{"id":359612,"date":"2026-07-03T05:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359612\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:31:07","slug":"ut-establishes-vice-provost-for-arts-position-appoints-official-the-daily-texan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359612\/","title":{"rendered":"UT establishes vice provost for arts position, appoints official \u2013 The Daily Texan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University announced the creation of the vice provost for the arts position, who will oversee Texas Performing Arts and the Blanton Museum of Art, according to a June 24 news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bob Bursey, the new vice provost, was appointed as executive and artistic director of Texas Performing Arts in 2020, and will continue to serve in both roles effective Aug. 1. He was formerly the executive director of the Richard B. Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since Bursey joined TPA, the organization\u2019s annual budget has more than doubled, according to a May 2026 news release<\/a>, and attendance to the center\u2019s performances has increased 40% since the 2018-19 season. Bursey was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cUT is home of some of the most impactful arts organizations in the country,\u201d Bursey said in the news release. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to supporting cross-campus strategy for these programs to reach their greatest collective potential to engage students and activate the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new vice provost\u2019s roles previously existed under the College of Fine Arts. However,\u00a0 Ram\u00f3n Rivera-Servera, College of Fine Arts dean, wrote in a message<\/a> to faculty and staff that he expects the coming year to be \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d with academic productions, even as some adjustments are expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this will mean some operational changes for our relationship with TPA, I believe this change will help us focus our portfolio on our academic strengths in the college and create new opportunities,\u201d Rivera-Servera wrote.<\/p>\n

William Inboden, executive vice president and provost, wrote in a message to University staff that these changes recognize the arts as \u201cassets that are central to the academic mission\u201d and reflect adaptations of other leading institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBringing Texas Performing Arts and the Blanton Museum together under provost-level leadership will ensure we have a more cohesive, connected arts ecosystem, and an integrated approach that will advance our academic mission, student experience, and public impact,\u201d Inboden wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University announced the creation of the vice provost for the arts position, who will oversee Texas Performing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-359612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}