Cross Connections International, an esteemed design festival within the global design academia since 2009, returns for its fourth edition in 2024. This year's event features a juried exhibition, a design competition, and a webinar series. Curated by the School of Art and Design at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the Cross Connections 2024 International Exhibition and Competition of Visual Communication Design and Emerging Media Design showcases the exceptional talents of students and faculty from twenty international institutions. The juried exhibition includes 100 print-based artworks and 74 screen-based multimedia pieces spanning diverse visual mediums. The Cross Connections 2024 event, themed “Unleash Your Creativity: Explore Your Design Beyond Borders, Cultures, Concepts, Media, and Disciplines,” received 525 entries from 20 international institutions. The exhibition and competition aim to offer an inspiring amalgamation of contemporary design trends. We extend our sincere gratitude to all participating institutions and to our Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Luis Zayas, and the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Dr. Jeffrey Ward, for their strong support with funding and advising in organizing this traveling exhibition and collaborative project.

Cross Connections 2024: Professional Exhibition Venues:

• Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas, USA (BMFA)
• International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, Texas, USA (IMAS)
• The Goldstein Museum of Design, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
• The Museum of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Dalian, China
• The Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Cross Connections 2024: Participating Institutions:

North American Institutions:

The following list is displayed in alphabetical order based on the English abbreviation forms of participating institutions • California Polytechnic State University, USA (CALPOLY)
• Oklahoma State University, USA (OSU)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA (SAIC)
• Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, USA (TAMUCC)
• Truman State University, USA (TSU)
• Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Mexico (UAEM)
• University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico (UDLAP)
• University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA (UMN)
• University of Texas at Arlington, USA (UTA)
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA (UTRGV)
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA (UWM)

European Institutions:

The following list is displayed in alphabetical order based on the English abbreviation forms of participating institutions • Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal (IPCA)
• LUCA School of Arts, Belgium (LUCA)

Asian Institutions:

The following list is displayed in alphabetical order based on the English abbreviation forms of participating institutions • Central Academy of Fine Arts, China (CAFA)
• Hanyang University, Korea (HYU)
• Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, China (LAFA)
• Ming Chuan University, Taiwan (MCU)
• National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan (NTUA)
• Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, China (SAFA)
• SiChuan Fine Arts Institute, China (SCFAI)

Press Releases

• UTRGV, The Newsroom, 11 UTRGV students displaying design work in 15 museums and institutions worldwide • Universitiy of Wisconsin, Peck School of the Arts - International art and media exhibition featuring work by PSOA artists on view at UWM