News Archive: 2023

Student dancers and musicians perform at the Winspear Opera House for the Meadows 30th annual benefit concert.

Creative computing and creative technology are related but different disciplines. Creative computing centers on the use of computer science to create digital art and expression, while creative technology centers on leveraging technology to enhance and augment traditional forms of creative expression or to create new forms of physical art.

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have emerged in recent years as a way of owning an original digital image, including photos, videos, audio files and other digital formats. It’s especially popular in the digital art world but has expanded into other collectibles such as trading cards, comic books, games and more.

Students in Meadows’ Division of Advertising took home 26 of the 30 awards given at the AAF’s Dallas ADDY Awards last week.

Hope Endrenyi (B.F.A. ’16) returns to Meadows as an adjunct professor to teach musical theatre class.

SMU and Bisk have expanded their partnership to create and launch an online Master of Arts (M.A.) degree program in Creative Technology.

Professor Gordon Law has been inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Southwest Advertising Hall of Fame.

Meadows journalism student Kirk Ogunrinde has been selected for The Institute For Responsible Citizenship’s prestigious Washington Program.

SMU has named Amanda W. Dotseth Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum. Dotseth, who will be the first female director of the Meadows Museum, served as the director ad interim and curator of the Museum since the passing of its previous director, Mark A. Roglán, in 2021.

Professor Greenberg was recently interviewed on the "Waiting to Be Signed" podcast to discuss his new AI art platform, Emergent Properties.

Rob Chilton (B.M. ’06) was recently recognized in Yamaha’s 2023 “40 Under 40” for Excellence in Music Education.

Two SMU journalism students have been awarded summer internships with Forbes Magazine through a new alliance that focuses on diversifying newsrooms.

Meadows music therapy lecturer, Dr. Janice Lindstrom, was recently featured in an NPR article about whether music can be used to heal America’s tense political divide.

Latino Arts Project is proud to announce the installation of Yanga Rediscovered: The First Liberator of the Americas, an exhibition highlighting the heroic actions of Gaspar Yanga, at the recently renovated Owen Arts Center at SMU from February 1 through March 31, 2023.

SMU is preparing to launch the online Master of Arts in Creative Technology through the Meadows School of the Arts. The graduate program will focus on creative and design disciplines combined with core and emerging technologies, giving professionals the ability to generate innovative solutions.

SMU Meadows piano majors Lewis Warren Jr. and Esther Pham will compete as National Finalists in the Music Teachers National Association’s Young Artist and Senior Competitions.