FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2006
FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact Jade Walker
    Director, Creative Research Laboratory
    email:crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu
    phone:(512) 322-2099

EXHIBITION CONTINUES: Dec. 12 - Jan. 13, 2007
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesdays - Saturdays, 12-5 pm

AT PLAY...
an art extravaganza

Dec. 6, 2006 - Jan. 13, 2007

Beginning December 5, 2006, Creative Research Laboratory presents At Play...an art extravaganza. This interactive art exhibition kicks off with a week full of art events focusing on all avenues of ‘"play" throughout the College of Fine Arts. Admission to all events is free and open to the public. Click on site names below for location information and maps.

On Tuesday, December 5th, from 8-10 pm, Michael Smith's performance class will host the official "Art Department Homecoming" Dance at the Student Union. There will be a DJ, performance, light refreshment, a photo booth and more! "Creative Formal" attire suggested. A parade will take place on Monday, December 4th at noon, beginning on the 4th floor painting deck of the art building.

On Wednesday, December 6th, beginning at 8 pm, the Creative Research Laboratory will have a screening featuring works from The Department of Art and Art History's Transmedia department, faculty, graduate students as well as the Department of Radio Television and Film.Come enjoy a cold beverage and popcorn inside the warm CRL space.

From 8-10 pm on Thursday, December 7th, the Creative Research Laboratory will feature Music for Spaces, a performance project exploring art music through unlikely collaborations, alternative spaces, audience/performer interaction and inimitable live moments. In this installment, we will have live performance by cellist Leanne Zacharias, reactions by visual artist Katalin Hausel, solo cello works by Gaspar Cassado and Eugene Ysaye, a poet, a playwright, and audience participation.

From 8-10 pm on Friday, December 8th, an informal showing of new work performed by Theatre and Dance's resident student dance company, Dance Repertory Theatre, will be on view at the B. Iden Payne Theater.

Finally, on Saturday, December 9th, our all day art extravaganza begins at 11am at the Creative Research Laboratory with brunch and the opening of the undergraduate show -- Glee, an undergraduate exhibition focusing on ideas of play. We will be continuing throughout the day with a collaborative culmination of art to be made in the main gallery. Working in all media and across disciplines, the faculty, community, and students will create a work of art based on the act of play. This day-long art event will include musical sampling by Back-Feet-Forward Ensemble, a guest appearance by the homecoming king and queen, dance performances and improvs by UT Dance Repertory Theatre, and costuming events by graduate and undergraduate costume designers along with much more.

Bring your favorite art supplies and pals and come by and make art and experience the unveiling of Glee!

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.

The Laboratory is located in East Austin at 2832 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., inside Flatbed World Headquarters. Free parking and bus service are available on Capitol Metro's route 18. Creative Research Laboratory is open from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The activities of the Department of Art and Art History and the Creative Research Laboratory are open to the public without charge.

For more information about the Creative Research Lab contact Gallery Director Jade Walker, 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.

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