SFA photography students Jade Jones, Natalie Welch, Olivia Hopkins and Shelby Ricks photograph the Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Breathtaking desert landscapes with rugged rock formations contrasting against vivid blue skies and sunlit golden sand have been favorite subjects for artists of all mediums for generations.

Jazz legend and Grammy award-winning artist Diane Schuur is among the featured performers in the SFA College of Fine Arts' 2013-2014 University Series, "Live Out Loud."

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Season tickets are now on sale for the nine specially selected musical and theatrical performances included in Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts' 2013-2014 University Series, "Live Out Loud."

Super Scientific Circus, a popular show with East Texas school children, will return for the 2013-2014 SFA College of Fine Arts' Children's Performing Arts Series.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Area school officials will find the new season brochure for the 2013-2014 SFA Children's Performing Arts Series in their mailboxes when they return to school this fall.

A free screening of "Last Train Home" will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, in Cole Art Center in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - As part of its monthly independent film series, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of "Last Train Home" at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at The Cole Art Center @The Old Opera House.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - New students interested in enrolling in private or group music lessons through the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music for the fall semester can do so from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Music Prep House, 3028 Raguet St. in Nacogdoches.

"We invite students and parents to come to the Prep House on Aug. 3 to meet the faculty and learn more about our offerings," said Pat Barnett, division director.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Scholarship applications are now being accepted for music instruction through the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division. The partial-tuition scholarships are awarded on the basis of need and can be applied to private lessons or group instruction.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents approved faculty and staff changes during its quarterly meeting Tuesday.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents has approved an institutional budget for Fiscal Year 2014 totaling approximately $237.09 million, which includes a 3-percent merit pool for faculty and staff pay increases for the second consecutive year.

The planned allocations represent a 4-percent increase over last year's institutional budget. A $4.98 million capital plan also was approved by the board at its quarterly meeting Tuesday. The plan includes capital renewal, planned maintenance and renovation projects throughout campus.

The painting "Nola" by Carolyn Rorie won first place in the 2012 Watercolor East Texas Juried Exhibition.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The 29th Watercolor East Texas Juried Exhibition and this year's Nacogdoches Photographic Association Show will open with a combined reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 27, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.