September 1, 2017, Filed Under: From the DeanAnnouncing the New School of Design and Creative Technologies Dear Friends, As Advisory Council members, you are by now familiar with my refrain: technology, globalization, and new forms of creativity are rapidly changing the arts, artistic practices, the way we access and participate in cultural activities, the commerce of the arts, and the way “creatives” can and must make a living in the cultural and creative industries. And it’s incumbent on a public university arts college to adapt to those changes as rapidly—and radically—as our students need. With that in mind, I am excited to share news of the creation of the new School of Design and Creative Technologies, a fourth major academic unit of the College of Fine Arts that will include a new Department of Design, a new Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies, the Design Institute for Health, the Center for Integrated Design, as well as a new creative entrepreneurship and innovation initiative. Continue Reading Announcing the New School of Design and Creative Technologies
June 26, 2017, Filed Under: From the ChairSummer 2017 Message from Vicki Bartholow Dear Friends, What a busy spring it has been! I appreciate all of you who were able to join us for the regional meetings in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. For those of you who weren’t able to attend, I’d like to share some updates on the college and its current initiatives. Now that students have left campus, major construction has begun in the Level 4 renovation project in the Fine Arts Library. Over the next three months, this 9,000 square foot space will be transformed from library stacks to a newly renovated, state-of-the-art workspace for the extremely popular and ever-expanding Arts and Entertainment Technologies and Design programs. Earlier this year, the Executive Committee had the opportunity to tour the renovation area, and I can tell you these facilities will provide current and future students with the technology, equipment, and space they need to get a world-class education and flourish in their professional careers. Please join me in supporting Level 4 renovation. Continue Reading Summer 2017 Message from Vicki Bartholow
June 26, 2017, Filed Under: Development UpdatesSummer 2017 Update from Sondra Lomax Dear Friends, How wonderful to see so many of you at the spring regional meetings around the state! Special thanks again to our hosts: Margaret Gunn in San Antonio, Ginger Head Gearheart in Fort Worth, Vicki Bartholow in Dallas, Mimi Smith in Austin, and Melissa Ison in Houston. We look forward to these small, more intimate gatherings every year, as they give us an opportunity for more personal and in-depth conversations regarding current affairs in the College of Fine Arts. I also want to share a university-wide change that will impact the college. Under the recommendation of our new Vice President for Development, Scott Rabenold, the UT Austin Development Board recently approved new endowment levels for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Continue Reading Summer 2017 Update from Sondra Lomax
