Presentation for Dean Paul Wong by Kim Inthirath

The University of Texas at Arlington

Presentation for Dean Paul Wong

Art

Art History Department Innovation Destination

2015 2016

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Innovation Destination

Pursue the highest standards of excellence throughout every facet of the University. Provide all qualified students with opportunities to reap the benefits of the tremendous knowledge that exists at UT Arlington.

Encourage a spirit of collegiality and camaraderie among all members of the UT Arlington community. Champion partnerships and collaborative efforts that increase the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impact on society.

Provide a supportive environment where students can flourish as scholars and citizens. Expand access to academic offerings, scholarship opportunities, and other vital resources that prepare students to succeed and graduate.

Foster an inclusive environment that supports a diverse community of faculty, staff, and students. Encourage the exploration and discovery of the unfamiliar and promote the understanding of all viewpoints.

Ensure a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity that strengthens our Maverick nature. Cultivate an atmosphere that rewards curiosity and challenges conventional thought.

The mission of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Arlington is to provide and encourage an understanding and expansion of knowledge in visual arts, design, art history, and art education. The curriculum provides students a multitude of intellectually stimulating environments for professional, theoretical, visual, and analytical examinations and processes to assist in comprehending the fundamental nature of the visual arts, its boundaries, methods and technologies. As a department, we extend a comprehensive range of media and methodologies, which enable students to create work in a number of unique and exciting ways and to be able to articulate an understanding of their work in the context of art, design, its history, society, and culture. Core values of intellectual freedom, creative examination, and pride in a diversity of viewpoints and expertise are essential elements of a rich context for creative inquiry.

Students are challenged to think in experimental, creative, disciplined and established ways as they prepare to engage a changing and increasingly complex world. Situated in the center of two major metropolitan cities, Dallas and Fort Worth, UT Arlington is at the core of an internationally significant cultural community. The Department of Art and Art History extends and enhances its programs through cosponsorship of projects with area museums and cultural sites, as well as off-campus courses and student internships with local, regional, and national professional studios and businesses. This unique blend of resources and programs provides graduates of the department with a distinctive point of view and better prepares them to make the transition into a challenging professional world.

From Robert Hower Department Chair Art + Art History Deparment

The Department of Art and Art History’s internationally recognized research programs– Visual Communication + Emerging Media, Film and Video, Intermedia, Glass, 3D Studio, 2D Studio, Photography, Art History, Art Education–provide outstanding undergraduate and graduate training in theoretical, experimental and applied art, design and new media.

With a distinguished faculty of approximately 60 artists, designers and historians and a diverse body of over 650 undergraduate and graduate students, we continue to educate a new generation of artists, designers, historians and educators. Our professionally active faculty and students continue to win awards and receive high praise and recognition for their research (http://www.uta.edu/art/index.php/ news/). The undergraduate program is the second largest in Texas. Our graduates are sought-after by both industry and academia because of their contemporary and up to date educational experiences. Day by day they accumulate knowledge and habits of learning that are critical for future careers. Our students are daring, ambitious and highly creative. The National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) accredits our department; we recently received a full 10-year accreditation. In addition we belong to the New Media Consortium, College Art Association, FATE, TASA, and various state art organizations. Initiatives in 2013-14 include the establishment of the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation relationship, expanded internships, the further enhancement of our gaming courses, and the MFA student Summer Travel Research program. This academic year we established the Design and Technology Academy, which will provide our students significant career opportunities. See the departmental newsletters for information (http://www.uta.edu/art/index.php/community/publications/).

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Mission Open Letter Grants + Awards Affiliations Innovations + Research Programs Abroad Galleries Collections Visual Resource Commons Infrastructure + Progress

Professor Dr. Mary Vaccaro discussing a fragment of a drawing with Maurizio Boni.

Grants + Awards

Villa I Tatti-The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Visiting Professor | Florence, Italy

Mary Vaccaro Professor & Area Coordinator Ph.D., Columbia University (Narrative by Mary Vaccaro) During my recent research appointment as the Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Visiting Professor at Villa I Tatti-The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies, in Florence, Italy, I studied the drawings of the Carracci family ― Ludovico (15551619) and his younger cousins Agostino (15571602) and Annibale (15601609), who together founded an influential art academy in Bologna at the end of the sixteenth century. The trio prided themselves on working together, and the task of attributing their respective contributions has proven notoriously difficult, and often contentious, among art historians. Given my base location in Florence, I spent most of the six-month period looking at the significant holdings of original works on paper in the Uffizi museum (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi, or GDSU). I also made trips to nearby Bologna and Modena to view art, frescoes and easel paintings as well as drawings, by the Carracci there. My focus on the works in the Uffizi led to a number of discoveries. For example, with careful examination in transmitted light, I discerned previously undetected drawings on the back of drawings that were glued down onto mounts, which the GDSU paper conservator Maurizio Boni subsequently detached to reveal the “new” drawings. Over time, I also got a better sense of how each of the three artists draws, which has allowed me convincingly to re-attribute some of the drawings.

I was invited to present my preliminary research at a symposium on Drawing and Invention at the Morgan Library, in April, and then again at a seminar at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (German art history institute in Florence) in June. I am now writing a number of related essays for publication. Moreover, on the basis of my expertise of Old Master drawings, the director of the GDSU (Drawings and Prints Department), Dr. Marzia Faietti has asked me to co-curate an exhibition with her and Dr. Samuel Vitali (a Swiss scholar based at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz) on the Carracci drawings, scheduled to take place at the Uffizi in 2018.

Grants + Awards Innovations + Research

American Institute of Bangladesh studies and the Asian Cultural Council Dhaka, Bangladesh

Melia Belli Bose Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles

Funded by the American Institute of Bangladesh studies and the Asian Cultural Council, Dr. Melia Belli Bose is based in Bangladesh for 2015, conducting research for her new book project on contemporary Bangladeshi art. Dr. Belli Bose’s scholarship is engaged with issues of gender, hybridity, identity, and memory in South Asian visual culture from the early modern to contemporary periods. Her book, Royal Umbrellas of Stone: Memory, Politics and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art (under contract with Brill) examines the forms and decoration of royal Hindu funerary art in north India. Dr. Belli Bose’s articles have been published in the Asian art history journals: Archives of Asian Art, Ars Orientalis, Artibus Asiae, and Marg. She has

also published in the journal of Asian anthropology Asian Ethnology on performances of masculinity in contemporary Indian folk songs. She has edited and contributed to two volumes: “The Arts of Death in Asia,” Ars Orientalis (2014), and a book, Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1600-1900, which is forthcoming with Ashgate.

Additional Faculty Recognition Recent Awards include a Guggenheim Fellow, two Joan Mitchell Awards, and two Moss-Chumley Awards. Residencies include the prestigious Villa ITatti-The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Faculty Exhibitions, publications and presentations number more than 500 over the last year alone. Exhibitions include one person presentations at the Dallas Museum of Art, The Amon Carter Museum, The Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing and venues in Berlin, Trier, Rome, Milan, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago to name a few.

Meeting My Maker I Made by Morgan Chivers

Affiliations

Innovations +Affiliations Research

NASAD

CAA

National Association of Schools of Art and Design

College Art Association

NASAD is an association of approximately 323 schools of art and design, primarily at the collegiate level, but also including postsecondary non-degree-granting schools for the visual arts disciplines. It is the national accrediting agency for art and design and art and design-related disciplines.The Association also provides information to the public. It produces statistical research, provides professional development for leaders of art and design schools, and engages in policy analysis.

Founded in 1911, the College Art Association serves the needs and interests of 12,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members. It publishes two scholarly journals in art history, an online reviews journal for books and exhibitions, a weekly email newsletter, and a website with news about the organization, its members, and the larger art and academic worlds. CAA also hosts an Annual Conference for 4,000 to 6,000 artists, art historians, and students, provides career counseling, and advocates for national issues in the visual arts.

NMC

FATE

The New Media Consortium

The NMC (historically the New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology — from the practitioners who work with new technologies on campuses every day; to the visionaries who are shaping the future of learning at think tanks, labs, and research centers; to its staff and board of directors; to the advisory boards and others helping the NMC conduct cutting edge research.

Foundations in Art: Theory and Education

AICC

AIGA

The Independent Packaging Association

American Institute of Graphic Arts

FATE has been collectively sharpening the methodologies and theories of instruction during the first years of college. Biennially, FATE hosts an expansive but immersive gathering of artists, designers, historians and educators who share in the goal of making the foundational experience in art a solid springboard for a successful academic and professional life.

AIGA is a global community of design advocates and practitioners. As the profession’s largest community, it advances design as a respected craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force. From content that defines the global practice to events that connect and catalyze, AIGA works to enhance the value and deepen the impact of design on business, society and graphic arts collective future.

ICPF International Corrugated Packaging Foundation

ICPF is a non-profit corporation. The Internal Revenue Service has approved ICPF as an philanthropic, educational foundation that may accept tax-deductible contributions from companies, individuals, and other organizations. ICPF is co-sponsored by AICC - The Independent Packaging Association (based in the Washington D.C. area) and the Fibre Box Association (based in the Chicago area).

Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History with UT Dallas https://www.utdallas.edu/arthistory/people/

TASA

Focused initially on the interrelations of the visual arts, the sciences and technology, and developing a program in conservation science, the institute will also actively engage with art museums and art historians of North Texas, creating programs and partnerships dedicated to advancing research in the history of art.

Texas Association of Schools of Art

TASA is a forum for art department faculty members at two-year and four-year public and private higher education institutions.

Don Beck working on neon glass.

Innovations + Research Dynamic work or programs created by students and faculty from the Department of Art + Art History.

Innovations + Research

Studio: CREATE©

The Creative Technology Studio will prepare the next generation of artists, designers, entrepreneurs, and technology practitioners for the future.

The program is focused on the intersection of the creative arts, technology, entrepreneurship, and learning. The mission of the studio is to conduct and apply trans-disciplinary, collaborative research and creative activity to enhance client need and individual research. The outcomes promote students’ critical and creative thinking skills to improve learning, performance and developing traits of entrepreneurship, with a special focus on students studying art certification, gaming for education and entertainment, design communication, animation and emerging media. The BFA and MFA students in visual communication, intermedia, filmmaking, gaming, and animation are able to take full advantage of Studio: CreaTe©. The Department of Art + Art History’s digital media track currently offers undergraduate students real-world experience designing video games, building virtual environments, creating with film/hd video, using animation tools and creating iPhone and iPad apps as part of their work for clients such as Dallas Opera, Sid Richardson Museum, and the Dallas Contemporary Museum of Art. Digital Media Track students are placed into the new Studio: CreaTe© teams to collaborate on advanced client projects. Individuals in our program realize that computers, mobile phones, and household environments are connected with advanced, high speed networks. Teams are connected through a dynamic web of social networks, interactive platforms, and communication forums that allows them to more fully express their points of view. This enables collaboration at a very high level. Studio: CreaTe© provides a level of collaboration that allows students to successfully research new forms of technology in a studio-based learning environment. This studio and collaborative system is an important structure that helps students discover how to use technology to make a viable impact on the creative arena they choose. The creative arts, technology, and entrepreneurship studies will provide statewide and 22

national leadership in research by blending arts and technology, building collaborations with educators, business, non profit organizations, and interested experts. The idea is to take learning beyond the classroom to prepare students for the 21st century workplace. Participation in the studio will contribute significantly to students gaining new knowledge, developing intellectually, and enhancing creative and critical thinking skills that will have an economic and cultural impact on north Texas and its communities. This new curriculum and studio have been designed for the creative and inquisitive mind. Our goals include: Learning: positively impact student retention , enhance creativity, sharpen critical thinking skills, and improve academic performance through the creation and dissemination of cutting edge materials and tools. Foster critical thinking and problem solving among future teachers to increase their engagement in the education system development process. Engagement: spark collaboration among faculty, artist, educators, business leaders, community, and students in a creative studio/laboratory environment that inspires discovery/acquisition of new knowledge concerning art, technology and learning. Discovery: nurture interdisciplinary collaboration and research, serve as an accelerator for exploration of new knowledge using art and technology, and enable the creation of both virtual, interactive, and material based artistic practice to be shared within museums, schools, businesses, and the general public.

Robert Hower, department chair, director of Studio: CreaTe© and the MFA program, has assembled a team of top educators and innovators in their fields as program mentors. (See organizational chart)

Innovations + Research

Syria: The Affect of Forced Migration on People and Communities The Studio: CreaTe© team is currently writing a grant to be funded by the NEA for the production of a documentary film that will seek to capture the dynamics of resettlement and its effects on a refugee’s social position as it simultaneously intersects with resettlement polices, those who implement them, co-ethnics in the broader diaspora who have been resettled in different countries, those left behind, and the worldviews they once shared. As refugee numbers from Syria grew, UNHCR increased its appeal for resettlement and humanitarian admission in 2014-2016 to 130,000 places and, following pledges and indications of further commitments in Geneva yesterday, believes 100,000 places will be available in the coming months. With no end to Syria’s war in sight, further appeals for places are expected to be made.

Website: http://lasweetvida.com/ App: http://lasweetvida.com/app Videos: https://vimeo.com/user29231331

La Sweet Vida In summer 2013, the director of the UTA Center for Community Service Learning approached the department (Mark Clive) about a $25,000 grant opportunity from the Ford Motor Company Fund. The Ford College Community Challenge was designed to empower student-led projects at higher education organizations to catalyze communitybuilding projects that address pressing local needs around the theme “Building Sustainable Communities.” Participants are urged to think broadly and explore a variety of potential topics including infrastructure and workforce needs, education pipeline issues, design issues, new approaches to student volunteerism, etc. Students of our Film and Visual Communication Design program were instrumental in the securing of the grant with the creation of a short film that highlighted the efforts of the local free clinic at Mission Arlington and its vital role in our community. After funds were awarded, the project included not only Art+Art History students in the Film/Video and Visual Communications areas, but also students from Business, Communications, Education, Engineering, Nursing and Urban Affairs. Project leaders chose diabetes prevention as their focus because of the prevalence of the disease within African American and Hispanic communities. Our students created short educational and documentary films for the project, eventually titled, La Sweet Vida, which complemented an educational app for four iPads that are permanently installed in the clinic. A website, lasweetvida.com, was designed to provide the information to an even larger audience. Since the completion of the project in summer 2014, the clinic has seen an over 30 percent drop in health complications due to diabetes in its clinical population.

The brutal conflict in Syria, which has entered its fifth year, is a true horror. The death, destruction and displacement, now extended into Iraq, constitute the defining humanitarian crisis of this century so far. Yet it appears that the world has become desensitized to the mounting human misery. The Co-PI and SME on this project will be Dr. Faith Nibbs, UTA alumnus, Research Assistant Professor, and Director of the Forced Migration Integration Project in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. Supporting this project will be Patty Newton, film lecturer (producer), and 2 to 5 graduate and undergraduate students from our program.

Play it Safe The UTA School of Social Work is once more counting on the Studio: CreaTe© team to create short films and informational graphics for Play it Safe, a program that trains trainers to present information about sexual abuse. They have approached the Meadows Foundation to fund an existing program. This project will include a website with testing capabilities, as well as promotional materials. Projected time of startup is fall 2016.

Innovations + Research

Connections

Remember Wilberg The Studio: CreaTe© team was approached in early 2014 about collaboration between UTA’s Division for Enterprise Development and Art+Art History Department and Safety Solutions International occupational health and safety training company. UTA received a $1.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to produce an oral history documentary for the U.S. mining industry. The grant will also be used to develop accompanying multi-media components and leadership skills among firstline supervisors over the next three years. The production team for this film includes both graduate and undergraduate students, giving them valuable experience in the production of a high-level documentary film to further enhance their studies. The project is approaching the last quarter of the first year of funding, and will have involved 3 undergraduate and 2 graduate students who will create animation and graphic design for the film and promotional materials. Projected completion of the project is fall 2016. The Wilberg Mine is a coal mine located in Emery County, Utah. The fire that claimed the lives of 27 miners on December 19,1984 was caused by a faulty air compressor allowed to run in a nonfire-proofed area. This documentary will focus on fire hazards in an underground operation, as well as general hazard recognition and accident investigation issues. While the primary audience will be mine rescue team members, the film will be relevant to all miners and educational to the general public. Not only will this video touch on hazards present in underground coal mining, it will cover general hazards and safety issues that will be applicable to all mining operations.

This spring, The UTA School of Social Work approached us for collaboration with a project of theirs called, Connections, a school-based holistic teen pregnancy and STD-reduction intervention program targeting academically at-risk youth ages 16-19. Connections builds on previous research conducted by the present team of researchers and evaluators and funded by the Office of Adolescent Health and the Office Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention that indicates that relationship building is an essential part of a successful pregnancy prevention program. Based on a Positive Youth Development framework, the premise behind the Connections intervention is the notion that youth can make better choices in the key areas of their lives when they are able to establish positive connections with caring others. Connections focuses on educating youth about sexual health using the 5 C’s conceptualization of PYD, which includes: Connection, Caring, Confidence, Competence, and Character. Innovations such as the incorporation of professionally produced film vignettes based on ideas generated by the target population and the integration of technology to produce tailored messaging and an interactive feedback loop contribute to the potential of this intervention to produce positive outcomes. Our students will produce 5 short films, and promotional materials including identity, a poster promo concept and post message email blast, in addition to an iPad app for use in conference, and web page for post-conference following. Anticipated funding ($1,000,000 plus) should allow production to begin this August 2015.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Studio: CreaTe© team collaborated with the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from 2011-2013 on website application development funded by an estimated $128,000 grant. The project was related with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; an independent agency of the United States government that oversees reactor safety and security, reactor licensing and renewal, radioactive material safety, security and licensing, and spent fuel management (storage, security, recycling, and disposal). The web application was meant to educate various entities about nuclear energy and regulation; with the main focus 24

on a national audience but able to extend to an international one as well.

Foster and Adoptive Care for Osage Tribal Nation The Osage Tribal Nation is an indigenous tribal populace that resides primarily in northeast Oklahoma, but has multiple communities throughout the United States. The Osage Tribal Nation’s Social Services Agency requested a DVD that would educate Osage families throughout the country about the benefits of adopting and foster care of Osage children. The project was part of the “Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Project” that was funded with a 9 million dollar national grant through the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington.

AIDS Prevention Project Another proposed project from the UTA School of Social Work is an AIDS prevention initiative for which we will provide 18 hours of narrative films on the subject including graphics and animation, promotional materials, and a web site for presentation to a worldwide audience. This grant is from the US Substance Abuse and Health Services Administration (SAMSA), and is projected to begin in 2016, when funded.

Innovations + Research

WILDPONY

The University of Texas Arlington Department of Art + Art History brings artists, designers, poets and students together to collaborate in the creating of innovative prints and book works in a wide range of traditional and nontraditional print media and techniques. At its essence, WP Editions and MLP+ seek to engage students in the language and strategies of contemporary art while fostering an educational experience that both promotes and challenges traditional printmaking. What is unique about WP Editions and MLP+ is that they provide students with a completely interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial experience. They work closely with faculty in selecting and collaborating with artists, designers and poets to manage the projects, budgets, archiving, public relations, and promotion. The printshop at UT Arlington and Wild Pony Editions offers artists and designers access to a wide range of technologies, including photolithography, intaglio and silkscreen as well as traditional relief and intaglio. With access to two lithography and four intaglio presses, artists are able to work in a variety of scale and media. Mavs Letterpress+ provides residents an entre to the special experience of developing unique books and broadsheets. Housing a Vandercook letterpress, lead type alongside an Epson 7900 and a Mac computer and a digital router, Mavs Letterpress+ can produce works that both consider and reinvent the function of movable type.

scholarship opportunities and to continue hosting additional artists. Mavs Letterpress+ Artist/Designer/Poet in Residence During one-week in the summer, Mavs Letterpress+ will invite an artist, designer, or poet to develop a unique book or broadsheet. Participants are asked to submit 5 images of current work, a biographical statement, a one-page resume and a 500-word description of the project that they wish to complete. If selected, participants will be invited to realize their projects (an edition of 20 is required) by working alongside students and faculty. Mavs Letterpress+ will retain half of the work produced in order to include it within the departmental and university collections. In exchange for the production of the work, invited guests are asked to work closely with students and faculty providing a glimpse into their unique creative practice.

There are two opportunities for both established and emerging artists, designers, and poets: Print Subscription Project-Wild Pony Editions Each year, two artists will be invited to participate in the Print Subscription Project. Participants are asked to submit 5 images of current work, a biographical statement, a one-page resume and a 500- word description of the project that they wish to produce. If selected, artists will be invited to realize their projects (an edition of 50 is required) by working alongside students and faculty. Wild Pony Editions and the artist agree to split the edition, with the revenue generated from the sale of the print to provide students with 25

We seek to engage students in the language and strategies of contemporary art while fostering an educational experience that both promotes and challenges traditional printmaking. Website: http://wildponyeditions.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildponyedition

Innovations + Research

Entrepeneurship in the Arts The program is unique in its approach as it equips students with an entrepreneurial mindset that will give them an edge in their creative pursuits.

Entrepreneurship in the Arts is a program within the Art + Art History department developed and launched in 2012. Its mission is to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit through the development of an individualized foundation, knowledge base, and skillset that will help students navigate and launch their creative careers. The program is unique in its approach as it equips students with an entrepreneurial mindset that will give them an edge in their creative pursuits. Throughout the semester, students learn business planning, development, and implementation from local entrepreneurs, marketing experts, lawyers, bankers, and artists. Experientially driven, students learn how to harness their imagination, creativity, and knowledge entrepreneurially. Through pop-up ventures, students learn how to market their idea, develop an audience, create a business plan and solid brand, and finally launch that idea collaboratively. Through self assessment

and peer review, students gain insights regarding their assets and strengths and how to best utilize them professionally. By giving students direction, insight, and business acumen, this class paves the way for future professional and entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurship in the Arts is a vital component to our fine arts curriculum and essential for all of our students who want to harness their creative skills professionally. The class has been redesigned into five components: getting started, reflection, expansion, integration, and refinement. We cover the implementation of social media, personal branding strategies, systems for efficiency, value creation, idea generation, business plan development focusing on the marketing aspect, the importance of networking, and perhaps most importantly effective communication whether it be through written word, personal pitches, presentations or insightful videos.

Innovations + Research

Corrpro Design & 3D CAD Students in the Packaging and 3D CAD courses in the VC area are introduced to a curriculum that focuses on packaging structure design, materials, performance, testing and sustainability. The curriculum is integrated within the new Corrugated Prototype Design and CAD Production Lab (CORRPRO) at UTA. The lab, which was made possible through a partnership with the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF), provides students with the structural design software, materials and a computer-aided design table to produce significant packaging solutions for use in the marketplace. Throughout each semester, students work as individuals and collaborate in teams to develop innovative solutions to real-world packaging issues. Assigned problems in the course include the design and construction of a retail floor stand display, food & beverage shipper and retail shelf display. These dimensional product and packaging solutions

explore the relationship between conceptual thinking, structural design, brand development and consumer behavior. In addition, students receive valuable instruction from local and regional packaging professionals. Training includes a mixture of guest lectures, panel discussions, software demonstrations and facility tours by packaging business leaders in the DFW area. This partnership between industry and education allows students to engage in meaningful discussions and prepare for full-time employment upon graduation. Contributions and donations reached over $1,000,000. Each software upgrade is valued at $650,000.

Students work as individuals and collaborate in teams to develop innovative solutions to real-world packaging issues.

Innovations + Research

Design Texas A Visual Communication Research Collaboration and Creative Service.

The Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Arlington is regarded as one of the outstanding programs in the region: a department with a long and rich history of commitment to the fine arts, art history, visual communication, and media arts. The department includes exceptional faculty dedicated to guiding students of varied skill levels to new creative heights. The department faculty, through example, shows students how to define and attain professional goals in their field of study. The Design Texas project is an opportunity to enhance the development and direction of visual communication in the state of Texas. The concept is to provide advanced undergraduate students and faculty an opportunity to interact with various individuals throughout the State of Texas on the development and completion of communication design problems. This group will work with clients who need creative services to establish identity systems and information materials.

This activity reflects the Art and Art History Departments interests in the: State of design in the Texas community Advancement of the creative level of printed and electronic information Research and development of interactive services Advancing the conceptual level of graphic design Pursuit of solutions that reflect the consideration of eco-effective design

Innovations + Research

SEED

SEED is an annual summer program for high school students in the region interested in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART and Math) through Strategies, Events, Episodes + Devices = SEED.

Developed during SEED 9, Lazers in Space is a homage to Space Invaders with 16 different enemy types, 3 bosses, and an infinite wave system. Collect power ups from fallen enemies and blocks to help rebuild your defenses. See how long you can last against a new breed of invaders and compete with friends for the highest score.

Image taken by Seiji Ikeda, Assistant Professor & Area Co-Coordinator, Japanese Art and Design, 2015

Programs Abroad

Florence Italy A month residency in a foreign city provides students with the unique opportunity to experience the city and the people in depth as well as learn a bit of the language.

(Narrative by Kenda North Professor, Study Abroad Program in Florence, Itlay) A group of ten undergraduate and graduate students left for a month of study in Florence, Italy on May 19. We are based at the Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA), in operation since 1970. SRISA provides apartment rentals, lecture and studio facilities, and staff assistance for students. This is my sixth trip with UTA art students since 2000, and given my familiarity with the city, we have kept up a busy schedule of museum visits, lectures on campus, and day trips to regional cities. Students have had time to work on research projects, both in studio production and art history. The undergrad students are working on a new portfolio of photographs and the grad students are doing projects related to their discipline, which range from photography to printmaking to glass. In the last three weeks we have visited all of the major art museums and churches in Florence (SRISA provides everyone with a museum card which allows for better entrance), had lectures by resident scholars on Dante, Arte Povera, and city tours of Siena and Lucca. In addition, we spent 30

four days in Venice at the amazing Venice Biennale featuring global exhibitions of contemporary art. Graduate students will be presenting lectures at SRISA for a larger student audience on such topics as the late Renaissance artist Pontormo, contemporary glass artists with reference to historic glass production, and a demonstration on photographic lumen printing. All of the students will complete a publication of their studio production or research papers. I have long believed that a month residency in a foreign city provides students with the unique opportunity to experience the city and the people in depth as well as learn a bit of the language. For American students with little travel experience, this experience reveals the potential of future exploration.

Programs Abroad

Tokyo & Kyoto Japan Experience where Japanese tradition and modernity are one continuum through its art and design.

(Narrative by Seiji Ikeda, Associate Professor, Study Abroad Program in Japan) In this study abroad program, art and design students study ancient relics and sites in Japan in conjunction with rising artists and designers. Excursions to renowned museums and events expose the dynamic traditions of the Japanese culture. Students also benefit from encounters with way finding, branding, illustration, fashion, cuisine, music, artisans, product design, anime and manga, technology, architecture, landscape design, and urban art. Educational Outcomes: Develop skills of inquiry and analysis in a global context Synthesize academic/disciplinary concepts with real world phenomena Gain an international perspective of studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career or discipline Become conscious of studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own cultural perspective Strengthen individual art creation process through cultural influence Garner appreciation in the approach of craftsmanship

The Gallery at UTA

Galleries

The Gallery at UTA Hours Monday through Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday, noon-5pm Location Fine Arts Building, 502 S. Cooper St. Arlington, Texas 76019 | map Phone: 817.272.3110 Contact Benito Huerta, Director 817.272.3143 | bhuerta@uta.edu Patricia Healy, Assistant Director 817.272.5658 | phealy@uta.edu

The Gallery at UTA sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History since 1985, is recognized regionally and nationally for its exhibitions, related programs (lectures, workshops, artists’ residencies) and publications. Art Guide Texas commented that throughout its history, “the Gallery at UTA has provided stimulating exhibitions of contemporary art…” As an interdisciplinary research and exhibition facility, the mission of The Gallery is the presentation of contemporary art in a critical and creative context. The Gallery also emphasizes representation of Texas artists and the cultural diversity of the state. Open six days a week during the academic year (Monday - Friday, 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm) it occupies a 4,100 square foot exhibition space on the north end of the first floor of the Fine Arts Building. The Gallery presents exhibitions each academic year from late August through mid-May featuring works by regional, national and international contemporary artists. In addition, Masters of Fine Arts candidates display their thesis exhibitions each spring semester and a Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition takes place at the end of each fall and spring semester. A curated graduate student exhibition with work selected by a visiting artist during studio visits in the spring semester is installed for viewing during the summer months. As a university facility, The Gallery at UTA has maintained a mission that includes education and outreach within and outside the university. Regional community colleges, universities, high schools and 38

elementary schools are frequent visitors to the facility. The annual number of visitors ranges from 6,500 – 9,000 attendees with approximately 60 percent student and 40 percent non-student attendees. Each exhibition opens with a reception and gallery talks by participating artists. In addition, exhibiting artists are invited to give hour-long illustrated lectures about their work and process. All gallery events are free and open to the general public as well as to the university community. The Gallery also documents each exhibition with a tri-fold color brochure that includes photographs documenting each show and a critical essay written by a local arts writer or art historian. The Gallery at UTA is financially supported in part through the Department of Art and Art History. In addition, the gallery in its long and distinguished history has had success in generating funding from agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lannan Foundation, the Hanley Foundation, the College Art Association, Arlington Camera, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Arlington and in-kind support from Hilton Arlington and Nerwin & Martin Fine Art Services. Over the past ten years, gifts, grants and in-kind support of The Gallery have totalled over $100,000.

Galleries

4,100 square foot exhibition space in the Fine Arts Building that was established as part of the Department of Art & Art History in 1985 Average number of visitors over past five years is 8,639 with 58% student and 42% non-student attendees

Hornbill Sculpture with Figures Baga, Guinea Late 19th Century Wood, pigment 39 inches

Collections African Art, Glass, Modern and Contemporary Prints

Collections

A+AH Collections Contact Cheryl Mitchell, Collections Specialist cherylm@uta.edu

The Art + Art History Department Collections mission is to play a leading role in establishing a forum for scholarly study and research opportunities that can only be found through direct interaction with works of art. We seek to form a cohesive and professional system for documenting, presenting, and ensuring the stewardship of the many varied forms of art and artifacts here on the UT Arlington campus. We strive to expand the knowledge and awareness of these collections for our students, faulty and staff, and the surrounding local communities, as well as the current exhibition and viewing availabilities found both in person and as an online gallery presence. Our goal is to succeed at continuing UT Arlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich tradition of connecting our surrounding citizens with superb artforms and their cultural history, while at the same time extending the reach of art and all it has to offer.

Since 2009, the Art + Art History Collections has transformed into a series of both artworks and artifacts, which are of diverse cultural backgrounds, phases of artistic development, and wide-ranging mediums. These Collections speak to the same breadth of diversity that can be found here at the University of Texas at Arlington. Brought together to create a unique aesthetic of both traditional and modern forms of art, these collections include the Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection, the Brodie African Art Collection, the Mac Stiles Glass Collection, the Master of Fine Arts Program Collection, the Faculty Works Collection, and the Orphan Works. Recently, the Department has taken over the care and stewardship of the Allan Saxe Masterworks Collection, including one of a kind works on paper by master artists such as Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, and Leonard Baskin. Each of these collections carries its own unique qualities and opportunities of educational knowledge and discovery to share with the university campus and local, surrounding communities.

Pair of Heddle Pulleys, with Masculine Features Bamum, Cameroon Early 20th century Wood, braided vegetable fiber Height, 12Â˝ in. each

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Whimsical Flower Series Jim Van Deurzen ca. 1985 - 1990 Blown Glass, 8” x 8” x 2”

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The Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection © Gifted to the University in 2009, this premiere collection includes a variety of art and artifacts from various regions of Africa, ranging from the 11th to 20th Centuries, in all manner of styles, sizes, and media. Many of these works are created and decorated with native materials such as wood, shells and stone, beadwork, pigments, vegetable fibers, and even human hair. They come from a variety of environments across the continent and the influences of several other major cultures, such as the Oceanics, British, Dutch, and that of Islam, can be seen in these works, while at the same time displaying each peoples identifiable style. This wide array of works contains both utilitarian and ritual art and artifacts, as well as several pieces which were created as part of the lineage of the artistic style of indigenous peoples of Africa and which are now considered to be Contemporary African art. The majority of these pieces range from the late 19th century into the middle 20th century, however, several pieces such as pottery and cast-iron currency, are many centuries older. A variety of traditional themes can be found amongst the collection including: Fertility, Social Initiation and Acceptance, and Power and Prestige.

The Brodie Collection of African Art ©

The Mac Stiles Glass Collection ©

Donated by Dr. Edmund Brodie and his wife, Judith Brodie, this collection substantially expands the UT Arlington African Art Collection, which began in 2011 with the Campbell–Dowdey African Art Collection. Dr. Brodie is the current Executive Director of Program Development for the College of Science at Utah State University, as well as an active researching professor and biologist, and is also the former Chair of the UTA Biology Department. The new donation adds to the variety of cultures, styles, and objects already in the University collection. Many of the works are rare, made of fragile materials such as textiles, animal hair, plant fibers and terra cotta.

Dr. Mac Stiles was first introduced to the art world via his initial exposure to music through his father and later in his studies in medicine. Having received various degrees from Texas Wesleyan University, Baylor College of Dentistry, the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, it was while later working at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland that he was first introduced to the art glass community.

These works were collected by the Brodies during expeditions and research trips through much of Africa. During some of their research travels, Dr. Jonathan A. Campbell, current Chair of Biology, and his wife, Tanya G. Dowdey, donors of the first African collection, accompanied the Brodies. This combined collection offers a unique look into how these separate groupings developed concurrently, but based on differing interests and viewpoints.

“My first visit to the newly opened “Glass Gallery” in Bethesda was like walking into a world filled with beauty, artistry, creation and wonderment. It was a new-found love and interest - not only the beauty of the works, but the fact that this medium could be utilitarian or decorative, and I was intrigued by the way it dealt with light. So this began my lasting interest in glass as an art medium.” His interest in collecting glass artworks grew stronger over the passing years as he visited galleries and collections across the country, meeting and interacting with the artists themselves, and beginning to develop relationships and deep connections of understanding over their concepts, ideals, and processes. As he added their pieces to his own personal collection, he always sought out what appealed directly to him, never seeking what was fashionable, new, or that which had been recommended to him by a critic as a professional collector might do. It was the appeal of the piece to the viewer, what they admired and appreciated on a personal level, which resonated most and drove his collecting interests. Many of the works within the Mac Stiles Glass Collection are early works of well-known artists of the Art Glass Movement, ranging from the early phases in the 1960s, and leading into the later resurgence of the movement in the 1980s and 90s. Artists within the collection include Hank Murta Adams, Patrick Wadley, Matthew Buechner, and Colin Terris among many others. Having collected a wide variety of forms and figures representing both aesthetic and functional appeal, his collection is truly a window into the varying phases of the development of glass as an artform.

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A+AH Collections A Year in Review Spring 2014 •

Assessment and condition reports of the accession of recent donations from both Dr. Brodie and Dr. Campbell. Approximately 40 pieces from the Brodie collection and 15 new arrivals from the Campbell-Dowdey Collection were received.

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Begin renewed installation of African artifacts for the exhibition to be installed at CAAS (Center for African-American Studies) in the Swift Center. Investigations into location and display and discussion over humidity and temperature levels.

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Meeting with local Non-profit Arts Organization ‘Safari of the Arts’ and its Director Jackie Lubia over her start up proposal for underprivileged students to tour various arts collections within the DFW community.

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Collaboration with Stephanie Noell, Special Collections Librarian at UT Arlington Libraries on MavsArt Webpage in order to showcase the African Collection on their site.

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Preparations for Upcoming Collaboration with City of Arlington and The Levitt Pavilion.

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Preparation for installation for artifacts and student works into Ransom Hall for optimal presentation and awareness

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Continue to seek advice over restoration and conservation of works in collection, particularly to contact Curator of African Art at DMA and Crow Collection

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Begin work on documenting and cataloguing the newly arrived Stiles Glass Collection.

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Contact with Dr. Ritu Gairola Khanduri, Associate Professor of Anthropology over assistance with tours and information over the African Art Collection on view in the VRC.

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Collaboration with Dr. Melia Belli, Non-Western Art History specialist over tours of the African Collection for her courses.

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Receipt of Zines donation from the Printmaking Area via Nancy Palmeri.

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Finalization of Donor Board Plaques

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Creation of ‘Volunteership’ for Art History Senior to learn basic skills and handling techniques with various artforms to encourage student participation in the building and scholarly research over the Collections.

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Beginning preparations for upcoming Stiles Glass Collection exhibition in collaboration with the Annual Glass Sale.

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Receive donations from David Keens, Jack Plummer, and graduating MFA students

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Installation of Selections from the Art + Art History Collections into UC Art Gallery

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Meeting with President Kharbari, Heads of Area, and Courtney Crothers of UT Southwestern for possible collaborations

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Hosted Booth at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in connection with the Lannaya West African Dance & Drum Ensemble. Passed out numerous flyers, pamphlets, and coloring book pages to encourage community awareness of the African Art Collections, the Art + Art History Department, and the Center for African American Studies. Also promoted the three

Visual Resource Commons

Visual Resource Commons The Visual Resource Commons (VRC) supports the teaching and research mission of the Department of Art and Art History, providing faculty and student access to art related image collections in analog and digital format, art documentation videos, Department and Gallery digital archives, electronic artist-resources, and Department-specific reference materials. Networked computers, scanners, printers, and coursespecific software are available for individuals and class projects. The VRC provides an environment conducive for research, class meetings, administrative meetings, and exhibition opportunities. The VRC also provides instruction for collection access, classroom presentation, copyright issues, image production, and online image reviews for students.

Hours Monday through Friday, 8:30am-5pm Extended evening hours vary by semester, depending on staffing. Location The Visual Resource Commons is located on the second floor of the Fine Arts Building, FA2109 Contact Rita Lasater, Director 817.272.2797 | rlasater@uta.edu Cheryl Mitchell, Collections Specialist cherylm@uta.edu

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The Visual Resource Commons’ primary holding is a digital art history image collection of more than 100,000 JPEG and TIFF files. Used by Department professors for instruction, as well as research, and by students for study and classroom projects, the digital image collection is a dynamic resource and is the focus of an ongoing access initiative.

The VRC is open to all undergraduates, graduates, staff, and faculty as a quiet research area. Users are guided in the use of the collections and the facility by staff-led orientations, circulation information located at the entrance, and self-directing signage. Newly appointed Art and Art History professors and MFA students receive scheduled orientations as requested.

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A condensed version of the former 150,000 35mm side collection has been archived, but is available when needed. Both this collection and its digital counterpart encompass major areas of Western art and architecture, as well as, significant holdings of art from other traditions.

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The video/DVD collection of over 800 films focuses on art documentaries, studio techniques, general history, and special topics to support classroom instruction and personal research. Cataloged in a circulation database, this collection can be searched online and accessed in the VRC by students for class assignments or personal enrichment. Faculty, graduate students, and staff may checkout the holdings for classroom and research purposes.

Faculty can access the EmbARK digital image collection on a client-specified computer in the VRC. Online access for students and faculty of the digital image collections will soon be available through EmbARK’s WebKiosk, managed by the VRC. Image reviews for course exam preparation are available online through the VRC, as are content lists for the video/DVD collections, the film script collection, and the VRC book reserve listings.

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The film script collection, created especially for student circulation, has 315 scripts, and is used in screenwriting course assignments and research. The BFA Graduate collection, consisting of artwork, artist-statements, and resumes of graduating seniors since 1996, is available for student reference and is maintained for archival documentation. The VRC also houses the MFA thesis books, documenting the work of the Department’s MFA graduates.

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Three large donations of gallery/museum exhibitions materials create a collection unique to the University. These materials and the catalogued documentation are available for research and classroom use.

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A small non-circulating reference library of art history texts, journals, and other art-related materials is available for students, staff and faculty.

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The Department Archives, an ongoing analog-to-digital project, documents the history of the Department. Once digitized, this collection will be available through Research Commons, the campus institutional repository offered by the UTA Library. A growing part of the archives is the MFA thesis documentation.

Equipment: Seven networked workstations, with image scanners and printer, provide access to UTA Library’s Online Catalog, databases such as ArtSTOR, and the Internet. Wireless network allows for access for those using personal laptops and tablets. Students can print from a networked Pharos printer in the commons area. A comfortable seating area of sofas and chairs is arranged for casual study, small-group discussion, or meetings; while three worktables can be used for individual study and group projects, or rearranged for events and meetings. Students can use the computers to view the DVDs in the video collection, for autodidactic purposes or for course assignments. Slide archives, not digitalized, may be viewed using a light box or slide projector. Special collections, such as the exhibition materials and the artists’ books, can be accessed by request.

App flowchart from La Sweet Vida App by Studio Create design team, Spring/Summer 2014.

Infrastructure + Progress

Art Art History Department Dr. Paul Wong Professor and Dean

Art Education Media, Design + Technology Two Dimensional Research Three Dimensional Research

Robert F. Hower, Chair Department of Art + Art History

Art HIstory

Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies Leighton McWilliams

Academic Advisors

Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer

Jessica Rose, Jessica Betancourt, Kate Helmes

Art Education

Amanda Alexander Assitant Professor

Film/Video

Photography

Visual Comm

2-DS Drawing

2-DS Painting

2-DS Printmaking

3-DS Clay

3-DS Glass

3-DS Sculpture

Art History

Mark Clive Senior Lecturer

Kenda North Professor

Seiji Ikeda/Ben Dolezal Assistant Professor

Carlos Donjuan Senior Lecturer

Marilyn Jolly Associate Professor

Nancy Palmeri Professor

Nicholas Wood Professor

Justin Ginsberg Visiting Assistant Professor

Darryl Lauster Associate Professor

Mary Vaccaro Professor

Bart Weiss Associate Professor

Andrew Ortiz Associate Professor

Lisa Graham Professor

Stephen Lapthisophon Senior Lecturer

Benito Huerta Professor

Lecturer

Beth Wright Professor

Yaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ke Smith Assistant Profesor

Leighton Mc Williams Associate Professor

Pauline Hudel-Smith Senior Lecturer

Lecturer

Bryan Florentin Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Lecturer

GTA

Sedrick Huckaby Visiting Assistant Professor

Lecturer

Benjamin Lima Assistant Professor

Lecturer

Melia Belli Assistant Professor

Lecturer

Graduate Advisor/ Assistant Chair/ GTA Mentor

Assistant Chair Fall 15 Spring 16 Fall 16 Spring 17

Nancy Palmeri

Support Specialist II Khushboo LaSure

Foundations

Intermedia

DV/Gaming

Coordinators *see below

Carlos DonJuan Senior Lecturer

*Tore Terassi Assistat Professor 2D & Digital Design

*Darryl Lauster Associate Professor 3D Design

Studio: Create ÂŠ Art + Art History

Intermedia

Film/Video

Glass

Visual Comm

Graduate Assistants/ Studio Assistants

ICPF CorrPro

Matt Clark Arts Entrepreneurship: Art + Art History

New Hire

Darryl Lauster 3D Bryan Florentin Photo

New Hire

Josh Wilson Lecturer

EGTA

Board

Legal

University Experts

Stephen Lapthisophon Installation

Office of Innovation

Industry Mentors

Research & Safety Tech & Gallery Manager

Part-time Assistant Technician

The Gallery at UTA Benito Huerta Director/Curator

Patricia Healy Assistant Director

GRA

Student Assistants

Clint Niosi

Rita Lasater

Computer Technician II Digital Media Specialist

VRC Director (Visual Resource Commons)

Mary Peterson Administrative Assistant II

Tech Assistant

Cheryl Mitchell Collections Specialist

Khushboo LaSure MFA Assistant & Support Specialist II

Development Kelsey Childress Support Specialist

Mark Clive Film Student Assistants, Work Study

Seiji Ikeda VC

2d Faculty

Art Art History Department

2014

ENROLLMENT: 667 STUDENTS

2015

ENROLLMENT: 680 STUDENTS

2016

ENROLLMENT: 692 STUDENTS

(STUDIO, MEDIA ARTS AND ART HISTORY)

PROGRAMS

DEGREES B.A. B.F.A. M.F.A.

ART CERTIFICATION

ART HISTORY

CLAY

2007 M.F. A PROGRAM

DRAWING

2009 VISUAL RESOURCE COMMONS

FILM & VIDEO (ANIMATION) FOUNDATION

GLASS

PAINTING

2005 DESIGN TEXAS

2010 NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM

PHOTOGRAPHY 2009 DIGITAL MEDIA TRACK

PRINTMAKING

SCULPTURE

VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN (GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEB DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, APP DESIGN, PACKAGING DESIGN & GAMING)

2017

ENROLLMENT: 704 STUDENTS

2018

ENROLLMENT: 716 STUDENTS

2019

ENROLLMENT: 726 STUDENTS

2013 CORRPRO DESIGN

2012 WILD PONY EDITIONS

2013 ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2012 ENHANCED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

IN THE ARTS

2020

ENROLLMENT: 736 STUDENTS

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF ART AND DESIGN 2008/2014 NASAD ACCREDITATION

2015-2016 DESIGN + TECHNOLOGY ART ACADEMY & APPLIED DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATE

DESIGN TEXAS (2005)

ENHANCED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (2012)

The DESIGN TEXAS project is an opportunity to enhance the development and direction of visual communication in the State of Texas. The concept is to provide advanced undergraduate students and faculty an opportunity to interact with various individuals throughout the State of Texas on the development and completion of communication design problems. This group works with clients who need creative services to establish identity systems and information materials.

Students have interned with world-renowned museums, galleries, film studios, design firms, Fortune 500 companies, philanthropic foundations, hospitals, churches, and with individual artists. Students who participate in our internship program are selected for their excellent output, work ethic, and potential. Oftentimes, these internships result in full-time employment.

M.F.A. PROGRAM (2007) The Master of Fine Arts is a professional degree in the practice of art. The program of study is designed to guide and encourage students in the development of their skills, the definition of their goals and the recognition of their responsibilities, as artists. The educational objective is to provide training that will make it possible for each student in the program to achieve professional excellence.

CORPRO DESIGN (2013) The Corrugated Prototype Design and CAD Production Lab is at the core of the applied component of the Visual Communication Design curriculum for accurate exposure to the corrugated packaging and display industry. This lab enables students to have hands-on experiences that will enhance their practical prep for real world problem solving.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ARTS (2013)

The Digital Media Track is a 21 credit hour sequence utilizing courses in foundations, film/video and concepts in art utilizing digital tools as a primary medium.

This program is unique in its approach as it equips students with an entrepreneurial mindset that will give them an edge in their creative pursuits. Its mission is to ignite the entrpreneurial spirit through the development of an individualized foundation, knowledge base, and skillset that will help students navigate their creative careers.

VISUAL RESOURCE COMMONS (2008)

DESIGN + TECHNOLOGY ART ACADEMY (2015)

The Visual Resource Commons (VRC) supports the teaching and research mission of the Department of Art and Art History, providing faculty and student access to art related image collections in analog and digital format, art documentation videos, Department and Gallery archives, electronic artist resources, and department-specific software are available for individuals and class projects.

New and advanced programming focuses on expanding the digital media track. Web design, app design, information design, and new media will be taught in individual and team environments. Industry and UTA Academic community will team up to address DTAA Design opportunities.

DIGITAL MEDIA TRACK (2009)

NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM (2010) The Art + Art History Department has been a member of the New Media Consortium (NMC) since 2010. The NMC is an international community of experts in educational technology. The role of the NMC is to help member universities, colleges, museums, and organizations drive innovation across their campuses.

STUDIO CREATE © (2011) The mission of the studio is to conduct and apply trans-disciplinary, collaborative research and creative activity to enhance client need and individual research. The outcomes promote students’ critical and creative thinking skills to improve learning, performance and developing traits of entrepreneurship, with a special focus on students studying art certification, gaming for education and entertainment, design communication, animation and emerging media.

WILD PONY EDITIONS AND MAVS LETTERPRESS+ (2010/2012) Wild Pony Editions and Mavs Letterpress+ at the University of Texas Arlington brings artists/designers/poets and students together to collaborate in the creating of innovative printed and book works in a wide range of traditional and nontraditional print media and techniques. What is unique about WP Editions and MLP+ is that they provide students with a completely interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial experience.

“We measure excellence by the impact we have on making the world better. Building on deeply grounded disciplinary strength, we collaborate across disciplines, and the initiative to do so comes from the ground up, not the top down. We are nimble and entrepreneurial, moving quickly and prudently when we see an opportunity. We do not do everything, but focus on areas where our comparative advantage makes us among the best in the world. We view teaching and research to be on the same continuum of knowledge creation, so that all students have the chance to develop deep knowledge of their major fields and to grasp how new ideas can change the world.” Quoted text: Carnegie Mellon University

Entrepreneurship/ Internship success

Already meeting many strategic plans, aspirations

National (NASAD) accredidation Increased graduation rates. Reduced average stay from 3.9 to 3.2 years

Internationally/ nationally recognized faculty

Numerous student awards at national and state levels

Art collection + gallery

CorrPro Design (industry affiliations) Studio Create ÂŠ collaborates with: UTA Division of Enterprise Development, School of Social Work, Library, Mobi-computer Science etc.

Concentration Portfolio Review program admissions review with a 3.0 gpa required

New MFA program 1st time US News ranking 145 (will be reviewed again in 2015)

Undergrad programs enrollment #2 in state

Design + Technology Academy

Dr. of Fine Arts, Art - Music - Theatre?

In progress To be resolved

CoLA: programs and identity confusion

School of art: missing opportunities for enrollment and program recognition due to department designation

Enhance PR related to UTA Arts

Competition: art schools + billboards from North Texas universities

Additional space/ funding to expand MFA program enrollment

Non-existent equipment allocation/ funding

Non existent technology allocation/ funding Insufficient operations budget Art scholarships - by portfolio should be implemented

Low PT faculty funding--convert program critical Senior Lecturers to permanent status

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