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CVAD Student Galleries Fall 2009
May 14, 2009 - Dec 19, 2009 | @ CVAD Student Galleries | Submitted By adminCVAD Student exhibitions, Fall 2009. See "Announcements" for individual show listings.
College of Visual Arts and Design
- CVAD Alum Carl Finch heads the two-time Grammy winning band, Brave Combo.
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- The CVAD Art Education Doctoral Program is a nationally ranked program, #13 in North America
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- One of every fifteen students at the University of North Texas is a CVAD major!
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- UNT is an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
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- Three Art Education faculty members (Chris Bain, Rina Kundu, and Nadine Kalin) have served on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Art Education, one of the most prestigious journals in the field.
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- UNT‘s MFA program ranks in the upper 25% nationally according to US News and World Report
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- CVAD‘s Communication Design students won nine of fifteen Best of Show prizes in this year‘s Dallas Society of Visual Communication 4th Annual National Student Show.
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- As of Fall 2008, all new CVAD MFA students will receive $1000 scholarships.
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- In Spring 2008, CVAD donors sponsored over $50,000 in scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students!
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- The CVAD NAEA student chapter won the 2008 Student Organization Distinguished Service award from the University
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- The Department of Art Education and Art History prepares more art teachers each year than any other university in Texas.
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- CVAD‘s Ph.D. program in Art Education is among the top-rated programs in the U.S.
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- Recent graduates of the art history program have pursued advanced degrees at University of Texas, Tufts University, University of Rochester, City College of New York, University of Arizona, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Christian University.
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- CVAD art historians were the first UNT faculty chosen to participate in UNT‘s Next Generation course redesign. This program is considered to be a national model.
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- The Department of Art Education and Art History faculty includes presidents of three national and international professional societies and the 2006 Art Educator of the Year.
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- CVAD offers regular opportunities to study and travel in countries such as China, England, Ireland, Russia, and Scotland.
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- CVAD‘s Texas Fashion Collection includes over 15,000 fabulous dresses by designers such as Balenciaga, Dior, de la Renta, and many others.
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- CVAD Art Education alum Susan Gabbard is the former president of the National Art Education Association.
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- CVAD alum, sculptor, Jesús Moroles, is on the Board of the Smithsonian Institute
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- “I learned a lot about the creative process for producing a complete original work.”
- Jezzalie Gill (Drawing 1)
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- CVAD‘s Texas Fashion Collection includes over 15,000 fabulous dresses by designers such as Balenciaga, Dior, de la Renta, and many others.
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- CVAD Art Education alum Susan Gabbard is the former president of the National Art Education Association.
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- CVAD alum, sculptor, Jesús Moroles, is on the Board of the Smithsonian Institute
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- Interior Design MFA student Greta Buehrle was named one of two IDEC Foundation Graduate Scholars for 2009.
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Overview for future students
About CVAD
Art has been a vital part of UNT since it was first taught in 1894, just four years after the institution was founded. Dr. Cora Stafford, an imaginative leader who served on the faculty and as director for four decades before retiring in 1964, played a major role in guiding the art program to the reputation it maintains today. Determined to keep the program aligned with new ideas, she hired young innovators on the faculty. These included James Prestini and Gyorgy Kepes, two early proponents, in the United States, of the Bauhaus system which endeavored to relate a new design approach to the world of technology and craft. Also on the faculty were Carlos Merida, the internationally known Guatemalan painter and muralist, as well as Octavio Medellin, the celebrated Mexican sculptor and painter. Students included Ray Gough, who became a noted interior designer and UNT professor, and O'Neil Ford, who became one of Texas' most famous architects.
Masters degrees were initiated in the 1930s and the first MS degree in art was awarded in 1937 to Ms. Ann Bookman Williams, a long-time art teacher in the campus demonstration school. UNT's modern art program has been one of continual growth. After World War II, professional pograms in advertising art, fashion design and interior design supplemented traditional studio and art education programs. Following an extensive study of the arts in Texas by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in the 1960s, North Texas was designated as a major visual arts program in the State and was approved to offer the BFA, MFA, and Ph.D. degrees beginning in 1971. With the Southwest's demographic population shift in the late 1970's and early 1980's, enrollment increased dramatically. At the same time, the department's comprehensive art programs were being recognized for their quality.
Featured Alumni
CVAD Art Education Alum receives Oklahoma Governor's Art Award for 2009
Article Credit: "Southeastern Update" November 2009, Southeaster Oklahoma State University
Our other featured Alumni can be found here.
CVAD Mission & Goals
Mission:
To engage our diverse student population with issues of artistic heritage, stimulate their imagination and involvement with the world, foster their critical and analytical thinking, and inspire their creativity through educational opportunities in art education, art history, design, and studio arts, all supported by a vital program of creative research.
Goals:
Access:
To provide undergraduate and graduate students, many of whom are first generation college students, access to outstanding programs;
Pursuit of Excellence:
To recruit and retain highly qualified students, to develop student potential, and to manage selective degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, providing a high quality environment that prepares students to become leading professionals in their fields;
Service to the Region and the World:
To provide programming and access to resources in collaboration with educational, governmental, and cultural agencies, reflecting our role as part of a multi-campus university system integrated into the Dallas/Ft. Worth/ Denton metropolitan area and networked world-wide; and
Prominence:
To ensure the prominence of our students, faculty, programs, and institutes regionally, nationally, and internationally and to continue our role as leaders in visual arts education.
Fall Semester at CVAD
This week in the Lightwell: Fiber Works
This is a wonderful time of exploration and expansion in the arts in North Texas. The new Arts District in Dallas with its truly magnificent performing arts venues will open, Denton will be connected with Dallas by rail in December, and Fall 2009 includes significant milestones for CVAD: we graduated our largest class of students during the past academic year and are now welcoming our largest group of new students for the Fall. We will be announcing new scholarships, fellowships, and graduate student support this fall, so it should be a great semester.
Newsletters & Blogs
NEWSLETTERS
- Fall 2009 | Avant-Garde (pdf)
- Spring 2009 | Avant-Garde (pdf)
- Summer 2009 | Department of Art Education and Art History Newsletter (pdf)
- Fall 2008 | Art Librarian Newsletter (pdf)
- Fall 2008 | Department of Studio Art Newsletter (pdf)
BLOGS