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Transitions: Bryan Florentin, Lisa M. Graham, Darryl Lauster, Andrew Ortiz, Beth S. Wright

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Transitions celebrates the enduring contributions of five recently retired faculty and professors emeriti to contemporary art, design, and visual culture. Featuring the work and scholarship of Bryan Florentin, Lisa M. Graham, Darryl Lauster, Andrew Ortiz, and art historian Beth S. Wright, the exhibition reflects the breadth of creative and intellectual inquiry cultivated at UTA and the ways these practices continue to evolve beyond the classroom and university. Transitions brings together distinct approaches to making and research, emphasizing the cultural questions that have shaped these faculty members’ careers while opening space for new questions about historical narratives, sociopolitical systems, material and visual culture. 

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition is a showcase for recent work created by the graduating seniors of the University of Texas Arlington’s Department of Art and Art History. The spring 2025 exhibition features the work of 28 BFA students demonstrating a wide variety of skills in concentrations including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, glass, interactive media, cinematic arts, and visual communication design.

If You Could See What I See: A New Generation Explores Texas Art

The Gallery at UTA is pleased to present If You Could See What I See: A New Generation Explores Texas Art on view from February 2 – March 27, 2026.

Organized by Cheryl Mitchell, Associate Professor of Practice and Founder of the Museum Studies minor in the Department of Art and Art History, this exhibition is the culmination of an educational collaboration between UTA and TACO – the Texas Art Collectors’ Organization, whose members have generously loaned an assortment of amazing paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and sculptural objects from their private collections.

Faculty Biennial XX

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The Gallery at UTA is pleased to present its nineteenth “Faculty Biennial,” a showcase for recent work created by faculty from the University of Texas at Arlington Department of Art and Art History. Scheduled every two years, this exhibition presents a sampling of what the art and design professors accomplish in their creative and scholarly endeavors outside the classroom.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

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The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition is a showcase for recent work created by the graduating seniors of the University of Texas Arlington’s Department of Art and Art History. The spring 2025 exhibition features the work of 28 BFA students demonstrating a wide variety of skills in concentrations including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, glass, interactive media, cinematic arts, and visual communication design.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

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The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition is a showcase for recent work created by the graduating seniors of the University of Texas Arlington’s Department of Art and Art History. The fall 2024 exhibition features the work of 20 students demonstrating a wide variety of skills in concentrations including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, glass, interactive media, cinematic arts, and visual communication design.

 Paper Trails: Cecelia Feld, Jessica Drenk and Rachel Livedalen 

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 The Gallery at UTA is pleased to present Paper Trails, a three-person exhibition featuring artists Cecelia Feld (Dallas), Jessica Drenk (Rush, NY) and Rachel Livedalen (Fort Worth). The exhibition curated by Gallery Director Dr. August Jordan Davis and Visual Resources Curator Lilia Kudelia focuses on how each artist engages with the materiality of paper and books in their artworks, often to unexpected ends. 

Pauline Hudel Smith: A Celebration of Life and Art

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The Gallery at UTA is pleased to present a retrospective exhibition honoring the life and creativity of longtime faculty member, Pauline Hudel Smith, who died in 2024 after a battle with cancer. Organized by colleagues, friends, and family members, the exhibition displays over 100 sculptural and mixed media works along with graphic design and illustration posters created throughout her long career, ranging from 1980 to 2020. Many of her early works have rarely been seen and attest to her creative design and conceptual process, setting the stage for her later award-winning commercial graphic designs.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition is a showcase for recent work created by the graduating seniors of the University of Texas Arlington’s Department of Art and Art History. The spring 2024 exhibition features the work of 35 students demonstrating a wide variety of skills in concentrations including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, glass, ceramics, cinematic arts, and visual communication design.