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Professor Ping Xu mentions, it is my pleasure to share with you and our department colleagues our VCD student's academic achievement in the recent UDA Annual Idea Design Competition in Seoul. To participate in the int'l design competition, about seven UTRGV students submitted their course projects from different classes. The winners were announced on November 28. Three UTRGV students won awards and they are:
Kyara Valdez won a gold award
Yamilex Cantu won a bronze award
Lily Sanchez won a bronze award
You can find more information by clicking on the links below:
https://pxstudio.us/blog/?p=60513
http://uniteddesigns.org/idea-design-2022-awards/
http://uniteddesigns.org/jurors-2022/
Please join me in congratulating Rigoberto Gonzalez for having one of his paintings as a finalist in The Smithsonian Portrait Competition. A picture of the painting was featured in an article in the New York Times Sunday edition (click here)
In the 2021-2022 academic year, School of Art & Design’s Graphic Design professor Ping Xu submitted multiple design works to several international design competitions in Europe, Asia, and the United States. He received three honorable mentions of International Design Awards (IDA) in Los Angeles on January 6, 2022, five Silver and Bronze Indigo Awards in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 26, 2022, and two Bronze United Designs Alliance Awards (UDA Awards) in Seoul on May 1, 2022.
Ping Xu participated in the IDA 2021 competition and submitted four logos into the logo category of the contest. The 15 th IDA Awards global design competition received numerous entries from many award-winning design firms and prestigious institutions worldwide. The participating institutions include University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, The University of Texas, George Washington University, Yale University, New York University, Purdue University, Syracuse University, Texas A&M University, Academy of Art University, Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, School of Visual Arts, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Institute, Fashion Institute of Technology, Maryland Institute College of Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, ArtCenter College of Design, California College of the Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center, Istituto Marangoni Milano Design School, University of Toronto, University of Arts London, University for the Creative Arts UK, Glasgow School of Art, UMRA Institute of Design Sweden, RMIT University Melbourne, Swinburne University Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Auckland New Zealand, Sapienza University of Roma, Universita Stuttgart Germany, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Arctic University of Norway, Waseda University Tokyo, Korea University, National Taiwan Normal University, National Taiwan University of Arts at Taipei, China University of Technology Taiwan, University of Hong Kong, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University, Sun Yat-Sen University, China Academy of Arts, Musashino Art University Japan, Lasalle College of the Arts Singapore, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Temasek Design School Singapore, HSE Art & Design School Russia, University of Tomas Bata in Zlin Pregue, National Institute of Design India, and Universidad De Monterrey. On January 6, 2022, he won three honorable mentions in Los Angeles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKEnv7Sw_Q&t=2s
https://www.idesignawards.com/jury/
https://www.idesignawards.com/winners/zoom.php?eid=9-40894-21
https://www.idesignawards.com/winners/zoom.php?eid=9-40886-21
https://www.idesignawards.com/winners/zoom.php?eid=9-40890-21
Ping Xu participated in the Indigo Awards (2022) International Design Competition and submitted three logos and one poster to the global freelancer contest. It was the 5th Indigo Design Competition since 2018. With an international judging panel of 57 leading creatives. Indigo Awards promotes creativity from around the world, highlighting unique projects in graphic design, digital, mobile, branding, and design for social change. Submissions are evaluated for quality, originality, function, and relevance to each topic. On April 26, 2022, he won one Silver Award in the category of digital design and two Bronze Awards in the categories of poster and illustration in Istanbul, Turkey.
https://www.indigoaward.com/pages/jury
https://www.indigoawards.com/winners/4903
https://www.indigoawards.com/winners/4904
https://www.indigoawards.com/winners/4905
https://www.indigoawards.com/winners/4316
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Ping Xu participated in the United Designs Alliance’s SSL-2022 Awards International Logo Design Competition and submitted several logos to the competition. Signs communicate ideas through visual elements. Systems integrate many ideas into one family. Letterform Marks combine types to present a specific concept. A graphic designer manipulates and perfects the visual form to ensure a clear understanding. These signs, systems, and letterform mark visually convey our behaviors, beliefs, and institutions. On May 1st, 2022, he won one Bronze Award professional in Seoul, South Korea.
http://uniteddesigns.org/ssl-2022-awards/
http://uniteddesigns.org/jurors-2022/
Congratulations professor Constance Cortez for the NEH Grant Award.
Grant: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) -- Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation grant
Recipient: National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC)
Amount: $350,000
Dr. Constance Cortez (UTRGV), Dr. Karen Mary Davalos (UMN), and Dr. Tey Mariana Nunn (NHCC; now at Smithsonian Inst.) have been awarded an NEH-HCRR implementation Grant. The grant will allow the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque NM, in partnership with the University of Minnesota and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to collaborate on digitizing, describing, and making accessible a large concentration of Mexican American art and related documents. Building on Cortez’ and Davalos’ successful NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Foundations grant “Rhizomes of Mexican American Art Since 1848: An Online Portal” (awarded 2019), this three-year Implementation grant will digitize approximately 3,400 works of art and 16 linear feet of related documentation from the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Art Museum. The materials will be published on the museum’s website and ingested into the open-source aggregating portal, Mexican American Art since 1848.
Congratulations Romeo Dì Loreto on his upcoming Artist Talks. Dì Loreto presented via zoom at Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy (SRISA) and will present in Peru and in Seattle, Washington. Romeo Dì Loreto will also have a solo Exhibition in a gallery in Arezzo Italy this summer. Again, congratulations!
On behalf of Rigoberto A Gonzalez, Lecturer II at the School of Art and Design.
Congratulations students Karla Cruz and Enrique Palacios who were accepted into a highly competitive summer undergraduate program at the New York Academy of Art. They both received a scholarship due to their exceptional work.
"I am very proud of these two students and everyone who has worked with them should be aware and share in their accomplishment".
Much thanks!
Rigoberto A Gonzalez
Karla Cruz (left) Enrique Palacios Alvarez (right) were both acceppted to the July Session of the Summer Residency Program at the New York Academy of Art.
New perspective: from Italy to the RGV
New Assistant Professor Romeo Di Loreto teaches Elizabeth Villarreal, a graphic design sophomore, how to change the settings on her camera during class last Thursday in the Music, Science, and Learning Center on the Brownsville campus. Citlalli Torres/The Rider.
Rigoberto was recently interviewed for and appeared in Telemundo Noticias regarding his art work and how it deals with the theme of immigration. Congratulations on your interview, Rigoberto!
https://www.telemundo40.com/noticias/noticias-destacados/muestran-problematica-de-inmigracion-a-traves-del-arte/2161623/
Sharing another write up for the South of the Checkpoint / North of the River exhibition at Presa House Gallery in San Antonio, this time in Hyperallergic, an internationally recognized online art journal!
-Gina Palacios
https://hyperallergic.com/698599/an-intimate-look-at-the-landscape-of-the-south-texas-borderlands/
An Intimate Look at the Landscape of the South Texas Borderlands
South of the Checkpoint / North of the River at Presa House Gallery offers an intimate, pensive view of the Texan portion of the United States-Mexico borderlands. Though the area has been at the ...
hyperallergic.com
I'm proud to share the just released article in Texas Monthly about the 3-person exhibition that Rigoberto Gonzalez, Donald Jerry Lyles, and I are currently in called, " South of the Checkpoint/North of the River" at Presa House Gallery in San Antonio. -Gina Palacios
You've Never Seen the Rio Grande Valley This Way – Texas Monthly
The Rio Grande Valley is not one of the easier places in America to build a career as a contemporary artist. The strip of predominantly blue-collar border towns and cities from the Gulf Coast and... www.texasmonthly.com