Check out the latest news from our alumni:
• Wendy Jane Bantam (M.F.A. 2007) will be the fourth artist-in-residence at The Lincoln Cornhusker Marriott Hotel. She moves into the studio and gallery space on the hotel's main level on April 1. The hotel is located at 333 S. 13th St. Bantam, a painter, was chosen among seven finalists for the 2019-2020 program. Her works, inspired by fiction storytelling, radiate breathtaking color and are filled with personal iconography hidden among everyday scenes.
• Steven Cohen (B.A. 2014; M.M. 2015) was featured on WQXR's Young Artist Showcase on Feb. 20. It was the first time in more than 20 years since the program has presented a horn recital. The program included works by Beethoven, Bozza, Brahms, Gina Gillie, and James Naigus. It is archived on https://www.wqxr.org.
• Anne Hamersky (B.F.A. Art 1982) has developed a large, public installation that will hang for 10 years under the eaves of the historic Ferry Building on San Francisco's Embarcadero. Her photographs grace the project, comprising 16 8' x 8' square murals. The project showcases leaders within the sustainable agriculture world of Northern California. For more information, visit https://www.thefoodchange.org.
• Candace Nelson (B.F.A./B.A. 2018) was featured in a photograph capturing CG character performance along a virtual dolly in an article that discussed a demo of the Genesis Virtual Production Platform at the Technicolor Experience Center in Culver City, California. The article is at https://go.unl.edu/shrm.
• Marat Sanatullov (D.M.A. 2018) has been selected as a national finalist in the Composition contest in the concert band division in the student composer category of The American Prize. Sanatullov graduated from the Glenn Korff School of Music with a DMA in Composition in 2018 as well as with an M.M. in Composition in 2014. The submitted work was his DMA Final Composition "Through my eyes: One immigrant's story" with its score and the recording of its premiere performed by our University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wind Ensemble and conducted by DMA Conducting Associate Christopher Brandt on March 7, 2018. This large-scale work is a first-hand narrative of my immigrant journey from Russia to America. Earlier, based on the same recorded performance, this composition was also awarded a Bronze Medal in Composition in the 2018 Global Music Awards international competitions.
To submit your alumni news, please send an e-mail to unlarts@unl.edu. Be sure to include your year and degree(s).