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The ACC Community Art Exhibition is OPEN!Head over to the Art Lab located in building 4000 to check out some amazing art...
10/13/2026

The ACC Community Art Exhibition is OPEN!

Head over to the Art Lab located in building 4000 to check out some amazing art by ACC students, staff, and faculty!

Exhibition reception will be held on November 18 from 4-6pm. See sure to sign up for our mailing list (link in bio) to be notified of upcoming TAG events, exhibitions, and open calls.

10/06/2026

Did you know that looking at art can reduce stress? Stop by Gallery 2000 for a reset between classes.

Lessons Learned by Darla Barolini will be on view till December 3. For more information on the exhibition, pick up an exhibition brochure located at the gallery desks or visit our website (link in bio).

The Art Galleries are free & open to the public. We are open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:00am – 5:00pm.

See you soon!

Happy World Teacher’s Day! We appreciate all of the teachers out there making ACC, Austin, and the world a better place....
10/05/2026

Happy World Teacher’s Day!

We appreciate all of the teachers out there making ACC, Austin, and the world a better place.

Pictured here is Teachers Perspective, a painting from the American Classroom Series by Darla Barolini. Artworks in this series address the state of contemporary education and student bodies from the perspective of educators. Through her unique lens, she explores how themes of connection and community often overlap with tension, distraction, and vulnerability in the classroom.

Darla Barolini’s () Lessons Learned will be on display from September 1st to December 3rd in our Gallery 4000 on the Highland Campus (HLC 2.2450).

09/23/2026

New postcard drop ‼️ Be sure to stop by Gallery 2000 to pick your’s up and learn more about upcoming events! Keep reading for more info ⤵️

October 21 - Art + Rebellion: Discussions with ACC Peace & Conflict Studies

The Art Galleries (TAG) and the ACC Center for Peace & Conflict Studies will host a Restorative Listening Circle with the aim of creating a space where visitors can gather together to explore how peaceful rebellious actions in the classroom can empower individuals and groups to create their own identity.

October 28 - Art + Expression: A Discussion with Art History and Creative Writing students

During this in-gallery program, participants will hear from ACC Art History students as they facilitate a discussion around one of the exhibition artworks. We will also hear from Creative Writing students, as they share works written in response to the current exhibition.

Events are free & open to the public. No RSVP required.

The Latin American Cultural Center (El Centro) is bringing The Art Galleries (TAG) to Riverside for a zine making worksh...
09/18/2026

The Latin American Cultural Center (El Centro) is bringing The Art Galleries (TAG) to Riverside for a zine making workshop. Don't miss your chance to learn how to make a mini-zine and get creative while sharing your story! RSVP now on our website.

Date: Thursday September 24
Time: 1 - 3pm
Location: Riverside Campus - 1020 Grove Blvd Austin, TX 78741

Open to everyone! All materials provided.

📣 OPENING NEXT WEEK 📣 Join us for the artist talk and reception for “Lessons Learned: Selections from the American Class...
08/28/2026

📣 OPENING NEXT WEEK 📣 Join us for the artist talk and reception for “Lessons Learned: Selections from the American Classroom Series by Darla Barolini” on September 5. RSVP on our website for an afternoon of discussion, refreshments, and art!

More information about this ✨interactive✨ exhibition is below:

Lessons Learned explores the American classroom through the perspective of Houston-based artist and educator, Darla Barolini. Drawing from her experiences as an art teacher, both at the high school and college levels, Barolini offers a unique and personal lens into the American education system that navigates moments of tension, vulnerability, and connection presented within the classroom environment.

The scenes depicted in the American Classroom series are not direct recreations of a specific classroom but rather reimagined settings based on the artist’s memories, observations, and collected visual references. By using a monumental and painterly style, Barolini captures the atmosphere of “the classroom” to immerse the viewer into the emotional complexities and dynamics found in spaces of learning.
 
✍🏻 Extending beyond the painting narratives, the exhibition includes an interactive classroom installation, where visitors are encouraged to leave their mark on school-style desks.

Lessons Learned invites students, educators, and community members to reflect on connection, acceptance, and understanding through our shared experiences. While the works center on adolescence and the educational environment, they ultimately speak to the human condition.

Image information: Gallery photography of Lessons Learned: Selections from the American Classroom Series by Darla Barolini (September 1 - December 3, 2026) on ACC Highland Campus, Gallery 2000. Photo by TAG Staff.

🗣 Calling all ACC artists! We have an ACC Community Art Exhibition on the horizon 🌅 More info below ⤵❓Who is eligible? A...
07/31/2026

🗣 Calling all ACC artists! We have an ACC Community Art Exhibition on the horizon 🌅 More info below ⤵

❓Who is eligible?

ALL ACC students, faculty, and staff members are welcome to to submit up to two artworks for consideration to be displayed in the Highland Campus ArtLAB space.

❓Where is ArtLAB?

ArtLAB is located on ACC’s Highland Campus. It is the corridor outside the Painting Room (4.1410.2) downstairs in Building 4000, across from the Fashion Incubator. ArtLAB is a space for ACC students, staff, and faculty to install site-specific works, and for our Studio Art faculty to conduct class critiques.

❓When is the exhibition?

October 6 - November 24. More information will be shared once artworks are selected.

Do you have more questions? Visit our website or the link in our bio to learn more and submit your art!

🗣 Last week to catch the 50th Annual ACC Student Art Exhibition! This year’s Annual Student Art Exhibition features stud...
06/23/2026

🗣 Last week to catch the 50th Annual ACC Student Art Exhibition!

This year’s Annual Student Art Exhibition features student artworks from studio art, jewelry, and welding technology classes at ACC. Faculty selected a handful of artworks created in their courses from the current academic year. The 50th Annual Student Art Exhibition will be on view from April 28 through June 25, 2026 in Gallery 2000 at ACC Highland Campus.

If you're an annual visitor to our student exhibitions, you might notice three new projects on display this year! 🐇 🐩 🐙T...
06/16/2026

If you're an annual visitor to our student exhibitions, you might notice three new projects on display this year! 🐇 🐩 🐙

The 3D printed sculptures included in the exhibition were created as a part of a stop motion animation project in Design II taught by Yousif Del Valle, which focuses on 3D Design. The figures were sculpted in oil based clay using modeling tools, calipers and real life sources of the objects.

As an option, students could use their sculpted figures as a model for an extra credit assignment that would allow them to have a digital model of their physical sculpture along with the potential of a 3D printed replica through a process known as photogrammetry. In order for the digitization to happen, the students had to take 300 pictures of their sculptures from all angles according to specific lighting and positioning instructions. Once submitted, their instructor uploaded the files to the software and printed the objects.

Though optional, the assignment is meant to expose students to the relationship of the sculptural process from physical to digital; and the potential this can bring for replication, scale manipulation and editing potential of digital models. Visit us in Gallery 2000 to see examples of the digitization process for these new projects!

Artwork images:

Aneel Nazareth, Hare, 2025, PLA filament, 9 x 5 x 10 in.

Miguel Hernandez, Schopenhauer Did It, 2025, PLA filament, 10 x 4 x 6 in.

Madison J. Kite, Abyssal Devotion, 2025, PLA filament, 4 x 9 x 9 in.

🏆 🎉 Join us in congratulating the 50th Annual ACC Student Art Exhibition award and scholarship winners! View all the art...
06/01/2026

🏆 🎉 Join us in congratulating the 50th Annual ACC Student Art Exhibition award and scholarship winners! View all the artworks on our website ⤵

Chancellor's Awards:
Sheryl Artmann, Speak to Me in Silence
Naomi Clark, A Frame of Nostalgia
Annika Dove, Megalophobia
Rob Hoffman, All Things Go
Madison J. Kite, Abyssal Devotion
Kayla M., All in Red
Mary Macapagal, Calla Lily Arm Cuff
Caleb McIntosh, A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
Julia Nguyen, Plaything
Victoria Orona, The Winds of Whimsy
Rowan Portie, Lost / Found
Sheridan Rogers, Girls Hissing
Susan Sorahan, Opal Lady
Tatjana Yasmin, A Trip to the Groomers

Austin Art League I Scholarships
Tim Belding, Owl Watching
Mary Macapagal, Calla Lily Arm Cuff
Dominique Peña, Audrey III
Charlie Saathoff, Life Is a Game

Cindy Aldy Smith Most Creative Talent Award
Rachel Trembley, The Cost of Being Useful

Student Choice Award
Caleb McIntosh, A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man

Judge's Awards

Ceramics
Rachel Trembley, The Cost of Being Useful

Digital Media
Kayla M, All in Red

Drawing
Rob Hoffman, Sfumato Composition

Jewelry
Dub Zines, West Texas Thunder and Sand

Metal Design
Wolf Thomas, Kraken Handrail

Painting
Sheryl Artmann, Speak to Me in Silence

Printmaking
Caleb McIntosh, A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man

Sculpture
Dominique Peña, Audrey III

Best in Show
Cristina Bordin, Cloud Factory, Pink Cloud, Orange Cloud

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Austin, TX
78752

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Wednesday 10am - 4pm

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