Texas Tech University

Department of Design Students Work with Artist in Residency at Texas Tech

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September 26, 2017

Hospitality and Retail Management (HRM) graduate student Brianna Ellison competed at the International Taekwondo Federation World Championship this October in Dublin, Ireland.

Ismael de Anda, an artist in residency at Texas Tech University, worked with students to create an art installation to be exhibited in the College of Human Sciences.

The name of the piece is "Celestial Bodies," and is composed of a variety of materials including souvenir t-shirts donated by the community. De Anda worked with sculpture students to construct a monumental bone-like framework for the piece while designer and artist Professor Anderson worked with apparel design students to repurpose the t-shirts into panels of "skin" affixed to the structure.

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