Is a large dose of talent all that is needed to become an artist? In the Department of Art and Art History, we don’t think so. We regard students’ natural creativity as a resource that we help explore, expand, and refine. Our goal is to guide students in the development of their innate talent, and to give them the confidence, clarity, and skills to create work that speaks to the citizens of Texas and the world.
The Student Journey
Part of a successful student journey needs to include spaces for exhibitions, outreach, research, and community. This is where the Visual Art Center excels; it serves as a critical answer to these needs. Adding over 22,000 square feet of space to the Art building, the Visual Art Center creates a home for student exhibitions, faculty exhibitions, lectures, symposia, Summer AP teacher workshops, visiting artist and alumni exhibitions, the Maya Meetings at Texas, student internships, K-12 arts discovery programs, independent study courses, and much more. Located within the Art Building on The University of Texas at Austin campus, the UT VAC is prominently placed to serve not only as the front entrance to the building, but as the hub of creative, academic and social life for our visual art students.
The UTVAC will serve as a flexible, interdisciplinary, educational environment advancing professional practices in Art History, Design, Studio Art, and Visual Art Studies/Art Education. It creates the department’s first centralized community spaces, allowing faculty, alumni, and the public to join students as they present groundbreaking research in art and art history.
Stay Tuned
This summer we will launch the VAC’s own blog, giving you the opportunity to follow the progress of the VAC at every step. Opportunity. Research. Exhibitions. Community. The Visual art center brings these to Texas; come share them with us.
For more information about the UT Visual Arts Center, please contact:
Carolyn Porter, Director of Development : 512-471-3379 : carolynp@mail.utexas.edu
