MFA 1

master of fine arts thesis exhibition

March 27-April 10, 2004
at creative research laboratory

department of art and art history
the university of texas at austin

Opening Saturday, March 29, Creative Research Laboratory presents the first of two exhibitions showcasing the work of artists and designers completing their Master of Fine Arts degrees from the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Starting March 27 and extending to April 10, MFA 1 features the work of Brian Bales, Hana Hillerova, Young-Min Kang, Stephanie McMahon, and Leslie Sisson, with fresh, inventive work in sculptural installation, painting, and video. An opening reception will take place Saturday, March 27, from 6 to 9 p.m. A talk with the artists will take place on the closing day, Saturday, April 10, at 2 p.m.

Located at 2832 East Martin Luther King, Jr. in Austin, Texas, Creative Research Laboratory offers a full schedule of exhibitions and programs in contemporary art and design, providing a year-round forum for interaction between the larger community and artists, designers, and educators at the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Department of Art and Art History is one of the largest and most diverse art departments in the country, with 62 faculty members, 673 undergraduates and 161 graduate students. The MFA program in Studio Art is an intense and challenging 3-year program. Students work closely with faculty and consult with distinguished visiting artists and critics as they investigate contemporary art issues, build conceptual and technical skills, and develop independent creative work.

In the two-year MFA program in Design, students respond to cultural, socio/economic, material, political, geographic and temporal environments to develop a design process and methodology with applications across a range of disciplines, including graphic design, product/industrial design, film/animation, and architecture.

For information about the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, contact Carolyn Porter, carolynp@mail.utexas.edu, 512.471.3379. For further information about Creative Research Laboratory, contact Cynthia Camlin, Director, Creative Research Laboratory, crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu, or 512.322.2099.