Art + Art History Assistant Professor, Tore Terrasi, has typographic design work included in Kristin Cullen's 'Design Elements: Typography Fundamentals’. The book is published and released by Rockport Press. It is the 3rd book in the Rockport Design Elements series, which focuses on the core elements of design. It is also the third book on typography that Professor Terrasi's work has been included in the past 3 years.

From the Publisher: Explore the fundamentals of typography with this practical new guide. An instructional reader rather than historical survey, Design Elements: Typography Fundamentals uses well-founded, guiding principles to teach the language of type and how to use it capably. Designers are left with a solid ground on which to design with type. Limitless potential for meaningful and creative communication exists—this is the field guide for the journey!

The UTA Art + Art History department’s Associate Professor Bart Weiss is curator for “Scoot-In” part of this weekend’s Insight|Out festival of media and live performances.

Take a ride on your two-wheeler and join Aurora Picture Show for a one-of-a-kind Scoot-In screening on Saturday, May 19th at 8:30PM in Sesquicentennial Park at the 500 block of Preston Street (between Babgy and Smith streets). Aurora reunites with Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts to bring Houston another unique drive-in event in partnership with Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas of Houston. Geared toward scooterists and bicyclists as part of Insight|Out Festival, this site-specific film screening will feature artist-made short-length films and videos about two-wheelers (scooters, bicycles, unicycles, tricycles and motorcycles). Bart Weiss of the Dallas Video Festival will be the guest curator for this program.

Insight|Out is an event that includes music, outdoor dance, and films that highlight Houston history and explore how we traverse our local landscape. Presented collaboratively by three arts organizations, Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Insight|Out location hosts include Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Project Row Houses and Uptown Houston.

Insight|Out Festival

Saturday, May 19, 8:30PM

Location: Sesquicentennial Park Houston Texas

FREE Admission

Nine pre-service teachers from the Exploration in 3D Studio course taught two art lessons to a group of 6-11 year olds for a class project. The experience for UTA students was overwhelmingly positive and the kids from the club thoroughly enjoyed the projects, I.e. Mother's Day cards and weaving.

The UTA Student Film/Video Organization presents the best of student undergraduate and graduate student work, May 8 and 9 from 7-10:00pm at the beautiful theater in The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The annual juried festival will showcase new works of narrative and animated short films. Tickets are available at the door, $5.00 for one night, $7.00 for both.

BFA Exhibition

The Gallery at The University of Texas Arlington is pleased to present the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition!

Recent work created by 59 graduating seniors of the Department of Art and Art History is showcased in this exhibition, demonstrating a wide variety of skills in concentrations including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, glass, printmaking, film/video, photography and visual communication.
 

Location: The Gallery in UTA

Reception: TONIGHT! Friday, May 4, 5 – 7 PM 

All events are free and open to the public.

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 10 - 5 PM, Saturday 12 - 5 PM.

Located on the first floor of the Fine Arts Building, 502 S. Cooper St., Arlington, Texas.

For more information, contact Nancy Palmeri 817-272-2891or Patricia Healy 817-272-5658

Benjamin Lima, Assistant Professor of Art History, presented a paper entitled "Art Criticism: The Idealistic, The Cynical and the Illocutionary Act" at the inaugural David Dillon Symposium on April 27th at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.

The symposium was sponsored by the UTA School of Architecture's David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture and the Dallas Architecture Forum, with a keynote lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Goldberger.  For more information is visit www.uta.edu/architecture/research/dillon/symposium.php .

The Art + Art History department and the Music department have collaborated on a project titled Synaesthesia. The term refers to a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. Professor Tore Terrasi’s students in Art 2304, and Professor Micah Hayes students in Music 3394 have combined their talents to create a series of animations accompanied by original pieces of music.

Professor Terassi says, “My students were very excited to work on these animations. Most of them have never animated before but they were all intrigued to be working with other students from music. The process was great for the students in that it mimicked a real world work setting where multiple pieces from multiple creative sources come together.”

Professor of Visual Communications MiHyun Kim will be participating in the VIII International Triennial Eco-poster showcase. In association with «4th Block» and ICOGRADA the competition focuses on eco-aware posters. Professors Kim’s submission is titled “I Had a Dream” and will be traveling internationally with the show.

Please join UT Arlington MFA candidate Alison Starr and 500XGallery for the last three performances of the month long series "OBJECT". Starr will present "oF Tension" , being allowed to only work with materials she can carry alone, Starr reflects on her own narrative and current artistic practice/themes by way of sewing machine. The performance begins promptly at 1:30pm viewers are strongly encouraged to stay until the conclusion.