Arrowmont experience

View from the Studio By Wesley Hart A recent addition to UCA’s art department are scholarships to attended Arrowmont, an Arts and Crafts school located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The application process for this scholarship is where it all began for me, a current senior in the BFA program. A … [Read more...]

Faculty News

Announcements Art Department Our Arts faculty exhibit work in various media and are regularly involved in scholarly research on a variety of topics across the natural state, throughout the region, in addition to countless major arts capitals across the globe. In this Faculty News section you … [Read more...]

Students excited for opportunity

View from the Studio By By Wesley Hart At the core of UCA’s art department is a student body so excited for opportunities, they create their own. The best example of this ambition and involvement can be found in our extra-curricular clubs within department and across disciplines. Active members … [Read more...]

Alumni News

Announcements Art Department Congratulations to the following UCA art department alumni as they continue to do great things in the arts! If you are an alumnus with great news to share with us please contact Professor Smith at lizs@uca.edu Sylvia Hardin BFA class of 2018: Sylvia was the lead … [Read more...]

The Scrap Box!

The Scrap box is where we enjoy hosting those important articles that need a place to be showcased, yet are unique to their own right. Understanding that, they need a place to kept so that we may share the wonderful information with you. Check back often to see what we've tossed into the scrap box … [Read more...]

Marie Desrochers

Marie Desrochers (2016 B.A. in Art: Art History Emphasis) has been accepted as a graduate fellow at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program for Art Conservation. She will be completing a three year masters of science degree in art conservation. … [Read more...]

2018 Student Art Competitive Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Annual Student Art Competitive! Grand Prize:  Donald Wortman, Untitled, 2017, Acrylic and wire Award of Excellence: Isabella Cilia, So Many God Damn Tuna, 2017, Oil on MDF Award of Excellence: Louise Mandumbwa, Warren, 2018, Acrylic on … [Read more...]

Brandon Cranford, Shiori Soya, and Rebekah Schmitz

Brandon Cranford, BFA Studio, Photography Emphasis; Shiori Soya, BA Art, Fine Art Emphasis (who graduated in December 2017), and Rebekah Schmitz, Art Minor, each had work selected for publication in Photographer's Forum magazine's Best of College & High School Photography 2018.  Jurors this year … [Read more...]

Suyao Tian

Suyao Tian, 2015 BA Fine Art Emphasis, graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) in May, 2017 with an MFA.  At MCAD, she received the Van Derlip Award, bestowed on one MFA student each year.  Suyao and her husband Tim have started Modern Cover, https://www.moderncover.net/ , … [Read more...]

Sally Lee

Sally Lee, August 2017, BFA in Studio Art: Painting Emphasis, will be presenting "Conflicting Cultures," a presentation about her UCA Senior Exhibition work in Pittsburgh this March at NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts). … [Read more...]