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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 welcomes new summer interns. Learn about how they are helping to expand their skillsets and extend the work of our Landmarks' programs to the broader community.

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Students in the LEAP (Center for Law, Engagement, and Politics) program at Sam Houston State University attended last week's virtual discussion on Monochrome for Austin with artist Nancy Rubins and structural engineer Jaime Garza. Check out the blog to read about the event recap.

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Landmarks Participates in Girl Day 2020

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Girl Day 2020: Making monumental sculptures out of everyday office supplies By Marissa Dunagan Girl Day at UT Austin is an annual event hosted each February by the Cockrell School of Engineering as

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This fall, Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin, and the university’s Visual Arts Center (VAC) will co-present an exhibition of four video works by Kara Walker. Organized by Kanitra Fletcher, Landmarks Video Curator, The Fact of Fiction extends the Landmarks Video program into the VAC’s Fieldworks gallery—an adaptive exhibition space where students and faculty strengthen connections to external audiences through collaborative workshops, exhibitions, pop-up studios, and other programming. On view from September 25 – October 23, the presentation will feature one work by Walker each week and will be supplemented with online resources and virtual public programs.

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What goes into crafting the perfect Listening with Landmarks playlist? Landmarks interviewed the latest playlist contributor, Emilio Alvarez, to discuss the inspiration behind his careful selection of songs inspired by Beth Campbell's Spontaneous future(s), Possible past. To listen to Alvarez's playlist, check out our Spotify profile.

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Learning with Landmarks: A Lesson on Perspectives

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Myfawny Shepherd was the 2019 Education Intern. She is a senior studying Studio Art in the College of Fine Arts. Read about her experience designing a guided tour for visitors based on opposing perspectives that can be found in several works from the Landmarks Collection.

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In accordance with The University of Texas’ decision to extend spring break an additional week, through March 30 th, Landmarks will suspend all public programs until further notice. This includes