Division and Alumni News
In Memoriam: Jana C. Perez (1966-2021)
2/4/21
Former Department of Visual Arts professor Jana C. Perez passed away earlier this year. Jana taught graphic design at 探花楼 for ten years, from 2007-2017, and was a professional artist, designer and photographer.
1/7/21
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art recently announced its 2021 Carter Community Artists: Kalee Appleton, Brenda Ciardiello, Michelle Cortez Gonzales and Kasey Short. Every year, the Carter selects four local artists to assist with planning and leading programs on-site, off-site and virtually. Throughout 2021, these Carter Community Artists will bring their distinct points of view to events and projects as they make connections to the museum鈥檚 expansive collection, exhibitions and rich history with the local community.
Appleton is a Fort Worth-based artist and assistant professor of photography at Texas Christian University. She earned her BFA in Photography from Texas Tech University (2005) and MFA in Art from Texas Woman鈥檚 University (2014). Kalee is an experimental artist whose work deals with digital technologies and their effects on society, as well the theoretical aspects of contemporary landscape photography.
11/6/20
As the 100th anniversary of women鈥檚 suffrage approached, Texas Woman鈥檚 University professor Meg Griffiths wondered what her contemporaries thought about the right to vote.
She workshopped an idea with a friend and fellow photographer, Frances Jakubek, director of exhibitions and operations at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York City. What if they invited their female peers 鈥� fine art photographers 鈥� to train their lenses on a subject connected to the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote in August 1920.
9/21/20
Derived from 鈥渕ug shots,鈥� Kim Brewer's body of work explores the relative frailty of the human condition in isolation and interrogates the mug shot as a platform for the perpetual captivity of the individual. Some individuals present themselves in defiance of their 鈥渃aptors,鈥� while others are entirely consumed with their own intense set of circumstances; the varied expressions portrayed evoke images that are dynamic and often moving.
9/16/20
After graduating from Texas Woman鈥檚 University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a focus on painting and drawing, Nychelle Elise searched the metroplex for a creative outlet. 鈥淚 started doing a lot of art shows and painting a lot around Dallas,鈥� she said. As her portfolio grew, so did her interest in tattooing. 鈥淚 was always interested in tattooing just because it鈥檚 another form of art, another medium to explore,鈥� she said.