Here’s some encouraging news on the education front: the University of North Texas has opened a Design Research Center in downtown Dallas, which will “serve as an ‘urban laboratory’ where graduate students and faculty members can spark and sustain design-driven solutions to pressing contemporary problems.” Downtown Dallas needs students and urban sollutions, and Dallas’ art scene needs more engaged artists. This is a welcomed nudge. From director Keith Owens:
“This urban laboratory is helping the College of Visual Arts and Design answer the challenge for UNT to become a Tier One research university,” said Keith Owens, director of the Design Research Center. “The DRC is just a few blocks from the Dallas Arts District and near several major museums and galleries, the World Trade Center and businesses, so our students will gain rich experience in the hub of Dallas. Likewise, Dallas-based businesses and cultural institutions will have access to a wealth of academic resources offered by the center, which is the first of its kind in the region.”
Photo Downtown Dallas in 1942, by Arthur Rothstein on assignment for the Farm Security Administration
