The ACC Art Department’s Permanent Collection of over 300 student artworks displays the diversity of artistic disciplines taught at Austin Community College. For over twenty years, artworks have been carefully selected from annual student exhibitions for acquisition. Support for purchases has been provided by the Office of the Chancellor.

Permanent Collection Highlight

Stacia Lake, mothman retires, 2022, papier-mâché and additional mixed media, 24 x 24 x 12 in.

In this sculpture, mothman retires, ACC artist Stacia Lake humorously reimagines the “Mothman,” a sinister creature born out of urban legend. Slumped into a chair, wearing fine clothes, and taking things at a slower pace, Mothman is enjoying retired life. Free from the daily grind of terrifying people, he becomes an unlikely philosopher that questions his own existence as he reads Jean-Paul Sartre’s Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946). By juxtapositing folklore, retired life, and deep philosophical contemplation, the artist playfully presents the theme of self realization through the eyes of a fictitious creature having an existential crisis about his own nature of being. In Sculpture I, students are introduced to three-dimensional artmaking through studio experiences that establish practical skills, knowledge of techniques and materials, and problem solving techniques to help achieve artistic goals.

mothman retires was exhibited in the 47th Annual ACC Student Art Exhibition (Spring 2023) and selected for purchase through the ACC Chancellor’s Award.

Stacia Lake, Mothman Retires, 2023, papier-mâché, 24 x 24 x 12 in.

Explore the variety of mediums present within the Permanent Collection archive below.

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Permanent Collection Archive
Image of artwork from the Permanent Collection on display in the ACC Highland campus Academic Mainstreet atrium, upstairs in building 1000.
Image of artworks from the Permanent Collection on display in the ACC Highland campus library, downstairs in building1000.
Image of artworks from the Permanent Collection on display in the ACC Highland campus library, downstairs in building1000.
Image of artworks from the Permanent Collection on display in the ACC Highland campus library, downstairs in building1000.
Image of artwork from the Permanent Collection located in the upstairs atrium of Building 4000 on Highland Campus.
Image of artwork from the Permanent Collection on display in the front display window of Gallery 4000 which is located on ACC Highland campus, upstairs in building 4000.
Image of Permanent Collection artwork on display in the ACC Highland campus, downstairs in the main lobby of building 3000.

ACC Campus Display Locations

Highland Campus (HLC)

HLC Bldg. 1000, Academic Mainstreet (1.2.149)

HLC Bldg. 1000, Library (RM 1.1325)

HLC Bldg. 3000, Lobby (3.1001)

HLC Bldg. 4000, Gallery 4000 (RM 4.2105)

HLC Bldg. 4000, Upper Coridoor, (4.2000)

Round Rock Campus (RRC)

RRC Bldg. 1000, Library (RM1.1302)

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