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Landmarks’ blog, Latest, features timely updates on new installations, public programs, event announcements, volunteer and internship opportunities, and a range of other initiatives. Learning with Landmarks is a dedicated blog series highlighting the unique and innovative ways that students and other scholars use the collection. To view the entire series, click the button below.

Learning With Landmarks

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Landmarks recently welcomed two new interns, Rachel Salcido and Elena Navarre, who joined our Communications and Education departments, respectively. These students will gain real-world experience at Landmarks, amassing skills that will help prepare them for life after college and a career in the arts. Learn more about Elena and Rachel in the Landmarks blog.

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Sound healer Sonic Starchild (Jen Vu) returns to the Skyspace this November for a new wellness series hosted inside James Turrell's The Color Inside. We sat down with Jen to discuss her upcoming sound bath sessions and to learn more about what visitors can expect from the series.

Celebrating "C-010106"

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On Thursday, September 15, Landmarks celebrated its newest commission, C-010106 by artist Sarah Oppenheimer. Sited on a newly constructed pedestrian bridge at the Cockrell School of Engineering, C

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In May, Ursula von Rydingsvard's Untitled (Seven Mountains) was relocated from Bass Concert Hall (where it had been sited for the past 14 years) to Ernest Cockrell Jr. Hall in the Cockrell School of Engineering.

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This summer we've launched three new tours on our app: Reconfiguring and Recontextualizing Materials, Perspectives and Perceptions, and Generating Art Through Science, Technology, and Engineering. Each tour responds to a different theme reflected in Landmarks' collection and offers new ways to consider and engage with artists like Mark di Suvero, Simone Leigh, Ben Rubin, James Turrell, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, and others.

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Breaking a Sweat with Landmarks

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In May, Landmarks partnered with the Fitness Institute of Texas for a movement-infused tour of the collection. Landmarks’ education intern, Abby Drake, reflects on the tour and recounts the innovative ways the collection inspired physical activity and movement.

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"Hacking" the Museum

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This semester, I had the great privilege of working with Mk Haley and her students for the course, Themed Entertainment Design. As part of this Arts and Entertainment Technologies class, Professor

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From May 7 - August 22, the nightly light sequence inside James Turrell's The Color Inside will be unavailable due to the seasonal closure of the William C. Powers Jr. Student Activity Center (WCP). The space will remain accessible during the day when the WCP is open.

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In advance of this year's Sound in Sculpture, Landmarks’ communications intern, Vega Shah, sat down with Composer Josiah Garza to discuss his process for creating a piece for the program.