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An evening with the Artist: Rashaun Rucker
The Art Galleries (TAG) at Austin Community College and Print Austin hosted Rashaun Rucker for an artist talk about his creative process and experience being a juror for the current exhibition in Gallery 2000, The Contemporary Print. Close to 100 people attended the...
Congratulations to Kramer Scholarship winners, Julie Mendez & Brisacielos Orlando
The ACC Arts and Digital Media Division congratulates Art students Julie Mendez and Brisacielos Orlando for being awarded The Steve Kramer Art Scholarship at the end of 2022. Recipients received the endowed scholarship created by the Steve Kramer Memorial to support...
TAG Tuesdays Wraps for Fall 2022
TAG Tuesdays Wraps for Fall 2022 The Art Galleries at Austin Community College launched their TAG Tuesday program in Fall 2022. Based on the foundation that art acts as a vehicle for open discussion, TAG Tuesdays bring together ACC students, faculty, staff, and...
ACC DRAMA AAS Degree Student Spotlight Frederick Demps
FULL STUDENT SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW INTERVIEW BY JAMIE ROGERS Where are you from? Austin, Texas Were you involved in theater when you were in high school? Any past theater experience on stage or behind the scenes? Yes, I was involved in theater for all 4 years of...
ACC Drama Faculty Spotlight Yunina Barbour-Payne
FULL FACULTY SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW INTERVIEW BY JAMIE ROGERS Where are you from? What is your educational background? I am originally from Louisivlle, Kentucky. I attended the Youth Performing Arts School in highschool and then pursued an Integrated Studies degree from...
Coming in October: Flex Factory
MBPT will be hosting an open mic for all ADM students every Friday from noon-3pm. The official launch date will be Friday, October 7th.The location will be in the Flex Studio, room 1420 (Bldg.2000), and will be dubbed the "Flex Factory". Live Sound students, along...
Faculty Spotlight: Nick Landis
Join Nick for these courses at ACC. MUSC 1325 Acoustics MUSC 1271 Applied Recording/Live Sound MASTERING First off, I'm a Mastering Engineer, technically I'm Chief Mastering Engineer at Nick Landis Mastering. Previously, I was the Senior Mastering Engineer at Terra...
MBPT Student Profile – Ali Darwiche
After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, I began taking classes at ACC while pursuing a full-time career in Software Development. As a working adult, I feared that my pursuit of a music-based education would always be hindered by my 9-5 job. When I...
Faculty Spotlight: John-Mike Reed
John-Mike Reed aka Dr. Bleep has been designing and manufacturing synthesizers in Austin, TX since 2006 His first product, the Thingamagoop was designed with the help of Goopymartwho had the brilliant idea of putting a face on Dr. Bleep’s weird noise boxes. Since then...
The 46th Annual Student Art Exhibition Chancellor’s Awards
The Art Galleries (TAG) at Austin Community College are pleased to announce that Dr. Rhodes has chosen twelve students out of this exhibition to receive the Chancellor’s Award this year. As a part of this award, some of the students’ artworks will be acquired into the...
Faculty Spotlight: Music
Shane Anderson, ACC Music Department Chair, has been busy promoting ACC’s music department as a collaborative pianist this spring. In May, Dr. Anderson performed a recital with hornist Andrew Bain, principal horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert...
The ACC Music Department Will Debut It’s First Wind Ensemble Fall 2022
The Wind Ensemble is the first large scale instrumental ensemble in the history of ACC and it comes at a good time as ACC will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. With the opening of the new 2000 building on the Highland Campus in 2021, ACC can now accommodate large...