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Department ChairRobert Hower

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Dear UTA Community and Supporters,

I am pleased to announce a highly successful

result from our recent NASAD (National Association

of Schools of Art and Design) re-accreditation

submission. The three year process supported

by the faculty, students and staff of the

Department of Art and Art History was very successful.

Support from Dean Beth Wright, Provost Ron

Elsenbaumer and President Vistasp Karbhari was

essential. The Department of Art and At History wishes

to thank all who contributed to this accomplishment.

Dean Wright stated, “Congratulations on this

magnificent acknowledgement of the excellence

of the Department of Art & Art History’s programs.

I am very pleased that NASAD has commended

your department and the University of Texas at

Arlington as well as granted full accreditation

for the MFA and re-accreditation for the BA

and BFA programs for the ten-year cycle.

This achievement is due to the efforts of many

dedicated professionals, as well as the support

of the president, provost, and dean. My warm

congratulations to you and to everyone who has

worked to achieve this wonderful result”.

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 continue to win

awards and receive high praise and recognition for

their research. In the studio and classroom the faculty

provide personal mentoring to our students. Our

faculty and students were recognized with numerous

awards, exhibitions, presentations, published articles

and creative projects on the national The National

Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)

accredits our department, comprised of outstanding

students, faculty and staff. In addition we belong to

the New Media Consortium, College Art Association,

FATE, TASA, and various state art organizations.

Initiatives in 2013-14 included the establishment of

the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation

relationship, expanded internships, the further

enhancement of our gaming courses (see our

summer high school SEED project), and the MFA

student Summer Travel Research program. As

chair of the Department of Art and Art History, it is

very exciting to watch the growth of our programs

that have an impact on the international level.

This year’s news about our students, alums, faculty

and programs provides a glimpse into our dynamic

university! In addition, please review our website,

www.uta.edu/art, to investigate our activities and

achievements throughout the 2014-15 academic year.

Robert Hower

Art and Art History

THE Innovation Destination

won ICPF’s International Best of the Best Student

Design Presentation Competition during ICPF’s

15th annual, live interactive, Careers in Corrugated

Packaging & Display Teleconference earlier this year.

The UTA student design team qualified for the ICPF Run-

Off competition by competing against dozens of teams

from universities from across the nation last year in the

AICC student design competition. AICC-The Independent

Packaging Association and the Fibre Box Association

are co-sponsors and long-time supporters of ICPF.

Assistant Professor Ben Dolezal said the students’

work was enabled by the new design lab. “The

lab provides students with the structural design

software, materials and a computer-aided

design table to produce significant packaging

solutions for use in the marketplace,” he said.

CPF has established similar packaging design programs

within graphic design schools at top academic

institutions throughout North America. UT Arlington’s

lab, CorrPro Design + UTA, is the first institute of higher

education in Texas to offer corrugated packaging and

displays curriculum and structural design instruction.

ICPF is an independent, non-profit educational

foundation, whose mission is “to generate a stream

of increasingly qualified students to enter the

corrugated packaging and display industry, now and

into the future,” according to the group’s website.

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Members of the International Corrugated Packaging

Foundation (ICPF), The University of Texas at

Arlington, the Department of Art and Art History,

corporate partners and guests will be on-hand

Tuesday, Oct. 28, to dedicate the new Corrugated

Prototype Design and CAD Production Lab.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony, slated for 11 a.m.,

will be in the Fine Arts Building, Room 155.

The new workspace was made possible through

a major, in-kind gift of state-of-the art production

equipment and structural design software

acquired and provided through ICPF.

The packaging and design lab will integrate

corrugated and structural curriculum into the Visual

Communication program in the Department of Art and

Art History. The lab includes ICPF’s online corrugated

curricula, a Data Tech computer-aided design table

donated by ICPF corporate partner Vanguard

Packaging, and Esko-donated design software.

Robert Hower, professor and chair of the

Department of Art and Art History, said the

new partnership aligns closely with the

Department’s growth and focus on design.

“The materials and digital technology will immediately

provide significant packaging experiences and design

problem-solving opportunities for real world design

and production,” Hower said. “It is a great example

of education and industry teaming up to improve

employment opportunities for our students.”

The lab has been in use for a few semesters and has

already yielded impressive results: a team of students

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Soon after Stephen Lapthisophon moved from Chicago

to Dallas in 2007, he noticed two things. First, there

was a society photographer at a museum event.

“I thought, ‘This would never happen in Chicago,’ ”

Lapthisophon says. Then he went to an artist lecture

on a Wednesday night, and it was packed. “And I

thought, ‘This would also never happen in Chicago.’ ”

Lapthisophon saw that divide in the city as well. On

the one hand, there was the multimillion-dollar Arts

District, but just a few miles away, there were vacant

lots and odd warehouses. “Dallas has this weird

landscape,” he says. “It has this image of all of the

flash and glitter, and that is definitely there. But there

is also an odd mystery to it. I liked the opportunity that

some of those spaces offered. It is good for artists.”

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“Artist Stephen Lapthisophon has made his mark

on Dallas in more ways than one. Born in Houston,

he attended undergraduate at UT Austin and went

on to get his MFA in Chicago, where he also studied

comparative literature at Northwestern. In the early

2000s, he was looking for new opportunities to show

work and ended up in Dallas, as an artist in residence

at UTD. In 2007, having developed a close working

relationship with Nancy Whitenack at Conduit Gallery,

he made the decision to move here permanently.

In the seven years since then, he has been a

dynamic contributor to the Dallas art world. He

regularly shows at Conduit in the Design District

and helps to bring up the next generation of

artists at UT Arlington, where he teaches.

The full article can be found on the

Dallas Observer website

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Come December, everybody starts talking awards.

This past week, I couldn’t wait to hear the Golden

Globe nominations. Sure enough, Texan Richard

Linklater steered his terrific movie Boyhood to

multiple nominations, including best picture.

Last Sunday, here at the newspaper, we picked

our nominees for Texan of the Year in the arts

category. It was my pleasure to submit two favorites:

actress Margo Martindale and Rick Lowe, artist-

in-residence at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Lowe brought attention to Vickery Meadow, a Dallas

neighborhood where more than 20 languages

are spoken daily, long before the Ebola crisis

cast an international spotlight on its diversity.

In keeping with the spirit, the Meadows Museum at

Southern Methodist University last week announced

the winner of its Moss/Chumley Artist Award.

Meadows officials say the award is “given

annually to an outstanding North Texas artist

who has exhibited professionally for at least

10 years and has a proven track record as a

community advocate for the visual arts.”

This year’s winner is Darryl Lauster, an associate

professor of sculpture at the University of Texas

at Arlington and an artist who uses digital media,

printmaking, sculpture and installation.

As for Lauster’s community contributions, well,

they’re too numerous to mention in their entirety.

The highlights: He served on the city of Arlington

Sculpture Trail Committee and as a juror for the

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Article by The Dallas Morning News

Henderson Art Project. He donated his art to the MTV

Re:Define benefit for AIDS awareness at the Goss-

Michael Foundation. I like this one: He’s founder of

the Samuel Gray Society, an institute dedicated

to 18th-century American Revolution research.

The Moss/Chumley Artist Award

carries a cash prize of $2,500.

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Article by The Black Voice

“ I’d like to introduce you to the artist who has been

commissioned to design and install the Stop Six

Public Art project. That meeting is scheduled for

November 15, 2014 at 10 a.m. in the chapel of the

Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church. Sedrick

Huckaby has great presence in the Art community and

has a number of prestigious awards for his work. I

am excited about his sharing his concept with us.

When I took office in July 2013, I saw public art going

up in several districts throughout the City and always

wondered, when would we see public art in Stop Six.

We are one step closer to making that happen and

with Sedrick’s experience, the Stop Six Public Art

project is going to be eye-catching and fabulous.

Huckaby is perhaps best known for two bodies of work.

He creates “quilt paintings” as a way to celebrate

both his grandmother’s craft as well as the artistic

legacy of the African American quilting tradition. His

other works are portraits of family and friends on

a monumental scale, painted in the tradition of the

European old-masters in oil on canvas from a live sitter.

The Stop Six project will cost more than

$100,000 and Huckaby wants to share his

concept with the people of Stop Six and others

who attend the November 15h meeting.

I was excited about Huckaby being selected and I

was thrilled after learning he is a Fort Worth based

artist who graduated from O.D. Wyatt High School.

Huckaby is an Assistant Professor of Art at UT Arlington.

He was born in Fort Worth, and is inspired by his family,

his faith, and his African-American heritage. He earned

his BFA from Boston University and his MFA from Yale

University in New Haven, CT. He has received a number

of prestigious awards for his painting, including the

Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, Louis Comfort Tiffany

Award, the Anne Giles Kimbrough Grant from the

Dallas Museum of Art, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Huckaby’s work is included in the permanent collections

of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York;

the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Nasher Museum of

Art at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina; and

the African American Museum in Dallas, among others.

Please mark your calendars now and plan to join

Huckaby, Fort Worth Public Art leaders and myself on

Saturday, November 15 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of the

Sweet Home Baptist Church, 5225 Ramey Street, for an

informal presentation and conversation with the artist.”

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The Art + Art History Department hosted an

event on Saturday November 8th 2014, for

community college students from the Tarrant,

Dallas and Collin Counties for a range of hands-

on workshops throughout the department.

Workshops were offered in the areas of Glass, Film/

Video, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Foundry,

Gaming and Visual Communication. Taught by UTA

faculty and graduate students, these workshops were

designed to provide new experiences in art making

while showcasing the expansive facilities at UTA.

The Find Your Space event featured some

workshops from faculty and graduate students

such as (but not limited to): Letterpress, Bronze

Pouring, Game Development, Studio Lighting/

Portraiture, Glassblowing, Branding and Direction.

The event was a success, the department hosted over

100 visitors to our campus; the day of workshops was

free and also included a free lunch for participants.

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BAC K TO BAS I C S“During the summer, local high school students

came to UTA for a two-week workshop called SEED9,

where the students collaborated with faculty and

college students to bring a mobile video game to

life. They called the end product Lazers In Space, a

space shooter inspired and designed as an homage

of the arcade video game Space Invaders.

“In the workshop, we make concept art, and they

actually model out the characters,” said Joshua Wilson,

art graduate teaching assistant. “They got to choose

how it actually worked. They dictated what each little

enemy would do.” Wilson, who was the assistant on

the SEED project in previous summers, was the head

instructor and director of this summer’s workshop.

Wilson said he specifically chose Lazers In Space

as the summer project because of its simplicity.”

Article by UTA Shorthorn

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Photography and Printmaking alumna Lindsey Brown is the creator

and editor of Dinnertime Magazine, scheduled for release in

December.

Dinnertime is an art publication that brings artist together by

featuring content that creates

conversations, highlights process, and provides both a resource and an

outlet for creative professionals and artists alike.

For more information about the magazine, please visit

dinnertimemag.com

In November, the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) awarded

Dr. Alexander with their Outstanding Art Educator Higher Education

award. The award is given in recognition for providing quality art

education, advocating for the arts, and providing evidence of ongoing

achievements in art programs throughout Texas. The award was

given to Dr. Alexander during the TAEA conference in San Antonio, on

November 7, 2014.

TAEA’s mission is to promote visual arts education as an integral part

of the curriculum through professional development of knowledge

and skills, representation of the art educators of Texas, service and

leadership opportunities, and research and development of policies

and decisions relative to practices and directions in visual arts

education in Texas.

Pictured with Dr. Alexander are Tim Lowke, President of TAEA and

Sara Chapman, Executive Director and the National Art Education

Association Liaison.

http://www.taea.org/TAEA/default.asp

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come to UTA when she visits the Menil Museum in

Houston, for her solo exhibition coming up in 2017.

My residency was an incredible opportunity to work

with several international artists, and concluded with

a solo exhibition, titled Décadence. It was very well

received, and developed more opportunities for me. The

Museum Kunstpalast, in Dusseldorf, Germany acquired

one of my artworks for their permanent collection.

It has one of Europe’s largest glass collections. I had

a very long conversation with the curator who also

gave me a private tour of the museum while it was

closed, and I was able to spend some significant

time with some of the hidden Joseph Beuys works.

He taught just down the street at the art academy.

During my exhibition I also met several directors

of the Bild-Werk glass studio located in Frauenau,

Germany who requested I submit a proposal to

teach a one month class in the summer of 2015.

My residency ended with a trip to Hamburg,

Germany where I was invited as a speaker to

present my artwork, research, and methodology

at the EHSM annual conference, which was held

at DESY, the 2nd largest particle accelerator in

Europe. My presentation was intermixed with

science innovations, and DIY developments, and

have already been offered an opportunity to return

next year to share my latest developments.

Other key notes of time there, include connecting

with the Chair of the art department from ANU

(the Australian National university) and the head of

the glass/ 3d areas from ANU about an exchange

program between the two institutions, which we

are still discussing and drafting potentials.

I also have begun to develop a type of residency/

internship through Berlin Glas e.V. for UTA glass students

to get professional and International Experience.”

Justin Ginsberg, visiting assistant professor and

glass area coordinator shares his experiences in

Germany during recent exhibitions and a residency.

“This really started with a scholarship I received to

attend the Pilchuck Glass school in the summer of

2013. During my time there I was able to connect with

Nadania Idriss, founder and director of Berlin Glas e.V.,

a new non-profit glass studio in Berlin, Germany. After

discussing my curatorial experience, she invited me to

curate an exhibition, which would be held in December

of 2013. Many of the artists had an affiliation with UTA.

I received support from the university to travel to

Berlin, to install the exhibition, and be present during

the opening, which included a performance from a

Belgium artist, Philipp Weber. During my time there I

made a strong connection with this artist. During the

opening, I also made a connection with Sébastien

Bourdeauducq, a Scientist, and founder of EHSM

(Experimental Hardware Software Meeting), a group

dedicated to development in science, and DIY processes.

These connections created many opportunities for

me in Berlin. With further support from the University

(Through the McDowell Center grant, and further

support from the Art + Art History Dept.) I was accepted

to conduct a 5 week residency with a solo exhibition.

During my first week of my residency, I supported

Philipp Weber and his performance titled Estrange

symphony for the DMY International Design Fair. I also

participated in collaborative demonstrations for the

attendees of the conference with Irish artist Jesse

Günther. It was a wonderful opportunity for exposure.

During that week I also had the pleasure of helping

create works for Mona Hatoum, an incredibly well

known and influential artist who is represented at the

Tate Modern in London, as well as several biennale,

including the Venice biennale. It was a wonderful

opportunity and I am in discussions with her to

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E XC E L L E N C E Professor Nancy Palmeri was elected as the MidAmerican Print

Council Chairperson for a two-year term. The Mid America

Print Council is a national organization whose goal it is to

promote awareness and appreciation of the art of making

original prints, books, hand-made paper, and drawings.

The MAPC is a resource to educational and non-

profit organizations, universities, and the public at

large, providing for the exchange of technical and

critical information on the art of printmaking.

These goals are furthered through conferences and

workshops; through the organization, display, and circulation

of exhibitions of original prints, books, hand-made paper,

and drawings; through newsletters, and journal articles;

through awards given to those deserving special recognition

for lifetime contribution to printmaking; and through

research, study, and general enjoyment of the arts.

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E XC E L L E N C E“What if an artist got to choose the works hung on the walls in

museums? At the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort

Worth, assistant curator Maggie Adler teamed up with artist

Benito Huerta for an unusual exhibition. Huerta sifted through

the Amon Carter’s collection to choose pieces that spoke to him.

Meantime Adler visited Huerta in his studio and home to select

works from throughout his career. Their picks make up the show,

called Fresh Perspectives: Benito Huerta and the Collection.

Getting a living artist’s take on the Amon Carter’s historic

paintings gives those works a new twist, says Adler.

And showing Huerta’s contemporary political work near

pieces like a watercolor landscape from the 1800s makes

viewers think more deeply about Huerta’s technique.”

Article by Art and Seek

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From the Department Chair: “I am pleased to announce a highly

successful result from our recent NASAD (National Association of

Schools of Art and Design) re-accreditation submission. The three

year process supported by the faculty, students and staff of the

Department of Art and Art History was very successful.

Support from Dean Beth Wright, Provost Ron Elsenbaumer

and President Vistasp Karbhari was essential. The

Department of Art and At History wishes to thank

all who contributed to this accomplishment.”

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M O R G A N C H I V E R S ’ I N T E R V I E W P U B L I S H E D I N P E R I P H E R A L A R T E R I E S

M FA M A K I N G WAV E SMorgan Chivers has been interviewed and published in Peripheral

ARTeries, the link to the digital publication can be found at

http://issuu.com/artpress/docs/peripheral_

arteries_art_review_-_se.

An excerpt about Morgan from the interview:

“Morgan Chivers graduated from San Jose State

University (2011) after spending a full decade earning

four simultaneously conferred degrees and five minors:

BA History, BA Global Studies, BFA photography and BFA

Spatial Arts, with minors in Anthropology, Music, Religious

Studies, German and Environmental Studies. He is a

current graduate student at the University of Texas at

Arlington, pursuing an MFA in Glass & Intermedia.

Morgan has rapidly built an extensive exhibition record, with

shows throughout the United States and internationally. His work

has been selected for 32 juried exhibitions in the last 18 months,

receiving 1st place honors from the Carnegie Arts Center’s

“Imagining the Real” exhibition, the ArtBUZZ publication, and the

Glass Arts Society’s International Student Exhibition Catalogue.”

Article Excerpt by Perihperal Arteries

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The James S. Barnett, Jr. Foundation was established in

1998 by Kyong Ju, Jesse and Mia Barnett as a memorial

to their late husband and father, James S. Barnett, Jr.

Barnett was a helicopter ambulance pilot who lost his

life trying to save the victim of a car accident in 1993.

The foundation is a non-profit charitable organization

dedicated to enhancing the lives of people through

religion, arts, education, science, and collaborative

community projects.

Each semester the senior photo faculty recognizes a

continuing photography major who shows the most

promise or who has realized a significant body of

work. The scholarship is meant to help further their

development as an artist and as a photographer.

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The Department of Art and Art History is proud to

announce the Outstanding Senior Award winners for our

Fall 2014 graduating classes. Each semester the faculty

has an opportunity to nominate a graduating senior for

the Outstanding Senior Award in each of the areas of

concentration.

Art Education: Rachel Herod

Art History: Haylie Ballentine

Drawing: Kevin Bradford

Film/Video: Malina R. Miller

Photography: Holly Martinez

Painting: Jessica Michael

Printmaking: Eugene Sarmiento

Visual Communication: Karolina Bebak &

Alexander Reyher

Sculpture: Hector Ramirez

Photography: John Crouch, Westley Harwart & Ivan Lopez

Lindsay Barker

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S C H E D U L E F O RS P R I N G 2 0 1 5This fall saw many great events happening in our department such

as the Find Your Space Community College event, many great

visiting artists and lecturers, and the BFA and BA senior exhibitions.

The department is working tirelessly to make Spring 2015 a great

semester; the annual Glass Sale, High School-Find Your Space Classes,

and Visiting Artist Janin Antoni.

These are just a few, more are listed below:

Artist Talk Gyorgy Beck & Sylvia Plachy

Thursday, January 29

12:30pm - 1:30pm

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Gallery Reception Gyorgy Beck & Sylvia Plachy

Friday, January 30

5:30pm - 8pm

FA 148

Artist Talk Vincent Ramos

Installation

Exhibition Schedule for Conduit

Gallery

Lecture Vincent Ramos

Thursday, February 19

Artist Talk Megan Gould

Monday, March 16

FA 148

MFA Open Studio Event

Wednesday, March 18

2pm - 5pm

MFA Thesis Exhibtion

Monday, April 13 - 16

Reception MFA Thesis Expo

5pm - 7pm

Janine Antoni

Monday, April 27

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