UT College of Fine Arts: Dempster named dean

After running UT's College of Fine Arts for a year, interim Dean Doug Dempster has gotten the job for keeps

"...At last, Doug Dempster can take that pesky "interim" out of his job title. The University of Texas professor..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Changes at UT’s Fine Arts Library Cause a Rift in the College of Fine Arts

Showdown on the fifth floor

"...A tale of two floors: On one, rows and rows of books..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Update: Fate of UT's Fine Arts Library

Provost OKs recommendations to preserve, upgrade fifth floor

"...For months, the fate of the Fine Arts Library at the University of Texas..."

April 11, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

UT School of Music

Ernest and Sarah Butler make the largest-ever donation to a music school at a public university

"...Of the many beautiful sounds heard around the University of..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Department of Theatre & Dance: Gotta sing! Gotta dance!

The new Musical Theatre Pilot Project aims to prepare UT undergrads for belting for Broadway

"...If you seek entertainment of the musical theatre variety in the Austin area, you..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...Get ready to welcome a new executive director to Texas Performing Arts. Today, the University of..."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

UT: Major Arts Commissions Announced

Landmarks will get new mural, CoFA a Spanish-language opera

"...This time of year, most talk about the University of Texas concerns..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

High Tech Meets High Art in UT's CAET Initiative

New center teaches art students technical and computer skills

"...The technological explosion of the 21st century has profoundly effected our lives, inundating..."

Feb. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

"The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" Provides a Close-up on Cinema's Scenic Paintings

The exhibition of 12 vintage backdrops painted for MGM films reveals their techniques for creating grand illusions

"...Think of a movie you've loved since you were a kid,..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT-Austin’s Esports Level Up

A new state-of-the-art gaming arena creates a space for all students

"...There's still plenty of bowling and billiards available at the Texas Union Underground,..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

Texas Performing Arts

A major grant lets UT's arts presenter boost the profile of classical music

"...Classical music in Austin is about to get a whole lot hipper...."

July 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Performing Arts Center

Modlin Center for the Arts' Kathleen Panoff to University of Richmond: Gone to Texas

"...dark for its long renovation in 2007, the University of Texas Performing Arts Center of which it's a part..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Connection of Merce Cunningham and John Cage Chance

"...Chance Harper on the Fox TV show Strange Luck? But by the end of the show, all those strange,..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Arts Feature

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...Chris Rufo stood before an audience of 50 at the University of Texas in a dark..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Education of a Lifetime

A look at UT's Performing Arts Center and the process by which they bring the biggest names in jazz to Austin.

"...It was well past midnight, long after UT's Bass Concert Hall had turned off all the lights..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

UT Students Break Into E-Sports Through Longhorn Gaming

The university's independent organization gains notoriety in the competitive gaming world

"...There's a hue of gray in the world of digital connection-based athletics when..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

Blanton Museum of Art: Ann Wilson takes the reins

Ann Wilson has been named interim director of the Blanton Museum of Art

"...Otto Hite made the decision to retire as director of the Blanton Museum of Art, drawing a close to..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It's the Sound of 50 G's, Baby

UT grad Nora Boxer wins the prestigious Keane Prize for her short story, 'It's the song of the nomads, baby; or, Pioneer.'

"...The University of Texas announced today the winner of the Keene Prize,..."

May 5, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Law and Other Performing Arts

The hottest arts venue in Austin this week may well be the UT Law School, where internationally renowned cultural figures, local arts luminaries, and prominent legal experts are converging there for a symposium on law and the performing arts.

"...The hottest arts venue in town this week? The UT Law School...."

March 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: The Musicians at the Center of UT's "Eyes of Texas" Debacle

Inside the Longhorn Band's first-ever Black student group, LHBlacks.

"...Musicians in the University of Texas Longhorn Band refer to the group internally as..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Free PPE Distribution: Austin Public Health, CommUnityCare, and Central Health will distribute..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature

Blanton Museum of Art

Ned Rifkin, former Smithsonian undersecretary of art, is the new director of the Blanton

"...my life where I am going to be careful about the next job. What is important is the fit."..."

May 22, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making It Alone

"...top diagrams knot-tying instructions, the midsection highlights the name of the piece, Strain, and the bottom third depicts a..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Review by Salvador Castillo

A New Wave of Elegant Dinnerware in Austin

Eliana Bernard elevates everyday dining

"...Since launching her own line of ceramic serving wares in 2017, Eliana Bernard has been..."

June 14, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT

Gone to Texas ... for now

"...Studying for his all-virtual semester from his off-campus apartment may not be the college experience Jared Orkin..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

What Follows Five Years of Failure at Mendez Middle School?

Making the grade

"...Education Agency released district and campus scores as part of its new A-F accountability system, five schools in the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...as they paced and pivoted, evoking the human machine of mass transit in Ellen Bartel's MFA thesis dance, "Watch..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

UT Joins Pioneering New Plays Initiative

The UT Department of Theatre & Dance will gain even more access to new drama through a new program from the Playwrights' Center

"...When it comes to new plays, the UT Department of Theatre & Dance means business. Not only..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT's Master Plan Disaster?

So Far, School's New Buildings Receive Low Marks

"...Welcome to the corner of 26th Street -- which is now Dean (Page) Keeton..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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