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Fred Schmidt-Arenales: IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT

From the Visual Art Center: "For over a century, scientists, engineers, and government officials have been working to protect the Texas Gulf Coast from superstorm…

09.20.24 | 12.07.24

Violette Bule: Una Luz: Photography in Venezuelan Penitentiaries

From the Visual Arts Center: "Texas/New Mexico-based artist Violette Bule has been selected as the Visual Arts Center’s Fall 2024 Artist-in-Residence. Bule will develop a…

09.20.24 | 12.07.24

Somos Recuerdos

From the Visual Arts Center: "By offering a platform that emphasizes rediscovery, recollection, and reconciliation, SOMOS helps navigate the intricate web of Latinx identity. Each…

01.26.24 | 03.09.24

Las Nietas de Nonó

From UT Visual Arts Center: "Over the past ten years, Afro borikua sibling duo Las Nietas de Nonó has evolved a creative process that evokes ancestral…

01.26.24 | 03.02.24

A Well-trained Eye

From the UT Visual Arts Center: "A Well-trained Eye features 13 contemporary artists who explore the possibilities, limitations, and responsibilities that come with instructing both…

09.22.23 | 03.02.24

The RRK Collection: Wood Type 1828 – 2024

From the Visual Arts Center: "Amidst the rich ecosystem of digital technology and creative media that continues to flourish in our current era, analog processes…

01.26.24 | 02.03.24

Artist-in-Residence: Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork

From the UT Visual Arts Center: "Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork combines sound and objects to test the boundaries of experiential connection. Gork’s installations facilitate embodied experiences,…

09.22.23 | 12.02.23

Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil

From Visual Arts Center: "Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil brings together the work of ten artists who reflect upon the long-standing histories of…

09.23.22 | 03.10.23

Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops

From the UT Visual Arts Center: "Bill Morrison is one of the most accomplished filmmakers working today whose practice rescues lesser known and forgotten histories…

01.28.22 | 03.12.22

Corentin Canesson: Sleep Spaces/ Les espaces du sommeil

From the UT Austin Visual Arts Center: "Exhibition Description: Corentin Canesson confronts the constructs and legacies of painting by reconsidering conventional modes of display, questioning…

01.28.22 | 03.12.22

Connective Tissue: printed and published

From UT Austin Visual Arts Center: "Exhibition Description: Publications have long been important sites of discourse integral to the formation of artistic communities and their…

01.28.22 | 03.12.22

A Ground to Stand, a Place to Call

From the UT Austin Visual Arts Center: "Exhibition Description: A Ground to Stand, A Place to Call brings works from the first year MFA cohort…

01.28.22 | 03.12.22

Michael Queenland: Rudy’s Ramp of Remainders 2012/2022

From the Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin: "The Visual Arts Center at The University of Texas at Austin is proud…

01.28.22 | 03.12.22

Madison Cooper: (Untitled) Fanon

To register for the upcoming lecture with Dr. Patrick Walter and Madison Cooper on October 14, 2021, go here. From UT Austin: "I sit down…

09.24.21 | 12.03.21

Aesthetics of Health

From the UT Austin VAC: "The works in this exhibition are the result of a partnership between the Department of Art and Art History and…

09.24.21 | 10.09.21

small refusals

To register for the artist talk on May 7, 2021, go here. From the organizers: "small refusals is a three-woman exhibition featuring work by students from…

05.01.21 | 05.23.21

Will Wilson: AIR / Survey

From the UT VAC: "AIR / Survey, an exhibition from Santa Fe-based artist Will Wilson (Diné/Navajo) whose work in photography, installation and performance investigates the…

01.23.21 | 03.27.21

Luiz Roque: República

From the Visual Arts Center: "The Visual Arts Center (VAC) at The University of Texas at Austin presents Luiz Roque: República, a focused look at São…

02.05.21 | 03.27.21

Between Two Worlds

"Between Two Worlds takes its title from a book of selected poems written by Américo Paredes in the 1930s and 1940s. Paredes (1915-1999), a foundational figure…

09.25.20 | 11.20.20

_____: Revisited: 2020 Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition

A group exhibition featuring work from the 2020 Studio Art MFA program. From UT VAC: "After a long, unforeseen hiatus, the 2020 Studio Art MFA…

09.25.20 | 11.20.20

The Fact of Fiction: Four Works by Kara Walker

A solo exhibition featuring work by Kara Walker. To register for the October 7 presentation, Viewpoint: A Conversation on Kara Walker, go here. From the VAC: "Kara…

09.25.20 | 10.23.20

Grasping fragments, or otherwise calculating distance

Grasping fragments, or otherwise calculating distance includes the work of four artists—Nassem Navab, Bahareh Khoshooee, Mahsa Biglow, and Sareh Imani—who employ photography, video, performance, and installation…

01.24.20 | 03.06.20

Carmen Argote: Me At Market

A solo exhibition in Austin featuring work by Carmen Argote. "Hinging on corporeal processing of the spaces she inhabits, Carmen Argote’s multidisciplinary practice draws upon…

01.24.20 | 03.06.20

Lisa Lapinski: Drunk Hawking

A solo exhibition featuring work by Lisa Lapinski. "Lisa Lapinski’s indelible practice is informed by a wide-ranging cultural milieu that juxtaposes imagery from popular culture…

01.24.20 | 03.06.20

Juan Pablo González: Cómo hago para recordar / What I do to remember

A solo exhibition featuring work by Juan Pablo González. "Juan Pablo González’s films are poetic and atmospheric portrayals of everyday life within central Mexico." Image…

01.24.20 | 03.06.20

Lauren Moya Ford: Full Bloom

A solo exhibition featuring work by Lauren Moya Ford. "Loosely based on the Spanish barajas playing card deck, Full Bloom is rooted in Lauren Moya…

01.24.20 | 03.06.20

Nikita Gale: EASY LISTENING

A solo exhibition featuring work by Nikita Gale. "Los Angeles-based artist Nikita Gale makes work that visually articulates the mechanics of sound and points to…

09.20.19 | 12.06.19

Kenneth Tam: Details​

A solo exhibition featuring work by Kenneth Tam. "Through video and sculpture, New York-based artist Kenneth Tam questions conceptions of masculinity, gendered forms of identity…

09.20.19 | 12.06.19

Maria Antelman: Mechanisms of Affection​

A solo exhibition featuring work by Maria Antelman. "Merging the digital and analog through photomontage, sound installation, sculpture, and animation, New York-based artist Maria Antelman…

09.20.19 | 12.06.19

Saakred: Sin Nombre, Sin Cuerpo​

A solo exhibition featuring work by Saakred. "Miguel Rodriguez’s work as Saakred is raw, interdisciplinary, and deeply personal. Sin Nombre, Sin Cuerpo moves across genres…

09.20.19 | 12.06.19

Learning Tuscany 2019: In Plato’s Cave

A group exhibition featuring photography by UT students. "In Plato’s Cave presents photographs made by UT students during the six-week Learning Tuscany summer study abroad…

09.20.19 | 10.04.19

2019 University of Texas Austin Studio Art MFA: Hero Ready

"Hero Ready presents the culminating work of students receiving master of fine arts degrees in Studio Art." Featuring: Nima Bahremand , Stephen-Bernard Derek Callender, Matthew…

05.10.19 | 05.25.19

2019 Senior Art Exhibition: If I find the things I want to see

A show of works by the 2019 UT senior art students.

03.08.19 | 03.29.19

Alyssa Taylor Wendt: HAINT

"HAINT is an immersive, three-channel video installation by Austin-based artist and curator Alyssa Taylor Wendt. Filmed over the course of three years in Croatia, Detroit,…

01.25.19 | 02.22.19

Oozy Rat in a Sanitary Zoo

"Oozy Rat in a Sanitary Zoo features the work of five artists—Sasha Fishman, Brooke Johnson, Seth Murchison, Tín Rodriguez, and Rachel Wilkins—all who are current…

01.25.19 | 02.22.19

Nancy Lupo: The Square at Noon

"Los Angeles-based artist Nancy Lupo combines materials, spaces, and language into intricate networks that resist temporal limitations. Her works sketch out a world that is…

01.25.19 | 02.22.19

Elia Alba: The Supper Club

"Elia Alba’s multifaceted project The Supper Club comprises fifty-eight portraits of contemporary artists of color and a series of salon-style dinners that serve to stimulate…

01.25.19 | 02.22.19

An Exchange

"An Exchange is an exhibition of collaborative works between Digital Fabrication students at The University of Texas at Austin and Kinetic Imaging students at Virginia…

01.25.19 | 02.07.19

María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Like the lonely traveler

"Like the lonely traveler traces the evolution of María Magdalena Campos-Pons’ video production over the last three decades, from her early documentary and autobiographical photographic…

09.21.18 | 12.07.18

Exploring the Arctic Ocean

"Exploring the Arctic Ocean brings together eight diverse projects that rely on the power of visual media to make the unknown waters of the Arctic…

09.21.18 | 12.07.18

Lan Tuazon: In the Land of Real Shadows

"In the Land of Real Shadows is the final part of Lan Tuazon’s decade-long trilogy on the order of things: architecture, artifacts and now, the…

09.21.18 | 12.07.18

It Sounds like Cher

"It Sounds like Cher is a multifaceted exhibition featuring a wide spectrum of perspectives coming from an international group of artists on the ideation of…

11.08.18 | 11.16.18

Another Green World

"Another Green World showcases the work of five young and emerging female artists whose art demonstrates the quiet yet meaningful resurgence of landscape as an…

09.21.18 | 10.20.18

Sit: Designs by Charles and Ray Eames

"Sit is an exploration of Charles and Ray Eames’ design process and history. Through a mix of historical imagery, production techniques, compelling artifacts, and engaging…

09.21.18 | 10.03.18

David Wojnarowicz: A Fire in My Belly (A Work in Progress)

A screening of David Wojnarowicz's 1986-87 video piece A Fire in My Belly (A Work in Progress).

05.01.18 | 05.31.18

Affordable Dream House: 2018 Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition

Affordable Dream House features ten artists from the 2018 UT Studio Art MFA graduating class. Artists include: Hiba Ali Evelyn Contreras Siera Hyte Marisa Laguardia Marta…

04.20.18 | 05.11.18

If This Then That: 2018 Design MFA Exhibition

If This Then That presents seven thesis projects that explore potential solutions to complex problems and use design as a catalyst for social interactions, human…

04.20.18 | 05.11.18

Catalyst: 2018 Senior Design Exhibition

"Catalyst is the culmination of deep research, critical thinking and design implementation combined with topics that have personally inspired us. A catalyst is something that…

04.20.18 | 05.11.18

Zina Saro-Wiwa: Table Manners

In her 2014-2016 video work Table Manners, Brooklyn-based Nigerian artist Zina Saro-Wiwa films people from the Niger Delta eating as the look directly into the camera. "The direct…

04.01.18 | 04.30.18

It's Not What You Think

An exhibition featuring works by senior UT print, sculpture, painting, photography, video, installation, and game design students. Featured artists include: Amy Barlow Madi Beavers Nidia Chavarria…

03.09.18 | 04.06.18

Héctor Zamora: O Abuso da História (The Abuse of History)

Héctor Zamora's video work O Abuso da História (The Abuse of History) depicts the tossing of potted plants through windows into the courtyard of São Paulo’s colonial…

02.01.18 | 02.28.18

Untitled

Untitled is an exhibition "exploring the relationship between contemporary art and the theory of the past." It is organized by Professor Janice Leoshko and the Undergraduate…

02.09.18 | 02.23.18

I Think We Meet Here

I Think We Meet Here features works by three artists currently participating in the Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: Yue Nakayama, Shana…

01.26.18 | 02.23.18

The Codex Borgia

An exhibition featuring a hand-painted replica of The Codex Borgia, a pre-Hispanic Aztec painted manuscript. This piece is the result of a decades-long project by artist Richard Lee…

01.26.18 | 02.23.18

Just Press Print

"Just Press Print is an international, traveling group exhibition that explores the introduction of 21st century technologies within the discipline of printmaking." The show is…

01.26.18 | 02.23.18

Almost Doesn’t Count

In Almost Doesn’t Count, artists Emily Lee and Rachael Henson "explore the endless in-between-ness of identifying oneself."

01.26.18 | 02.23.18

Sarah Morris: Beijing

In this 2008 video work, British artist Sarah Morris documents the city of Beijing during the 2008 olympic games. Aiming to capture a portrait of the…

01.01.18 | 01.31.18

Hermine Freed: Art Herstory

A screening of Hermine Freed's video Art Herstory (1974). In the piece, the artist "takes on more than five hundred years of the treatment of women in…

12.01.17 | 12.31.17

Room before

"For this exhibition, the Studio Art MFA candidates at UT Austin invited six MFA students from Yale University, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of…

11.03.17 | 12.09.17

Body is a Bridge

"Body is a Bridge details the lived experiences of illness through an intersectional lens." The show includes works by Texas-based artist Amber Shields, and Portland, Maine…

11.03.17 | 12.09.17

Larry Bamburg: BurlsHoovesandShells on a Pedestal of Conglomerates

"Larry Bamburg uses natural materials to create process-based works that vacillate between living and dead, natural and manmade. For BurlsHoovesandShells on a Pedestal of Conglomerates, Bamburg…

09.22.17 | 12.09.17

Fools Romance / Books from AEROMOTO

Located in Mexico City’s Colonia Juárez, the non-profit art library and community space Aeromoto provides public access to art books and small press publications from…

09.22.17 | 12.09.17

AES+F: Inverso Mundus

A screening of the 2015 38-minute video work Inverso Mundus by Russian collective AES+F (Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky, and  Vladimir Fridkes). "Inspired by the medieval…

11.01.17 | 11.30.17

META_“REAL”_WORLD

"META_“REAL”_WORLD is an exhibition of recent work presented by students from UT's Fall 2017 Advanced Expanded Media class that focuses on the creative use and…

11.03.17 | 11.16.17

Teresa Serrano: La Piñata

A screening of Teresa Serrano's 2003 video work La Piñata. Serrano created the piece "to address the repercussions of the lack of rights for working-class Mexican women."

10.01.17 | 10.31.17

Marta Lee & Anika Steppe: Kind of About Michigan

A show featuring photographs and paintings by Marta Lee and Anika Steppe. The pieces in the show "examine common tropes of tourism, the functions and perils…

09.22.17 | 10.20.17

American Dream

"This exhibition presents work made by 2017 UT teaching residents, Israeli-artist collective, The New Barbizon group. The New Barbizon members, Natalia Zourabova, Asya Lukin, Anna…

09.22.17 | 10.20.17

Mille Otto

A show of works created by students studying studying in the university's Learning Tuscany program.

09.22.17 | 10.06.17

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)

"Known for his use of brightly colored, “African” batik-style cloth in paintings, sculptures, installations, photography, and films, Yinka Shonibare has devoted his practice to the…

09.01.17 | 09.30.17

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Re Dis Appearing

A screening of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's 1977 video work Re Dis Appearing. The piece "evokes themes of exile and displacement through overlaps and interjections of multilingual…

08.01.17 | 08.31.17

David Ellis: Animal

A screening of Animal, a video work that UT Austin commissioned from artist David Ellis.

07.01.17 | 07.31.17

Rita Myers: Tilt 1

Rita Myers' 1973 video Tilt 1 will be on view in the VAC lobby as a part of UT Landmarks' video screening series.

06.01.17 | 06.30.17

Trouble: 2017 Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition

An exhibition featuring works by fourteen graduating UT MFA students. Artists include: Zachary Betts Laura Brown Kurt Chung-Liang Cheng Anthony B Creeden Caitlin Halloran Ryan…

04.21.17 | 05.13.17

in order to: 2017 Design MFA Thesis Exhibition

in order to is the 2017 thesis exhibition of three MFA students in Design at The University of Texas at Austin: Tirza Hutagalung, Em Karimifar,…

04.21.17 | 05.13.17

2017 Senior Art Exhibition

A show of works by students graduation from the UT Austin art program.

03.10.17 | 04.07.17

2017 Senior Design Exhibition

A show featuring works from seniors graduating from the UT Austin undergraduate design program.

03.10.17 | 04.07.17

Fieldwork Projects

"Fieldwork is a space for projects initiated by faculty and students in the Department of Art and Art History." Faculty members include Teresa Hubbard, Julie…

01.27.17 | 02.24.17

Ann Hamilton: O N E E V E R Y O N E

An exhibition of works made during Ann Hamilton's process of creating her new public art work for UT's Dell Medical School. This show includes smaller panels and…

01.27.17 | 02.24.17

Elizabeth Bick: Performances

A show of photographs by Elizabeth Bick. In this exhibition, Bick argues that "the divisions between the arts are not distinct, and that a true division between…

01.27.17 | 02.24.17

Omnibus Filing

An exhibition combining art, science, and engineering. For the past year, artists Daniel Bozhkov, Patrick Killoran, Steven Brower, and James Sham have worked with UT researchers…

01.27.17 | 02.24.17

Two Christmases and a Half-Birthday

An exhibition that aims to "challenge notions of stability associated with the image of “The Home,” taking ownership over and embracing liminality within identity, not…

01.27.17 | 02.24.17

Fieldwork Projects

An exhibition featuring works by James Walker, Michael Mogavero, Jason Urban, Jeff Williams, and Heidi Powell.

09.23.16 | 12.10.16

Queer Terrortories

An exhibition "bringing together emerging contemporary artists engaging with politics of anti-assimilation. As gayness enters the mainstream, assimilation to white heteronormativity becomes increasingly privileged over…

11.18.16 | 12.10.16

Placeholder

An exhibition where Mexico City-based artist Victor Pérez-Rul and curator Leslie Moody Castro collaborate with UT's student community to create works that explore the "human consciousness…

09.23.16 | 12.10.16

Tania Mouraud: Everyday Ogres

An exhibition of new video works by Tania Mouraud. "Commissioned by the Visual Arts Center, Mouraud traveled to Texas in June 2016 to film oil refineries along…

09.23.16 | 12.10.16

Moving Mountains: Extractive Landscapes of Peru by Edi Hirose & Nancy La Rosa

An exhibition of works by Lima-based artists Edi Hirose and Nancy La Rosa. The show will feature photography, drawing, printmaking, and video installations that comment on the effect natural resource mining…

09.23.16 | 12.10.16

New Factories

Experimental music group New Factories, consisting of Houston-based artists Gabriel Martinez and Ronnie Yates present an improvisational sound performance featuring field recordings taken from the…

10.25.16 | 10.25.16

Reverse Image/Search Asteroid

A collaborative exhibition by artists Cory Fitzgerald and Bucky Miller.

09.23.16 | 10.14.16

Thesis Exhibitions: Design BFA, Design MFA, Studio MFA

UT's annual thesis show featuring works from Design BFA, Design MFA, and Studio MFA students.

04.15.16 | 05.21.16

Now's the Time: 2016 Senior Art Exhibition

An exhibition of works by 2016 graduates from the UT Department of Art and Art History.

03.04.16 | 03.26.16

Art in Practice: Pablo Helguera, Artist, Author and Educator

Interdisciplinary artist Pablo Helguera discusses his career as an artist, author and educator.

03.03.16 | 03.03.16

Family Day at the Visual Arts Center

A day of family programs and activities organized around the Strange Pilgrims exhibition currently on view.

11.21.15 | 11.21.15

Symposium: Experience In and Beyond the White Cube

"The Visual Arts Center hosts a symposium that brings together scholars and critics, as well as The University of Texas at Austin faculty and students,…

11.14.15 | 11.14.15

Lecture: Tom Burckhardt

A lecture by NYC-based artist Tom Burckhardt. The lecture will be held in the Art Building, Room 1.120.

10.15.15 | 10.15.15

Lecture: Jules de Balincourt

A lecture by Brooklyn-based artist Jules de Balincourt. A seminar with the artist for current department students will follow the lecture in the Art Building, Room 3.206.…

10.05.15 | 10.05.15

Opening Reception for Strange Pilgrims

This is an opening reception for Strange Pilgrims, an exhibition of works that attempt to define “experiential art.” Adding to the experience of the exhibition is its…

09.27.15 | 09.27.15

University of Texas 2015 Thesis Exhibitions

Three art and design thesis exhibitions: Studio Art MFA show Agree To Disagree (Peter Abrami, Georgia Carter, Leah Dyjak, Nick Francel, Aaron Meyers, Laurel Shear,…

04.17.15 | 05.16.15

Latoya Ruby Frazier: Riveted

Themes of intergenerational dynamics, arcs of boom and bust, environmental racism, and the personal as political permeate the Frazier’s photographs.

11.07.14 | 12.06.14

David Brooks: Repositioned Core

Current artist-in-residence David Brooks bisects the VAC's big gallery with a 70-foot long geologic core sample. Like the kind you'd find in an oil field.

09.19.14 | 12.06.14

Andrew Lampert: Don’t Lose the Manual

Photographs and videos by the NYC-based artist that address the preponderance of technology in contemporary life.

09.19.14 | 12.06.14

Forces at Work

Photographs from Lily Brooks, Christine Collins and Kate Greene that examine the often futile human desire to connect with the natural world.

09.19.14 | 12.06.14

Your Pleasure

Works by UT MFA candidates Bryan Martello, Annie Miller, and Anne Rogers, on the theme (as far as we can tell) of playful orifices, dark…

09.19.14 | 10.25.14

Michael Sieben: It Will All Happen Again

Known for his work as a designer-illustrator for publications such as Vice and Thrasher, artist-in-residence Sieben embraces a nostalgia for adolescence. In this exhibition, his…

01.31.14 | 05.10.14

Art History: Selections from the Green–Christian Collection

The exhibition features a range of artists important within the development of American and African-American Art. Selected works by Romare Bearden, Radcliffe Bailey, Boscoe Holder,…

01.31.14 | 03.08.14

What We Want, What We Believe - Towards A Higher Fidelity: Juan Capistran

Capistran considers his art practice to be a form of visual “bootlegging.” He takes canonical artworks and transforms them through literary and music references while…

01.31.14 | 03.08.14

Grids and Geography: Dean Fleming’s Travels in North Africa and Greece,1964

An exhibition of Fleming’s 4x4-inch gouache studies from his 1964 journey from Morocco to the Greek island of Lesbos. These gouaches, inspired by the colors,…

01.31.14 | 03.08.14

Girls Gone West

Informed by the romanticized notion of a westward journey, this show chronicles a road trip by  five young artists; Ally Acheson-Snow, Karina Eckmeier, Maia Schall,…

01.31.14 | 01.31.14

Laurie Anderson: Landfall

The kaleidoscopic exhibition Landfall showcases the artwork of performance artist and contemporary music pioneer Laurie Anderson. Presented in conjunction with her performance Landfall with the…

09.27.13 | 12.07.13

Step Right In

Redefining the typical notion of collage as cut-up-paper-on-paper, the exhibition Step Right In brings together the diverse work of contemporary artists who refigure the relationships…

09.27.13 | 10.26.13

V: 2013 MFA Studio Art Exhibition

The thesis exhibition for the Studio Art MFA class 2013, representing the culmination of three years of development and work for Janaye Brown, Adriana Corral,…

04.26.13 | 05.11.13

Lead Pencil Studio: Diffuse Reflection Lab

A collaboration of Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo, Diffuse Reflection Lab blurs the line between art and architecture with environments and structures exploring the affects…

02.01.13 | 05.11.13

Fade In: three years by Skye Ashbrook

A newly commissioned work three years (2012, NR) by Skye Ashbrook, a recent alumnus of the Department of Art and Art History at UT.  Composed…

02.01.13 | 05.11.13

Making Moves: 2013 Senior Art Exhibition

Making Moves includes selected work by students graduating with bachelor degrees from the Studio Art, Visual Art Studies, and Art History divisions of the Department…

03.29.13 | 04.13.13

Coco Fusco in conversation with Dr. George Flaherty

Renowned artist and writer Coco Fusco in conversation with  Dr. George Flaherty, Associate Director of the Center for Latin America Visual Studies (CLAVIS), In the…

04.11.13 | 04.11.13

Focus Group Film Series: Screening Room featuring Suzan Pitt

For March’s edition of Focus Group, the VAC presents the July 1975 episode of Screening Room with Suzan Pitt, an animator and painter whose surreal…

03.28.13 | 03.28.13

Diego Bianchi: Into The Wild Meaning

Everyday objects become actors on a stage in new roles. Viewers explore a space composed of found objects in various states of disrepair, reuse, and…

02.01.13 | 03.09.13

Zoe Berg: Til sjøs (At sea)

Berg crafts an absurd yet deeply sincere Norwegian-American identity through historical research, family heirlooms, and pathetic aesthetic.

02.01.13 | 03.09.13

International Print Center New York: New Prints 2012

36 works from 2,600 submissions.

02.01.13 | 03.09.13

Overlapping Impressions: A Study in Contrasting Cognition

Typographic prints made with the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection, which is housed at UT, Austin. Organized by austin graphic designer and Ut…

02.01.13 | 03.09.13

Art in Practice: George Scheer, Executive Director of Elsewhere

This edition of Art in Practice invites George Scheer, co-founder and executive director of Elsewhere, a living museum, international residency program, and educational laboratory housed…

02.26.13 | 02.26.13

Focus Group: Screening Room featuring Ed Emshwiller

The VAC presents an episode of Screening Room, a 1970s television series that aired in Boston, invited independent filmmakers to screen and discuss their work,…

02.13.13 | 02.13.13

Part Two: Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibition

The second installment in a three-part exhibition series featuring a selection of work by faculty artists from the Department.

11.09.12 | 12.08.12

Emily Roysdon: Pause, Pose, Discompose

The lineaments of love, politics, sexuality, and gender, explored by fall artist in residence Emily Roysdon. Curated by Andy Campbell.

09.21.12 | 12.08.12

Cruz Ortiz: Hecho Farm

Ortiz transforms the VAC gallery into a working “farm,” fleshed out with utilitarian sculptures, drawings, collages, posters, and a pirate radio station as a stage…

09.21.12 | 12.08.12

Sandy Carson and Emma Whelan: Yet, By No Means

Two American immigrants photograph their multinational experiences.

11.16.12 | 12.08.12

A Nation of Fear

A group exhibition confronting issues surrounding the current climate of violence in Mexico, with work by Miguel A. Aragon, Adriana Corral, and Raymundo Delgadillo.

10.19.12 | 11.10.12

Liz Hingley: Under Gods

Intimate works study the myriad of faiths that make up the fabric of contemporary British society by carefully observing the diversity of people on one…

09.21.12 | 10.27.12

Shane Tolbert and Raymond Uhlir: Future Regions

Curator by Katie Geha pairs the paintings of Houston artist Shane Tolbert and Austin artist Raymond Uhlir.

09.21.12 | 10.27.12

Now What It Never Was

Artists Nick Griffin, Philip Harrell, and Anne Riley investigate the language of abstraction through the employment of additive and subtractive painting techniques.

09.21.12 | 10.13.12

Mixed Feelings: 2012 MFA Studio Art Exhibition

Features the works of Miguel Aragon, Erica Botkin, Ben Brandt, Christina Coleman, Kacy Maddux, Ezra Masch, Mi-Hee Nahm, Marc Payzant, Daniel Rudin, and Yun Shin.

04.27.12 | 05.12.12

Fade In: John Baldessari, Teaching a Plant the Alphabet

The VAC presents John Baldessari’s early seventies video, Teaching a Plant the Alphabet, screened nightly at 8pm on the Southeast Lawn of the Art Building.

03.30.12 | 05.12.12

It Depends (see context): 2012 Senior Design Exhibition

The students want to show their friends, families, and the community what they have learned and why they cannot simply summarize what design is in…

03.30.12 | 04.20.12

Two Ships Passing with Professor David Heymann

A new "conversation series" sponsored by the VAC in collaboration with the art publication Pastelegram brings UT architecture prof David Heymann to converse in room…

04.17.12 | 04.17.12

Traditional Family Values

An installation created by Arturo Agero, Sarah Holman, and Marcella Mendez using pieces of furniture from each of the artists’ homes exploring topics such as…

03.30.12 | 04.14.12

Finale: 2012 Senior Art Exhibition

Selected work by students graduating with bachelor degrees in art.

03.30.12 | 04.14.12

Art In Practice: Mark Allen, Executive Director of Machine Project

LA-based artist, educator, curator, great guy,  and the Founder and Executive Director of Machine Project. In the UT Art Building, Rm. 1.110

04.03.12 | 04.03.12

Justin Boyd: Dubforms

San Antonio-based artist Justin Boyd's multidisciplinary response to the Arcade gallery's most striking element: a pair of floor-to-ceiling bay windows. Two separate site-derived, sculptural augmentations,…

01.27.12 | 03.10.12

Diana Al-Hadid

NY Sculptor Al-Hadid constructs forms that are a baroque complex of architectural structures and figurative allusions, which appear to be in a state between construction…

01.27.12 | 03.10.12

Across the Divide

25 contemporary Chinese artists who are currently working in academia across the United States, organized by the Crossman Gallery at The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and…

01.27.12 | 03.10.12

(Im)possibilities

Using probability theory, linguistics, mathematics, radar imaging, robotics, fortunetelling, and even a yo-yo, four New york artists and a Berliner  question the limits of knowledge.…

01.27.12 | 03.10.12

New Prints 2011

Sixty-seven prints by fifty-one artists, New Prints 2011 is the fortieth presentation of the International Print Center New York’s (IPCNY) New Prints Program. Sponsored by…

01.27.12 | 03.10.12

16mm: Experimental films in response to Dubforms

A special screening of four 16 mm films selected in response to San Antonio-based artist Justin Boyd’s exhibition, Dubforms at the VAC. Featuring: Viking Eggeling,…

02.29.12 | 02.29.12

MAKE

An intimate journey into the lives of four American self-taught artists: Prophet Royal Robertson, Hawkins Bolden, Judith Scott, and Ike Morgan. Isolated and struggling with…

11.18.11 | 12.17.11

The Mobile Archive: Video Selections from the Israeli Center for Digital Art

The Mobile Archive, a traveling sister project of the video archive at the Israeli Center for Digital in Holon, Israel makes a stop at UT…

11.04.11 | 12.17.11

Art and Art History Faculty Exhibition: Part One

The first of a three-year,  three-part exhibition featuring a mini-retrospectives of work by faculty artists in the Studio Art, Art History, Art Education, and Design…

11.18.11 | 12.17.11

Lucy Parker, Isabella Rodriguez, and Layne Bell: Looking for a Fight

Provocative ultra feminine works camouflage more aggressive and traditionally non-feminine ideas, "reflective of the artists’ struggles to assert control over the perceived threat of being…

11.04.11 | 12.17.11

Centerpiece Theater: Vera Chytilová’s Daisies

In conjunction with the exhibition Looking for a Fight, Centerpiece Theater presents Vera Chytilová’s Daisies, 1966, a touchstone of the Czech New Wave film that…

12.14.11 | 12.14.11

MAKE

A screening of documentary film MAKE, an intimate journey into the lives of four American self-taught artists: Prophet Royal Robertson, Hawkins Bolden, Judith Scott, and…

11.29.11 | 11.29.11

Lunch Break Films: Slacker

Slacker, Richard Linklater’s now nostalgic portrait of a vanished Austin, introduced by Aimee Chang, Manager of Public Programs at the Blanton Museum of Art. Drinks…

11.15.11 | 11.15.11

Queer State(s)

Curated by Noah Simblist and David Willburn, Queer State(s) showcases gay, and even straight (!), Texas artists that in some way engage queer sexuality in…

09.09.11 | 11.15.11

Art in Practice: Aaron Baker, Curator of the Playboy Collection

This edition of Art in Practice invites artist Aaron Baker, Curator of the Playboy Collection, to delve into his role as an archivist and advocate…

11.01.11 | 11.01.11

Fade In: Pandora's Box

For the first Fall 2011 edition of Fade In, the VAC presents G.W Pabst's controversial melodrama, Pandora's Box. This iconic 1929 silent film will run…

09.09.11 | 10.29.11

Selected Films by Jack Smith

Selected Films by Jack Smith, with introduction by Dr. Ann Reynolds, Associate Professor in Art History, Center for Women's and Gender Studies. Dr. Ann Reynolds…

10.27.11 | 10.27.11

Queer State(s): A Symposium

Scholars and critics discuss the exhibition Queer State(s) . UT Participants include: English Prof. Lisa Moore; Ixchel Rosal, Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center;…

10.22.11 | 10.22.11

Lunch Break: Red Without Blue

An honest portrayal of a family in turmoil, Red Without Blue follows a pair of identical twins as one transitions from male to female. Watch…

10.20.11 | 10.20.11

The Infinite Space Between

Joshua Lantzy, Kirsten Volness and Jacob Richman, winners in the UT School of Architecture and the Butler School of Music Music in Architecture-Architecture in Music…

10.19.11 | 10.19.11

Sound + Vision: Disco Desert by Austin Video Bee

Video art collective Austin Video Bee (AVB) went out to Presidio to capture the surreality of the West Texas landscape and construct a temporary shelter…

10.07.11 | 10.07.11

Fade In Film Series: Pandora’s Box

A rare treat: a small ensemble of UT jazz students, under the direction of faculty composer Dr. John Mills, will provide improvisational musical accompaniment to…

10.04.11 | 10.04.11

Landmarks Video: Pipilotti Rist

UT's Landmarks Video program's second season kicks off with Pipilotti Rist, I'm a Victim of This Song, (1995) screened on a 65" high-definition media station…

09.01.11 | 09.30.11

Dr. Nancy Kwallek: Herman Miller and Knoll's color palettes from the 1950s

Dr. Nancy Kwallek, Director of the Interior Design Program at UT Austin, uses Herman Miller and Knoll as examples to discuss the impact of color…

09.27.11 | 09.27.11

The Generic Ensemble Company: Before This Was Texas

An in-progress showing of dramatic movement based on the poetry of Austin-based poet Kimberly Alidio hich explores bodies crossing borders and our relationship to Central…

09.23.11 | 09.23.11

Lunch Break: 13 Most Beautiful Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

The first ever authorized DVD of Andy Warhol's films, complete with newly commissioned soundtracks from The Andy Warhol Museum screened  at noon in response to…

09.22.11 | 09.22.11

Center Space Project: Bake Sale

As a twist on the traditional fundraiser, the student organization will be distributing bite-sized art about food for only $10! Proceeds from Bake Sale will…

09.16.11 | 09.16.11

2011 Texas Biennial: Works by Hana Hillerova

Check out new works by Hana Hillerova at the Visual Arts Center's Arbor Gallery. Participating in the 2011 Texas Biennial.

04.15.11 | 05.14.11

MFA Studio Art Exhibition / MFA Design Exhibition / Senior Art Exhibition / Senior Design Exhibition

The Visual Arts Center (VAC) in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin concludes its inaugural year in April with…

04.01.11 | 05.14.11

Amanda Ross-Ho, Natasha Bowdoin, Rock Hard / Soft Rock...

The inaugural year at the Visual Arts Center continues this spring with new site-specific exhibitions by Amanda Ross-Ho and Natasha Bowdoin. A group exhibition, Womanscape:…

01.28.11 | 03.12.11

Daniel Rudin: The Working Homeless

Daniel Rudin’s exhibition The Working Homeless consists of video and sculpture documenting conversations with homeless panhandlers who stand alongside the freeway asking for help. The…

02.25.11 | 03.12.11

The Visual Arts Center Grand Opening / Ry Rocklen: ZZZ's

The Visual Arts Center (VAC) opens its doors for its grand opening weekend from September 24 through September 26!!! This weekend of events marks the…

09.24.10 | 12.18.10

Landon O

The Center Space Gallery of the Visual Arts Center features the work of Landon O’Brien and TJ Hunt who investigate artistic identity through recontextualization in…

12.03.10 | 12.18.10

Combined: Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibit

The VAC presents Combined: Department of Art + Art History Faculty Exhibition, featuring recent work by faculty artists in Studio Art, Art Education, and Design…

11.06.10 | 12.18.10

Anthropogenesis: Recent Work from Six Artists

Curated by Ariel Evans and Lauren Hamer, Ph.D. students in Art History at The University of Texas at Austin, Anthropogenesis showcases the work of six…

11.19.10 | 12.18.10

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