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Rachel Lee Hovnanian’s "Angels Listening" to be featured in 59th Venice Biennale

March 24, 2022 | Rachel Lee Hovnanian

Presented by Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena (CSDCA), Angels Listening is conceived as a meditative space to reflect on pressing issues related to identity, knowledge, time, as well as interpersonal experience and relationships. Featuring seven large-scale angels cast in white bronze, who have been ‘silenced’ as Hovnanian (B.F.A., Studio Art) purposefully created the cherubic figures of this installation with two “pieces of tape” sculpted in bronze and covering their mouths, representing the suppression of truth and offering a reflection on the role of art in this unprecedented historical and social conjuncture.

Rachel Lee Hovnanians Angels Listening to be featured in 59th Venice Biennale

COFA member Gay Gaddis graces the cover of Texas CEO Magazine this quarter sharing her inspiring story as a successful business founder, author and artist

March 15, 2022 | Gay Gaddis

Gaddis (B.F.A., Studio Art, 1977), founder of legendary Austin-based ad agency T3, means business in everything she does—whether she’s founding and leading companies, writing books, or selling out New York City art galleries. Texas CEO Magazine shares her entrepreneurial life so far, with plenty of insights for fellow Texas leaders.

COFA member Gay Gaddis graces the cover of Texas CEO Magazine this quarter sharing her inspiring story as a successful business founder, author and artist

North Texas Performing Arts announces Plano Children’s Theatre founder Sara Egelston Akers to retire

March 15, 2022 | North Texas Performing Arts

Akers (M.F.A., Drama, 1983) founded Plano Children’s Theatre over three decades ago and upon that foundation NTPA has become the largest youth theatre in the country. Akers served as PCT’s Executive Director and oversaw its theatre operations since 1991. In 2015, Akers stepped down from theatre management responsibilities and took on the role of overseeing NTPA’s fundraising, community outreach and diversity efforts and today serves as NTPA’s Vice President of Community Outreach.

North Texas Performing Arts announces Plano Childrens Theatre founder Sara Egelston Akers to retire

Ballet Hispánico named Chell Parkins as its first Dance Education Scholar-in-Residence

March 15, 2022 | Broadway World

Parkins (M.F.A., Dance, 2012) is a doctoral fellow and program assistant in Teachers College's dance education program, the nation's only doctoral program focused on educational research in dance. Parkins's research explores the experiences of Latinx youth engaged in culturally relevant dance-making practices.

Ballet Hispnico named Chell Parkins as its first Dance Education Scholar-in-Residence

Pamela Ribon's (B.F.A., Drama Production, 1997) animated show will have its world premier at SXSW

March 3, 2022 | SXSW

Ribon was also the commencement speaker for the 2019 College of Fine Arts graduating class.

Pamela Ribons B.F.A., Drama Production, 1997 animated show will have its world premier at SXSW