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Former Vizzers earn Annie Award nominations for work on 'Brave'

Two ‘Brave’ former vizzers earn Annie award nominations

posted December 5, 2012
For their work on Disney/Pixar’s summer smash hit movie “Brave,” two former Texas A&M visualization students are nominated for an Annie award, the highest honor bestowed by the International Animated Film Society.
Vertical studio  structure enhances visualization learning experience

Viz vertical studio enhances learning

posted November 29, 2012
The teaching this fall of an experimental undergraduate visualization studio was significantly enhanced by the “vertical studio” concept: in addition to learning from peers and interaction with their instructor, the students gained valuable knowledge through mentor/protégé relationships resulting from a unique mix of novice and veteran students.
Final projects garner inaugural MFA-Viz degrees for two students

First Visualization MFA degrees earned

posted November 29, 2012
Art as therapy for chronic pain and “the disembodying effects of the digital age” were themes of final projects by Natalie Pittman and Jose “Weecho” Velasquez, who will walk the Reed Arena stage Dec. 15, 2012 as the first two graduates of Texas A&M’s Master of Fine Arts program.
Projections created by students transform Bryan buildings

Projections enliven Bryan facades Nov. 2

posted October 26, 2012
The facades of buildings in a forgotten urban area on the north end of Main Street in downtown Bryan were enlivened on Nov. 2 with digital projections created by students in a Texas A&M senior graphic design studio.
Weeklong collegewide charrette takes aim at local thoroughfares

Charette aims to reshape local thoroughfares

posted October 24, 2012
Students from all four departments at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture will join in a weeklong charrette early next semester to create unifying, practical and affordable proposals in two areas along one of College Station’s main thoroughfares.
Special events staged to raise diversity awarness at college

College ushers in Year of Diversity

posted October 24, 2012
A forum, a workshop and a number of special exhibits were staged this fall to usher in the Texas A&M College of Architecture's “Year of Diversity” and more events, arranged by the college’s diversity council, are in the works.
Viz undergrads lay “Pennies for Procrastination” at Sully statue

Sully statue adorned with penny project

posted September 26, 2012
If placing a penny on the Sul Ross statue at Texas A&M brings good luck on tests, three visualization students whose experimental typography project at the statue that included 13,496 pennies should do just fine on their remaining test days.
College of Architecture's holds 14th annual research symposium

College symposium featured faculty research

posted September 24, 2012
Faculty research from the 2011-12 academic year was featured at the 14th Annual Texas A&M College of Architecture Research Symposium: Natural, Built, Virtual Oct. 22 at the Langford Architecture Center on the Texas A&M campus.
VizKids camper’s adventure chronicled in Pittsburg paper

Pittsburg Gazette highlights VizKids camper's exploits

posted September 12, 2012
A 7th grader’s excitement at Texas A&M’s VizKids camp this summer was chronicled by his hometown newspaper in Pittsburg, Texas.
New visualization MFA program a first for Texas A&M University

Viz starts TAMU's first MFA this fall

posted August 7, 2012
This fall marks a milestone for Texas A&M University with the first cadre of Master of Fine Arts in Visualization students beginning their studies. The university's first MFA degree program is designed to prepare artists for art-oriented vocations.
24 Aggies at Pixar help create summer blockbuster 'Brave'

24 Aggies help create boxoffice hit 'Brave'

posted August 3, 2012
From painting the lush Scottish landscape, lighting and shading scenes, and putting the curl in princess Merida's shock of bright red hair, 24 former Texas A&M visualization students working at Pixar Animation Studios made major contributions to the summer blockbuster, “Brave.”
Prof leads NSF network effort to bridge gaps between art, science

Prof leads NSF effort aimed to bridge gap between art, science

posted August 2, 2012
Artists and scientists looking to bridge the gap between their disciplines in a NSF-funded effort headed by visualization professor Carol LaFayette, touted the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration in position paper.
College of Architecture names nine 2012 Outstanding Alumni

College names 2012 Outstanding Alumni

posted July 24, 2012
Pioneering designers, an entrepreneur, educator, an advocate for the landscape architecture profession and a leader in the animation industry were named 2012 outstanding alumni by Texas A&M’s College of Architecture.
Camp Arch, Viz Kids learn how to create, animate computer models

Kid campers tackle visualization basics

posted July 23, 2012
Students learned the basics of computer animation at two summer camps held at the College of Architecture. The college offered a visualization track for older students in its Camp Arch program and the visualization department's Viz Kids Camp introduced computer graphics to a younger group.
Time-laspe video shows Frosh Viz students making Aggie Ring mural

Viz students create mural of Aggie Ring

posted July 23, 2012
Freshman visualization students added color and texture to black and white photos of a mystery object and collaborated to assemble the small sections into a giant mural of an Aggie ring.