Hands-On History: Lorena De Loera’s Internship at the Texas Pythian Home
During summer 2025, Lorena De Loera undertook a museum studies internship at the Texas Pythian Home, a historic site founded in 1909 to support widows and orphans of the Knights of Pythias.
Modeling Confidence: Iliana Martinez’s Path in Interactive Media
Iliana Martinez graduated with BFA degree majoring in Interactive Media at UTA in December 2025. Her work engages with themes of identity, memory, and lived experience, using technology as a space for experimentation and connection.
Shaped through a university-museum partnership, outstanding work by the 27 UTA art students is on view at the Annual Juried Exhibition at the Arlington Museum of Art, October 30, 2025, through February 22, 2026.
Photographer and naturalist Zachary Chapman graduates from UTA in December 2025 with a BFA in Photography and minor in Museum Studies, carrying forward a passion for conservation-focused and community engagement work at the Fort Worth Zoo.
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