Jordan Karpe (BA Fine Arts Emphasis 2012) secured grants for and is serving as lead artist on the Conway Community Mural @ Chestnut. The mural is supported in part by an award from Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arkansas Arts Council and foundations, corporations … [Read more...]

Brandon Mathis, (2007 BA Fine Arts and 2010 BFA Sculpture emphasis) was awarded one of twelve three-month-long summer fellowships at Ox-Bow on Lake Michigan in Saugatuck, MI.   Brandon is currently working on his MFA at Hunter College of the City University of New York. … [Read more...]

Monica Steinberg, (BA in Art: Art History Emphasis,2004) was one of two doctoral students to be awarded a Smithsonian Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.  She will be living in Washington, D.C. next year as she completes her dissertation for City University New York.  Following that, in summer 2014 she will be … [Read more...]

Hunter Oden, (BFA Graphic Design Emphasis 2012), received a Bronze Addy award at the district level.  District 10 of the American Advertising Federation is composed of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. … [Read more...]

Robyn Blaylock, (BA Art Education Emphasis 2012), presented "What a student teacher learns . . . priceless" at the 2013 National Art Education Association Convention in Ft. Worth in April.  Robyn currently teaches art at Perryville High School. … [Read more...]

Matt Borengasser worked for a couple of years with a Little Rock design company and then moved to China to teach English and paint. Matt taught ESL in both China and South Korea from 2001 to 2009 and then in 2010 began teaching Art at the Yew Chung International School in Chongqing, China. Starting … [Read more...]

Donna Uptigrove (BFA 2006) accepted a position as Curator of Exhibits at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock. … [Read more...]

Beth Norwood (BA 2009)  received her Masters of Art degree in Art History from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her Master's thesis is entitled Body Doubles: An Exploration of Representation in Lagunillas Style E Figurines from West Mexico. … [Read more...]

Katie Hall (BA 2011) completed her Masters of Art degree in Art History at  Richmond, the American International University in London. Her thesis is entitled To Each Their Own: An Examination of Authorized and Alternative Representations of Avebury. She is currently the Assistant Registrar at the … [Read more...]

Mark Monroe (BFA Studio Art: Sculpture Emphasis, 2012) received Honorable Mention in the International Sculpture Center’s 2012 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture competition.  Jurors Donna Dennis, Winifred Lutz and Joseph Becherer selected from 434 graduate and undergraduate … [Read more...]