This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community. Various filters are provided to gain a better understanding of how different UNO units collaborate with the community.
| Project | Project Focus Areas | Community Partners | Campus Partners | Engagement Type: | Activity Type: | Other Activity Type: | Start Semester: | Start Academic Year: | End Semester: | End Academic Year: | Total UNO Students: | UNO Students Hours: | UNO Faculty/Staff Hours: | Total K-12 Students: | K-12 Student Hours: | Total Number of Other Participants: | Topics: | Other Topics: | Description: | Subtags: |
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| Sensory: Please Touch the Art: 2016-17 (875) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Social Justice | Colorado Center for the Blind, Metropolitan Community College (MCC), National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska (NFBN Omaha Chapter), Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha Association for the Blind, Outlook Nebraska, WhyArts | Fine Arts | Community-Based Learning | Other | None | Fall | 2016-17 | Fall | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disadvantaged Populations, Raise Awareness, Art | The gallery will feature nationally-curated art meant for more senses than sight, tactile interpretations of classic art, and artwork created at four art workshops for the visually impaired, which were held at UNO over the summer. The name of the exhibit says it all: this art is meant to be touched. The art workshops were made possible with assistance from the Nebraska Arts Council, WhyArts?, Omaha Association of the Blind, Outlook Nebraska, Pamela Duncan (interpreter), and volunteer student interpreters from UNO. | ||
| Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Combo Performance: 2020-21 (2177) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Fall | 2020-21 | Fall | 2020-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Capacity Building, Music/Dance | Pete Madsen participated in jazz education/performance video sponsored by the Nebraska Arts Council. This performance was shared with all high school music programs in Nebraska. | ||
| Sensory: Please Touch the Art 2.0: 2017-18 (876) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Health and Wellness | Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha Association for the Blind, Outlook Nebraska, WhyArts | Fine Arts, UNO Libraries | Community-Based Learning | Other | None | Spring | 2017-18 | Spring | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Develop./Physical Disability, Art | A tactile art exhibit that is part of a national movement to increase accessibility in museums, galleries and classrooms. | ||
| Sensory: Please Touch The Art 3.0: 2018-19 (877) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Health and Wellness | Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha Association for the Blind, Outlook Nebraska, WhyArts | Fine Arts | Community-Based Learning | Other | None | Spring | 2018-19 | Summer | 2018-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Develop./Physical Disability, Art | The College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, along with the School of the Arts and the UNO Art Gallery will host an exhibition to highlight the many ways one can experience art to increase awareness of accessibility to all populations wishing to experience what art has to offer. | ||
| Grant Proposal Reviewer (External): 2018-19 (2368) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Economic Impact, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Writing Center | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Specialized service contract | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Spring | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Income and Income Equality, Capacity Building | Kevin Clouther reviewed grant proposals for community events in Nebraska through Nebraska Arts Council. | ||
| Bringing the Past to the Present: Reconstructing the Performance of Beowulf: 2017-18 (892) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre Company, College of Saint Mary, Humanities Nebraska, Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Cultural Endowment | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Interdisciplinary Studies | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2017-18 | Spring | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | History | Scholar and performer Benjamin Bagby explores how he reconstructed the performance of the Anglo–Saxon poem, in a free, public lecture at UNO. For a thousand years or more, one of Europe’s greatest epics had been silently awaiting its return to the domain of the bards who first gave voice to the thrilling story of King Hrothgar, the monster Grendel, and the hero Beowulf. In this lecture, the vocalist, storyteller, and early music scholar Benjamin Bagby will walk the audience through his research and reconstruction of the poem – how he took the story of Beowulf from its written form and brought it back to its original home: a live performance of oral epic. | ||
| Piano Day: 2018-19 (2176) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Spring | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Capacity Building, Music/Dance | Kristin Taylor collaborated with Nebraska Arts Council for the Piano Day project 2018 and 2019. In this project, the Arts Council brings in high school and college students from around the area to learn from guest artists' master classes. | ||
| Performance with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra: 2019-20 (2182) | Arts, Culture and Humanities | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Specialized service contract | None | Spring | 2019-20 | Spring | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Music/Dance, Art | For this project Pete Madsen participated in a professional big band public performance at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln, NE. | ||
| Keri Chryst Residency: 2020-21 (2186) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Engaged Research | Faculty Research | None | Fall | 2020-21 | Spring | 2020-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Capacity Building, Music/Dance | For this project Pete Madsen partnered with the Nebraska Arts Council and Keri Chryst, an international performing artist, who gave online classes from Paris for UNO students. | ||
| Joey Gulizia Residency: 2017-18 (2184) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Engaged Research | Faculty Research | None | Fall | 2017-18 | Summer | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Leadership and Mentoring, Capacity Building, Music/Dance | For this project Pete Madsen partnered with the Nebraska Arts Council and Joey Gulizia, a local artist who came to UNO to work with students. | ||
| APAL UNO Jazz Festival: 2020-21 (2185) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Engaged Research | Faculty Research | None | Fall | 2020-21 | Summer | 2020-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Music/Dance | For this project Pete Madsen collaborated with Nebraska Arts Council for the project APAL UNO Jazz Festival 2021. | ||
| UNO Jazz Festival: 2017-18 (2188) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2017-18 | Spring | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Youth Programming, Capacity Building, Music/Dance | For this project Pete Madsen collaborated with the Nebraska Arts Council to facilitate the UNO Jazz Festival from 2018 to 2020. The festival was founded in 1973 and is regarded as one of the premiere educational jazz festivals in the nation. | ||
| Nebraska HeartBeats: 2019-20 (2133) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Engaged Research | Faculty Research | None | Summer | 2019-20 | Summer | 2020-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Music/Dance, Art | Nebraska HeartBeats is a collaborative project that aims to improve the quality of life of people affected by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) through participatory, creative musical experiences with the University of Nebraska at Omaha Maverick String Quartet. The goal of Nebraska HeartBeats is to provide social and emotional support to individuals and their care partners affected by ADRD. Through an adaptive music curriculum that focuses on musician/participant interaction, the UNO Maverick String Quartet aims to address the emotional and social needs of participants while contributing to the environment of care. | ||
| Studium Chorus Tour: 2017-18 (2376) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Engaged Research | Faculty Research | None | Fall | 2017-18 | Fall | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Youth Programming, Music/Dance | The Studium Chorus Nebraska Tour will take place Fall of 2017. Established in 1974, Studium Chorus is the award-winning, internationally renowned mixed choral ensemble of Siauliai University in Siauliai, Lithuania. Siauliai, Lithuania is one of Omahas Sister Cities, and Siauliai University is one of UNOs Sister Universities. Studium Chorus will present a series of performances and educational activities while they are in Nebraska. Each performance/activity will have a different target audience and focus. The events will take place at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), the Double Tree by Hilton Omaha Downtown, the Omaha Jitterbugs Swing Dance Club Night Out, OPS's Gomez Elementary School, Omaha Central High School, and Bellevue East High School. | ||
| Governor's Arts Awards - Performance: 2020-21 (2028) | Arts, Culture and Humanities | Nebraska Arts Council | Music | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Fall | 2020-21 | Fall | 2020-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Music/Dance, Art | Olga Smola was the only performer invited to play for the virtual Governor's Arts Awards. |