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Howdywood Film Festival Kicks Off With Screening Of Boots Riley’s Film ‘I Love Boosters’

The festival continues Saturday and Sunday at Rudder Forum with speaker presentations and screenings of student short films.

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Guest Artist Eric Gibson Of Ohio State Works With Music Students For ‘A Little Magic Flute’ Performance

The students will perform it as part of the Crescendo showcase on April 8 at 2 p.m. in the Black Box Theater in the Liberal Arts and Arts & Humanities Building.

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LIVE Lab’s Node And Code Conference Brings Tech Art Industry Partners to Texas A&M

The conference continues tomorrow with speaker presentations in the Liberal Arts and Arts & Humanities Building.

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Students From Hongik University In South Korea Showcase Films In Visualization Program’s Igloo Studio

The students were invited to present their works on March 19 in an event titled “Stories in the Age of AI” by Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Ph.D., associate dean for research and creative works and professor in the Visualization program.

Boots Riley, Animation Experts And Student Films: MSC Aggie Cinema’s Howdywood Film Festival Begins Friday

Among the highlights in the three-day event are a free screening and Q&A with director Boots Riley on Friday; in-person and virtual appearances by former Visualization students Brad Graeber and Clara Chan on Saturday; and a screening of student films on Sunday.

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LASER Talk Series Features Patricia Olynyk Of Washington University At J. Wayne Stark Galleries

Olynyk discussed her research project “The Mutable Archive: A Cure for Immortality,” which features live performances and short films about human stories.

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First Student-Led Devised Theatre Production ‘Echoes Of Justice’ Set To Debut March 26

Set in the 1920s, “Echoes of Justice” follows a fictional theatre troupe as they perform a new work that leads to arrests and public backlash.

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Former Student Clara Chan Receives Visual Effects Society Award For Her Animation Work on ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

Chan will make a virtual appearance at MSC Aggie Cinema’s Howdywood Film Festival on Saturday to discuss her career and her experiences in leading visual effects teams.

MSC Aggie Cinema To Screen ‘I Love Boosters’ With Director Boots Riley At Free Howdywood Film Festival Event On March 20

The free event is in partnership with the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts and the Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts.

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‘THAW’ Collaboration Brings Disciplines Together With Virtual Production Technology

The 12-minute production was created by faculty members in the Music, Dance and Visualization programs.