Latin America, jazz, contemporary art, millinery, Broadway, Maya art, robotic lighting, oboes, Longhorn band, ballet, prints and drawings, musical scales, study abroad, art movements, playwrights, design, photography, orchestras, curating, youth theatre, art education, Los Angeles, ceramics, etc.
Past students have worked on the following sets:
Pollock, Cliffhanger, Animal House, My Cousin Vinny, JFK, Miller's Crossing, The Departed, The Thomas Crown Affair, Two Weeks Notice, A Beautiful Mind, The First Wives Club, Get Shorty, 13 Going on 30, The Good Shepherd, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, Keeping the Faith
Television
Past students have worked on the following sets:
West Wing, Ally McBeal, Frasier, Baywatch, ER, Murphy Brown, Northern Exposure, Wings, Charlie's Angels, Ellen, Boston Legal, M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Dallas, Knots Landing, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: TNG, The Waltons, Dynasty, Magnum PI, Quantum Leap, JAG, Gilmore Girls, Lost, Prison Break
Books
Some examples of our faculty work:
Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theater by Jill Dolan; Music and Cinema edited by James Buhler, Caryl Flinn, and David Neumeyer; Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans by John R. Clarke; Theatre for Young Audiences edited by Coleman A. Jennings; Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of Early Catholic Reformation in Germany by Jeffrey Chipps Smith; The Most American Thing in America: Circuit Chautauqu as Performance by Charlotte M. Canning; The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque by David Stuart
About me:
The College of Fine Arts is one of 14 academic units that make up The University of Texas at Austin. The College and its integral components are ranked among the best in the nation and provide instruction, enrichment and research opportunities in the fine and performing arts for about 48,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at The University. There are about 200 faculty in the three academic units including the Department of Art & Art History, Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music. Students and faculty interact closely with the professional staff in the Blanton Museum of Art and the Performing Arts Center to present a comprehensive season of exhibitions and performances.
Fine Arts Career Services
FACS is OPEN and is now located in DFA 1.103! Come by to check out our new office. Students and alumni who would like to meet with a career advisor can do so by contacting Ann McNair at apermann@austin.utexas.edu or by calling 512-232-7333 and leaving a message. Walk-ins welcome, appointments encouraged!
Who I'd like to meet: YOU! And anyone else interested in theatre, dance, music, art, art history, museums, and performing arts.
Alexis and Ralph the Dragon...The # 1 Children's Book. of 2009 ...From first time Published Author....Barney Kowalski This soon to be released children's book is an adorable story of a baby dragon left on a human couple's doorstep.Raised as a little boy ,Ralph doesn't know he's a Dragon until he meets other children.Befriended by a little girl "Alexis" ,they discover Acceptance ,and learn to celebrate their differences and how much they have in common.
Written in language for young children,Ralph has a tongue-in-cheek humor that the adult that reads to them will get a few chuckles .
I wrote this book ,Dawn Phillips did the eye-popping illustration and the publisher is publishamerica.Contact Publishamerica for your copy or ask your bookstore to carry it.
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Dance Umbrella Presents Catalan choreographer Sònia Gómez performs with her mother at Long Center’s Rollins Studio Theatre.
Friday, May 08, 2009 8:00 PM - Saturday, May 09, 2009 1:00 PM ( reception following performance) These performances mark the first American Tour of this major figure of the Catalan contemporary dance scene with engagements at NY’s Baryshnikov Arts Center and here in Austin.
"The most honest performance to be seen in Madrid this season" -Revista Diagonal
Choreographer Sònia Gómez is known for bringing her personal experiences to the stage with honesty and boldness and in “Mi Madre y Yo” she shares the stage with her mother Rosa Vicente. Set to the music of The Beach Boys, Tina Turner and Kraftwerk, “Mi Madre y Yo” (in Spanish with English subtitles) incorporates text, movement and video projections with theatrical flare to portray the difficult, hostile, absurd, generous and tender moments of an intimate relationship between daughter and mother.
Special Event – In honor of Mother’s Day, Dance Umbrella is offering a special $30 ticket for the Saturday matinee which includes a ticket to “My Madre y Yo” and a Special Luncheon at Z’Tejas with Sonia Gomez and her mother Rosa Vicente following the Saturday Matinee performance.
Tickets for “Mi Madre y Yo” are $12 - $18 (+sc) and are available through Dance Umbrella www.danceumbrella.com or The Long Center www.thelongcenter.org or by calling 512-454-LONG. For additional information on the event call Dance Umbrella at 512-450-0456 or visit www.danceumbrella.com.
