 Cathie Tyler, TASA President
- Photo by Victoria Taylor-Gore
Welcome to TASA from President Cathie Tyler, Paris Junior College
TASA is a unique organization in Texas and perhaps in the United States. Initiated in 1970 at the behest of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Organization has continued their charge to help resolve transfer issues that might arise between two-year and four-year, public and private higher education institutions and art departments. Although TASA still advises with transfer recommendations, the Organization has become much broader in its service and communication.
With a comprehensive web site and database, TASA can quickly communicate information to and from the far-flung departments of art in Texas. Whether transfer issues need to be discussed; professional standards supported, or curriculum and programs updated, TASA has become a respected network that supports and nurtures the visual arts in higher education.
Envision, the TASA newsletter, available to members on the organization’s web site www.tasart.org, is published twice a year including a pre-conference and a post-conference issue. The web site also houses the Forum, an on-line discussion board which can also include available job positions, exhibition invitational calls, competitions and announcements as well a place to ask, answer or just comment on questions, responses and postings. Also at the website, an Exhibition network, available only to members, has been set –up with facility descriptions and contact persons for college and university art galleries across the state.
TASA has recently completed a History of TASA brochure and is working on a new, updated brochure of art courses currently listed in the lower division Course Guide Manual (THECB) as recommended by the Organization. The plans are also in the works for the conferences in 2008 and 2009, both of which will offer the informative, the unusual and the ordinary seen through new opportunity.
A rotating board of directors consisting of a balance of representatives from lower and upper division institutions govern the Organization. Board members chair committees for Academic Standards and Transfer Curriculum, Professional Standards, Conference, Exhibition and Membership. Check-out the sidebar for information on these committees and their programs.
Whether you are new to the state, the profession, or are experienced art faculty, we invite you to join us here at TASA and participate in the collegial support, transfer and pedagogical information, and for an opportunity share in a strong support and communication network.
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