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Q&A with Alyson Beaton, Assistant Professor of Design
Alyson Beaton is an interdisciplinary designer/maker/author and entrepreneur. Her projects range from space, exhibit and objects to graphic design/branding. Get to know Alyson here!
Call for Submissions: Journal of Design and Creative Technologies 2019
SDCT is calling for submissions to our 2019 Journal of Design and Creative Technologies.
Q&A with Gray Garmon, Assistant Professor of Design
Gray Garmon is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Integrated Design in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at The University of Texas in Austin. Read a Q&A with Garmon here.
Fall 2018 AET Concert
View the highlights from Fall 2018's Arts and Entertainment Technologies end-of-semester concert.
Q&A with Assistant Professor of AET Michael McKellar
Michael McKellar is an Assistant Professor of Practice of Arts and Entertainment Technologies (AET), teaching primarily in the Projection, Lighting, and Interactivity (PLAI) concentration. McKellar recently moved to Austin from Scotland with his wife, Emma.
Q&A with Assistant Professor of Design Jason Wilkins
Jason Wilkins attended the MFA Design program at the University of Texas at Austin but withdrew early to put his theoretical studies into practice. He found his fit at Dyal and Partners, the design studio he joined in 2012, which subsequently became part of Page. Wilkins played a key role in the recent redesign of the University of Texas at Austin's visual identity. He enjoyed working on it because it was first and foremost a strategic effort.
Q&A with Assistant Professor of AET MJ Johns
MJ Johns is a game and experience designer, Unity developer, and founder of Astire Games. MJ previously worked in AAA on COD: Modern Warfare Remastered and Mafia III, and they also worked in VR creating show demos for the Virtuix Omni. As the studio director for Astire Games, MJ develops educational and family-friendly apps and games for mobile, VR, AR, PC, and web. MJ got their start in software and web development before moving into games and entertainment in 2012.
2nd Annual VJ Battle: Audiopixelcollider
View the highlights from UT Austin's second annual VJ Battle: Audiopixelcollider, a collaboration between the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies, the Butler School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance.
The Inaugural In The Arena Award: Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Students from the Department of Design, under the guidance of Assistant Professor Jiwon Park, designed and constructed the physical award for the LBJ School of Public Affairs’ new In The Arena award. The inaugural award was presented to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in November.
Q&A with Kevin McDonald
We recently caught up with Kevin McDonald to learn more about his off-campus course at argodesign in South Austin last fall. Find out more about his experience teaching ITD 170: Making Real World Design and partnering with argo.
P2E: James Gurney
Artist and author James Gurney visited the School of Design and Creative Technologies to speak on "The New Art Economy: Living Off Your Dreams" at October's Pathways to Entrepreneurship event.
Design Class Visits Harry Ransom Center
Students from Associate Professor Carma Gorman's History of Graphic Design course visit the Harry Ransom Center.
P2E Ice Cream Social
In September, while the weather was still hot, Jan Ryan and Jess Voigt visited schools and departments throughout COFA meeting and greeting with students. They created an ice cream pop-up shop, and students asked questions about creative entrepreneurship and design and how COFA students can be a part of the creative economy. Photos by Jen Reel.
Adraint Bereal
Adraint Bereal is a 2019 B.F.A. in Design candidate who transferred from the UT Department of Government.
AET 360C: Entertainment Systems Design
For this project in Matt Smith’s Entertainment Systems Design class, students were asked to create a short performance utilizing both projection and lighting. Students used QLab and a Hog 4 lighting console to program each performance.
Ears, Eyes + Feet features projection design from AET students
In spring 2018, students in Sven Ortel & Matthew Smith’s class AET 329: Media Creation for Live Performance designed projection lighting for performances in Ears, Eyes + Feet. The annual performance of collaborative invention and experimentation showcases the talents of students and faculty from the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies.
Men’s Basketball Tip-Off Event Design from AET
In fall 2017, students in Sven Ortel’s AET 347: Projection Design, Matt Smith's AET 316 Foundations of PLAI as well as AET 360C Entertainment System’s Design created projection, lighting and artwork for the event introducing the UT Men’s Basketball team.
AET 304: Foundations of Arts and Entertainment Technologies
The Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies (AET) has partnered with Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) and Project 2021 to offer AET 304: Foundations of Arts and Entertainment Technologies as a simultaneous massive online course (SMOC), taught by AET Lecturer Jack Stamps. Photos by Jen Reel
VJ Battle 2017: Audiopixelcollider
Audiopixelcollider was the College of Fine Arts' first VJ Battle, a live performance by visual artists and lighting designers showcasing their VJing skills to original, student-produced music. This unique and immersive experience on Dec. 8 in the Brockett Theatre combined projection design, film editing and music. Created by the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies (AET) and the Department of Theatre and Dance student communities, the show included a featured performance by The Parts Unknown, aka Dax Norman and Bill Byrne. The event featured student work from AET 347, AET 360C, AET 362C and TD 388J. Audiopixelcollider was led by Master of Ceremonies, Dan Caffrey. Photos by Lawrence Peart.
Clay Damron
Clay Damron is an Arts and Entertainment Technologies major with an emphasis in Game Development.