The College of Fine Arts and its departments and units offer many ways for students, faculty and the public to engage with the arts. Explore how you can get involved in our many programs and research centers.
- College of Fine Arts
- Department of Art and Art History
- Butler School of Music
- Department of Theatre and Dance
- School of Design and Creative Technologies
- Texas Performing Arts
- Landmarks
College of Fine Arts
The Portfolio in Arts and Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship is a jointly sponsored certification program through the College of Fine Arts and LBJ School of Public Affairs that provides theoretical and practical training of the management and governance of arts and cultural organizations.
UTeach Fine Arts prepares future arts educators in art, music, theatre and dance in a context that emphasizes community engagement, cultural diversity, technology and curricular innovation.
The College of Fine Arts' Center for Creative Entrepreneurship was created to empower our students with the mindset, skillset and the practice necessary to transform your passions into a sustainable business or career. The center offers lectures, panels, workshops and classes.
The Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (KS WEL Institute) at The University of Texas at Austin will strengthen the next generation of courageous, creative female leaders who will change the world — in business and beyond.
The Fine Arts Diversity Committee is a partnership between the college and UT’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement to create and implement a comprehensive diversity strategic plan.
Department of Art and Art History
The Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) works to advance the understanding of modern and contemporary art in the Americas and aims to build bridges that allow for a horizontal exchange of ideas, resources and methods with other institutes in Latin America, the United States, Europe and other parts of the world.
The Center for the Study of Ancient Italy (CSAI) promotes interdisciplinary education and research in the archaeology and visual culture of ancient Italy from the Bronze Age through the fifth century C.E.
The Mesoamerica Center facilitates knowledge, learning and understanding about the ancient indigenous cultures and peoples of what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador with a focus on the arts, language and archeology. The center oversees The Mesoamerica Meetings and Casa Herrera, a research and teaching facility in Guatemala.
The Visual Arts Center (VAC) is a gallery space that exhibits new work from established national and international artists as well as the work of students just entering into their professional artistic careers. The VAC provides artists with a platform to experiment, gives students the opportunity to curate, exhibit, and interact with artists from around the world, and sparks conversations around the intersections of art and contemporary society.
The St. Elmo Arts Residency is a joint project of the Department of Art and Art History and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center that offers one fellowship each academic year to a newly minted M.F.A. artist in painting, drawing, print, photo, sculpture or multimedia.
Center Space Project (CSP) is a student-run curatorial collective that provides opportunities to students interested in participating in a larger artistic community comprised of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and local arts professionals. Members collaborate on projects that take place on and off campus, from exhibitions to events to art-centered excursions around Texas.
The Center for the Study of Modernism serves as an umbrella to focus and augment graduate study in the art of the modern period, from the eighteenth century to the present.
Butler School of Music
The Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center presents fully produced, diverse productions during the academic year and provides performance training and background for singers, opera directors and opera coaches interested in professional and educational careers.
The Center for American Music advances the teaching, scholarship and performance of American music from all traditions, including concert, folk and popular music.
The Center for Music Learning investigates the processes of human skill development, integrating the results of systematic research from multiple disciplines with best practices in music and music pedagogy.
The Longhorn Band is a year-round program offered as a course by the Butler School of Music. Registration in this course is open to any student of the various academic disciplines provided at The University of Texas at Austin.
The Piano Project offers piano lessons taught by Butler School of Music graduate and undergraduate students to students ages 6 through high school, and includes one individual 30-minute lesson and one group 30-minute theory lesson per week.
Heralded by musicians and educators throughout the world as one of the finest programs for the training of teachers and the development of young talent, the String Project is sponsored by the Butler School of Music and partially sponsored by the Junior League of Austin.
Department of Theatre and Dance
The American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive program is a four-week session, taught by faculty from American Ballet Theatre and the University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance. It is held in July and geared toward intermediate/advanced dancers age 12–18.
The Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism promotes excellence in the study of theatre history by recognizing the highest quality scholarship and pedagogy in the field and with a focus on scholarship, education and arts/community.
The Cohen New Works Festival is a week-long showcase of new work created by UT students, and is the largest festival of its kind. It is run and organized entirely by a committee of graduate and undergraduate students, with the support of faculty co-producers.
Drama for Schools (DFS) is program that creates partnerships between the university and school districts, and collaborates with K–12 educators in exploring drama-based instruction methods to increase teacher efficacy and student engagement across the curriculum.
The Summer Institute is a five-day intensive arts integration training program for educators and working professionals to explore the power of learning in and through the arts by offering a research-based comprehensive pedagogical exploration and immersion training experience in the use of drama-based instruction across the curriculum.
School of Design and Creative Technologies
The Center for Integrated Design connects people from diverse disciplines through collective, human-centered design thinking and allows all UT students the opportunity to study design methodology and apply it in creative and entrepreneurial scenarios.
The University of Texas Game Development and Design Program is a partnership between the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies and the Department of Computer Science and is intended for undergraduates with career interests in the gaming industry.
Texas Performing Arts
Texas Performing Arts is dedicated to enriching the experience of university students through education, performance and collaboration and employs more than 100 students from across campus to work in partnership with our professional staff in every department from accounting to production.
Our youth education program focuses on grades 7–12 and includes free youth performances with corresponding standards-related curriculum and discounted or complimentary tickets to fine arts performances.
Landmarks
Landmarks Docents lead tours of the public art collection and build awareness about modern and contemporary art, ensuring all visitors have an enjoyable and enriching experience.
The Landmarks Preservation Guild maintains the works of art in the collection and keeps our campus a beautiful and engaging place. Volunteers learn and apply basic conservation skills to works of art so they may be enjoyed by future generations.