Viz undergrads showcase work in May 2 art, animation exhibition

Shadow boxes created by students led by Julie Rogers, senior lecturer in architecture, were on display in Langford B along with drawings and renderings. In the shadow boxes, students recreated elements of significant residential designs.

A design for a school in Tropeang Kbal Sva, Cambodia by Haley Swanberg, Kayli Yentzen and Catherine Florece. The model was created in a studio led by Julie Rogers, senior lecturer of architecture.

A shadow box in which Hillary Desmarais recreated elements of the Roddy and Bale residence in Bellevue, Washington.

Students led by Tom Regan, professor of architecture, manipulated two Styrofoam rectangular solids in an exercise called “Double Curve Transformation.”

Healthy homes designed by Elizabeth Florece, left, and Kaylan Betten in a studio led by Tom Regan, professor of architecture. The homes were designed with the aim of providing its residents with a connection to the outdoors to encourage staying active.

A sketch of the Academic Building by Elizabeth Florece.

Art and animations created by undergraduate visualization students will be showcased May 2 in a semester-culminating exhibition at the Langford Architecture Center.

The two-part public show includes a 5 – 6 p.m. art exhibit, headquartered in the Langford B Exhibit Hall and spread throughout the public spaces in Langford C, followed by a 6 – 7 p.m. screening of work from sophomore, junior and senior animation studios in the Preston Geren Auditorium.

Exhibits include guardian figure sculptures, life-size self-portraits, giant murals, video and experimental interactive installations, comical motion graphics, digital paintings depicting a dystopian future and more.

The following weekend, in concert with the annual showcase of graduate visualization student work, [Viz-a-Gogo 19] (http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2012/4/20/viz-gogo-19/) , in downtown Bryan, The Village Cafe, 210 West 26th Street, will host an exhibit of digital paintings by visualization undergrads. Proceeds from the sale will support visualization scholarships.

posted April 30, 2012

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