From the Dean

Dear Friends, As we launch into this new year, I’ve had a wonderful stack of reading on my nightstand that I wanted to share with you. I was delighted to receive a copy of the winter issue of Aperture Magazine, which is the first issue ever devoted entirely to Latinx… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Diving into latest issue of Aperture, new faculty books in the new year

Dear Friends, This month, we were so excited to welcome our College of Fine Arts Advisory Council members back to campus for an in-person meeting for the first time since fall 2019. This was my first chance to interact live with this important group, and it was my first state-of-the-college… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Pursuing arts collaborations that are changing the field

Dear Friends, Our students, faculty and staff are back on campus, and we are returning to fully in-person performances and programming for the first time in more than a year. I saw my first live performance in the Butler School of Music with the Miró Quartet a couple of weeks… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Life has returned to our stages and galleries

Dear Friends, I’m Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, and today I take the reins as the new dean in the College of Fine Arts. I wanted to share this video message to introduce myself. I am both excited and honored to join the college at a time when its commitment to excellence has… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Introducing the new College of Fine Arts dean

One last excelsior. After 15 years as dean and five before as senior associate dean, this is my final week “deaning” for the College of Fine Arts. I want to take this parting moment to say thank you to all of our friends, supporters and advocates, both on and off campus. I’ve… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: A farewell and a new chapter for the College of Fine Arts

In the College of Fine Arts, late spring is an especially exciting and rewarding time for me to see our students doing what they do best—creating new work and pushing the bounds of their artistic disciplines. Every other year, the Department of Theatre and Dance hosts the Cohen New Works… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Celebrating the incredible work of our students

Forty years ago this spring, Bass Concert Hall opened its doors and ushered in a new era for live performance in Austin. Since then, the stage has hosted everything from Broadway musicals to world-class touring ensembles to stand-up comedy. And Texas Performing Arts (TPA) stage supervisor Conrad Haden has been… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Bass Concert Hall turns 40 with a bright future ahead

Austin and the University of Texas lost a giant this week. Dr. Teresa Lozano Long, a longtime Longhorn, the first Latina Ph.D. graduate of the UT College of Education, a tremendous supporter of our college and of the arts and arts education in Texas, passed away at the age of… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Honoring longtime supporter Teresa Lozano Long

We’re approaching the one-year anniversary of the COVID evacuation of the Forty Acres—Friday, March 13, 2020. “Only” a year has gone by, 12 months, but this date last year already seems a world and an age ago—a date and a year against which we’ll mark our calendars for years to… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: We survived the winter storm

I write to share the good news that today the provost has named Dr. Ramón H. Rivera-Servera as the next dean of the College of Fine Arts. His appointment will begin and mine will end July 1. Dr. Rivera-Servera comes to UT Austin from Northwestern University, where he chaired the Department… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Introducing the next dean of the UT College of Fine Arts