October 2016 College News

Border-land , at Smart Space SA and AP Art Lab in San Antonio. Elvia Perrin’s “Timing” print was commissioned to be in 210 hotel rooms for Four Seasons Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ. Seven of her prints will be featured in the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man movie working title “Summer of George.” Borderland Collective ( Jason Reed , Mark Menjivar and Erina Dugane ) opened their traveling exhibition Northern Triangle at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign last month. The exhibition will be on display until December 22nd. Randall Reid currently has a solo exhibition, The Hands of Time: A Retrospective Randall Reid , [ 3] at Katy Contemporary Art Museum in Katy, TX. Ana Villaronga curated the exhibit. Experimental Response Cinema, the Austin-based microcinema dedicated to artist’s film and experimental video co-programmed by Jennifer Stob , was celebrated in the article, “Experimental Response Cinema Rises to the Surface: Avant-gardians of Austin’s Underground Films” in the Austin Chronicle on 8/19/16. Liz Rodda was one of the artists whose video was selected for the ERC Local Filmmakers Showcase at the AFS Cinema. From September 2-8, Jennifer Stob curated the film retrospective, “Chantal Akerman: Early Works, 1972-77” in collaboration with Lars Nielsen of the Austin Film Society. This series is the first ever in the institution’s history to feature the work of internationally-acclaimed filmmaker Chantal Akerman. As a special highlight of the retrospective, “Chantal Akerman: Early Works, 1972-77,” Jennifer Stob coordinated the visit to central Texas of experimental filmmaker, cinematographer and photographer Babette Mangolte. Mangolte gave an artist’s lecture to photography students at Texas State’s School of Art and Design and hosted a rare screening of her film, The Sky on Location (1982) in the University Galleries at Texas State on 9/15. Many thanks to Director Michael Niblett and to the Texas State faculty and staff who helped coordinate Mangolte’s visit: Sterling Allen , Chad Dawkins , Erina Duganne , Leah Dyjak , Margo Handwerker , Jessica Mallios , Jason Reed , Liz Rodda , Barry Stone , and many others! Mangolte also hosted the screening of Akerman’s News From Home (1977) on 9/16 as well as her film, The Camera: I, La Camera: Je (1977) on 9/17 at the AFS Cinema. ALUMNI ACCOLADES Ron Mitchell (All-Level Certification in Art, 1972) was one of six selected as a 2016 University Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Art Ed graduate Claire Naylor is now the art teacher at Callison Elementary in Round Rock. STUDENT ACCOLADES ComDes student Angelo Acebo Ramirez won the Jazz’SALive 2016 poster contest. Jazz’SALive is a two- day festival in San Antonio, featuring national, regional and local musicians. It is sponsored by the San Antonio Parks Foundation and the City of San Antonio. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 3 The School of Art and Design’s art history program has seen significant changes in the past two years, including the creation of a designated major, the addition of new courses, and the hiring of new faculty members. In Spring 2013, the School of Art and Design began offering a B.A. in art history, replacing the previous B.A. in art with a specialization in art history. With a new degree in place, the art history faculty have worked to refine and expand the curriculum in ways that will ready art history majors for professional careers and graduate studies. These classes will help prepare students who are interested in pursuing a career at an art museum or related institution. ART HISTORY EXPANDS