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"...lot of space in the world of revenge," says MFA director Natalia Leite. "And if we do, she's crazy."..."
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March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff
"Agree to Disagree: 2015 Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition"
The exhibit by UT graduate students is a mix that ranges from impressive to downright disappointing
"...exists an incongruous tone among the 2015 Studio Art MFA artists, both in terms of execution and conceptual complexity...."
May 15, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood
MFA Candidates
"...Lee.. Three short documentaries filmed by University of Texas MFA candidates will screen: "Aliman and Lawuyn" (21 min.) by..."
Nov. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
School for Scripts
Why Get an MFA in Playwriting? Here's Why
"...illustration by Robert Faires..."
Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini
School of Dance
Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view
"...the human machine of mass transit in Ellen Bartel's MFA thesis dance, "Watch the Gap," presented in March by..."
May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz
A Portrait of the Artist as a Grad Student
Chronicle reviewer David Garza uses Tom Grimes' new history of the Iowa Writers' Workshop to question whether creative writing can be taught.
"...writing workshops and pursued a Master's in Fine Arts (MFA) degree, could she have endured the harsh weekly questioning..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza
On Writers and Con Men
James Magnuson's roman à clef about a creative writing program in Texas is in many ways a loving tribute to James Michener
"...at the helm of one of the most competitive MFA programs in the country, he has worked alongside such..."
Jan. 17, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry
Student Travels
AFS Documentary Tour showcases UT MFA work
"...University of Texas' Radio-Television-Film Department continues to bear excellent MFA fruit. Faculty filmmaker Paul Stekler proudly recounts the kudos..."
May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
Southern Destroyer
Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute
"...Vicksburg, and then Arkansas -- where he earned his MFA in creative writing -- and Clemson and Alabama, where..."
Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley
Short and Sweet
The Texas Documentary Tour showcases the work of three MFA students from the University of Texas' Radio-Television-Film Department, whose documentary program faculty member Paul Stekler calls, completely without bias of course, the "best in the country, bar none."
"...UT's Radio-Television-Film Department, where the short works of three MFA students -- Shu-Chun Lee, Mireille Fornengo, and Ken Galen..."
Nov. 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
Postmarks
The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.
"...Texas State University in praising your report on our MFA program in creative writing ("Habits of Mind," 21 April..."
May 5, 2000 Column
Ones to Watch
A new year, a new batch of filmmakers
"...Raised outside the town of Atotonilco, González received his MFA from UT, where he now lectures; and his latest..."
Jan. 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin
News Works Festival Schedule
"...8pm: MFA Actors (1), Lab Theatre..."
April 6, 2007 Arts Feature
The Lighter Side of Freezing Your Eggs in Scrambled
SXSW alum Leah McKendrick's finds a fertile topic for comedy
"...to South by Southwest. That’s where #MeToo revenge horror MFA (for which McKendrick wrote the screenplay) debuted in 2017...."
March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
Who Pulled the Trigger on Brad Levi Ayala?
Austin-made documentary short “Less Lethal” spotlights the citizen detective who solved the police shooting
"...Currently an MFA student at UT-Austin's Department of Radio, Film, and Television,..."
March 26, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
How Two Texans Helped Make it Snow for Frozen II
Disney worldbuilders Jay Jackson and Brandon Jarratt explain the technology and art of the animated smash
"...college application. After being admitted and graduating with an MFA, he said, "I got an internship at Disney, and..."
Feb. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival
Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical
"...plays, going back to those he wrote in UT-Austin's MFA playwriting program, such as Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted..."
Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Terrifying Laughter of Parenthood
Award-winning comedy Maybe Shower comes home
"...Not only is it his graduating project for his MFA from Vermont College of Fine Art, but it's also..."
March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
The lowdown on the 2017 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories
"...and The Wall Street Journal. He is now an MFA fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in his..."
June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Christina Coleman at WEST 2017
The artist gives voice to the blackness in creation stories and personal histories
"...Angeles, and eventually came to Austin to attend the MFA program at the University of Texas. Last summer, she..."
May 12, 2017 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos
Prevenge
March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Examining the Sins and Virtues of Hypermasculine Theatre
When is violence in theatre too much?
"...matters deeply to Jess Hutchinson, a graduate of the MFA directing program at UT-Austin and founding member of groundswell,..."
Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver
What a Ride
Annie Silverstein's road to Cannes
"...formal training in filmmaking, she enrolled in UT's intensive MFA in Film & Media Production program. The first seedlings..."
July 4, 2014 Screens Feature by Neha Aziz
Fest Breasts
The return of Rachael Shannon, and her art
"...Studios is now an ex-pat Austinite, currently pursuing her MFA in Community Arts at the Maryland Institute College of..."
March 16, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell
The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet
Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines
"...are produced by an eclectic group: In addition to MFA graduates, they include slam poets, paratroopers, comic book geeks,..."
Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Werewolf
Brian McGreevy wants to ruin your workday
"...an early draft of Hemlock Grove served as his MFA thesis. "Put it this way," McGreevy says. "On one..."
April 6, 2012 Books Feature by Sarah Smith
3: MFA Dance Concert
The work of these grad student dancemakers was as individual as it was thoughtful
"...3: MFA Dance ConcertB. Iden Payne Theatre March 9..."
March 16, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz
Film Flam
A Super Bowl surprise, SXSW Comedy news, & Kevin Smith
"...David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) and a trio of MFA alumni from UT's Michener Center for Writers, Kevin Jones,..."
Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
UT Department of Theatre & Dance
The University of Illinois' Brant Pope is hired to lead UT's theatre/dance school
"...designers, and actors to work with the BFA and MFA students and committed the program to developing a Chicago..."
May 28, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Scott Blackwood Adapts to Chicago
Austin's loss is Chicago's gain as the award-winning writer moves on to Chicago with a new novel set in the Deep Eddy neighborhood.
"...Shadow of Our House, and the Southwest Texas State MFA grad and Dobie Paisano fellow follows it all with..."
