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The University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts (COFA) is one of 18 colleges and schools within the University of Texas at Austin, and consists of five departmental units including the Department of Art and Art History, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, Department of Theatre and Dance, Center for Arts and Entertainment Technologies (CAET), and Texas Performing Arts.

Location
The College of Fine Arts is located in the E. Williams Doty Fine Arts Building, which is located on the northeast corner of Trinity and 23rd streets on The University of Texas at Austin campus.

Mission
The College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin prepares students for the creation, practice, study, criticism and teaching of the arts, in a context that emphasizes cultural diversity, community engagement and technological innovation.

The College is a leading institution in advancing the arts through research and the creation of new work, preserving the past while striving to define the future of artistic traditions. It is committed to exploring the interrelationships among the arts and among the arts and other disciplines. Through presenting performances and exhibitions, the College seeks to deepen understanding of the arts, to expand audiences, and to enrich the quality of life, at the University, community, state, nation and world.

Departmental Units and Programs

 * Department of Art and Art History
 * Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music
 * Department of Theatre and Dance
 * Center for Arts and Entertainment Technologies (CAET)
 * Texas Performing Arts
 * Landmarks Public Art Program

Department of Art and Art History
The Department of Art and Art History, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), hosts a distinguished faculty of 89 artists, designers, educators and historians. The facilities, activities and programs support a variety of guest artists, guest lecturers and alumni. The department consists of four degree plans: Art History, Design, Studio Art, and Visual Art Studies + Art Education.

The Creative Research Laboratory, located in East Austin, is a site for contemporary art and design, providing a year-round schedule of exhibitions and community programming by students and faculty in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Mesoamerica Center at UT-Austin, the host of the annual Maya meetings, aims to facilitate knowledge and learning about the indigenous cultures and peoples of what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador. Its primary focus is on the arts, languages and archaeology of Mesoamerican civilizations.

The UT Visual Arts Center (VAC) is currently undergoing extensive renovations in order to fully integrate and highlight internationally acclaimed student and faculty research.

Butler School of Music
The School of Music is a most exciting place where talented students work and study with an outstanding faculty of performing musicians, scholars, pedagogues, composers and a campus full of creative minds.

Department of Theatre and Dance
The Department of Theatre and Dance exists as a diverse educational community of artists and scholars who are committed to excellence in teaching, research, creative practice and service.

Performing Arts Center
The Performing Arts Center is committed to being a teaching facility as well as a performing arts venue that not only educates but entertains.

Current faculty members

 * Troy Brauntuch

Notable former faculty members

 * Michael Ray Charles

Alumni

 * Natalia Anciso, Contemporary artist and educator