2009 -

November

• November 17

Alumnus Takes Top Prize at National Portrait Gallery
Dave Woody wins Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

• November 12

Department of Art and Art History Professor Honored for Teaching
Dr. Paul Bolin Honored as Texas Art Education Association's 2009 Higher Education Division Art Educator of the Year

September

• September 14

Design Division launches website for the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection
New site provides historical overview to students, historians, designers, and collectors

• September 10

Design Division Alumna Receives Writing Award
Chappell Ellison receives Winterhouse Award for Design Writing and Criticism

• September 2

Department of Art and Art History Welcomes Prestigious Professor
Leonard Lehrer appointed as part-time Visiting Professor in Art

July

• July 31

Graduate Student Awarded Prestigious Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
Caitlin Earley receives fellowship award for doctoral studies

Faculty Member Awarded Andy Warhol Creative Capital Arts Writer Grant
Art History Professor Roberto Tejada explores Mexican arts subcultures in new book

Two Faculty Members Currently Exhibiting Work at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 (April – August 2) includes work by two professors in the Department of Art and Art History: Michael Smith and Troy Brauntuch.

June

• June 9

2009 Austin Critics' Table Awards Nominations and Winners
Department alumni and professor selected as nominees and winners of annual arts awards

May

• May 18

Xochi Solis Named Creative Research Laboratory Assistant Director
The Department of Art and Art History has named Xochi Quintanilla Solis the new Assistant Director of the Creative Research Laboratory (CRL). She will curate exhibitions for 2009/2010, as well as serve as the departmental contact person for the Creative Research Laboratory.