Dr. Oldmixon's Intro to the Arts class visits Austin's Umlauf Sculpture Gardens

Thursday, March 2, Dr. Oldmixon’s Introduction to the Arts class visited the Umlauf Sculpture Garden, one of Austin’s art treasures.  The students watched a film featuring the late UT professor and sculptor, world renowned Charles Umlauf, speaking about his life, training and work.  The video also explained the lost wax method for casting sculptures and other processes involved in the creation of the sculptures. 

 
After the video, the students walked through the indoor gallery with the curator, viewing the current exhibition on Umlauf and his most famous student and model, Farah Fawcett.  That exhibit includes examples of Fawcett’s sculptures beside her teacher’s work and his sculptures featuring her as a model. 


 After visiting the exhibit, the students went on a guided tour of the sculptures in the gardens,
stopping to discuss (and apply the terms for analyzing sculpture that they are learning) specific works.  The sculptures “War Mother,” “The Kiss,” and those of animals particularly intrigued the students.