September 2023 College News

Margo Handwerker the Chief Curator and Director of the Texas State Galleries at Texas State University. She was responsible for displaying Mind Windows: The Art of Roberto Rios (See right Page 5). STUDENT ACCOLADES Julian Cruz was featured in the MIT Scratch Team blog for his interactive coding project exhibited during the Spring 2023 BFA Thesis Exhibition: Interdisciplinary Studies in Scratch: Julian Cruz . [5] Eli Hartman joined the Texas Tribune as a staff photographer through a prestigious Poynter-Koch Fellowship in Media and Journalism. A reception was held at the President's house honoring Studio Art major Karlina Higdon . Two of Higdon's paintings are on view through the fall semester as part of a program conceived by Beth Damphousse to showcase work by students in the School of Art and Design. [6] ALUMNI ACCOLADES Texas State Galleries' spring 2023 city-wide exhibition Mind Windows: The Art of Roberto Rios was the subject of Ruben C. Cordova's "Roberto Ríos’ Innovative Chicano Paintings from the 1970s in San Marcos," Glasstire (August 21, 2023). In conjunction with the exhibition, which was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas State Galleries commissioned a documentary about the artist. If you missed its official screening in April, Mark Walley's solo directorial debut Mind Windows: The Art of Roberto Rios was released in August on Vimeo. Borderland Collective has work featured by Jason Reed, Molly Sherman, mark menjivar, Erina De guanne, Adetty Pérez de Miles Julian Cruz was featured in the MIT Sratch Team blog for his interactive coding project Karinlina Higdon is the winner of the inaugural First Lady’s Prize, for art pieces that will be displayed at President Damphousse's house for the coming year! 4 5 6 4 | September | College News