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A Deep Dive into Ingmar Bergman

On April 21st, the stacked Methods of Film Study/Film Authorship classes hosted an open-to-the-public, big-screen presentation of the 2021 feature film Bergman Island.

Undergraduate Spotlight: Olivia Parker

For Olivia, it was important to not be limited to one area of theater but to be exposed to everything that connects and gives meaning to it.

Staff Spotlight: John Abi-Najm

In December, the Department of Performance Studies hired a new Executive Assistant, John Abi-Najm.

Undergraduate Spotlight: Joshua Carley

Joshua Carley, graduating this year, is a Performance Studies major and a Museum Studies minor who also holds an undergraduate Diversity Certificate. In an interview, Joshua spoke about the Department of Performance Studies, what it means to him, the value of his years here, and what lies ahead for him past graduation. Carley stated “Performance Studies has meant that I…

Game industry experts bring career advice to students

The Game Dev. Industry Panel brought three experts to campus Oct. 24 to speak with students in the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts. Manuel Delgado, chief marketing officer of Six Foot Games; Sean Tracy, senior tech and tools director at Cloud Imperium Games; and Jamey Moulton, senior VFX artist at ILMxLAB shared their insights with students at Langford…

Powerhouse CEO Brad Graeber talks pitching animated shows with visualization students

The art of storytelling and character-building and how they connect to successful pitching was the focus of an Oct. 28 discussion by Brad Graeber with visualization undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts. Graeber, who earned an English degree at Texas A&M before joining the visualization program in 1998, is CEO of…

Visualization students to present work at Houdini conference in Austin

Visualization students in the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts will present their work in Houdini software at the Houdini Education HIVE Gamedev conference at dadaLab in Austin on Nov. 10. The conference is presented by SideFX, creator of Houdini. Julia Boisvert, Skylar Thomas, Alyssa Curran, Izzy Rollo, Sarah Razook, Emma Krilowitz, Ryan Applebee…

Trombone Choir presents fall concert Nov. 15

The Texas A&M University Trombone Choir will perform its annual fall concert Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 1001 Woodcreek Drive in College Station. David Wilborn, associate professor of music in Texas A&M’s School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, said it will be the choir’s first indoor concert since COVID restrictions…

Engineering, visualization students collaborate on extended reality flight simulator

Students at Texas A&M University built an extended reality (XR) flight simulator that could potentially be used by the Texas Air National Guard as a cost-effective training tool for pilots. The simulator has been designed to work in conjunction with a mixed-reality deep-immersion headset developed by Passenger Inc., a company out of Austin, Texas. After seeing the …

Dance, performance studies students to take part in Lights On! in Downtown Bryan

Students from Texas A&M’s School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts will participate in the Lights On! event Nov. 18 in Downtown Bryan, in what will be the school’s first community performance since it began at the start of the fall semester. Dance science and performance studies students will perform…