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Opening Reception for 2024 Student Exhibitions

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April 19, 5 to 8 p.m.

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Spring 2024 Viewpoint April Lecture: Ana Janevski and Sohrab Mohebbi

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April 25, 3:30 p.m.

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La Escuelita: A Latinx Evening School for Critical Consciousness (The Austin Texas Chapter)

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April 30 to May 4

Recent News

Scherezade García's Liquid Highway acquired by LACMA

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2024 National Art Education Association Conference; Faculty Presenters

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Max Fields named director of Visual Arts Center

First year MFA student Nathan Anthony wins 2023 Gilbert Bayes Award for early career sculptors

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"‘Somos Recuerdos’ student-led exhibit explores Latinx identities, history" for The Daily Texan

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Eli Durst photographs "Can a Big Village Full of Tiny Homes Ease Homelessness in Austin?" for The New York Times

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Visual Arts Center features students’ wood type projects for The Daily Texan

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Beili Liu part of the 2024 Border Biennial in El Paso, up until April

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Restorative Practices in Education through Art, new book co-edited by Donalyn Heise, to be released next year

Scherezade García featured in Portal, LILAS Benson Magazine

University of Texas at Austin's Studio Professor Scherezade Garcia standing in front of her large scale painting for the Praxis Gallery exhibition.

"Writing Art History in the Age of Black Lives Matter" by Eddie Chambers published in The Routledge Companion to Decolonizing Art History

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"A Conversation with Photographer Will Wilson" published for The Met

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