Past Events

From the early 1970s, Derek Jarman embarked on a series of short and long works made, primarily, on S8mm. The S8mm films were mainly seen by an audience in his studios at Shad Thames and then Butler’s Wharf (which also provided shooting space for many of the film including Death Dance. Peopled with friends and acquaintances, the films were shot and edited by Jarman. In the early 1980s, the advent of home video added another layer of possibility leading to a video/film hybrid, as per Imagining October, which came to characterize his later works such as Last of England and The Garden. 

Michael Robinson’s collaged films explore the emotional mechanics of popular media, the nature of heartache, and the instability of the collective realities we inhabit. He discusses his process and screens multiple recent works including Onward Lossless Follows and Polycephaly in D.

Co-hosted by ST.ART Pre-College and Creative Action, Studio Camp is the 2-week studio art program at UT Austin for current fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Taking place June 20 – July 1, 2022, Studio Camp asks young artists to move beyond paper and pencil to create art across mediums, from printmaking to sculpture to digital media.

In this two-part colloquium, students graduating with an MFA in Studio Art from UT Austin will discuss overlapping themes in their artistic practices and their works on view in the thesis exhibition at the VAC.