Alumni in the News

Sonya Berg (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2010) solo exhibition Re-Membering opens at grayDUCK this month

Jan. 20, 2026 | Gray Duck Gallery

Sonya Berg

Virginia Lee Montgomery (B.F.A., Studio Arts, 2008) named 2025 Houston Artadia Awardee

Jan. 20, 2026 | Glasstire

Virginia Montgomery

Lisa Holt (B.M., Music Studies, 2007) named finalist for Grammy Music Educator Award

Jan. 9, 2026 | Butler School of Music

The head choir director at Cedar Park High School also performs with Austin Symphony Orchestra. 

Lisa Holt

Stella Richman (M.F.A., Design, 2024) discusses her path to brand designer

Jan. 9, 2026 | School of Design and Creative Technologies

Stella Richman

Russell Podgorsek (D.M.A., Composition, 2013) wins second place in 2025 American Prize for Composition for Steel Drum Concerto

Jan. 9, 2026 | Butler School of Music

Russell Podgorsek

Colleen Blackard (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2024) opens exhibition at Flatbed Center for Contemporary Print Making in Austin

Jan. 6, 2026 | Flatbed

Colleen Blackard, Assisi, 2025, Monotype on paper,

Robert Honstein (M.M., Composition, 2007) earns Harvard's Fromm Music Foundation Commission

Jan. 5, 2026 | Butler School of Music

Robert Honstein

Jaime Casteñeda (M.F.A., Theatre, 2006) named artistic director of Dallas Theater Center

Dec. 18, 2025 | KERA News

Jaime Castañeda

Sophie Anne Miller (B.F.A., Acting, 2022) and her film "Fender" rake in awards at Independent Short Awards

Dec. 12, 2025 | Independent Short Awards

Sophie Anne Miller

Sereniti Patterson (B.F.A., Acting, 2025), Julia Yelvington (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2025) and Leah Austin (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2025) selected for Texas Performing Arts 25/26 Emerging Arts Professionals

Dec. 12, 2025 | Texas Performing Arts

25-26 Class of Emerging Arts Professionals