Arts Next: Spring 2021

Illustration of a woman attending an online class from home.

Features

Illustration of a woman attending an online class from home.

Artful Adaptation

How the College of Fine Arts survived—and even thrived—as we redesigned teaching and learning in a pandemic

by Alicia Dietrich, Mariane Gutierrez and Cami Yates

A stage with a structure comprised off ladders, with dancers in black and white hoods and masks.

Cultivating Creativity
In wake of pandemic’s devastation to cultural sector, Texas Performing Arts partners with Fusebox Festival to create a residency program to help Austin artists develop new works
by Alicia Dietrich

News

Dean Doug Dempster

Dean's Letter: Welcoming a new dean to the College of Fine Arts

Dean Ramón Rivera-Servera

Ramón H. Rivera-Servera appointed as college's next dean

Jennifer Steinkamp, EON, 2020. Photo by Christina Murrey. Courtesy of Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin.

Landmarks unveils large-scale video installation by Jennifer Steinkamp

Photo by Aaron Siskend from Harry Ransom Center collection

Photography donation to Harry Ransom Center supports students in Department of Art and Art History

Still of an actor playing a frontline worker in KJ Sanchez's play

Playwriting/directing head creates documentary play about front-line workers

Production still from Rude Mech's production of Not Every Mountain

Rude Mechs return to Department of Theatre and Dance for two-year residency

Dance Associate Professor Gesel Mason

Associate Professor Gesel Mason receives NEH grant for digital archive of Black choreographers' work

Cover of World is Africa: Writings on Diaspora Art by Eddie Chambers

ON THE BOOKSHELF

Faculty publications for 2020-21

A masked professor leans over to inspect a student's sculpture on the lawn outside the art building.

SNAPSHOT

In-person learning during a global pandemic

Screenshot of digital production of La Ruta play

BACK COVER

Theatre and Dance student shares experiences in all-Latina cast