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, April 14, 6 to 9 p.m.
WHERE: The future home of the Visual Arts Center
    on The University of Texas campus -
     Art Building (main lobby), Room 1.105
EXHIBITION DATES: April 14 - May 4, 2007
GALLERY HOURS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 12-5pm

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 two of two)

Exhibitions of 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

April 14 - May 4, 2007

at the future home of the Visual Arts Center The University of Texas - Art Building (main lobby) - ART 1.105

Opening at the future home of the Visual Arts Center with a reception on Saturday, April 14th, the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin presents the second 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.

Beginning April 14th and extending to May 4th, Coda at the future home of the Visual Arts Center in the Art Building at the University of Texas at Austin features the work of Jarrod Beck, Robert Boland, Erin Curtis, Aron Johnston, Marianne McGrath, Scott Proctor, Adam Schreiber, Stephanie Wagner, and Dave Woody. This exhibition features work in the form of video and sculptural installation, painting, photography, and sculpture.

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. 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 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