Arts Next 2023

In This Issue

FEATURES

Animal Agency in the Anthropocene

Assistant Professor Jiabao Li's futurism is guided by the dignity of other beings
by Penny Snyder

Imagining a Changed World

Planet Texas 2050 integrates artistic approaches and frameworks into research around climate change and resiliency with new artist fellowship program
by Alicia Dietrich

Preparing for the Best

Art preparators play critical, collaborative role in bringing an artist's vision to life in Visual Art Center's galleries
by Jennifer Irving

Percussive Synergy

Professional ensemble Sandbox Percussion collaborates with music students for performance of student-created works
by Cami Yates

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

Arts of Islam class improves Wikipedia, one article at a time
by Jennifer Irving

String Project

After 75 years, String Project music education program's ripple effects reach far and wide
by Riane Roldan

NEWS

Musicology scholar and administrator Susan Thomas named new director of Butler School of Music

Dance Scholar, choreographer and administrator Peter Carpenter named chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance

College hosts first Arts Summit

Q&A: Sonia Montoya leads Center for Creative Economies to prepare students for their futures in the arts

NEH grant to support Associate Professor Rebecca Rossen's research on dance about the Holocaust

Laura Gutiérrez named new Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Public Practice

Butler School of Music celebrates 15th anniversary of milestone gift

Performance as Public Practice celebrates far-reaching influence as it marks 20th anniversary

Landmarks commissions new large-scale print by Eamon Ore-Giron

Fine Arts ranks among Top 10 fundraising units at UT

Theatre and Dance student shares behind-the-scenes insights from working on Broadway's Beetlejuice The Musical national tour

Meet new faculty members for 2023–24

College's Expanding Approaches to American Arts initiative yields new cohort of tenured faculty members, post-docs

On the Bookshelf: Faculty publications from 2022–23

Texas Performing Arts hosts three artists-in-residence in 2022–23

Vibrant programming planned in new partnership between Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Festival

SDCT showcases its live design work in multiple large-scale events on campus and in Austin

Snapshot
ZAZ: The Big Easy

Back Cover
Paws for Public Art