WELCOME TO VISUAL STUDIES
Announcements
Donna De Cesare
April 28th, 2009
Light Refreshments at 6:30pm
Presentation begins at 7pm
Brown Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
"Esperanza," Los Angeles, 1994
Copyright (c) Donna DeCesare,1994
Award winning photographer, journalist and videographer, Donna De Cesare's (www.donnadecesare.com) groundbreaking reportage about the spread of US gang culture to Central America has won national and international awards including an Alfred Eistendstadt magazine photography award, a Canon photo essay award, Pictures of the Year, a top prize in the NPPA, the Dorothea Lange Prize, the Alicia Patterson Fellowship, the Mother Jones International Photo Fund Award, and an Emmy award (1996) for her video documentary "Killer Virus." A consultant to UNICEF, De Cesare is the recipient of the Soros Independent project fellowship and a Fulbright fellowship.
Visual Studies is co-sponsoring this event with UH partners
Visualistas: Friends of Visual Studies, Tenneco Lecture series, Texas Learning & Computation Center, Center for Immigration Research, Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, Mexican American Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies
And community partners
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, C-47 Magazine, DeSantos Gallery, Fotofest, Houston Center for Photography, Institute for Hispanic Culture
Enrollment for Fall classes begins April 22nd
Information about the new, innovative Visual Studies minor can be found here. See our advisor, Mr. Landis Odoms, to enroll in the minor.
An Introduction to Visual Studies
In our image saturated world, visual literacy is not an extravagance, it is a necessity.
Visual imagery entertains us and sells products. It also shapes the way we remember the past and envision gender, race, and social class.
Cultural literacy requires an appreciation of visual culture: of art, film, and photography.
Visual Studies teaches you how to analyze and decode images, to interpret visual texts, and to use photography and film as investigative tools.
Comprehensive in our interdisciplinary approach to exploring our visual experience, Visual Studies at the University of Houston is unique in its:
- Wealth of local, national, and international connections.
- Partnerships with local arts institutions.
- Breadth of its expertise, which stretches from optometry, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science, to visual ethnography and the humanities and arts.
Visual Studies at the University of Houston is the first truly interdisciplinary program of its kind in the United States...
Join us as we build something special and unique!
