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In the College of Fine Arts at UT Austin, the School of Design and Creative Technologies (SDCT) sponsored Lauren Lee McCarthy, one of several artists in the Creatives on Campus series. McCarthy performed solo, her thought-provoking show Surrogate as part of Fusebox, an international alternative performing arts festival.

Animation Career Review has recognized The University of Texas at Austin graphic design education as one of the best in the nation: Top 50 Nationally among Public Schools and Colleges (#1); Top 50 Nationally (#11, top 2%); Top 25 in the Southwest (#1); and Top 10 in Texas (#1). 

Assistant Professor of Design Jiabao Li had a busy South by Southwest this year. Throughout the conference, Li showcased her XR experience Once a Glacier and participated in two official panels.

As artificial intelligence becomes more and more prevalent, Arts and Entertainment Technologies lecturer Tyler Coleman is preparing his fine arts students for a changing art industry after graduation.

Throughout history, peace usually follows the end of war and conflict. But for Design professor Gray Garmon, Director of the Center for Integrated Design, the concept of peace could encompass a much larger scope.

Dr. Art Markman from UT Austin’s Extended Campus visits We Are Austin to discuss UT Austin's M.A. in Design focused on Health, a first-of-its-kind master’s degree program teaching students how to use human-centered design to produce innovative solutions to immediate challenges facing healthcare.

To kick off South by Southwest 2023, hundreds of UT alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff, and SXSW attendees, came together to “Discover Texas” in one of the university’s largest SXSW events ever. Students from the School of Design and Creative Technologies showcased two of their replica design projects that incorporated technology and visuals — one of a Lamborghini Countach and one of the UT Tower.

Yesterday, VENI VIDI, an exhibition at Galerie Templon in Chelsea showcasing the work of American artist Michael Ray Charles, opened to the public. This exhibition is the first showing of Charles' work in New York in two decades.

AET Professor Yuliya Lanina’s exhibition at Artpace, titled Mother/Land, delves into the artist’s complex relationship with the war in Ukraine through animation, sculpture, and installation.

Professor Michael Ray Charles’s latest show of paintings, about race, gender and sexuality — and his first in the U.S. in nearly 20 years — opens Wednesday at New York’s Templon gallery. T Magazine talks to him about some of the featured works their On View series.