Public Art Competition Honoring Texas A&M University’s Mascot, Reveille

Texas A&M University Competition to Commission Public Art Installation

Texas A&M University announced an open competition in January 2021 for professional artists or artist teams to commission a site specific public art installation honoring Texas A&M University’s mascot, Reveille, a Rough Collie breed dog. Three semi-finalists were identified, and the winning artist team of Jimm Scannell and Dawn Agnew Mundell was announced in August.

Reveille has been the mascot of Texas A&M since 1931, and she is known as the First Lady of Aggieland. Miss Rev, as she is affectionately called, is the highest-ranking member in the Corps of Cadets and wears five silver diamonds (the Corps Commander wears four). Learn more about Reveille.

The installation will reside on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas, in a high traffic area outside the university’s football stadium, Kyle Field, and near the resting place of all former Reveille mascots, Reveille Memorial.

Interested artists and artist teams were asked to submit their entries with a résumé and images of three different previous public art projects by the March 31, 2021 deadline. Artists were asked to consider figurative and other interesting elements as part of their concept and the Aggie Core Values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and selfless service. Learn more about the Aggie Core Values.