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Landmarks’ blog, Latest, features timely updates on new installations, public programs, event announcements, volunteer and internship opportunities, and a range of other initiatives. Learning with Landmarks is a dedicated blog series highlighting the unique and innovative ways that students and other scholars use the collection. To view the entire series, click the button below.

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Skyspace Inspires New Work by Composer Matthew Lyons

Headshot of Austin-based composer, Matthew Lyons

Earlier this year, Landmarks launched Songs in the Skyspace, a new music series hosted inside James Turrell’s Skyspace The Color Inside . The series features a variety of performers from campus and community, including Austin Classical Guitar. For their first performance, ACG commissioned Austin-based composer Matthew Lyons to write a piece in response to The Color Inside. The work was premiered on 24 November and an encore performance will be held on 15 December. We recently sat down with Matthew Lyons to learn more about his process and his composition for the Skyspace.

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Interview with Stone Tejeda

Landmarks interviewed Stone Tejeda, an undergraduate senior in Computer Science specializing in robotics at The University of Texas at Austin who also just completed his third summer as a Skyspace attendant. We caught up with Stone to learn more about his interest in the arts, music, computer science, and robotics.

Intern with Landmarks

students looking at computer generated art

Are you curious to see the inner workings of a university public art program? Landmarks is looking for two interns for Fall 2019. Add Landmarks to your resume!

2001: A Skyspace Odyssey

In the early days of his career, Landmarks artist James Turrell worked on the set of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey — a little-known fact that Turrell first spoke publicly about in PRI’s Studio 360 “American Icons” radio series. Learn more in this overview of the radio program.