College of Fine Arts and Communication 2023 Report

• #11 Best Value Bachelor's in Graphic Design programs (Value Colleges 2019) • #13 Undergraduate Art and Design Program (BestArtColleges.com 2015) • Undergraduates have entered graduate programs at Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, School for the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Cranbrook, Ithaca University, the San Francisco Art Institute, University of Colorado, University of Southern California, University of Texas, and Louisiana State University • In 2022-23 students presented or exhibited their work at AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts), Seattle WA; Flatbed Press, Austin TX; Usagi Gallery, NY; Fujian Huaguang Photographic Museum, Quanzhou China; and Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair, New York NY • In 2023, Third Most Awarded Program at the Graphis New Talent Annual • Faculty have earned grants from the National Science Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and an Art for Justice Fund grant in partnership with The Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors • Faculty work has been collected by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Library, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan WI), Yale University Art Gallery, and Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans) • Faculty have been awarded residencies and fellowships with the Holt/Smithson Foundation, Texas A&M’s Center for Coastal Studies, University of Arkansas, RISD, The McNay Museum, Sam Houston State University, University of Houston, and Atelier Siegele (Darmstadt, Germany) • Selected by Graphic Design USA magazine as one of the Top Graphic Design Schools • Recent faculty exhibitions and presentations at Fotofest’s 2022 Biennial (Houston); McNay Museum of Art (San Antonio); Ferrin Contemporary (North Adams, MA); SITE Santa Fe; Bongsan Culture Center (South Korea); Cedarhurst Museum Center for the Arts (Mount Vernon, IL); HASTAC (Brooklyn); University of Wisconsin, Madison; Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia); and University of York (UK) • In the last six years, over 75 Art Education Grauduates have secured employment in public and private schools in Texas, California, and Colorado Recent Accolades 39 College of Fine Arts and Communication