News Fall 2006 - Spring 2008
May 18, 2008
Student Film & Video Organization Film Festival-May 2008
For the last eight years The Student Film & Video Organization has put on an annual Juried Film Festival, comprised of the best short films produced by Film Students at the University of Texas at Arlington. The SFVO-run spring festival has grown in many ways in the last six years, but not since 2007, the 30th anniversary of the UTA film program did the festival encompass two nights. This year, with the help of the Studio Movie Grill, the UnderExposed was held over the course of two nights, Tuesday May 13th and Wednesday May 14th.
Art and Art History faculty member wins Award for Excellence in Distance Learning
Adjunct Assistant Professor Debbie DeWitte of The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Art and Art History was honored for her online instruction in art appreciation with the Platinum Best Practices Award for Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching by the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) April 23 at its national conference in
St. Louis, Mo.
UT Arlington Distance Education Director Jenny Jopling said DeWitte worked closely with the Center for Distance Education to create a pleasing online learning experience requiring intense visual, historical and conceptual interpretation by students. “Her subject matter, art history, naturally lent itself to visual learning and she developed the course to reach out to auditory, textual and kinesthetic learning styles as well through the integration of multimedia, along with experiential learning, a self-directed field trip, and a very strong emphasis toward online collaboration,” Jopling said. “If a student had a question, the answer could be found through the syllabus, assignment pages, calendar, and discussion groups, which were at their fingertips 24/7.”
April 25, 2008
Student Helps with Webby Nominated Project
Bret Curry, a student in the UTA Narrative Film class, worked on the music, sound and was the co-editor for “Coney Island: Uncertain Future”, a documentary which has been nominated for a Webby. The Webby’s are the most respected web awards for media and web sites. The documentary won the National Press Photographer’s Association “Best Web News Feature” for 2008. Also, based upon his accomplishments, Bret is being hired full time at Getty Images, where he has been an intern.
April 23, 2008
Professor Bart Weiss exhibits in Dallas Contemporary Gallery of Live Video Art
Film professor exhibits mobile art in Dallas and Paris Bart Weiss, UT Arlington associate professor of Art & Art History, is being featured in The Dallas Contemporary Gallery exhibit of live video art, “realtime: 08.” The exhibit, which runs through May 10, features video art made with a mobile phone. Rather than placing works in the space that were created beforehand, each artist will generate video from a mobile phone each day and send it to The Dallas Contemporary from wherever they happen to be. The work is sent like a text message or an e-mail with a video attachment from the device. The exhibit can be seen at this Web site. Weiss also will have works at the 4th edition of the Pocket Films Festival, which will take place June 13 through 15 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Pocket Films is initiating a new section this year, open to moving images developed for devices such as mobile phones, I-Pod and portable screens, and sent an international call for audiovisual projects using mobile technologies. Visit this Web site for more information. Weiss' work is also on exhibit at The Gallery at UTA, as part of the faculty biannual exhibit.
April 17, 2008
Tom Fox Named Star Journalist of the Year
Dallas Morning News photographer Tom Fox, who earned a 1991 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in art from UT Arlington, was named star photojournalist of the year by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors recently.
April 9, 2008
Nicholas Wood included in International Publication
Nicholas Wood, associate professor of the Art & Art History Department, had
three color reproductions of his architecturally based sculptures selected
for inclusion in a recent international publication. The book, titled, “500
Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work” includes 246 artists
from 14 different countries and represents a comprehensive survey of
artists’ diverse approaches to ceramic tiles. Sterling Publishing Co./Lark
Books published this collection.
April 3, 2008
Glass Art Sale
Visitors to The University of Texas at Arlington’s annual glass art show and sale Wednesday, April 16, will have an opportunity to bid on works by Texas State 3-dimensional artist David Keens in the silent auction. In addition to Keens’ work, there will be pieces by well-known glass artists Justin Ginsberg and Martin Janecky.
Paperweights, vases and other functional items priced as low as $10, along with dazzling display creations priced at several hundred dollars or more, will be among the pieces of blown glass and fused glass by faculty and students that will be sold at Studio Art Center, 810 S. Davis St. Ample free parking is available near the building.
Keens, who has taught at UT Arlington since 1974, says the quality of student work has increased dramatically in the last couple of years and shoppers will have the opportunity to buy professional pieces for a fraction of what they would pay in galleries. Although the sale does not begin until noon and is over at 1:30 p.m., patrons from around the state historically arrive in the early morning to preview and choose art. Some of the finer pieces will be available in a silent auction, which will close at 1 p.m.
Keens’ art is exhibited in major museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Contemporary Crafts Museum in New York City and Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., He has exhibited throughout Europe, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico and the Philippines. His work is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan, as well as other public and private collections throughout the United States. One of his larger installations, “Blooms of Enlightenment,” is exhibited at the Euless Public Library. See here and here.
For student works, 50 percent of the proceeds goes to the students, and 50 percent goes directly into the glass art program budget to buy materials for the construction of new equipment. Faculty and staff build all of their equipment. The annual sale is a major source of funding for this program. For more information, call (817) 272-2804.
March 25, 2008
College Art Association Annual Conference - Department Highlights
Dean Beth Wright presented a conference paper: “A Better Way to Read Great Books”: Romantic Lithographs in Gaugain’s Scott Suite of 1829,” College Art Association (February 21, 2008): it concerned episodes from novels and poetry by Sir Walter Scott interpreted by Delacroix and other French Romantic artists (Boulanger, Roqueplan and the Devéria brothers) so that multiple points of a narrative could be alluded to in one image.
Bart Weiss chaired the Studio Art Open Session: Video Art on February 20, 2008. For the session he fielded proposals and requested proposals from many artists and critics from which he selected 4 proposals. He then coordinated the abstracts from panelists, coordinated their tech needs and moderated the panel. The selected abstracts include: Meta Newhouse’s “Leveraging Great Minds in the Graphic Design Classroom”, John Aasp “Hindsight: Moving Image and the Post-Photographic”, Ayelet Zohar’s “Loop” and Justin Lincoln’s “The Literacy Imperative in the Video Works of Steve Reinke and Willima E. Jones”.
Nancy Palmeri was a speaker at the CAA Placement Orientation, February 19, 2008. The CAA Placement Orientation brought together job candidates and interviewers for a candid discussion and mentoring with four professionals. Candidates learned much about types of institutions and how their training corresponds to institutional and pedagogical needs. Professor Palmeri offered detailed information concerning interviewing strategies to candidates at various career stages. A question and answer secession followed her presentation.
Benito Huerta was the chair of the Studio Art Open Session: Latino Art (and Artists): In the Crossfire between Community and Mainstream Institutions on February 23, 2008.
Iris Bechtol, graduate student in the Department of Art & Art History, had two pieces juried into a regional exhibition of M.F.A. student work.
Nada Shabout, a UT Arlington alumna (BS Architecture 1984, B.F.A. Painting 1988, M.A. Humanities 1991, Ph.D. Humanities 1999) co-chaired a session “Cultural Patrimony in Iraq” with Donny George, the former director of the National Museum at Baghdad. Dr. Shabout heads a non-profit organization, the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. She has located 1,500 missing pieces (of a total 8,000) which had been part of the Iraqi Museum of Modern Art’s collection.
The College Art Association funded the exhibition “Points of Convergence: Masters of Fine Art” at the Gallery at UTA. Over 300 artists and art historians from the College Art Association were welcomed on campus for a reception on Wednesday evening February 20, 2008.
February 26, 2008
Student Awards Won at the 2007 Regional Addy Competition
Several students in the area of visual communication participated in the 2007 Regional Addy Competition and received awards and high honors. Students included were Jung Kim, Jon Graf, Rafael Rosas, Natalie Crawford, Thanh Le, and Seth Whitton. To view a complete list of their awards, please visit the Student Achievements section of our website.
At the 2007 Fort Wort Ad Club Addy CompetitionFrom left to right:
Jung Kim, Seth Whitton, Professor Roby McEuen, Thanh Le, and Jon Graf.
February 21, 2008
New Generation 2007: The International Exhibition by Professors & Students
Associate Professor Lisa Graham was invited to exhibit two of her visual communication works in the New Generation 2007: The International Exhibition by Professors & Students of Graphic Design, Sangmyung University College of Design, Korea. Professors and students from ten universities in the United States, Russia, Taiwan, China, and Korea participated. The exhibition was held at Sangmyung University College of Design November 13- November 17, 2007. Two visual communication students, Shara Kelley and Jung Kim were also included in the exhibition.
Associate Professor Lisa Graham also had an illustration from the New Generation 2005 exhibition selected for inclusion in the Flash banner advertising and the online gallery on the New Generation 2007 website.
February 4, 2008
Nicholas Wood at the Creative Arts Center
Nicholas Wood, UT Arlington associate professor of art and art history, is currently presenting 12 of his ceramic sculptures in an invitational exhibit of his works at the Creative Arts Center in New Haven, Conn.. This exhibit was offered to him as an award for his winning Best in Show at an exhibition titled “Ceramic Abstraction: Exploration and Evidence in Contemporary
Ceramics in 2007. His current sculptures will be on display until the end of February.
February 1, 2008
Visiting Artist John de Wit
Visiting Artist John de Wit will be working with students in the glass area February 4 through February 8, 2008. The Glass area will host daily demonstrations in both hot and cold glass working techniques in the Studio Arts Center, rooms 145 and 146. He will also give a lecture on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in the Fine Arts Building, room 148 from 2pm to 3pm.
John de Wit has been working with glass since the late 1970s. He moved to Washington State in the mid 1980’s to open his workshop on Whidbey Island. It is there that he has primarily engaged himself for the last 20 years using the ’vessel as canvas’. He is credited with the development of using glass paints with the glassblowing process, and recognized as a leading glass artist and teacher throughout the world. John recently won the Gold Prize at the 5th Cheongju International Craft Competition, in Korea. His work is in the collections of the Boeing Corp., Microsoft, the di Rosa Preserve, and the Corning Glass Museum.
Spike Lee Visits UTA, hosted by the College of Liberal Arts & the Art + Art History Dept.
Two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee will discuss his life and career, “Reel to Real,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Texas Hall. Events leading up to Lee’s lecture include a series of panel discussions and screenings of “When the Levees Broke,” Monday, February 4th through Thursday, February 7th at 7 p.m. in room 148 of the Fine Arts Building . The screening is a part of Assistant Professor Narcel Reedus’ advanced film class Art 4697-Cinema of Spike Lee, but will be open to the public on a space available basis. Friday, February 8th will feature a Jazz concert with music from the films of Spike Lee followed by the screening of “Inside Man” in the Rosebud Theatre. Screenings of “Malcolm X,” “4 Little Girls”, and “Do the Right Thing” can be viewed Saturday, February 9th starting at 10 a.m. in room 148 of the Fine Arts Building. For more information please visit http://www.uta.edu/spikelee.
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January 17, 2008
Points of Convergence: Masters of Fine Arts
"Seven plus seven adds up to one unique exhibit opening soon at The Gallery at UT Arlington. Seven nationally recognized contemporary artists, who received Master of Fine Arts degrees from seven different American university art programs, have been paired with seven emerging artists currently completing the MFA program at those same universities for the exhibit, which opens Tuesday, Jan. 22, and runs through Tuesday, March 4. The gallery is on the north end of the first floor, Fine Arts Building, 502 S. Cooper St.
Janine Antoni, David Bates, Ross Bleckner, Enrique Chagoya, Michael Ray Charles, Ann Hamilton and Donald Lipski are distinguished alumni of the Rhode Island School of Design, Southern Methodist University, California Institute of the Arts, University of California, Berkeley, University of Houston, Yale University and Cranbrook Academy, respectively. Eric Chavera, Louisa Conrad, Ali Dadgar, Heather Leigh McPherson, Betsy Odom, Samuel Rowlett and Kelli Vance represent the current generation of MFA graduates who are just beginning to make their mark in the art world.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon until 5 p.m. Saturday. There will be a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20. In conjunction with the exhibition, one of the exhibiting artists, Michael Ray Charles, will give an illustrated lecture about his work at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the auditorium, room 148, in the Fine Arts Building.
The exhibit and all events are free and open to the public.Contact Benito Huerta (817) 272-3143, or Patricia Healy (817) 272-5658 for more information or visit www.uta.edu/gallery. The 2007-08 exhibition schedule is made possible by the generous support of Arlington Camera, the Hanley Foundation and Hilton Arlington. Additional support for this exhibition and catalog was provided by College Art Association, New York."
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January 16, 2008
College of Liberal Arts Annual Report
We would like to share with you the new College of Liberal Arts Annual Report. Please review the Art + Art History recognition within the report.
We hope you enjoy the content that can be accessed here.
December 12, 2007
Outstanding Senior Awards
The Department of Art and Art History is proud to announce the Outstanding Senior Award winners for the graduating class of Fall 2007. Each semester the faculty has an opportunity to nominate a graduating senior for the Outstanding Senior Award in each of the areas of concentration. The awards were presented during the BFA exhibition reception which was held on Friday, December 7, 2007. The areas represented this year are Art Education, Art History, Film/Video, Glass, Visual Communication, Metals, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Art.
BA - Breanna McFarling – Arlington, TX
Art Education – Elaine Karney – Dallas, TX
Art History – Cheryl Mitchell – Arlington, TX
Film/Video – Kyle Craig – Dallas, TX
Glass – Shannon Brunskill – Dallas, TX
Graphic Design – Brianne Phillips – Spring, TX
Metals – Yuki Shimizu – Arlington, TX/Isehara-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Painting – Maraya Lopez – Desoto, TX
Photography – Kristin Bazan – Dallas, TX
Printmaking – Hayley Lewis – Plano, TX
December 7, 2007
Assistant Professor Reedus to Present Research at Multicultural Conference
Assistant Professor Reedus’ research has been accepted for the San Antonio College Fourteenth Annual Multicultural Conference. The conference’s topic is “The Body Uncovered: Determining the Core” which will include papers and presentations analyzing the body. He will present a paper and video presentation titled “Ezekiel’s Dream: The state of hyper-reality where the falsely accused and the ‘criminalblackman’ are digital artifacts that inhabit the same dream”. The conference will be held April 22-24, 2008.
New UTA Mascot Named
On Monday, November 12th, 2007 the name of the newly designed UTA mascot was announced by President Spaniolo. The new UTA mascot’s name was chosen by vote of the student body and the winning name is Blaze. Art and Art History alumni Rebecca Blodgett-Duff is the designer responsible for Blaze. Her winning design was created during her semester in the Design Texas class. Blaze can be found all over campus. Recently, at the President’s Holiday Reception for faculty and staff, the image of Blaze was prominently displayed in the form of an ice sculpture.
December 6, 2007
International Design Exhibition
Robert Hower, Chair of the Department of Art and Art History, has been invited by the Korean Society of Experimentation in Design and The Applied Science University Faculty of Arts and Design in Amman, Jordan to exhibit in the “United Designs” Biennial International Design Exhibition. The exhibit closes December 18th and will be held at The National Art Gallery, Jordan. Associate Professor Robert Grame’s work was also included in the exhibition.
November 28, 2007
Art + Art History Department seeking Adjunct Professors
The Art + Art History Department at the University of Texas at Arlington is seeking part-time adjunct professors for the Visual Communication area for Spring 2008 classes. The UTA visual communication area is growing in student enrollment, and is striving to enrich our curriculum by bringing practicing professionals in to support the full-time teaching staff. The visual communication area is one of the strongest in the department in student numbers and achievements--since 2001 our vis comm students have achieved over 150 design awards and honors, at the regional, national, and international level. We are looking forward to profound change and improvement within the next few years, and are seeking creatives with strong industry experience to enhance our programmatic growth.
Submit letter of application, resume, and samples of personal work and student work (if available) to:
Robert Hower, Chair, Art and Art History Department
Box 19089, University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX, 76019
rhower@uta.edu
UT Arlington is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This is a security sensitive position, and a criminal background check will be conducted on finalists.
November 12, 2007
Narcel Reedus Juror for Artist Fellowship
The Illinois Arts Council welcomed UTA Assistant Professor Narcel G.Reedus as a juror for its 2007-2008 Artists Fellowship program. As a juror, Professor Reedus was responsible for for reviewing and ranking more than 54 Artist Fellowship applications in the Media Arts category.
The Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding work and commitment of artists throughout the state of Illinois.
October 10. 2007
Society for Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference
The UTA Photo Area is sponsoring the annual SPE regional conference for students and faculty from a seven state area. Conference program includes presentations and mentoring sessions from artists, curators, commercial photographers from an international arena. There will be a variety of speakers including David Graham, Paho Mann, Dornith Doherty, and Alex Hamm.
September 27, 2007
Kenda North Awarded the Alicia Wilkerson Smotherman Faculty Award
Kenda North was recently awarded the Alicia Wilkerson Smotherman Faculty Award for her research expertise and teaching abilities that have inspired students to create work of exceptional merit. Kenda worked with the Promise House in Dallas and students from UTA to photograph the organizations residents to help express their personal point of view. The Promise House is a non-profit organization that assists homeless and runaway children as well as homeless mothers. The work was exhibited at the gallery Southside in December 2006 and the efforts have resulted in benefits for the residents, the organization, and the community who has learned about them.
September 12, 2007
Dr. Vaccaro Awarded Metropolitcan Museum of Art Fellowship
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art has awarded 56 fellowships, as well as one Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation, to graduate students and scholars from the United States and around the world. The fellows will undertake study and research projects, either at the Metropolitan Museum or abroad for periods ranging from two months to one year, most of them beginning in September 2007... Among the the 2007-2008 fellowship recipients affiliated with American universities are scholars from Columbia University, Emory University, Harvard University, New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Los Angeles. Recipients from foreign museums and universities include scholars from the Courtauld Institute of Art, England, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany, Cairo University, Egypt and the University of Pisa, Italy..."
J. Clawson Mills Fellowship
Mary Vaccaro - Associate Professor, The University of Texas Arlington
(Ph.D., Columbia University, New York)
To conduct the research and writing for her book project entitled
"Disegno: On the Use and Exchange of Drawings in Sixteenth-Century Parma."
September 6. 2007
Mark Baum Scholarship Recipients
Michelle Proksell is the recipient of the Mark Baum Scholarship. The scholarship pays for half of her tuition for both the fall and spring semester up to $3750 total.
Stuart Hausmann and Megumi Rooze are recipients of the Mark Baum Award in Art. The award totals $1500 for each recipient and will be divided for the fall and spring semester.
August 30, 2007
Recent lecture of UTA Art & Art History faculty member in Japan:
In August, Mary Vaccaro, associate professor of Art and Art History, lectured at the Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, Japan, in conjunction with a special exhibit on the art of Renaissance Parma titled “Parma: Italian Arts from Another Capital City.” Dr Vaccaro, whose expertise involves the drawing and painting of the northern Italian town of Parma, was one of only two foreign speakers who were invited to participate in the conference. A special grant from the Ministry of Culture of the government of Japan made possible her five-day visit. She was given a ceremonial kimono, the sash of which, she soon discovered, is very difficult to knot correctly!. For more information about the museum and the exhibition, see the museum website: www.nmwa.go.jp/en/html/collection.html
During this upcoming academic year, Dr.Vaccaro will be on faculty development leave. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has awarded her a J. Clawson Mills Senior Fellowship, which will allow her to work as a research affliate of the Department of Drawings and Prints on her new book about drawing practice in 16th-century Parma.
July 25, 2007
20th Annual Dallas Video Fest Features UT Arlington Talent
Since 1987 the Dallas Video Festival has specialized in independent, imaginative, unusual, provocative and sometimes description-defying electronic media. It is touted as a bastion of independent media, offering viewpoints and voices and visual styles that do not always have expression in more mainstream festivals.
The Annual Dallas Video Fest has been directed since its inception by University of Texas at Arlington Associate Professor of Art and Art History Bart Weiss. Celebrating its 20th year, this year’s July 31 to Aug. 5 festival features a number of UT Arlington students and alumni films.
Frank Mosley has three entries in the festival, “Little Boy,” “Leave” and Lions’ Den.” Others are “Reality Check” by Sharon Palkowetz, “Alone at Last” by Veronica Cortez, “DK900” by Jay Chern, “Also” by Jay Stand and “Roots” by Marie Travis. Jarod Costa has two works in the festival “Giant” and “Go Out in Style” and Laura Tabor-Huerta’s work “DFW Punk” will be shown.
Assistant Professor Narcel Reedus’s “1963” will be shown, along with “Trance” made by his advanced film class. Professor Andy Anderson will also have an world premiere installation “Sense Memory” on exhibit.
For the complete schedule and to purchase tickets, visit www.videofest.org . All-day passes range from $10 -$25, and an all-festival pass is $80 or $60 for members of the Dallas Video Association.
May 4, 2007
Professor Plummer Retires
The University recognized the contributions and accomplishments of Jack Plummer during a special spring retirement reception. Professor Plummer is now recognized as a Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas Arlington. His contributions to the University and department have been significant over the last 37 years as an administrator, faculty member and colleague. Please email the department if you would like to forward a message to Jack Plummer.
March 8 , 2007
2nd Annual Undergraduate Art History Symposium
Click below to view and download the presentation guidelines for this year's Art History Symposium.
February 13, 2007
Advising for Fall 2007
Get ready, advising for the Fall semester of 2007 will begin the 2nd and 3rd weeks of March. Start getting together a list of classes you are interested in and any other materials you will need when meeting with your advisor. Check for updates on the websites and posters in the Fine Arts Building for the timeline.
January 12, 2007
The MFA Program
It is with a vision to the future...
The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas Arlington has nearly doubled its student major numbers over the last seven years. This growth is a national trend for quality departments especially within large metropolitan areas. With this growth and the 2004 completion of the 37,000 sp. ft. Studio Art Center, UTA is poised to reach new heights in research and service for the state of Texas.
The Glass Art, Intermedia, Film, and Video in Art and Visual Communication with the Design Texas program will provide M.F.A. candidates outstanding experiences in the state-of-the-art facilities with the prospect of meaningful employment upon graduation. Regionally and nationally we will offer unique research tracks that are in demand.
January 12, 2007
Liberal Arts Spring Graduation
If you plan to graduate this Spring, here is some information you need to know:
You do not automatically receive your diploma. You must apply for graduation: Undergraduate students through the Registrar's Office, Graduate students must see your advisor. The Undergraduate deadline is March 12.
If you plan to participate in the graduation ceremony, your guests must have tickets. There will be between 5 and 10 tickets available for each graduate. The exact number will be posted on the Dean's Office website around the middle of March - http://www.uta.edu/libarts . Click Graduation Information on the left side of the page. The Dean's office will give out tickets April 23 - 27. If you come after April 27, there is no guarantee you will get any tickets.
Graduation Timeline:
March 12 - Deadline for Undergraduates to apply for graduation
Mid March - Number of tickets posted on the Dean's Office website
Mid March - Graduation information letter sent to the address you have on file with UTA
April 23-27 - Pick up graduation tickets at the Dean of Liberal Arts Office - 210 University Hall
May 11 - Any remaining tickets distributed as extras
May 12 - Graduation ceremonies - 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Texas Hall
Mid June - Diplomas distributed by the Registrar's Office or Graduate School
January 12, 2007
Drop Date for Spring 2007 Semester
The new drop date for the Spring semester of 2007 is Friday, March 30, 2007.
December 4, 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
December 4-16, 2006
Reception: Friday, December 8, 2006, 5-7 PM
Commencement Ceremony begins at 4:00 PM
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Art & Art History Graduation Reception follows
Gallery @ UTA
December 4, 2006
Wishful Wings Photography Exhibition
December 4-8, 2006
Gallery West
Reception: Friday, December 8, 2006, 6-8 PM
November 27, 2006
3D Design Juried Show
November 27-December 1, 2006
Gallery West at the Studio Arts Center
November 27, 2006
Pulitzer Prize-winning Alumnus
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and alumnus Brad Loper (BA, Fine Arts, 1993) and Irwin Thompson, another Pulitzer Prize recipient, will be among various journalists sharing their techniques and tips at the annual Workshop for Young Journalists sponsored by the University of Texas Arlington and the DFW Network of Hispanic Communicators from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18 in the Fine Arts Building, 700 W. Second St. The annual workshop provides journalism experiences for college and high school students and recent graduates. In addition to informative sessions on journalism, public relations and online media, students will also cover a news conference, receive a writer's critique and participate in an interactive lunch session on ethics. The workshop's cost is $10 per person until Friday. Registration after then will be $15 on site. For more information and to register, visit www.dfwhispanic.org.
October 30, 2006
Film and Video Alum Makes Headline News
Up and coming film maker and UTA alum Matt Kurtz gets interviewed by major film site about his experiences at UTA and his new film:
"Undeniably, one of the best things about running a site like this is the exposure to movies that generally tend to fall through the cracks. Case in point: Falling Hard. A relationship movie revolving around several characters, Falling Hard marks the directorial debut of a promising newcomer named Matt Kurtz."
October 29, 2006
Advising Information
Last day to drop undergraduate courses during Fall 2006, with an automatic "W", is November 3, 2006.
October 17, 2006
Advising Information
Winter Session and Spring 2007 Academic Advising for Sophomores starts on October 12th, by appointment only with the Academic Advisor. Appointments can be made through email, in the main office, room 335 in the Fine Arts Building or by calling 817.272.2891.
Freshmen and continued Sophomore Advising will start on October 19th by appointment only with the Academic Advisor.
Transfer and non-current students will start to be advised on November 1st.
Graduating Seniors, Seniors and Juniors will still need to meet with their Faculty Advisors to be advised for the Winter Session and Spring semester. Please contact your Faculty Advisor to schedule an appointment.
Please check the Dates section in Student Advising for more information.
October 6, 2006
Advising Information
Winter Session and Spring 2007 Academic Advising for all Seniors and Juniors will be on October 10th and 11th from 11am – 4pm. Please check the Dates section in Student Advising for more information.
October 6, 2006
UTA Department of Art and Art History One of 25 Identified in Search For Excellence
Joins International Consortium with Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia Universities.
The University of Texas Arlington Department of Art & Art History has been recognized for its innovative approaches to the use of technology by the New Media Consortium (NMC), an international consortium of more than 200 prestigious colleges universities and museums across the United States, Canada, Europe Australia and Asia. Selection for this elite group is considered a mark of excellence, said Dr. Larry Johnson, CEO of the consortium.
The New Media Consortium serves as a catalyst for the development of new applications of technology to support learning and creative expression and sponsors programs and activities designed to stimulate innovation, encourage collaboration and recognize excellent among its member institutions.
The centerpiece effort to the collaboration is the Pachyderm Project, a partnership led by NMC and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The Pachyderm 2.0 Project has created an interoperable, easily distributed version of Pachyderm software that is open-source and includes a wide range of pedagogical templates. It is being tested by leading museum from across the country in an extensive series of field tests. The final product will be available to museums at no charge.
Chair of the Department of Art and Arts History Robert F. Hower said UT Arlington¹s selection was in recognition of its participation in the Marcus Digital Education Project for Texas Museums and Galleries, managed by the consortium. The sole focus of the project, funded by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, is to stimulate visual arts education in Texas by increasing the capacity of Texas museums to use digital storytelling tools and techniques. Faculty and students in art history, art education, graphic design, photography, film /video and Design Texas will have outstanding opportunities to participate in this program.
Today, supported by grants from the Marcus Foundation, Texas Museums routinely send curriculum-based art lessons directly into classrooms electronically, collaborate with teachers across the state to develop lesson plans, and deliver those plans via the Internet to teachers whose schools are too far from a museum for field trips. While the primary beneficiaries of the project will be the museum professionals, visitors, teachers and children, who will be able to share and enjoy the rich collection of Texas museums more effectively than ever before, the foundation believes this project will become a model for other states and participants will have ample opportunities to present papers and sessions at national conferences and symposia.
October 2, 2006
A message from Department Chair: Robert Hower
This fall we are launching the new University of Texas Arlington Art and Art History web site. It was designed to provide news and information for current students, future students, and our alums. As we continue site development, you may experience additional changes to the content.
We are in an exciting time, and want to make sure to communicate with our alumni and friends. Please take a few minutes to send an email to art@uta.edu and let us know more about you and your activities.
Our goals are to meet the challenges of a growing department, facility enhancements, curricular development, and international program development. In order to provide our students with the finest opportunities within their selected disciplines, we are moving beyond the walls of the institution to collaborate with the Arlington and Metroplex communities as well as recognized artists and art historians. Our outreach programs continue to grow. These include the Visiting Artist Program, The Gallery at UTA, The Student Gallery-Gallery West, and the The High School SEED Program (An Art and Art History and School of Architecture collaboration that emphasizes our outreach efforts in the Metroplex High Schools to recruit promising first generation students to enhance the departments diversity).
The University of Texas Arlington Department of Art & Art History is fortunate to have gifted and talented professors who have the knowledge and ability to bring out the best in their students. On behalf of the entire faculty and staff I would like to welcome Assistant Professor Dr. Ingrid Furniss in Art History and Visiting Assistant Professor Chris Tinnen in Metals to our department. Their knowledge and experience will provide valuable contributions to the development of our programs.
This is a great time be involved with the Department of Art and Art History. Your help and support will make a meaningful difference in the future of our programs and the educational experiences they provide the students at UT Arlington.
If you would like to get involved with the Department of Art and Art History I would enjoy speaking with you about these opportunities.
I want to thank you for your interest in the Department of Art and Art History.
Take Care,
Robert Hower
Chair and Professor
Department of Art and Art History
rhower@uta.edu
817-272-2891