FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2007
FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact Jade Walker
    Director, Creative Research Laboratory
    email:crlab@uts.cc.utexas.edu
    phone:(512) 322-2099
RECEPTION: Saturday, March 31, 6 to 9 p.m.
EXHIBITION DATES: March 31- April 29, 2007
GALLERY HOURS: 12-5 pm, Tues. - Sat.

For information about the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin,
    contact Carolyn Porter
    email: carolynp@mail.utexas.edu
    phone: (512) 471-3379.

Coda - MFA Thesis Exhibition
(Installment one of two)

Exhibition of work by studio artists and designers completing their Master of Fine Arts degrees at the University of Texas at Austin

March 31- April 29, 2007

Opening at the Creative Research Laboratory with a reception on Saturday, March 31st, the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin presents the first installment of Coda, an exhibition showcasing the work of its artists and designers completing their Master of Fine Arts degrees. Coda is one exhibition with two installments in two different locations.

Starting March 31st and extending to April 29th, Coda at the Creative Research Lab features the work of Erin Cunningham, Ali Fitzgerald, Sara Frantz, Roberto Monteiro, Serene Al Srouji, Alexandra Lopez Iglesias, George Morrow, and Tanisa Sharif. This exhibition features work in the form of video installation, painting, drawing, sculptural installation, and digital imagery.

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. The Painting Program is ranked third and Printmaking is ranked the 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 .

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