Visualization

Chillennium, known as the world’s largest student-run collegiate game jam, returns Feb. 7-9 at the Hildebrand Equine Center on the Texas A&M University campus. Students from across the country will compete to create a fully functioning and playable video game based on a single prompt in just 48 hours.

The inaugural class in virtual production in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts featured a classic fairy tale re-created in an immersive world. Virtual production incorporates large LED walls that display computer-generated virtual environments. These digital environments are created using real-time game engines. The Virtual Production Institute, funded as a special item by the 88th Texas Legislature, was created in 2024 as part of the college, and a Virtual Production minor began in the fall semester.

Graduating students in the Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts were honored at a Dec. 11 recognition event at Geren Auditorium prior to their graduation ceremonies that followed on Dec. 12 and 13 at Reed Arena.

Artists Dorothy Chan and Lucy Yao — known as Chromic Duo — presented an evening of augmented reality, soundscapes and storytelling in a fall event titled “Ocean of Memories.” In the Swaim Amphitheater in Aggie Park, guests experienced an augmented reality soundwalk that explored the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal titled “Life Below Water.”

The wide array of creativity by students in the Visualization program took center stage in the Viz Fall Show on Dec. 3. Artwork lined the walls of the Langford Architecture Center, buildings B and C, and a screening in Geren Auditorium was packed to see student projects in animation, game design and interactive design. Faculty members selected the works crafted by undergraduate and graduate students throughout the summer and fall semesters.

Graphic design students in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts learned to set type by hand during a fall workshop in the Historical Pressroom in the Sterling C. Evans Library Annex.

An exhibition that explores architectural brutalism and the work of artist Leonid Furmansky continues through Jan. 16 at Wright Gallery in the Langford Architecture Center, Building A.

The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts recently recognized 14 faculty and staff members for their contributions in teaching, service, innovation, teamwork and leadership.

Maleah Miller inherited a love of art through drawing, photography, sewing and crafting from her mother and grandmothers. That childhood interest is still in motion. The Ohio native studied studio art and English at Kenyon College. After graduation, she decided to pursue her master’s degree in Visualization at Texas A&M to study 3D modeling and animation software.

Aayushi Rahul Gandhi came to Texas A&M University to follow her passion for blending creativity with technology. The Kolhapur, India, native received her undergraduate degree in computer engineering from the Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology. She admired the Visualization program’s interdisciplinary approach, and chose to pursue her master’s degree here.