Spaces still available for ART 2354 Typography!
Summer I June 1–30, 2026
MTWTh 8:00 AM–11:50 AM
Type is more than letters - it is voice, personality, hierarchy, and visual impact. In this summer course, students will explore expressive typography, poster design, event graphics, brochures, custom letterforms, and type-based visual systems. This is a great opportunity to strengthen design fundamentals, build portfolio-ready work, and experiment with creative typographic techniques across different media.
Prerequisite waived for Summer 2026.
For enrollment interest, please email [email protected].
Images:
Type Experiment #1: Use a letter to create a pattern.
Design 1: The letter R from American Typewriter typeface is repeated, rotated at different angles to create patterns.
Design 2: The letter A from Roboto typeface is repeated, flipped, and arranged to create a pattern.
Design 3: The letter T from Zapfino typeface typeface is repeated, flipped, and arranged to create a pattern.
Enroll in ART 2354 Typography
Summer I June 1–30, 2026
MTWTh 8:00 AM–11:50 AM
Type is more than letters—it is voice, personality, hierarchy, and visual impact. In this summer course, students will explore expressive typography, poster design, event graphics, brochures, custom letterforms, and type-based visual systems. This is a great opportunity to strengthen design fundamentals, build portfolio-ready work, and experiment with creative typographic techniques across different media.
Prerequisite waived for Summer 2026.
Open to students interested in practicing design principles and developing strong typographic solutions.
For enrollment interest, please email [email protected].
MFA in Cinematic Arts Screening
Monday, May 4 at 6:30 PM
Join us at Studio Movie Grill (Lincoln Square, Arlington) for a special screening
presented by UTA Cinematic Arts students
Cane Wilson and Wesley Reed
Nature Kills / Nature Heals
Free and open to the public.
#utacinematicarts
Join us this Saturday, May 2, for the
End-of-Semester Showcase
featuring new work by our Cinematic Arts students.
📍 Fine Arts Building, Room 148
Doors open at 5:30 PM
Screenings begin at 6:00 PM
Student awards announced at 9:00 PM
Celebrate an evening of bold storytelling and emerging creative voices.
Free and open to the public. #UTAArtAndArtHistory #CinematicArts #StudentFilms #FilmShowcase #EmergingArtists
The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
April 27 – May 9, 2026
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, May 1, 5 – 7 pm
We are thrilled to showcase recent work created by the graduating seniors of the University of Texas Arlington’s Department of Art and Art History. The spring 2026 exhibition, one of our largest in many years, features the work of 60 students demonstrating a wide variety of skills in painting, drawing, sculpture, glass, clay, interactive media, cinematic arts, and visual communication design.
Dr. August Jordan Davis, chair of the Department of Art and Art History and director of The Gallery at UTA stated, “Every semester it is a joy to welcome students, family, friends and the public to celebrate the creative accomplishments of our graduating BFA students. As we showcase their work, we both commemorate their time here at UTA and mark the start of their professional careers as artists and designers. We look forward to you enjoying this show of their excellent artwork.”
The participating artists:
Brooklyn MacKenzie Adams
Madeline Almeida
Alija Almosawi
Arthur Alvarez
Antonio Alvarez-Quepons
Jaya Anderson
Juno Barrera
Cade Bennett
Katherine Bielss
Sofia Bohn
Ian Calvillo
Jacob Cloutier
Chris Crayton
David Galvan Cruz
Mark Anthony Cruz
Lelyan Daqah
Jessica Escobar
Ayriana Ely
Nahavea Finley
Nehemiah Gilliland
Mia Gomez
Jason Grubbs
Emily Guadian
Glorimar Guzman
Audrey Hatter
Marbella Hernandez
Leisla Herrera
Vicente Hernandez
David Huckaby
Jesse Jarrell
Ian Keele
Tracy Lam
Janie Mata
Alejandro Mendez
Janice Montes
Jazmin Montoya
Yasmine Muhammad
Bella Najera
Taylor Nguyen
Yvens Pauleus
Zanh Pham
Archer Phillips
Spencer Phillips
Megan Powers
Jonathan Rangel
Alicia Rios
Stephanie Romero
Gabriel Sarquis
Gabriel Solomons
Denise Soto
Preston Sundara
Lauren Tallman
Aiden Viscaino
Lanna Vu
Haley Walton
Brendan Wims
India Wren
Xochitl Yanez
Donna Zamarripa
Giovanni Zamora
Exhibition and reception is free and open to the public.
The Gallery at UTA located on the 1st floor of Fine Arts Building, 502 S. Cooper St., Arlington, TX
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 10 - 5 PM, Saturday 12 - 5 PM.
In conjunction with the upcoming lecture by Ed Schad on April 23, we invite you to explore a special bookshelf display at the UTA Fine Arts Library @utalibraries .
Drawn from the library’s holdings, the selection offers a focused entry point into themes, artists, and critical frameworks connected to Schad’s work—extending the conversation beyond the lecture and into the stacks.
Stop by, browse, and spend time with the materials.
🔗 Learn more: https://libguides.uta.edu/c.php?g=1342692&p=11422571
#ArtBooks #VisitingArtistBookshelf #EdSchad #ArtTalk #CuratorialPractice
Ed Schad Lecture
Thursday, April 23, 12-1-1:30pm
Join us for a lecture by Ed Schad, one of today’s leading voices in contemporary art and curatorial practice.
As a Curator and Publications Manager at The Broad in Los Angeles, Ed Schad has contributed to major exhibitions featuring artists such as Robert Therrien, Mickalene Thomas, William Kentridge, Takashi Murakami, and Shirin Neshat. His writing has appeared in leading publications including Art Review, Frieze, Flash Art, and The Brooklyn Rail, among others. In 2021, he was named a fellow at Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, and in 2023 he published Letters Apart, a collaborative poetry project with painter Liat Yossifor.
Before the lecture, explore our specially curated Visiting Artist Bookshelf at UTA Libraries, @utalibraries featuring publications recommended by Ed Schad.
✨ The Visiting Artist & Scholar Program at UTA brings leading artists, curators, and thinkers into direct conversation with students, offering public lectures, studio critiques, and workshops that are deeply integrated into the curriculum and contemporary cultural discourse.
This event is free and open to the public.
#UTA #VisitingArtist #EdSchad #ArtLecture #ContemporaryArt
Due to some unexpected maintenance issues at the gallery, the opening of our upcoming exhibition at Gallery West will be slightly delayed. We appreciate your patience and will share the new opening date soon—thank you for your understanding and continued support.
Shelfie of the Week 📚
✨The VRC library shelves hold hundreds of unique books; many originally acquired through faculty recommendations, reflecting the depth and character of UTA Art & Art History program. Each week, a student selects a favorite title from the Visual Resource Collections to spotlight on our Instagram. This initiative is all about inviting our students to explore the VRC, spend time in the reading room, and make these incredible resources part of your creative and research process.
This week’s pick: Promo 2: The Ultimate in Graphic Designer’s Self-Promotion
By Lauri Miller (North Light Books, 1992)
Selected by: Fatima Becerra, History Junior @fatimuchis__
“I am interested in how visual design communicates identity and historical context beyond traditional texts. I was surprised by how each piece in this book reflects not just personal branding, but also broader cultural trends in design. This connects to my history coursework by showing how visual materials can serve as primary sources that reveal social values, aesthetics, and professional practices in each period.”
📍Available in the VRC Reading Room, 2109 Fine Arts Building
Stop by and explore what else is waiting on the shelf.
Student-selected. Faculty-curated. From the VRC Bookshelf.
#VRCShelfie #UTArthistory #UTAArt #ResearchInProcess
The Gallery at UTA is pleased to present the Spring 2026 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, showcasing the culminating work of graduating MFA candidates from the Department of Art and Art History.
Cane Coonrod @tacofather (cinematic arts)
Paula Currie @pcurrieart (intermedia)
Wesley Goodman (cinematic arts)
Conrad Nkamwesiga @nkamwesiga_ (intermedia)
Emelie Stenhammar @emelie.stenhammar (intermedia)
Tyler Rosenkrantz @tyler_rosenkrantz (glass)
This exhibition marks the completion of an intensive three-year program and highlights ambitious, conceptually driven, and technically accomplished work across a range of disciplines, reflecting the depth and diversity of contemporary artistic practice at UTA. The MFA exhibition represents a significant milestone in each artist’s development and offers a compelling glimpse into the future of contemporary art and design.
📍 The Gallery at UTA, Fine Arts Building
🗓 April 6-18, 2026
🎟 Free and open to the public
Join us in celebrating the graduating MFA artists and their outstanding achievements.
#UTA #UTAGallery #MFAExhibition #ContemporaryArt #GraduateExhibition UTAArt
Shelfie of the Week 📚
✨The VRC library shelves hold hundreds of unique books; many originally acquired through faculty recommendations, reflecting the depth and character of UTA Art & Art History program. Each week, a student selects a favorite title from the Visual Resource Collections to spotlight on our Instagram. This initiative is all about inviting our students to explore the VRC, spend time in the reading room, and make these incredible resources part of your creative and research process.
This week’s pick: WILD: Endangered Animals in Living Motion. A photicular book by Dan Kainen & Kathy Wollard (2017)
Selected by: Janet Perla Medina, Criminology Freshman @jxnett.idk
“This book feels like a tiny art show starring pandas, tigers, and other supermodels of the wild. I love how the photographs aren’t just still images but have a motion effect that makes them feel alive. This book in a sweet way reminds me that crime doesn’t just affect people; it also impacts these adorable little creatures of the wild, and that protecting them matters too.”
📍Available in the VRC Reading Room, 2109 Fine Arts Building
Stop by and explore what else is waiting on the shelf.
Student-selected. Faculty-curated. From the VRC Bookshelf.
#VRCShelfie #UTArthistory #UTAArt #ResearchInProcess
Shelfie of the Week 📚
✨The VRC library shelves hold hundreds of unique books; many originally acquired through faculty recommendations, reflecting the depth and character of UTA Art & Art History program. Each week, a student selects a favorite title from the Visual Resource Collections to spotlight on our Instagram. This initiative is all about inviting our students to explore the VRC, spend time in the reading room, and make these incredible resources part of your creative and research process.
This week’s pick: Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines by Frank M. Robinson & Lawrence Davidson (Collectors Press, 1998)
Selected by: Fatima Becerra, History Junior @fatimuchis__
“Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines captured by attention because I was curious about magazine art and how it was used to attract readers. I was surprised by all the colorful covers and how – regardless of the genre, weather action, horror, adventure, or romance - they consistently use striking color to capture attention. In the future, if I am doing research on American media from the 1800s to the 1900s, this could be a valuable resource to study the stories, fears, and interests that were popular in America at that time.”
📍Available in the VRC Reading Room, 2109 Fine Arts Building
Stop by and explore what else is waiting on the shelf.
Student-selected. Faculty-curated. From the VRC Bookshelf.
#VRCShelfie #UTArthistory #UTAArt #ResearchInProcess
