Hello ACU A&D,

It’s crazy to believe that it’s already March! As we head toward Spring Break, here are a few opportunities this week:

Design Opportunity: Abilene Gives

Big Country CASA is in need of graphics for a yearly giving campaign- Abilene Gives. On May 3, 2022, Abilene Gives will launch a 24-hour period of giving to select nonprofits. We would like to promote this day of giving on all social media platforms and via postcards, highlighting Big Country CASA and the work that we do. This could look like a save the date, scan/text to give, and any other graphics! Learn more about Abilene Gives here, and more information about Big Country CASA can be found here.

If you have any questions or are interested in helping, contact Lauren Anderson at laurenanderson@bigcountrycasa.org.

Artovation 2022: TASA Call for Student Art

The Texas Association of Schools of Art is currently accepting submissions for their online annual spring student competition. Any student (2-year, 4-year, or grad student) is welcome to submit one or two virtual art pieces completed in 2021-22 by April 1, 2022. There’s no entry fee, and they do have cash prizes! Learn more and submit your art here.

A&D Study Abroad Spring Meetings

Interest Meetings:

• Semester Experiences: Tuesday, March 8 at 11 am (A&D Office Conference Room)

• Summer 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 22 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• Spring Break 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 29 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• Scholarships: Tuesday, April 12 at 11 am (Art History Room)

Happy “Twosday”! It’s hard to believe that we’re in week 7 and February is almost over! Here are a few notable things happening this week:

Chapel This Thursday

A&D chapel is happening this upcoming Thursday, February 24th, in DM 141 and will feature Richard Beck. Add it to your calendar!

Artovation 2022: TASA Call for Student Art

The Texas Association of Schools of Art is currently accepting submissions for their online annual spring student competition. Any student (2-year, 4-year, or grad student) is welcome to submit one or two virtual art pieces completed in 2021-22 by April 1, 2022. There’s no entry fee, and they do have cash prizes! Learn more and submit your art here.

A&D Study Abroad Spring Meetings!!

Interest Meetings:

• Semester Experiences: Tuesday, March 8 at 11 am (A&D Office Conference Room)

• Summer 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 22 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• Spring Break 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 29 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• About Scholarships: Tuesday, April 12 at 11 am (Art History Room)

Welcome to week 6! Hopefully, all of your classes are going well and you’re all settling into your schedules. Just one more month until spring break! Here are a few important events to consider this week:

Artovation 2022: TASA Call for Student Art

The Texas Association of Schools of Art is currently accepting submissions for their online annual spring student competition. Any student (2-year, 4-year, or grad student) is welcome to submit one or two virtual art pieces completed in 2021-22 by April 1, 2022. There’s no entry fee, and they do have cash prizes! Learn more and submit your art here.

Bible Study

Art & Design Bible Study continues this Sunday 2/20 at 7:00 p.m. at the McGregors’ house. Watch for an email with more details later this week!

Instagram Competition

Please help support our Instagram Competition! This is a great way to connect with our alumni and show them what we are up to. The current judge is Claire Victoria, an art director at the Hawkeye Agency in Dallas who has worked with many well-known brands.

Congratulations to Kortland Judd for winning last week’s competition and to Daniel Mejia as the runner-up!

Chapel Next Week

Our next A&D chapel will be next Thursday, February 24th in room 143 and will feature Richard Beck. Add it to your calendar!

A&D Study Abroad Spring Meetings

Interest Meetings:

• Semester Experiences: Tuesday, March 8 at 11 am (A&D Office Conference Room)

• Summer 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 22 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• Spring Break 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 29 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• About Scholarships: Tuesday, April 12 at 11 am (Art History Room)

New To Our Office

Let me introduce you to Courtney Cook! Courtney will be working in the A&D office about 15 hours a week as we look for our next Administrative Coordinator. Courtney is finishing her graduate degree in English and has an undergraduate degree in graphic design. Please stop by and introduce yourself. Here are her weekly hours:

• Monday: 11 to Noon :: 1 to 5

• Tuesday: 11 to Noon

• Wednesday:  11 to Noon :: 1 to 5

• Tuesday: 11 to Noon

• Friday: 1 to 4

Summer 2022 Study Abroad Meeting: Tuesday at 4:30

If you are traveling this summer with the A&D department make sure you are at the zoom meeting on Tuesday at 4:30. You should have received an email with details. Let me know if you didn’t.

Senior Show This Friday: Vulnerable

Don’t miss this week’s senior show opening on Friday at 5:30 in the Shore Gallery! Come see the beautiful work of William Heyen, Ashley Lang, Sonia Seguin, and Emma Stringer.

A&D Spring Chapel Series: Value

Join us this semester for our chapel series exploring the theme “Value.”  In art, value refers to the relative lightness or darkness of something within an image.  But, of course, value has many other meanings (e.g. something’s worth, a person’s principles, a numerical amount, etc.).  Come hear speaker’s from across campus explore one or more of these meanings in their talk, reflecting on what this term means to them personally, how it relates to their discipline, or what strikes them as interesting about it in relation to the gospel.

Competition Winner: Bekah Conder!

Bekah Conder, senior art major with a concentration in painting, received word that one of her paintings will appear in the Rising Eyes of Texas Exhibition. This competition invites entries from graduate and undergraduate level art students studying at universities across Texas. She is among the 34 artists from 15 universities that had a work chosen.

Fall 2022 Study Abroad in Leipzig, Germany with Nil Santana

Leipzig is a bustling city that found itself at the epicenter of The Peaceful Revolution. In Leipzig you will experience German culture, while living in the ACU’s beautifully renovated 19th-century villa.

Nil has led a couple of Art & Design summer programs as well as a semester-long program to Montevideo, Uruguay. A world traveler, Nil enjoys learning about people and their customs, and embraces diverse culinary experiences as cultural expressions. Nil, and his wife Tecia, are excited to take you to Germany.

Instagram Competition

Please help support our Instagram Competition! This is a great way to connect with our alumni and show them what we are up to. The current judge is Chris Jimenez, a fantastic designer and photographer.

A&D Study Abroad Spring Meetings!!

Interest Meetings:

• Semester Experiences: Tuesday, March 8 at 11 am (A&D Office Conference Room)

• Summer 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 22 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• Spring Break 2023 Experience: Tuesday, March 29 at 11 am (Art History Room)

• About Scholarships: Tuesday, April 12 at 11 am (Art History Room)

Study Abroad Scholarships:

• Scholarship Deadline: October 1st. You can complete applications any time.

• Click this link for more information on how to apply. 

Please complete the appropriate Study Abroad interest forms if you haven’t already:

• I am interested in Summer Study Abroad Programs

• I am interested in Spring Break Study Abroad Program

• I am interested in Semester Study Abroad Programs

• I am interested in A&D Study Abroad Scholarship

Apply today! Visit ACU Study Abroad page for more information.