Sunday, October 14, 2007

ArTex Happy Hour

The next ArTex Happy Hour will be on Oct. 23 at 6 pm at Austin Pizza on Guadalupe. We'll be talking about our upcoming speaker from the Blanton for November and possible events for December.

See you there!

Conference Update

Hooray! We got funding from the Graduate Student Assembly for our conference and we can cover member's registration fees. When you register, request a receipt. Please contact us to let us know if you will be attending the conference. We hope that you can make it!

Karen & Katie

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Meeting Minutes 9.18.07

ArTex Meeting 9.18.07

Karen & Katie Introductions

ARLIS Texas-Mexico Annual Meeting
Looking for members to go
Getting funding - Graduate Student Assembly

Speakers - we can seek funding for speakers - Think big, small, whatever
Who are you interested in?
What subjects would you like to hear more on?
Where would you love to work? Who works there?

Introductions from everyone!

Previous speaker:
Beth Dodd
dodd.beth@mail.utexas.edu
Curator - Alexander Architectural Archive
Interim Head Librarian - Architecture and Planning Library

Possible upcoming speaker:
Sam Duncan
Materials Lab Director
School of Architecture

Monday, September 3, 2007

ArTex HAPPY HOUR!!!

Please join us for the first ArTex happy hour of the Fall semester.

When: Tuesday, September 18 @ 6:00PM
Where: Crown and Anchor
Why: To welcome new iSchoolers, plan events for fall, and celebrate the beginning of another semester

Welcome new iSchooler's

Curious about ArTex?

Here is a little history for you.

ArTex was founded in March 2007 by Karen Holt and Katie Pierce and other students interested in art and architecture libraries and archives.

Last year ArTex event's included B-scene at the Blanton Museum of Art, tours of the Alexander Architectural Archive and the Architecture and Planning Library, and a brown bag lunch with Beth Dodd, Curator of the Alexander Architectural Archive.

We are just beginning to plan events for this year and look forward to meeting you and hearing about your interests and ideas. ArTex hopes to take advantage of all of the opportunities Austin has to offer for all of us interested in cultural events and visual collections.



Karen recently began her second year in the School of Information. She has a Master's in Modern Art and Theory and spent the summer interning at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. She currently works at the Visual Resouces Collection in the School of Architecture.







Katie graduated from the School of Information in August 2007 but just won't leave! She started the Architectural History program in the UT School of Architecture this fall. She spent her summer working on several projects at the Alexander Architectural Archive.