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Faculty and staff mingled behind the gold-trimmed doors of the Lee Jamail Academic Room in The University of Texas’ historic Main Building. They gathered Nov. 3 to celebrate the school’s…

Three illustrations sit above English professor Edward Carey’s desk. The drawings from his book “The Iremonger Trilogy” exhibit characters who undergo plot twists and tribulations. The two characters Clod Iremonger…

Desireé Humphries collided with the world of costume design in middle school. In the musical film “Moulin Rouge!,” the protagonist Satine wears a scarlet red, silk and satin dress in…

The University of Texas at Austin welcomed students, faculty and staff, as well as parents, alumni and visitors to campus for the 2022-23 academic year with a campus-wide campaign. The…

A wave of burnt orange floods Bevo Blvd. as football fans head toward the gates of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Along the way, some fans drop out and set…

Raj Patel was 5, traveling with his family to India from England during the monsoon season. A young girl, no older than 12, approached their car, carrying a crying infant.…

In 2014, Iliana Sosa borrowed a camera, hopped on a bus with her mother and grandfather, and documented her grandfather’s monthly 17-hour trip from Durango, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas. …

Rocks, dirt and branded petrified wood fill the main gallery of the Visual Arts Center a week before public unveiling of its latest exhibition. Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro moves about the…

A mother took her 8-year-old for a dental checkup. The dentist began normal procedures and asked the girl her name. She stuttered her answer.  “Are you nervous?” the dentist asked…

Beyond the scaffolding and construction, the Blanton Museum of Art is still open.  The museum grounds are being transformed outside, but inside, red velvet curtains conceal the Sarah and Ernest…

“Is this what I want to say I did for a living?” If you have asked yourself that question, and the answer has been, “not so much,” Art Markman and…

Laura Klopfenstein arrives home from campus at 5 p.m. and changes out of her work clothes. She spends quality time with her family, then steps into the artist’s role. Klopfenstein…