Inaugural Alumni Artist in Residence – Anna Wagner

Event » By Liz Smith, Associate Chair | Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics » UCA Department of Art and Design alumni, Anna Wagner, 2019 BFA with an emphasis in Ceramics is currently on campus in her role as the 2021-2022 Alumni Artist in Residence program. This exciting new program offers … [Read more...]

Current Exhibitions

Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Liz Smith, Associate Chair | Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics » Associate Professor and Associate Chair Liz Smith is currently showing work in four exhibition this fall. These are: The McGroarty Arts Center, Botanical Abundance, Tujunga, CA, Juror … [Read more...]

Ceramics Takes Part in Suffrage Centennial Celebration

Viewpoint; View from the Field » By Liz Smith, Associate Chair | Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics » The College of Fine Arts and Communication is creating a week long celebration for the commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, women's right to vote. The vision of … [Read more...]

Fired Up in the Natural State: Contemporary Ceramics

Events » By Brian Young, Director, Baum Gallery » The University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery hosted Fired Up in the Natural State: Contemporary Ceramics, from January 23 – February 14, 2020. This exhibition was co-curated by Brian Young, director, Baum Gallery, and Liz Smith, … [Read more...]

Arrowmont Here I Come!

Viewpoint, View from the Classroom » By Anna Wagner, BFA Studio Art, Emphasis: Ceramics » A Brief History of Arrowmont... In 1912, Arrowmont began as a Pi Beta Phi Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. During that time there was no formal schooling in the area. The children and parents … [Read more...]

Clubs: UCA Clay Club

Scrap Box » By Liz Smith, Assistant Chair | Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics » The UCA clay club again attained NCECA (National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts) conference which was in Minneapolis, Minnesota this year...a mecca for artists and lovers of clay! A majority of the cost … [Read more...]

Clay Club; Who we are

Student Perspective, Ceramics » By JR Landers, BFA Candadiate, Ceramics » We are the UCA Clay Club and we like to get down and dirty making ceramic work! This past fall we held our annual UCA Clay Club Pottery sale, giving our members the opportunity to sell their work. Part of the proceeds went … [Read more...]

Announcements » Students

By Liz Smith, Associate Chair | Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics » Art Education » Lauren Lee Lauren Lee, BA in Art: Art Education Emphasis, anticipated graduation May 2019. Lauren's work that was exhibited for her UCA Senior Show was featured on the web page of Envision Arts, based in … [Read more...]

Artist Duo, Peter & Laurie Pincus, visit the UCA campus

View From the Field By Dr. Liz Smith, Associate Professor The art department in collaboration with Ceramics and the Baum Gallery hosted artist and master mold maker Peter Pincus with his business/studio partner and wife Laurie Pincus in September 2018. Baum Gallery at UCA hosts the ceramic … [Read more...]