (left) with Dept. of Art Head, Julia Barello (center) and MFA Candidate, Jeff Erwin (right) Members from the Art in Public Places Committee announced their final selection for the Hardman and Jacobs Undergraduate Learning Center Commission. In a meeting last Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, the chosen artwork from a highly competitive field…
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Student Accomplishment
Current BFA student: Mariah Shelby has selected to be a part of juried student exhibition: So Fresh + So Clean. Here work can be view from here Congratulations, Mariah!
2016 Juried Student Show
The NMSU University Art Gallery unveiled the 2016 Juried Student Exhibition March 10th from 5 to 7 p.m.The exhibition, juried by the current Border Artist Resident, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, features a wide range of artwork created by both undergraduate and graduate students from any major at the NMSU main campus. The Juried Student Show presents a wonderful opportunity…
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Student Juried Show: CALL DUE soon!
HURRY! Call for artwork is DUE February 15!!! University Art Gallery 2016 Juried Student Show Juror: Alejandro Almanza Pereda Open to ALL NMSU Main Campus students in ANY MAJOR. Original artwork created in the past 15 months in any media will be viable for judging. SUBMIT UP TO 3 WORKS. February 15: Deadline to apply and upload….
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Alumni Accomplishment
Cody Jimenez, BFA ’14, has been selected as the featured artist by the Trekell art supply company for the month of March. A brief bio and example of his work can be found at their website: HERE
Student Accomplishment
Marina Shaltout, MFA, was awarded a SNAG 2015 Conference Student Scholarship. About the Scholarship: The Conference Student Scholarship is our way of helping the next generation of promising jewelry and metalsmithing students attend our conferences. Attending a SNAG conference can be a revelation for students – the lectures, the community, the exhibitions, and everything we…
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Student Accomplishment
Jose Arenivar, BFA, was just awarded a 2015 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship to support his travel to this years NCECA Conference: Lively Experiments. About the Fellowship: In 2014, NCECA keynote speaker Theaster Gates challenged NCECA’s conference attendees to cultivate greater diversity in the field through simple, direct and meaningful gestures of welcome. NCECA is instituting a…
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