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Creative Research Laboratory is a site for contemporary art and design, providing a year-round schedule of exhibitions and community programming by students and faculty in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Located at 2832 East Martin Luther King, Jr. in Austin, Texas, Creative Research Laboratory fosters collaboration among students, faculty, visiting artists, alumni, and the broader community to provide innovative educational experiences.




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The Visual Arts Center

Opening September 2010

Visual Arts Center

The Visual Arts Center is a new adaptive remodel of the former site of the Blanton Museum in the Department of Art and Art History on the UT campus. Highlighting acclaimed student and faculty work, the VAC will be a magnet of research and exhibition, drawing together students, scholars, and the public to share and explore the visual arts. Designed by renown architects Lake | Flato, the renovation will provide an additional 22,000 square feet of space to the Department, including exhibition and instructional spaces, graduate studios, administration offices, and a central outdoor courtyard.

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This January 2010, the Creative Research Laboratory will present an exhibition entitled, Ideas of Mountains. This exhibition will be entirely composed of large scale, site-specific installation projects that employ the exceptional potential that our Eastside gallery space provides. As an incubator for the creative process, the CRL is pleased to invite all Austin artists, especially past and present students of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas, to share with the community the uncovered potential within our space.

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November 19, 7-10 pm

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Issue #9 Launch Party

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No Lone Zone

No Lone Zone

A performance exhibition series featuring past and present students from the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin

November 14 - December 19, 2009

Opening Reception: November 14, 6-9 PM

By definition a no-lone-zone is a military term often used in nuclear sites describing an area where individuals must be in visual contact with each other and with the object requiring a no-lone-zone area designation. The seven artists in this exhibition will examine the interpersonal intricacies of this militant security model through a series of performances exploring the spaces of the Creative Research Laboratory. During the extent of this exhibition, the CRL will be in a state of constant flux as participating artists manipulate, perform and transform the gallery into their own concept of a charged territory.

Featured artists include:
Mark Aguhar
Andrea Bonin
Kristina Felix
Ryan Lauderdale
Daphane Park
James Willard Pierce
Jen Frost Smith

In conjunction with the exhibition, the Creative Research Lab will collaborate with participating artists to create a reading room adjacent to the main gallery, containing materials pertinent to their practice as performance artists, as well as to the history of the medium.

We invite the public to stay tuned to our website and emails to learn more about our weekly performances, film screenings, and workshops.

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No Lone Zone Events Schedule

November 14-16
Daphne Park
November 19, 7-10 pm
Cantaker #9 Launch Party
November 20-22
Closed for Private Workshop
November 24, 7-10 pm
Film Screening, The Films of Kenneth Anger,
Vol. 1
(2006)
November 26
Closed for Thanksgiving
December 2, 7-10 pm
Kristina Felix plus Cardboard Love: An evening with Michael Smith's performance class
December 5, 12-5 pm
Mark Aguhar
December 9, 7-9 pm
Jen Frost Smith
December 12, 7-9 pm
Ryan Lauderdale
December 16, 7-9 pm
Andrea Bonin
December 19, 7-10 pm
James Willard Pierce


Are you an alumnus of the UT Department of Art and Art History? Join the Alumni Works Registry to be considered for a variety of opportunities including exhibitions, publications, and online galleries.

Find more information and submission guidelines on the Department's website.




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