Adventure Lied - For Students

Young Students

Arts In Schools

Our Arts in Schools program focuses on bringing the arts into schools, through professional development opportunities for teachers and Teaching Artists, as well as accessible student matinee performances and teacher guides.

Lied Innovations

The Lied Innovations program includes projects such as Generation Jazz, Creative Campus, the Immersion Project, and the Lied visual arts program, Studio for Students.

Studio for Students

The Lied Center displays the visual artwork of public and private school students in the balcony lobby throughout the performance season. Displays change monthly and tours are available upon request.

Currently on display is Humann Elementary School, Lincoln, NE. Barbara Mattley Studio, Lincoln, NE, will display art works in June.

Student Matinees

These special performances of world-class artists bring young people and educators together from all over the state to share in an unforgettable experience. Each matinee performance is chosen to enhance classroom learning, expand cultural awareness, and excite young people about the performing arts. The program is available for elementary, middle, and high school students and teachers for a nominal cost.

University Students

Campus Connections

The Lied Center offers University students and faculty the opportunity to connect their studies with the performing arts.

The ongoing partnership with the UNL School of Music, Dance Department, and the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film allows for students to attend masterclasses, workshops, and symposiums given by visiting artists.

Collaborations with student groups and campus departments surrounding Lied Center events bring the arts up close and personal. Creating a spark through participation, conversation, debate, and dialogue adds to the vibrant student life on campus.

Lied Student Interns

Each academic year the Lied Center has coveted intern positions for university students seeking hands on experience in a performing arts center. For more information please contact Lindsay at lcarr@unlnotes.unl.edu. We are currently seeking workers for our front desk, graphic design, campus involvement, and grant writing.

IAS / Lied Collaboration

The Lied Center and the newly established Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at UNL are joining forces to deliver exciting opportunities for enjoying and learning about the arts! Activities include free lectures, performances and discussions with world-class artists and scholars.

Lied Student Council

The Lied Center implemented a Student Council for the 2009-2010 season. This council included UNL students among different programs and departments. Council members gave input on Lied programming, marketing, and other ways the Lied could better meet the needs of UNL students. We are incredibly thankful for their support, and look forward to working with the 2010-11 council.

Lied Center for Performing Arts: Creative Campus Project 2007-2009.

The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was awarded a prestigious Creative Campus Innovations Grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, with funds from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, in 2007 to support a two-year collaborative process, focusing on integrating the arts in the local community and on the UNL campus. To read more about this exciting project, go to: www.creativecampusnebraska.com

Educators

Professional Development Workshops

The Lied Center is committed to helping educators get the most out of professional development experiences. Each workshop offers new strategies and lessons to meet specific learning standards while helping teachers gain inspiration, a new perspective, and deeper learning for the students attending the matinees.

Performance Guides

The Lied Center and many of the presenting artists provide study guides to teachers as a service to enhance pre- and post-performance classroom learning. The study guides provide in-classroom activities and resources in a format developed for many grade levels. The study guides also help the teacher pinpoint certain Nebraska requirements that can be met through attending the performance.

For more information on our curriculum connections guide, use the educational resources link above

Kennedy Center Partners in Education Program

The Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is designed to assist arts and cultural organizations throughout the nation develop and/or expand educational partnerships with their local school systems. The purpose of the partnerships is the establishment or expansion of professional development programs in the arts for all teachers.

The program, established in 1991, is based on the concept that educating teachers is an essential component of any effort designed to increase the artistic literacy of young people. The Kennedy Center's experience with professional development programs for teachers is the basis for this national initiative. Partnership teams consist of an arts organization and an administrator of the cooperating school system. The team participates in an institute that provides models and strategies for professional development programs in the arts for all teachers, follow-up consultation, and annual meetings to assist teams in their continued development. The Lied Center, Omaha Nation School District, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Education and Human Sciences partner to provide professional development in the performing arts to teachers and staff in the Omaha Nation School District. Artsreach, a professional development program for at-risk schools in Nebraska is supported by the Kennedy Center. The Lied Center partners with Nebraskans for the Arts, the Nebraska Arts Council, and the Nebraska Department of Education.

Petra Wahlqvist
Director of Community Engagement and Learning
402.472.3215
pwahlqvist2@unl.edu