UTEP In the Spotlight: New York Times Features Rubin Center Exhibit

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Originally published March 18, 2019

By UC Staff

UTEP Communications

The University of Texas at El Paso is at the forefront of emerging 3D printing technologies. Several UTEP students and faculty involved in this work recently collaborated with a pair of architects who were featured in The New York Times.

Vincent Burke, associate professor of art who specializes in ceramics, worked with UTEP students to help architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello prepare for the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts exhibit titled “Sections: New Cities, Future Ruins at the Border.” Photo by UTEP Communications

The article, written by Patricia Leigh Brown, describes Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello’s unconventional 3D printing methods, which include using items such as mud, dirt, nutshells and coffee grounds.

The architects teamed up with UTEP students to print sculptures made with locally harvested and processed clay. The artwork is currently on display at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts.

Read the full article at the New York Times.

Learn more about “Sections: New Cities, Future Ruins at the Border” at the Rubin Center.