now and tomorrow
an exhibition of artwork by pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade students in Austin area schools

June 5 through June 19, 2004
at Creative Research Laboratory

ArtTouch, in collaboration with selected Austin area public school art teachers, presents Now and Tomorrow, an exhibition of the artwork of pre-kindergarten to twelfth- grade students in Austin area schools, including Bryker Woods Elementary, Reagan High School, Bailey Middle School and Austin High School. Now and Tomorrow celebrates the visual and material culture of Austin area youth, featuring drawings, paintings and ceramic work. The exhibition will take place June 5 to 19 at Creative Research Laboratory, 2832 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Austin, Texas.

The exhibition, Now and Tomorrow, is produced by ArtTouch, an outreach program in the Visual Art Studies Division of the Department of Art and Art History, at the University of Texas at Austin. ArtTouch provides supplementary art experiences for K-12 students in the public schools and within community settings. These activities provide youth participants with non-linear creative exercises that relate to everyday life experiences. ArtTouch uses art education as a means of fostering analytic thinking processes that are necessary for balanced intellectual development. ArtTouch also provides in-service and in-training to art teachers.

ArtTouch was established in 2002 by the Visual Art Studies Division of the Department of Art and Art History and the College of Fine Arts (COFA) at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with school art teachers, students, school administrators, community-based organizations, philanthropic organizations, professional artists, private citizens, and community leaders in Austin.

Creative Research Laboratory presents a year-round schedule of exhibitions of work by students and faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, and also facilitates workshops, performances, demonstrations, seminars, and collaborations. Creative Research Laboratory is located in east Austin at 2832 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, inside Flatbed World Headquarters. There is ample free parking and bus service available on Capital Metro’s Route 18. The activities of the Department of Art and Art History and the Creative Research Laboratory are free and open to the public.Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 12:00 to 5:00 pm.

For further information about ArtTouch or Now and Tomorrow, please contact Dr. Christopher Adejumo at (512) 471-5672 (office), or (512) 528-0269 (home), or by e-mail address at: c.ade@mail.utexas.edu.

For further information about the Lab, contact Hana Hillerova, Director, at crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu or by phone at 512.322.2099,or visit the gallery web site at http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/a_ah/crlab.html.

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.

Creative Research Laboratory
2832 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78705
phone: 512.322.2099
email: crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu