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March 1, 2025
RAW 2025
RAW 2025
The 16th annual research, art and writing conference
Meet the Faculties, Artists, Scholars, and Graduate Students behind the Academic and Creative RAW Conference at the University of Texas at Dallas.
MARCH 1, 2025
The Theme for RAW 2025
BAIT, PROMPTS, and AID:
BAIT, PROMPTS, and AID:
The Power and Poetics of Engagement in Art, Technology, History, and Human Nature/Nurture
The Power and Poetics of Engagement in Art, Technology, History, and Human Nature/Nurture
The Power and Poetics of Engagement in Art, Technology, History, and Human Nature/Nurture
The RAW Conference is a vibrant platform created by and for graduate students, scholars, and artists. It fosters transdisciplinary dialogues across the fields of arts, humanities, and emerging technologies. The annual Spring conference, organized by the Bass Association of Graduate Students, attracts graduate students from across Texas and the U.S.
Expanded painting in digital and physical spaces.
Expanded painting in digital and physical spaces.
Expanded painting in digital and physical spaces. Metaphors and imagery illusions in poetry. Evolving narrative methods in the post-medium age. Storybots and interactions on narratives. Race and digital avatars in cinema. Desktop cinema and the role of digital distribution. Gender and feminism in media art and contemporary context. Virtual bodies and the reinvention of self. Cultural hybridity and AI-driven narratives The impact of AI on artistic dialogue and creative expression. In-between and liminal spaces. Anticolonial engagements with futuristic material. Imagining sustainable futures. Anticolonial engagements with futuristic material. Political art as bait and visual manipulation. Virtual vs. visual representation in art history and digital media. Historical shifts in visual experience. History of baiting and aiding. Fragmented memory and memory retrieval.
Metaphors and imagery illusions in poetry.
Metaphors and imagery illusions in poetry.
Evolving narrative methods in the post-medium age.
Evolving narrative methods in the post-medium age.
Storybots and interactions on narratives.
Storybots and interactions on narratives.
Race and digital avatars in cinema.
Race and digital avatars in cinema.
Desktop cinema and the role of digital distribution.
Desktop cinema and the role of digital distribution.
Gender and feminism in media art and contemporary context.
Gender and feminism in media art and contemporary context.
Virtual bodies and the reinvention of self.
Virtual bodies and the reinvention of self.
Cultural hybridity and AI-driven narratives
Cultural hybridity and AI-driven narratives
Call For Papers
RAW 2025
Submit by December 6 2024
Events & Workshops
Panels
March 1
The impact of AI on artistic dialogue and creative expression.
The impact of AI on artistic dialogue and creative expression.
In-between and liminal spaces.
In-between and liminal spaces.
Anticolonial engagements with futuristic material.
Anticolonial engagements with futuristic material.
Imagining sustainable futures.
Imagining sustainable futures.
Anticolonial engagements with futuristic material.
Anticolonial engagements with futuristic material.
Political art as bait and visual manipulation.
Political art as bait and visual manipulation.
Virtual vs. visual representation in art history and digital media.
Virtual vs. visual representation in art history and digital media.
Historical shifts in visual experience.
Historical shifts in visual experience.
History of baiting and aiding.
History of baiting and aiding.
Fragmented memory and memory retrieval.
Fragmented memory and memory retrieval.
People
Meet People
Meet People
Meet People
Dr. Nils Roemer
Dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology Distinguished University Chair, Stan and Barbara Rabin Distinguished Professorship Director, Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
Dr. Nils Roemer
Dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology Distinguished University Chair, Stan and Barbara Rabin Distinguished Professorship Director, Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
Dr. Nils Roemer
Dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology Distinguished University Chair, Stan and Barbara Rabin Distinguished Professorship Director, Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
Dr. Shilyh Warren
Associate Dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology Associate Professor of Visual and Performing Arts & Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas
Dr. Shilyh Warren
Associate Dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology Associate Professor of Visual and Performing Arts & Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas
Keynote Speaker RAW 2025
Grace Aneiza Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History at Florida State University Affiliated faculty, Native American and Indigenous Studies Center at Florida State University
Keynote Speaker RAW 2025
Grace Aneiza Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History at Florida State University Affiliated faculty, Native American and Indigenous Studies Center at Florida State University
Faculty Advisor for AGS at RAW
Dr. Adrienne L. McLean
Professor of Film Studies, Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
Faculty Advisor for AGS at RAW
Dr. Adrienne L. McLean
Professor of Film Studies, Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
Faculty Advisor for AGS at RAW
Dr. Adrienne L. McLean
Professor of Film Studies, Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
President of Associate Graduate Students
Mazyar Mahan
Teaching Associate, Instructor of Understanding Film | Transnational Film and Video Ph.D. Candidate, Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
President of Associate Graduate Students
Mazyar Mahan
Teaching Associate, Instructor of Understanding Film | Transnational Film and Video Ph.D. Candidate, Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
RAW Conference Co-organizer
Maureen Okwulogu
Teaching Associate Ph.D. Student, Visual and Performing Arts Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
RAW Conference Co-organizer
Maureen Okwulogu
Teaching Associate Ph.D. Student, Visual and Performing Arts Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
RAW Conference Co-organizer
Maureen Okwulogu
Teaching Associate Ph.D. Student, Visual and Performing Arts Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
RAW Conference Co-organizer
Maryam (Mary) Takalou
Teaching Associate, Instructor of Foundation Drawing | Visual Arts Ph.D. Student, Visual and Performing Arts Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
RAW Conference Co-organizer
Maryam (Mary) Takalou
Teaching Associate, Instructor of Foundation Drawing | Visual Arts Ph.D. Student, Visual and Performing Arts Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
Works.
Featured
Laura Kim
(left) and Saraf performing at the gallery’s opening event, installation view (detail). © Image courtesy of the artist.
Lorraine Tady
Superliminal Signal Velocity, 2023–2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, 72 × 60 inches. Exhibited May 2024 in the solo show Inter-Spatial at Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas.
John Pomara
Sweet-Dreams, 2022, unique archival inkjet on paper, 21 1/2 × 16 1/2 inches. © 2020 Barry Whistler Gallery.
Dean Terry
Dean Terry, image from the PHANTOMs project, featuring Hilly Holsonback performing Archery Kit. Photo by Alisa Eykilis. © studiotherefore.com, used with the artist’s permission.
Liz Trosper
Dean Terry, image from the PHANTOMs project, featuring Hilly Holsonback performing Archery Kit. Photo by Alisa Eykilis. © studiotherefore.com, used with the artist’s permission.
Christina Veras
The Silhouette Zoetrope, 2016. © Image courtesy of the artist. Source.
Xtine Burrough
Offerings from the Stacks, 2021–22. An installation in the Mamdouha Bobst Gallery, Bobst Library, NYU. © Image courtesy of the artist. [Source](Artist's Website).
Awards
What you get
What you get
Presenters at the RAW 2025 conference are eligible to submit their papers or creative work for the following awards:
The 13th Annual Sherry Clarkson Prize
For the best scholarly paper
The Arts, Humanities, and Technology Council Award
For the best creative project
Travel Awards
For participants
Acceptance notices go out in mid-December. Presenters must register for the conference. Registration fees are $25 - $35.
Events
Schedule of activities
Schedule of activities
Connect and explore
01.
RAW 2025 - Call for Papers
01.
RAW 2025 - Call for Papers
01.
RAW 2025 - Call for Papers
Deadline: December 6, 2024. Submission are now closed. Conference Day: Saturday, March 1, 2025 Registration is open now.
02.
Open Studios and Studio Visits with Prof. Grace Ali
02.
Open Studios and Studio Visits with Prof. Grace Ali
02.
Open Studios and Studio Visits with Prof. Grace Ali
Friday, February 28, 2025 (Private Event, details to be announced)
03.
Crow Museum, SPN Gallery, Nasher Museum Visit
03.
Crow Museum, SPN Gallery, Nasher Museum Visit
03.
Crow Museum, SPN Gallery, Nasher Museum Visit
With Prof. Grace Ali and Bass School Faculty Friday, February 28, 2025 (Private Event, details to be announced)
Venue
Address
Address
University of Texas at Dallas
