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From Professor @novysan42 - Reason #8421 I love my job at the @carsoncenterunl!

On Thursday, EMA student @wren.ahlers and I developed a workflow that involved using a USB microscope to capture high-resolution images of the head of a praying mantis, then using novel machine learning-assisted photogrammetry to create an editable, printable, or machinable 3D mesh of the object.

The mantis head was so small that no current scanning technology available to us could capture it, but we did it!

#DigitalFabrication #unlarts @carsonschoolunl by @carsoncenterunl

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Join us for Ignite this week featuring Fernando Quevedo, owner of Q Productions Las Vegas - Friday, October 16, 12:30 p.m. CT at the Carson Center.

Quevedo will be joining us in advance of LUMIA: A Futuristic Cirque Show at the Lied Center Friday evening. Get your tickets at liedcenter.org.

Born in Argentina into a family of performers, Fernando spent the first part of his life in Europe. He made his stage debut at the age of 7. By the age of 9 he was performing for President Jimmy Carter. After receiving critical acclaim for his family’s act, Los Huincas Gauchos, Fernando and his family moved to Las Vegas. It was here that Fernando cultivated his talents as a performer, music composer, writer, and choreographer.

Along his many achievements, Fernando has composed music for the Las Vegas Civic Ballet as well as several production shows. His passion in filmmaking lead to his short film, Heartless, winning an award at the New York International Film Festival. His specialty Act, Los Huincas Gauchos, received the Specialty Act Of The Year Award in Las Vegas.

Fernando’s stage productions include: Holiday Dreams, A Spectacular Holiday Cirque!, Viva Le Cirque!, Beats of Passion; LUMIA; Las Vegas Nights; ZzyZyx a Cirque Experience; ESC4P3 (Winner of 4 Premios Carlos - Argentina’s equivalent of the Tony Awards), and Borealis among others. He has produced and directed the entertainment portion of events for HP, WEBEC, SAP, Abbey Carpet, Best Buddies and Trace3.

This Ignite is in collaboration with the @LiedCenter. This event is free and open to the public.

#unlarts @QProductionsLasVegas by @carsoncenterunl

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Members of the Johnny Carson Foundation recently paid us a visit and we made sure to carve out some time in their schedule to connect with students across the Carson Center and Carson School. At a lunch and showcase hosted at the center, students majoring in Emerging Media Arts, Entertainment Design, Acting, and Theatre highlighted their creative and innovative projects, standout performance opportunities, and the remarkable hands-on learning experiences and trips they’ve enjoyed thanks to the foundation’s ongoing generosity and support!

We are deeply thankful to the Johnny Carson Foundation for the support - and laptops 💻️ - that help our students keep creating and chasing their dreams.

#unlarts @carsonschoolunl by @carsoncenterunl

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Meet our new faculty: Matt London
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts

What drew you to Nebraska?
I was inspired by the incredible array of creative opportunities the Carson Center is providing students. Coming from the game industry, it’s clear that now, more than ever, creative professionals need an understanding of many different art forms and technologies. The multimodal nature of the EMA program gives students the tools to use what’s in demand now and set them up for what comes in the future. That forward-thinking perspective drew me in.

What are you most excited to teach, create or explore with our students?
As an Assistant Professor of Storytelling, I am most excited to teach students that whatever your passion is, storytelling is a part of it, and understanding the narrative elements of your work, whether that’s film, game design, wearable tech, VR, or anything else, will help you view your art in a new dimension.

What experience or accomplishment from your career has had the biggest impact on you?
The publication of my first original novel, “The 8th Continent,” had a huge impact on me. It was extremely gratifying to fulfill a lifelong dream, but it also taught me something about tenacity and the circuitous path artists often must take to create their work.

What are you working on currently that you’re excited about?
I am currently in active development on an independent video game. It’s a narrative-driven Sci-Fi Roleplaying Game that is different every time you play. The game examines the impact of mega-corporations in an interstellar age.

What is one thing students might be surprised to learn about you?
One thing people might be surprised to know is that in high school I performed in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a trained DANCER of all things. (Movement is also narrative, you know.)

#UNLArts @carsonschoolunl by @carsoncenterunl

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Special Screening | Untold Valor: Comanche Code Talkers

Join us on Monday, October 12, for a special screening of Untold Valor: Comanche Code Talkers at The Ross Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Directed by Ise White, the documentary shares the stories of Comanche Code Talkers who used their Native language to transmit coded military communications during World War II, playing a vital role in helping the Allies achieve victory.

Following the screening, stay for a special discussion with writer and director Ise White and members of the production team, including Tom Funk and Derek Garza.

📅 Monday, October 12
🕢 7:20 PM
📍 The Ross Theater | Lincoln, NE
🎟️ Free admission

This special screening and discussion is presented in collaboration with Vision Maker Media.

Visit theross.org for more information.

#VisionMakerMedia #UntoldValor #ComancheCodeTalkers #NativeAmericanFilm by @carsoncenterunl

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Ise White (writer/director/executive producer) and Tom Funk (1st AC) join us for Ignite this week to discuss Untold Valor: Comanche Code Talkers (2026), a documentary film sharing the stories of Native American Code Talkers in World War II.

Based in New York, White's career spans commercial advertising, television, and narrative film. Before launching her production company, she worked for First Lady Michelle Obama and became an internationally recognized fashion editor with Condé Nast Italy and Hearst China. She has directed campaigns and celebrity productions featuring Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeremy Renner, Helen Mirren, Serena Williams, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, and many others. She is the founder of Lost and Found Production and collaborates with Scheimpflug on cutting-edge virtual production and VFX projects. Her work has been recognized by Vision Maker Media, NYWIFT, GOLD HOUSE, and other industry organizations.

Tom Funk is an IATSE member with more than 20 years of experience working as a 1st Assistant Camera on film, television, commercial, and specialty productions throughout the United States and internationally. Funk studied film at Brooks Institute in Ventura, California, beginning in 2004, where he was able to hone his passion for camera work and pulling focus.

Located in Kansas City, Funk currently works on large-scale commercials, features, and television productions. He is also one of the owners of Lucky Duck Camera House, Kansas City’s first camera rental house.

Untold Valor will show at The Ross on Monday, October 12 at 7:20 p.m. followed by a discussion with White, Funk, and Derek Garza (executive producer/cast). The discussion will be moderated by Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Daniel Junge. Get your tickets at theross.org.

This Ignite Colloquium is in collaboration with Vision Maker Media.

Link in bio for more information about this and other Ignites.

#unlarts @carsonschoolunl by @carsoncenterunl

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It’s INFLATABLES DAY for #DigitalFabrication and #PhysicalComputing class! Exploring the possibilities of stage design to soft robotics to space architecture! #unlarts @carsonschoolunl by @carsoncenterunl

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Even if you don’t know Raffi, you’ve probably seen his work. As a video content creator for @huskervb, it’s pretty hard to miss — and it’s not a job he takes lightly.

“Working for a team like this feels like such a huge responsibility. We have the best program in the country and the best fans in the country, so, in my eyes, they deserve the best content in the country. It’s tough, but I’m trying to live up to the standard they set.”

Raffi joined the @huskers team as a student worker in 2023 and his second day on the job was one for the record books: Volleyball Day in Nebraska.

Three years later, through his internship and his @carsoncenterunl coursework, he has steadily honed his craft to become a key player in telling the story of Husker Volleyball for all those dedicated fans that left him speechless on Volleyball Day. And though his work Nebraska Athletics keeps him busy, he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I’ve barely had two hours of waking consciousness without editing a volleyball video, and I’m not planning to stop now. I want to get everything I can out of this experience.”
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@raffiviton is a senior emerging media arts major from Naperville, Illinois. Read how it feels to see his work on the biggest screens in college sports at the link in our bio. #ImAHusker Raffi sits in the Husker Athletics office at his desk. His computers show videos he's working on for Husker Volleyball. He holds a sign that reads "I'm a Husker & capturing the hype" taken in University of Nebraska-Lincoln by @carsoncenterunl

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Meet our new faculty: Daniel Junge
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts

What drew you to Nebraska?
In my years of teaching, I’ve never seen a more innovative program. When I first walked into the building and bumped into someone in a motion capture suit, I thought “Oh, this place is different!” It’s also a growing program, and that spirit permeates everything at the school — our mantra is “yes, AND…”

What are you most excited to teach, create or explore with our students?
My forte is documentary, and my hope is to introduce documentary classes, or at least shepherd those students looking to make their first documentary films.

What experience or accomplishment from your career has had the biggest impact on you?
Winning an Oscar! I’ve been fortunate to be nominated twice, and as they say, it’s an honor to be nominated…but it’s better to win.

What are you working on currently that you’re excited about?
I’m currently finishing a new textbook on documentary filmmaking, and we are currently signing with a publisher; it will be released in 2027. I’m also researching new documentary films that I can shoot from my new home in Lincoln.

What is one thing students might be surprised to learn about you?
I’m originally from Wyoming, and as a kid spent plenty of time playing baseball in western Nebraska.

#UNLArts @carsonschoolunl @d.junge by @carsoncenterunl

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Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Dan Novy presented his paper titled “Virtual Production as a Programmable Fidelity Substrate for Analog Missions” at SpaceChi, the world’s first conference dedicated to advancing human-computer interaction in space exploration, at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

Novy completed an analog astronaut mission simulating Mars exploration last year in Armenia. #UNLArts @carsonschoolunl @novysan42 by @carsoncenterunl

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Meet our new faculty: Nolan Tredway
Assistant Professor of Practice in Emerging Media Arts

What drew you to Nebraska?
When I was a student at UNL, the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts did not yet exist, but it represents exactly the path I would have loved to have explored. Finding new ways to incorporate technology into artistic experiences has since become central to my practice. I have long admired the work being done by the Center’s students and faculty, and I am honored to now be part of it.

What are you most excited to teach, create or explore with our students?
I am most excited to explore how students can work collaboratively to imagine and build a better future. Participatory art opens the door for others to help envision new possibilities, which will be critical to addressing the challenges ahead. I want students to discover how art, technology, and experience design can bring people together and give them a meaningful role in shaping our collective future.

What experience or accomplishment from your career has had the biggest impact on you?
Years ago, I created an experience in which two animated creatures guided participants through a meditation with a stranger. People left the experience crying, hugging, and exchanging phone numbers. Seeing those connections form showed me that art and experience design can create something that extends far beyond a single event. That realization continues to shape how I approach my work and teaching.

What are you working on currently?
In addition to developing several immersive art spaces, I am working on an interactive mural for children with a wide range of developmental and medical needs. This is part of a broader effort to make interactive art more accessible and welcoming to everyone.

What is one thing that students might be surprised to learn about you?
I used to play bass and sing in a metal band, but I stopped to instead take a marionette show on tour as an opener for metal bands.

#UNLArts @carsonschoolunl by @carsoncenterunl

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Year number FOUR of How to Make Spaceships the ILM way for students of the @carsoncenterunl. And the ships keep getting better! #vacuuforming #digitalfabrication taken in Nebraska Innovation Studio by @carsoncenterunl

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