Intro to the Arts students visit Austin's Blanton Museum

On February 17, 2017, Dr. Oldmixon's Introduction to the Arts class visited the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. The students had a docent-led tour of the museum's permanent collection, stopping to visit such highlights as Madame CJ Walker by Sonya Clark, Cruzando El Rio Bravo/River Crossing by Luis Jiménez, and How to Build Cathedrals by Cildo Meireles.

This field trip gave the students an opportunity to experience the beauty and complexity of art and to apply the terminology for analysis and appreciation that they have been exploring in Dr. Oldmixon's course. The next field opportunity for the Introduction to the Arts students will be a visit to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden.

Introduction to the Arts is a survey of a variety of art forms, including pictures, sculpture, architecture, dance, poetry, and theater. Below, you can see several pictures of students involved in the field trip.

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