I'm sorry that this blog hasn't been updated in a while, but I will take care of it now. First, welcome our new officers:
President: Timothy Creswick
Vice President, Music: Adam Hagerman
Vice President, Theatre & Dance: Denise Saenz
Vice President, Art & Art History: David Tenorio
Financial Director: Melissa Wyatt
Senate Representative: Katrina Martin
Communications Director: Katrina Martin
Social Chair: Priscilla Arasaki
Anooshey Rahim: Newsletter Editor
Second, here are some of the amazing new things that we are going to do this year:
Newsletter: Thanks to Anooshey's leadership, we will publish a CoFA newsletter. The goals of the newsletter are to facilitate communication between the three departments of the College of Fine Arts. There will be reviews of shows and articles about current problems/issues/events in the College of Fine Arts.
New Meeting Day: To boost attendance, we have decided to move the meetings to a weekday (stay tuned for exact day and time).
Town Hall Meetings: This is a new program that we want to start. We will facilitate departmental meetings about once a semester to inform the CoFA student body of the big things happening in their department and the whole College of Fine Arts. We will discuss things like how the Ernest Butler Donation to the School of Music will be used. Finally, some exciting things happened in the College of Fine Arts over the summer.
Landmarks Public Art Program: The new minimalist sculptures around campus (on long-term loan from the Met in New York) are the beginning of a new initiative by the college to art educate UT and the surrounding community. So look out for shocking new objects around campus.
DFA Basement re-opens: The waiting is over! Student Affairs, Career Services and our FAC office are now moving downstairs into the new DFA basement. The basement should open next week for student use. There are couches, a big TV, lots of gallery-lit wall space, and O's is installing a food vending location that will be open for breakfast until 4 pm. So we finally have another choice for fast food besides Double Dave's pizza stand! Please use this space once it opens. It is supposed to be a neutral ground for students from all parts of the College of Fine Arts to mingle, which is one of FAC's goals. Our meetings (starting soon) will occur there, in the new conference room downstairs. An opening gala/party is scheduled for mid-September. I'll keep y'all posted on that.
Keep your eyes open for flyers stating when our first information meeting will be. There will be food and you can find out all you need to know about the Fine Arts Council.
If you have more questions about the Fine Arts Council or would like to join, please e-mail Timothy Creswick at utfineartscouncil@gmail.com.
