VAC Announces Spring 2012 Exhibitions and Public Programs
Contact:
You You Xia, Marketing and Communications Manager
youyouxia@utvac.org
(512) 471–1108
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Visual Arts Center Announces Spring 2012 Season
Presenting Vaulted Gallery Artist-in-Residence: Diana Al-Hadid
and
New Public Program Series: Two Ships Passing
Opening Reception: January 27, 6–8 pm
Austin, TX — The Visual Arts Center in The Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce its spring 2012 season, presenting works by a dynamic lineup of artists from around the world. Known for constructing sculptures that are a baroque complex of architectural structures and figurative allusions, Syrian-born artist Diana Al-Hadid will be the Vaulted Gallery Artist-in-Residence and her site-specific installation will be on view from January 27 through March 10, 2012.
Additional season highlights include Across the Divide, a group exhibition co-organized by Associate Professor of Studio Art Beili Liu, which features works by 25 contemporary Chinese artists; Dubforms by San Antonio-based artist Justin Boyd; and New Prints 2011, organized by the International Print Center New York and presented in partnership with the Department’s Printmaking Convergence program. Center Space Project, the student organization of the Visual Arts Center, presents (im)possibilities, curated by C.C. Marsh; and Traditional Family Values, featuring works by Arturo Agero, Sarah Holman, and Marcella Mendez. The season concludes with the annual student exhibitions, featuring works by the department’s undergraduate and MFA art and design students.