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SDCT's Top 10: Year in Review

Look back on the show-stopping events, national recognition, and milestones we're celebrating from the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Tech-Art Organization dadaLab Reboots in New Eastside Studio

July 11, 2023

Forced to leave their Real Street location to make way for an apartment development, dadaLab co-founders Kyle Evans, Arts and Entertainment Technologies Lecturer, and Barna Kantor secured another lease less than a week before their move.

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Spike Lee’s Inspirations, Including Design Professor Michael Ray Charles, Are the Focus of a New Brooklyn Museum Exhibit

July 10, 2023

Works of prominent Black American artists like Kehinde Wiley, Deborah Roberts, Elizabeth Catlett and Michael Ray Charles will be on display throughout the exhibit alongside depictions of Black American and African figures from across disciplines who’ve inspired Lee.

high resolution image of Menstrual Garden by artist and professor Jiabao Li

Assistant Professor Jiabao Li named runner-up in Speculative Design category for her project ‘Menstrual Garden’

June 21, 2023

The 2023 Core77 Design Awards Speculative Design category honors projects, whether physically or digitally produced, designed for the purpose of cultural commentary, intervention, or exploration, or created as speculative design for a client or educational institution.

Currents affairs Jiabao Li Squid Map 2022 video installation courtesy Jiabao Li

Design Professor Jiabao Li Exhibits at Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe

June 16, 2023

Ecological Soup: Interspecies Encounters at the Currents gallery features work by Jiabao Li, including a video installation in the floor that creates the illusion of looking down into the ocean. In the video, a seemingly playful squid darts about, providing sounds from the sea in a city many hundreds of miles from one.

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SDCT Named Top 10 College for Design in 2023 by University Magazine

June 2, 2023

University Magazine has recognized the School of Design and Creative Technologies at UT Austin as one of the best colleges for design in 2023. The list features schools renowned for their exceptional programs, faculty, and commitment to preparing students for successful careers in design.

Portrait of Michael Ray Charles

Design Professor Michael Ray Charles Named 2024 Texas State Visual Artist by Texas Commission on the Arts

May 31, 2023

The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is pleased to announce the Texas State Legislature’s 2024 appointment of Michael Ray Charles to the position of state two-dimensional artist.

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Design Professor Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton Speaks to Revision Path

May 29, 2023

Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton is an educator, image-maker, and graphic designer currently located in Austin, Texas. She spoke to Revision Path, a platform showcasing Black designers, artists, developers, and digital creatives from all over the world. 

Various images and art featured in the SWANA course

BIPOC Design History Continues Diversifying Design Education with its Latest ‘SWANA’ Course

May 12, 2023

Silas Munro, Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, and Pierre Dowens teamed together to collect information on BIPOC-identified designers with the aim of publishing a publication. The trio realized that they needed to expand their research beyond a simple book and began conceptualizing an online course.

Michael Ray Charles Forever Free Veni Vidi from 2022 Credit via Michael Ray Charles and Templon Paris Hedwig Van Impe Photo by Remei Giralt

Getting Body Curious at New York’s TEFAF Art Fair

May 12, 2023

The less-than-idealized body is a mainstay of modern art. A large painting by Michael Ray Charles stands out at the booth of Templon Gallery.

artist rendition of three BIPOC designers creating SWANA course

BIPOC Design History Continues Diversifying Design Education with its Latest ‘SWANA’ Course

May 11, 2023

Silas Munro, Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, and Pierre Dowens teamed together to collect information on BIPOC-identified designers with the aim of publishing a publication. The trio realized that they needed to expand their research beyond a simple book and began conceptualizing an online course.