FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2006
FOR MORE INFORMATION: please call (512) 322-2099
Hana Hillerova, Director, Creative Research Laboratory
EXHIBITION DATES: March 25 - April 8, 2006
RECEPTION: Saturday, March 25, 6 - 9 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesdays - Saturdays, 12-5 pm

MFA1

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Part 1

March 25 - April 8, 2006

Opening with a reception on Saturday, March 25, the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin presents the first of two exhibitions showcasing the work of its artists and designers completing their Master of Fine Arts degrees. MFA1, which runs through April 8, features work by Michelle Bayer, Katalin Hausel, Cecilia Israel-Bradfield, Jimmy Luu, Erick Michaud, Michael Osborne and Natacha Poggio.

MFA2, which runs from April 15 until April 29, features work by Eric Benson, Thuy-Van Vu, Nathan Spondike, Jared Steffensen and Brant Watson.

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 at UT Austin is ranked twelfth among 572 rated liberal arts universities in the country by U.S. News and World Report. Painting is ranked third, and Printmaking is ranked sixth. 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.

The Creative Research Laboratory is a component of the University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts in the Department of Art and Art History. It serves as a flexible interdisciplinary educational environment, advancing professional practices in Studio Art, Art History, Design, Visual Art Studies and Art Education. As a creative incubator, it is designed to facilitate collaboration between artists and scholars and connect with diverse communities at large. Creative Research Laboratory presents a year-round schedule of exhibitions of work by students and faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, and facilitates workshops, performances, demonstrations, seminars and collaborations. Creative Research Lab 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 Capitol 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.

For more information about the Creative Research Lab contact Gallery Director Hana Hillerova, crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu, or 512.322.2099.

For more 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.

Hana Hillerova
Director: Creative Research Laboratory
at the Department of Art and Art History,
University of Texas at Austin
2832 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78702
directions: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/map.html
phone: (512) 322-2099
email: crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu
url: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/
gallery hours: Tu-Sat, 12-5 p.m