August 24, 2022, Filed Under: From the DeanDean’s Insider: Updating and renovating our spaces Dear Friends, I recently celebrated my one-year anniversary as dean of the College of Fine Arts, and as I look ahead, I couldn’t be more excited about what we’re building, both physically and programmatically. As I walked through our buildings recently, signs of progress are everywhere. Over the summer, we’ve… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Updating and renovating our spaces
August 18, 2022, Filed Under: From the Executive Director2022 Fall Meeting Registration Dear Friends, We are so excited welcome you to campus for the 2022 Advisory Council Fall Meeting on October 13-14! Please register online at this link so we know to expect you. Please see the schedule of events below to help determine your travel plans, as well as a link to… Continue Reading 2022 Fall Meeting Registration
July 7, 2022, Filed Under: From the Executive DirectorFall Meeting Hotel Block Dear Friends, We are so excited to welcome you back to campus for the 2022 College of Fine Arts Advisory Council fall meeting activities on October 13-14! If you will be traveling to Austin for this meeting, we encourage you to reserve a hotel room at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center at a… Continue Reading Fall Meeting Hotel Block
June 22, 2022, Filed Under: From the DeanDean’s Insider: Studying our past, while creating new futures Dear Friends, As I near my one-year anniversary as dean of the College of Fine Arts, I’ve had the pleasure of learning about the breadth and depth of research in our college. I’ve been especially impressed with the historical range of research, from the ancient Roman empire and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Studying our past, while creating new futures
June 8, 2022, Filed Under: From the Executive Director2022-2023 New Members and save the date for Fall Meeting 2022 Dear Advisory Council Members, I am pleased to announce that the slate of nominees for membership to the Fine Arts Advisory Council for 2022-2023 have all been approved. A huge thank-you again to our 2021-2022 Nominating Committee members Robin Ward Del Conte, Nancy Ginsburg, Amy Hofland, Aynsley Letzerich, and our outstanding chair… Continue Reading 2022-2023 New Members and save the date for Fall Meeting 2022
May 17, 2022, Filed Under: From the DeanDean’s Insider: Highlighting our faculty members’ global impact Dear Friends, We’ve all heard the University’s tagline, What starts here changes the world. And I wanted to take a moment to highlight the global impact of our faculty’s research and creative work in this issue. Our students are learning from scholars, artists, curators and performers whose work is reaching… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Highlighting our faculty members’ global impact
March 8, 2022, Filed Under: From the DeanDean’s Insider: UT’s What Starts Here capital campaign in the College of Fine Arts Dear Friends, Last week, the university launched the public phase of its comprehensive fundraising initiative entitled the What Starts Here capital campaign with the bold goal of raising $6 billion by 2026. As many of you know, we’ve been in the “silent phase” of this fundraising campaign since 2016, and… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: UT’s What Starts Here capital campaign in the College of Fine Arts
February 16, 2022, Filed Under: From the DeanDean’s Insider: Celebrating our Doty Awards honorees for 2022 Dear Friends, This past week, I had the great honor of gathering with many friends to celebrate the recipients of the College of Fine Arts’ 2022 Doty Awards. This was my first time participating in this event in the college, and I loved learning more about the incredible impact of… Continue Reading Dean’s Insider: Celebrating our Doty Awards honorees for 2022
January 26, 2022, Filed Under: From the DeanDean’s Insider: Diving into latest issue of Aperture, new faculty books in the new year 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