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ACC Student Spotlight Questions for Kiersta Hoover
INTERVIEW BY JAMIE ROGERS Where are you from? Pflugerville, Texas Were you involved in theatre when you were in high school? Any past theatre experience on stage or behind the scenes? I was involved in every production I could be in high school, both on and off stage....
ACC Drama Faculty Spotlight: Yesenia Garcia Herrington
INTERVIEW BY JAMIE ROGERS Where are you from? What is your educational background? I was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley--McAllen, Texas to be exact. I graduated with a BA in Theatre and Communication from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and...
Face to Face in a New Space!
We are beyond excited to welcome our students to campus this fall! After seven years of designing, constructing, furnishing, and setting up facilities, not to mention recovering from a pandemic, we are finally able to open our new full-sized dance studio, small...
Creating Dance in a Virtual World
In March of 2020, the college transitioned to an online environment. The ACC Dance Department faculty and students became even more creative. Each person was pushed to find innovative ways to teach, learn, express, create and share their work. Shifting to this new...
Dance Student Spotlight Summer AA Graduate Taylor King
Taylor King is one of eight Dance Department graduates earning their AA degree during the 2020-21 academic year. Taylor was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. She moved to Austin in 2012 and has loved ATX ever since. Taylor has been influenced by every...
Major Monthly Meetings are BACK!
September 3. On the first Friday The Dance Department is thrilled to present its second annual season of Major Monthly Meetings (MMMs) starting Friday, September 3. On the first Friday of each month, the Dance Department will continue to bring current students and...
GDAMG Student Feature: 2D Animation I Final Project Supercut
Check out the Spring 2021 ARTV-2401 2D Animation I course final projects. Students in this class learn the software skills necessary to develop storyboards and two-dimensional animation including creating, importing, and sequencing media elements to create multimedia...
GDAMG Student Feature: Game Design Final Milestone Presentations
From modeling rabbits running a pastry kitchen to designing sets within a Nordic vacation home, our Game Design and Game Art students put their skills to the test in their final milestone project for GAME-2371 Design and Creation of Games III. This advanced level...
From the Dean’s Office, July 2021
“Always leave a place better than how you found it”– Robert Baden Powell The Arts & Digital Media Division at Austin Community College launched during the fall semester of 2017, as I joined the team as its first academic dean. For me, it was an incredible...
2D Animation I Final Project Supercut – Spring 2021
These projects are from the Spring 2021 ARTV-2401 2D Animation I course at Austin Community College. These students learn the software skills necessary to develop storyboards and two-dimensional animation including creating, importing, and sequencing media elements to...
GDAMG is Now at the Highland Campus
The Game Development, Animation, and Motion Graphics department (GDAMG) is proud to be housed at the Highland campus as part of ACC’s creative community. This video was created by Colin McNally who graduated from Austin Community College with a degree in Motion...
GDAMG Student Spotlight: Game Development Club President, Amit Hossain
Learn from Amit Hossain, the Game Development club’s president, on how he chose the Game Design program at ACC, why he loves the hands-on learning in his classes, and his revival of the club during the pandemic.