visualization

  1. Students thank scholarship benefactors, college patrons

    Students pen thank you notes to donors

    posted April 30, 2012
    Earlier this month, the Maroon Coats, student ambassadors of the Texas A&M Foundation, organized an impromptu “thank you” note-writing session for students to share their gratitude with scholarship benefactors and gift givers who support College of Architecture programs.
  2. Viz undergrads showcase work in May 2 art, animation exhibition

    Undergrad Vizzer exhibition slated for 5 p.m. Wednesday

    posted April 30, 2012
    Art and animations created by undergraduate visualization students will be showcased May 2 in a semester-culminating exhibition at the Langford Architecture Center.
  3. Interdisciplinary projects to include Viz, LAND students

    New interdisciplinary classes to begin at Texas A&M this fall

    posted April 27, 2012
    Visualization and landscape architecture students will be working with counterparts from numerous other disciplines working on groundbreaking projects made possible by a new interdisciplinary initiative at Texas A&M.
  4. Viz students unleash creativity at Viz-a-GoGo in downtown Bryan

    Viz-a-GoGo 19 slated May 3-5 in Bryan

    posted April 20, 2012
    Was it Professor Plum in the conservatory with a wrench? You'll get a “Clue” as a board game-styled murder mystery unfolds during the interstitial segments of Viz-a-GoGo 19, the annual showcase of digital wizardry created by students in the Master of Science in Visualization program at Texas A&M.
  5. Davison’s art ponders the ethereal at Dallas museum through June 22

    Davison’s art on display in Dallas

    posted April 19, 2012
    Ethereal places blending fantasy- and science fiction-like imagery with the divine embody the art of Dick Davison, a professor of visualization at Texas A&M whose work is being shown at Dallas museum through June 22, 2012.
  6. Visualization former students at ILM help earn Oscar for ‘Rango’

    Former Vizzers help ‘Rango’ earn Oscar

    posted March 8, 2012
    And the Oscar for Best Animated Feature goes to … “Rango,” the first feature-length animated movie created by the digital wizards — including eight former Texas A&M MS Visualization students — at Industrial Light & Magic. Aggie Vizzer Kevin Reuter worked for ILM as look development supervisor on the film.
  7. Vizzers animate virtual characters with San Jose State counterparts

    Ag Vizzers, SJSU students work on animation designs

    posted February 15, 2012
    Master of Science in Visualization students at Texas A&M and their counterparts at San Jose State University in California are collaborating in a virtual classroom this spring to create three dimensional, animated characters.
  8. Architectural drawing textbook features Arch, Viz student work

    Arch, Viz students' work to be featured in design textbook

    posted February 8, 2012
    An upcoming edition of a classic textbook featuring a comprehensive collection of architectural drawing conventions and techniques will include examples of Texas A&M architecture and visualization student work.
  9. Bienko videos part of winter exhibit in Kansas City gallery

    Bienko videos part of Kansas City exhibit

    posted January 9, 2012
    Videos by Joshua Bienko, assistant professor of architecture, were part of an exhibit that ran through Jan. 7 at a Kansas City gallery that a critic called “smart and engaging work by artists who acknowledge the impossibility of originality in the 21st century.”
  10. Outstanding Alumni Awards nominations due February 10

    Outstanding Alum nominations due

    posted January 9, 2012
    Nominations for the 2012 College of Architecture Outstanding Alumni Awards, which annually recognize former students of exceptional accomplishment, are being accepted through Feb. 10. Since its inception in 1997, less than one percent of the college’s former students have received the award, the college’s highest honor.
  11. Loftin, McLaughlin visit former students at Pixar, DreamWorks

    Loftin visits Pixar, DreamWorks studios

    posted December 7, 2011
    Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin had a chance to see how former students are redefining the entertainment industry during a Nov. 16 visit to the Bay Area campuses of Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation SKG.
  12. Manferdini’s Azimuth installation helps her win U.S. art fellowship

    Azimuth art earns national acclaim

    posted December 6, 2011
    “Arlecchino,” the colorful, floral-patterned architectural installation adorning the wall and floor of the College of Architecture’s Azimuth Cafe, has helped earn its designer, Los Angeles artist Elena Manferdini, a $50,000 United States Artists Fellowship.
  13. Registration for spring Artist in Residence sessions now open

    Renowned artists to work with students

    posted November 29, 2011
    Students will have a unique opportunity to work with internationally renowned, contemporary artists in specialized workshops during the Spring 2012 Artist in Residence program at A&M’s College of Architecture. The workshops are open to anyone in the college, and no previous art experience is required.
  14. Faculty embrace the studio as the centerpiece of design education

    Studio education: What sets us apart

    posted November 28, 2011
    As higher education leaders across the nation wrangle with budget constraints and consider reforms aimed at doing more with less, Texas A&M College of Architecture educators continue to embrace the studio, the time-tested cornerstone of design education, as the most critical component of modern design pedagogy.
  15.  Disney animators help Vizzers create videos in industry class

    Vizzers collaborate with Disney pros

    posted November 17, 2011
    The secret afterhours lives of office supplies were revealed in three video shorts developed by graduate Texas A&M visualization students last summer under the guidance of visiting professionals from Walt Disney Animation Studios during the department's annual summer industry course.