The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is the fine and performing arts college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. The college was established in 1993 as the College of Fine and Performing Arts, combining arts-focused programs from across the university.
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The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is the fine and performing arts college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. The college was established in 1993 as the College of Fine and Performing Arts, combining arts-focused programs from across the university. It was renamed in 2000 after receiving an $18-million donation from Christina Hixson and the Lied Foundation Trust. Most of the college's facilities are located in the southwest corner of NU's City Campus in what is sometimes referred to as the "Arts Quadrangle." Andy Belser has served as dean of the college since 2022. The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts offers degree programs through the School of Art, Art History, and Graphic Design, the Glenn Korff School of Music, the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, and the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. It is closely affiliated with the Lied Center for Performing Arts, the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, and the Sheldon Museum of Art. The University of Nebraska established the School of Fine Arts in 1912 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences, though the university had offered degrees in the field since not long after its inception in 1869. The school was initially located in the University of Nebraska State Museum, along with the exhibits that would become the Sheldon Museum of Art. The School of Fine Arts was shut down in 1930 but reestablished in 1937 under the guidance of director Arthur Westbrook. It was renamed the School of Art, Art History, and Design in 2016 (later becoming "Graphic Design"). Richards Hall, one of the oldest buildings on NU's campus, has served as the home of the school for several decades and underwent an extensive modernization in 2000. The school is a member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Karen Blessen, recipient of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, graduated from the school in 1973 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 1894, chance