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Group photo of students that won awards during the School of Art's awards ceremony.
Group photo of students that won awards during the School of Art's awards ceremony.

Undergraduate and MFA students are earning recognition and gaining practical experience on campus and off.

Emma Brown holds a film clapperboard during her internship.

Cinema studies student Emma Brown was selected for a competitive paid internship with Omaha Productions, Peyton Manning’s company, in Los Angeles.

Artwork sculpture titled "Global Warming" that depicts a sculpted volcano-like structure.

Second year ceramics MFA student Lindsay Skvarek’s work Global Warming: Meltdown was featured in the 2026 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Exhibition in Detroit.

Scultped artwok of two faces facing each other. The artwork is titled, "If My Body Was A Gift It Became a Sacrifice."

First year sculpture MFA student Kayla Smith was awarded a 2026 Dianne Komminsk Scholarship from the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA). Smith’s work will be on view at the 2026 MSA Confab in Conway, Arkansas, from October 2–3.

The Power T, orange flag, flies against a blue, cloudy sky.

Ceramics student Emma Toledo was awarded second place for her creative capstone project in the third annual UT Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium (ASUReS).

The Torchbearer statue holds a flame in front of orange flowers.

First-year sculpture MFA student Noushin Mousavi was one of several artists selected for an installation in Uptown Atlanta as part of the Hambidge Center’s Annual Hambidge Hive Auction.

Wesley Reagan stands with Desirea Burke in front of the Film Fest Knox sign.

Cinema studies students Wesley Reagan and Desirea Burke screened their film Take and Drink at Film Fest Knox (with cinematography by alumnus Daniel G. Johnson) and participated in a Q&A about the film.

A chair and painting utensils lay stationary on a dock that overlooks a beautiful body of water and mountains.

Second-year painting and drawing MFA student Julia Walters was awarded a 2025 Fellowship to the Chulitna Lodge Creative Residency in Lake Clark, Alaska.