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Contemporary Brazilian art show Social Fabric highlights Brazilian politics, cultural awareness

Contemporary Brazilian art show Social Fabric highlights Brazilian politics, cultural awareness

Sebastian Barajas, Life&Arts Reporter October 4, 2022

The Visual Arts Center bustles with people weaving through rooms and admiring the larger-than-life pieces housed in the gallery space. A stunning installation titled “Jupiter is Here. Celestial is Everything.”created...

Teens Thrive opens mental health conversations with UT, middle, high school students

Teens Thrive opens mental health conversations with UT, middle, high school students

Sebastian Barajas, Life&Arts Reporter September 23, 2022

UT students gather around the food trucks on West 26th Street and Rio Grande, laughing and sharing stories. Here, Teens Thrive holds their Cold Cookie Company profit share while members enjoy each other’s...

Hispanic Business Student Association hosts 42nd annual ‘Company Night’ with over 350 attendees

Hispanic Business Student Association hosts 42nd annual ‘Company Night’ with over 350 attendees

Sebastian Barajas, Life & Arts Reporter September 16, 2022

The Hall of Honors bustles with excited students dressed in suits, their résumés and business cards in hand as they stop by blue booths to speak with business recruiters.  The Hispanic Business Student...

New Halls and Walls exhibit ‘Introspection’ offers College of Fine Arts students space to showcase art, build community

New Halls and Walls exhibit ‘Introspection’ offers College of Fine Arts students space to showcase art, build community

Sebastian Barajas, Life and Arts General Reporter September 9, 2022

The stark white walls of UT’s art building welcome students with displays of student-crafted artworks as part of a gallery series called Halls and Walls. Currently, the space houses ‘Introspection,’...

ST.ART program offers prospective art students chance to expand on art skills, find home at UT

ST.ART program offers prospective art students chance to expand on art skills, find home at UT

Sebastian Barajas, Life and Arts General Reporter September 2, 2022

Student work hangs on the walls of UT’s Visual Arts Center, bringing life and vibrancy to the white walls of the gallery. A portrait titled “Perdóname” hangs among the other works, showing Holden...

University Fashion Group, senior textiles and apparel design students unite for Capstone Fashion show

University Fashion Group, senior textiles and apparel design students unite for Capstone Fashion show

Sebastian Barajas, Life & Arts Reporter May 8, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the May 3, 2022 flipbook. The warehouse buzzes. Families cradle bouquets of multicolored flowers. Pride emanates off of the designers. Before the models...

Student musicians reflect on making music, performing at co-ops

Student musicians reflect on making music, performing at co-ops

Sebastian Barajas, Life & Arts Reporter April 26, 2022

People often think of music as an escape because the medium allows artists to share their ideas in a more emotional context than written words. Punk rock bands, such as Mishi Mishi, Sludge and Lady Pearl...

Advanced Printmaking students showcase work in off-campus exhibition

Advanced Printmaking students showcase work in off-campus exhibition

Sebastian Barajas, Life & Arts Reporter April 21, 2022
Good In Tensions, a one-day pop-up art exhibition featuring work from UT advanced print students, opened April 9 at the ICOSA Collective gallery.
Meme accounts reflect unique sense of community among UT students 

Meme accounts reflect unique sense of community among UT students 

Sebastian Barajas, Life & Arts Reporter February 21, 2022

A buzzing energy filled the evening air outside the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center as four individuals conversed, laughed and whispered in each other's ears. Through genuine conversations...

Fine arts students reflect on impact of underfunding, out-of-pocket expenses, staff support

Fine arts students reflect on impact of underfunding, out-of-pocket expenses, staff support

Sebastian Barajas, Life & Arts Reporter February 11, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 8, 2022 flipbook. Hunched over a drawing of a delicately colored apple, pencil posed meticulously in hand, Sean O’Neill dove into a project...

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