Announcements » By Jennifer Whitehead, Professor of Interior Design » We love to announce Wyatt Tipton, President-Elect of the UCA ASID Student Chapter. Wyatt will also serve as the Student Rep to the Board for the ASID South Central Chapter! Shout out to UCA Interior Design student, … [Read more...] about Interior Design Accolades
Viewpoints
And They’re Off — Windgate Up & Running!
Viewpoint; View from the Chair » By Dr.Bryan Massey, Chair of Art & Design, Professor of Art, Sculpture » Windgate Foundation, UCA Foundation, University of Central Arkansas The new year and the new spring semester for 2023 brought about changes that would forever impact the Department … [Read more...] about And They’re Off — Windgate Up & Running!
Working in a New Art Education Space
Viewpoint; View from the Field » By Jeff Young, Professor of Art, Art Education » For 27 years I taught in the Art Education Studio in McAlister Hall. I appreciated the large windows that looked out from the third floor down to the green spaces in front of and beside McAlister. Over the … [Read more...] about Working in a New Art Education Space
Drawing Suite…Sweet Like a Blank Sheet of Paper
Viewpoint; View from the Field » By Jennifer Rospert, Professor of Art, Drawing » All my work begins with drawings. ~ ELLSWORTH KELLY Ideally situated among the various workspaces within the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts (WCFPA), the drawing studios are a focal point of … [Read more...] about Drawing Suite…Sweet Like a Blank Sheet of Paper
Individual Student Studio Spaces
Viewpoint; View from the Classroom » By Brynn Ward, B.A., Student, Art Education Emphasis » I have loved having an independent 3D studio space in the new Windgate 3D Building this semester. As a senior in the department taking an independent studio course in ceramics, I was able to ask for a … [Read more...] about Individual Student Studio Spaces
Cig Harvey, Artist in Residence
Viewpoint; View from the Field » By Donna Pinckley, Professor of Art, Photography » I was honored to host my friend photographer Cig Harvey for the 2022 Artist in Residence (AIR). I have known of Cig’s work for about fifteen years but didn’t meet her until I took one of her workshops in New … [Read more...] about Cig Harvey, Artist in Residence
My Time at Arrowmont
Viewpoint; View from the Classroom » By Lindy Cook, BFA Studio Art, Emphasis Painting » This past summer I had the opportunity to travel to Gatlinburg, TN and attend a workshop at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. The course I took was called “(Mended) Image” with Jim Arendt. He was an … [Read more...] about My Time at Arrowmont
New Art Teachers and Fall Comfort Foods
Feature Article » By Jeff Young, Professor of Art, Art Education » Congratulations to the following 2021-2022 Department of Art and Design alums who earned the B.A. in Art: Art Education Emphasis and secured teaching positions starting this fall: Shelby Bennett, Lonoke Middle School, Lonoke, … [Read more...] about New Art Teachers and Fall Comfort Foods
Photography Exhibition
Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Donna Pinckley, Professor of Art, Photography » Constructions/Connections SxSE Gallery, Molena, GA Juror: Jennifer McClure, Fine Art Photographer and Educator … [Read more...] about Photography Exhibition
How A Valuable Photography Collection Found A Home at the Baum Gallery
Dr. Hunter-Stiebel and Gerald Stiebel; A Gift of Historic American and European Photographs » By Avery Rudolph, Senior Undergrad Student | Art History » In early 2019, the Baum Gallery received a call from a familiar name, Gerald Stiebel - a fourth generation art dealer that was originally … [Read more...] about How A Valuable Photography Collection Found A Home at the Baum Gallery