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FOLIO 2024-25
Showcase
Solace in Painting: Reflecting on a Tumultuous Century
Exhibition curated by Dr. Fletcher Coleman, on view at The Gallery at UTA on February 7 - March 29, 2025
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Faculty Spotlight
Amy Stephens: Material Guilt
Studio Arts faculty Amy Stephens explores the tension between creation and waste in a solo exhibition of her sculptural work at Southeast Missouri State University.
Andrew Ortiz: Art is From the Self
Professor Andrew Ortiz retired in summer 2025 after 28 years of teaching photography and digital imaging at UTA. UTA Oral Historian Joseph Carpenter and art student Richard Lavoie interviewed him on different occasions in spring 2025.Alumni News
Alyssa Myers
"Art history and design history are like two sides of the same coin, with materiality and material culture at the centre"
Francisco Marquez
"My mind feels very relaxed knowing that memory can exist in the form of a painting"
Grace Wilkinson
“I fell in love with spray paint for its inherent attitude and power it possesses”
Rebecca Lopez
"VCD program at UTA encouraged collaboration and individual work, helping me refine my time management and resource utilization skills"Student Voices
Audrey Hatter
"The lingering presence of humans is one of the larger themes I am fascinated by. I explore these ideas in the process of creating my sculptural works."
Rachel Chen
In Spring 2025 semester, a sophomore art history major Rachel Chen assisted professor Cheryl Mitchell as a Museum Studies intern in co-curating Fables and Folklore exhibition at the Visual Resource Collections Gallery. Rachel talks about her internship experience at the UTA Fine Arts Collection and how it boosted her motivation to pursue a career in art conservation.
Tonya Holloway
Graduate student Tonya Holloway wins awards from Denton Black Film Festival and directs “Pretty Fire”
Wild Pony
Emely Guerrero and Verania Gonzalez are printmakers at UTA, united by a shared passion for storytelling through art. Inspired by their professor Carrie Iverson, they revived Art Department’s Wild Pony letterpress studio.
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Looking back
Revisiting UTA Art Department Archives: Lilia Kudelia researches the legacy of former UTA new media arts professor Jim Pomeroy (1945-1992) at the Center for Creative Photography in Arizona.
Exhibitions: Beyond Borders
Graduate students pop-up during Dallas ArtWalk On April 5, 2025, in conjunction with ArtWalk | West, our faculty Benjamin Terry and Justin Ginsberg with graduate organize a pop-up exhibition.
Exhibitions: Open University
Lisa Clayton and Christina Childress participate in the inaugural Open University exhibition at Dallas Contemporary
Community Projects: Residential Learning Community
“Whether a student finds their interest in the studio arts, graphic design, or loves to explore the depths of cinema and stage, UTA's Art & Design Residential Learning Community offers amazing...
Community Projects: Loews Arlington Hotel partners with UTA Glass program
The one-of-a-kind hand-blown cocktail glassware line was meticulously crafted by UTA students for the cocktails developed by the hotel’s culinary designers.
Community Projects: Dallas Art Book Fair
UTA Department of Art and Art History sponsored the presentation of the book The Theatre of War that features interview between our Visual Resources Curator Lilia Kudelia with the artist Stanislava...