“We are actually the very last BFA-granting R1 fiber concentration here in the state of Texas,” Tina Linville said. “So if you are interested in studying fiber at the undergraduate level at an R1-level institution and getting a [bachelor of fine arts] in fiber, this is where you go.”

Although she graduated as a painting major, Olsen said she actually started off as a pre-med major and then switched to a math major before she circled back to her artistic abilities. She said the dissociation and isolation she experienced during COVID-19 in her freshman year paired with the influence of an art class she was taking at the time really allowed her to see she was meant to create.