{"id":12686,"date":"2024-05-13T19:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/?page_id=12686"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:04:25","slug":"creative-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/creative-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Faculty who created, performed or produced works in the fine and performing arts and architecture, literature, television and film, or digital\/software design, July 1, 2024\u2013June 30, 2025. Submitted by faculty, chairs\/heads or deans<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Carolyn Barber<\/h2>
Glenn Korff School of Music<\/div><\/div>
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Conductor, Group Music Performance. Concert Band, Composer\/Conductor Collaborative Residency. Sun Prairie East & West High School Wind Ensembles with composers Kimberly Archer and Will Healy. Sun Prairie, WI.
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Conductor, Group Music Performance. Concert Band, International Music Camp Youth Band Residency and Concert. Dunseith, ND.
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Diane Barger<\/h2>
Glenn Korff School of Music<\/div><\/div>
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Musician, Solo Music Performance. Clarinet, Five Bagatelles<\/em> by Scott McAllister. International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest®. Omni Ballroom, Fort Worth, TX.
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Mary Alice Casto<\/h2>
Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design<\/div><\/div>
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Curator (with Anna Kuhlman Erdmann)\/Planner\/Writer. Historic Dress Exhibition, Making an Entrance: Magnifying the Details of 20th Century Design<\/em>. Robert Hillestad Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
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Curator (with Alexis Pappas and Taiwo Bamidele)\/Planner\/Writer. Historic Dress Exhibition, Apron Tales: Patterns of Resilience and Creativity<\/em>. TMFD Hallway Display Cases, Lincoln, NE.
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Jeffrey Day<\/h2>
Architecture\/Landscape Architecture<\/div><\/div>
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Designer, Architecture Project. Conceptual Architectural Design, St. Mary’s Campus Expansion. Actual Architecture Company. Lincoln, NE.
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Designer, Architecture Project. Custom House Design, Montana Ranch House: Pinwheel Cross Plan, 3,260 s.f. Actual Architecture Company. Gallatin Gateway, MT.
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Designer, Architecture Project. Conceptual Design, Duplex + — An Adaptable Prototype Duplex Home Designed for Aging in Place. Actual Architecture Company. Omaha, NE.
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Robert Derr<\/h2>
Art, Art History and Design<\/div><\/div>
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Artist, Visual Arts Exhibition. Video, Hoi Polloi<\/em>. Profusion of Colors, A.E. Corner Galleria di Tirano, Tirano, Italy.
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Artist, Visual Arts Exhibition. Video, Truth Comes Out<\/em>. Ibrida Festival, Bologna, Italy.
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Artist, Visual Arts Exhibition. Video, Truth Comes Out<\/em>. SerformanceP – International Performance Art Showcase, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.
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Artist, Visual Arts Exhibition. Video, Take My Breath Away<\/em>. Boundaries, Outhouse Gallery, London, England.
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Artist, Visual Arts Exhibition. Video, Tangled<\/em>. Dear2050: Entangled Forests, Zeughausareal Uster, Uster, Switzerland.
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Richard Endacott<\/h2>
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film\/Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts<\/div><\/div>
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Director\/Writer\/Producer, Film Production. Short Narrative Film, Turn Over<\/em>. PrairieFest Film Showcase, Grand Prairie, TX; Great Plains Film Festival, Yukon, OK; Depth of Field Film Festival, Sioux City, IA; Vermillion, SD; Vortex Film Festival; Flatwater Film Festival, Seward, NE; Raleigh Film & Art Festival, Raleigh, NC; Louisville Intl Film Festival; Salt City Film Fest, Hutchinson, KS; Rockport Film Festival, Rockport, TX; Skiptown Playhouse Film Festival, Los Angeles; Tennessee Int’l Indie Film Festival, Franklin, TN; Siouxland Inspirational and Historic Short Film Festival, Sioux City, IA; Eastern Europe Film Festival, Craiova, Romania; Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, South Africa; The Festival of Short Film, Manchester, UK; Glowflare Short Film Festival, Yorkshire, UK; Oneota Film Festival, Decorah, IA; Omaha Film Festival, Omaha; StoryMode Independent Short Film Festival, Pueblo, CO; Bare Bones Virtual Film Festival, Muskogee, OK; Southern Oasis Film Festival, Sevierville, TN; More Than Decent Film Fest, Newberry, SC; Snake Alley Festival of Film, Burlington, IA; Pune International Short Film Fest, Pune, India,
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Jeffrey Falkinburg<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
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Designer\/Director\/Producer, Software\/Mobile App Development. Engineering Apps, Husker Scope. School of Computing Senior Design Husker Scope 4.0 team. https:\/\/www.huskerscope.com.
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Dana Fritz<\/h2>
Art, Art History and Design<\/div><\/div>
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Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Photography, Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape<\/em>. Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS.
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Suna Gunther<\/h2>
Glenn Korff School of Music<\/div><\/div>
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Performer, Theatrical Production. Operatic role of Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)<\/em>. Soo Opera. Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Island, MI.
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Michelle Harvey<\/h2>
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film<\/div><\/div>
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Lighting Designer, Theatrical Production. Play, Broke-ology<\/em>. Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Copaken Stage, Kansas City, MO.
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Sarah Karle<\/h2>
Landscape Architecture<\/div><\/div>
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Designer\/Writer, Digital Creativity. Archival Data Base, Prairie States Forestry Project Digital Archive. Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. https:\/\/prairiestatesforestry.unl.edu.
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Brian Kelly<\/h2>
Architecture<\/div><\/div>
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Designer, Digital Arts Exhibition. Digital Visualization, several works created with AI. Month of Modern, Architecture After AI. Boulder, CO.
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Designer, Digital Arts Exhibition. Digital Visualization, several works created with AI. Detroit Month of Design, Constructing Futures AI. Woodward Building, Detroit, MI.
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Designer, Digital Arts Exhibition. Digital Visualization, several works created with AI. Pratt Institute, Transductions. Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
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Christina Kirk<\/h2>
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film<\/div><\/div>
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Director\/Writer, Theatrical Production. Play (World Premiere), A House Divided<\/em>. The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln, NE.
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Barney McCoy<\/h2>
Broadcast Journalism<\/div><\/div>
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Director, Television Production. Documentary, Running Towards the Fire: A War Correspondent’s Story<\/em>. Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela; LA Film & Documentary Awards, Los Angeles; New York Film & Cinematography Awards, New York; Crown Point International Film Festival, Chicago; Literature in Cinema, Arte Vivo, Buenos Aires; Beyond Border International Film Festival, Kolkata, India; Symbiotic Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine; Cinematic European Film Festival, Bania, Transylvania; Director’s Screening, Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, KS; Marina del Rey Film Festival, Los Angeles; Frozen River Film Festival, Winona, MN; Beaufort International Film Festival, Beaufort, SC; OneVet OneVoice Veterans Film Festival, Los Angeles; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Lincoln, NE
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Producer, Mixed Media. Radio and Internet, A Reporter from Lincoln Was the Only American Correspondent Executed by Nazis During World War II<\/em>. Nebraska Public Media. Lincoln, NE.
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Alessio Olivieri<\/h2>
Glenn Korff School of Music<\/div><\/div>
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Musician and Presenter, Lecture-Recital. Guitar, Valencian Voices: Matilde Salvador’s Art Song for Voice and Guitar<\/em>. With Elisa Ramon, Soprano. College Music Society Central Chapter Conference. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
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Alex Renbarger<\/h2>
Art, Art History and Design<\/div><\/div>
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Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Oil Paintings, Artificial Interiors<\/em>. The Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Richards Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
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Milad Roohi<\/h2>
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/div><\/div>
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Developer, Community-engaged, Applied Resilience Design. Earthquake Resilience Planning for Salt Lake City. IN-CORE Community Partnership. Fix the Bricks Program. Salt Lake City, UT.
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David von Kampen<\/h2>
Glenn Korff School of Music<\/div><\/div>
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Composer\/Arranger, Group Music Performance. SATB Chorus, Every Night When the Sun Goes In<\/em>. Festival Chamber Choir, Cincinnati May Festival. Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH.
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Composer\/Director\/Musician, Film Score Recording. Chamber Music, You Have No Idea<\/em> (Music from the Documentary). Apple Music.
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Jessica Walsh<\/h2>
Journalism<\/div><\/div>
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Designer\/Director\/Planner\/Writer, Digital Creativity. Website, storytelling, analysis, graphics, Nebraska News Map. newsmap.unl.edu. Lincoln, NE.
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Ava Winter<\/h2>
English\/Women's and Gender Studies<\/div><\/div>
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Writer, Literary Publication. Poetry, Transgenesis<\/em>. Milkweed Editions. Minneapolis, MN.
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