Summer Exhibit at the Windgate

Viewpoint; View from the Classroom » By Leslie Macklin, Assistant Professor of Art & Design, Foundations Coordinator » This summer, you are invited to glimpse mysterious worlds featured in the Foundations Epilogue Exhibition: Peep (Hole) Show.  keek: to look secretly, as through a narrow … [Read more...]

Foundations Collaborative Project

Event » By Leslie Macklin, Foundations Coordinator » This fall, multidisciplinary social practice performance artist Mike Durkin joined the Art and Design Department for a one-month residency. Social Practice artists are not making work reserved for a gallery or museum space. Their … [Read more...]

Painting at the Baum Gallery

Baum Gallery | Blackbox Gallery » By Brian Young, Director, Baum Gallery » The University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery hosted a new exhibition Painting from January 27 – February 17, 2022. This exhibition was curated by Brian Young, director, Baum Gallery with assistance from Sandra … [Read more...]

Art Education Club Organizes for 2021-2022

Event » By Shelby Bennett, UCA Art Education Club President | BA Art Education » The UCA Art Education Club is off to a great start for the fall 2021 semester! On Tuesday, August 31st at 6:00 pm we held our official RSO interest group meeting at the amphitheater in front of the UCA Student … [Read more...]

Arkansas Art Educators Summer Conference & National Art Education Association’s Meeting

Event » By Trina Harlow, Assistant Professor of Art, Art Education » On June 19, 2021, the Arkansas Art Educators (AAE) Summer Conference was held in Conway at Cadron Settlement Park. 45 art teachers from across the state of Arkansas attended this socially distanced AAE in the Park outdoor … [Read more...]

Breaking Ground on the Windgate Center

Announcements; Event » By Scott Meador, Associate Professor of Art, Digital » On October 9th, 2020, UCA officially broke ground on the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. President Houston Davis announced a $3 million dollar gift from the Alice L. Walton Foundation at the ceremony. The … [Read more...]

Art Student Awarded Prestigious SURF Grant

Viewpoint; View from the Classroom » By Lillie Wren, BFA Studio Art, Emphasis Graphic Design » SURF Grant Awarded to senior, Lillie Wren, for Souvenirs Distributed at Suffrage Centennial Celebration My project process began about one year ago when I had a meeting with the associate dean of … [Read more...]

Redesigning HERstory, talk at International Conference

Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Peter Bella, Assistant Professor of Art, Graphic Design » Professor Peter Bella, Assistant Professor of Art, Graphic Design, was invited to present at the 2020 Valencia Design Education Forum this fall which was held virtually from Valencia Spain on … [Read more...]

Interior Design Hosts Mask, Mingle, and Materials Event

Event » By Jordan Johnston, BS Interior Design » Mask, Mingle & Materials, a materials fair hosted by the University of Central Arkansas American Society for Interior Designers (ASID) Student Chapter was an incredible success! Twenty vendors from across Central Arkansas gave some amazing … [Read more...]

Photography Exhibition

Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Donna Pinckley, Professor of Art, Photography » Professor Donna Pinckley's photograph was accepted in Portraits 2020 that took place in Ft. Collins, Colorado. The juror was Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator of Photography at the Griffin … [Read more...]