Artistic Achievements On Display: Viz Fall Show To Feature ‘The Best Of The Best’
The annual Viz Fall Show will showcase all sorts of creative and interactive works by students in the Visualization program on Dec. 5 at the Langford Architecture Center Buildings B and C.
Jill Honeycutt, instructional associate professor and associate program director in the Visualization program, said the show is a time to highlight projects and pieces done throughout the semester. Faculty members selected work created by undergraduate and graduate students to be featured in the show.
“It includes everything from traditional fine art works to a digital screening component and more,” she said. “Any Viz faculty may submit their students’ work, and it is the best of the best. It is an exciting array of everything from freshman works to senior capstones — animations to graphic design. Overall, it is an interesting mix of creativity.”
As the fall is winding down, the event is also “kind of like a celebration, and a nice bow on the end of a successful semester,” Honeycutt said.
The goal is to attract people from all over campus to stop by and see the products of Visualization in the arts, Honeycutt said.
“As faculty, we see the great things happening here every day, but not everyone gets that opportunity,” she said. “The hope is that we can show off the things we have been doing for so many years in Viz. Whether it is parents, faculty or students, we hope they get interested and excited about the work being done. It does not matter the medium, this is about creating and making something that didn’t exist before.”
Guests will see projects including printed work like brochures and photographs, drawings, paintings and sculptures, she said. Animations, game design and motion graphics will be featured alongside interactive works crafted through augmented and virtual reality.
A research symposium will be held by undergraduate and graduate students. They will be judged by a panel of emeritus professors. One student in graduate and undergraduate research will receive a scholarship.
Honeycutt said everyone is invited to the event, but especially encourages parents of students who may be eager to see their work. The showcase is a “good peek” inside what Visualization is, she said, and how it relates to the arts.
“Art is the future,” she said, “and Viz is a good example of trying to think forward about what is coming, while also still embracing foundations of the past.”
Viz Fall Show Schedule
3-5 p.m.: Student Research Symposium in Langford C 414
3-7 p.m.: Interactive XR/Igloo Demo Day in VIRL (Langford C 206A and B) and Igloo Studio (Langford C 400A)
5 p.m.: Exhibit + Pizza, Langford B and C
6 p.m.: Screening at Geren Auditorium, Langford B
Top photo: Art fills the halls and rooms in Langford B and C during the Viz Fall Show. Photo by Megan Hecklinger
