New Semester, New Program!

Viewpoint; View from the Chair » By Bryan Massey, Chair | Professor or Art, Sculpture » Still on the Move! The fall semester is well underway as we continue to work out the final details for the upcoming Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts! It is an exciting time for the entire … [Read more...]

Hello UCA!

Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Leslie Macklin, Foundations Coordinator » Hello UCA! I am excited to be a new faculty addition to the Department of Art and Design. While I was previously part of an art program in southern Colorado, Conway is just a stone’s throw from where I grew up … [Read more...]

Summer 2021 Arrowmont Experience

Scrap Box » By Brynn Ward, Student | BA Art Education » This summer, I attended the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts receiving one of two scholarships awarded by the UCA Department of Art and Design, the Windgate Foundation and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts University … [Read more...]

Congratulations to New Art Teachers

Viewpoint; View from the Classroom » By Jeff Young, Professor of Art, Art Education » Congratulations to the following 2020-2021 Department of Art and Design alums who earned the B.A. in Art: Art Education Emphasis and secured positions as art teachers starting this fall: Sarah Childres, … [Read more...]

Art and Design Alums Illustrate Books

Announcements; Alumni » By Jeff Young, Professor of Art, Art Education » James Scott, B.A. in Art: Art Education Emphasis, 2015, illustrated Your Smile, a children’s book written by Will McCrotty, a colleague. James is currently an art teacher at Russellville Junior High School. The book is … [Read more...]

Students for the Arts Host Fall Welcome Coffee Fundraiser

Viewpoint; View from the Classroom » By Avery Rudolph, Student | BA Art History » Students for the Arts (SftA), a registered student organization at UCA, is the campus arm of the Arkansans for the Arts advocacy organization, which aims to provide leadership focused on the promotion and … [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...]

Harlow in TRAHC International Art Exhibition

Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Trina Harlow, Assistant Professor of Art, Art Education » Dr. Trina Harlow, assistant professor of art education and fibers instructor, had two fiber arts pieces accepted for the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council's 33rd Annual Adult Juried … [Read more...]

New Work

Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Bryan Massey, Chair | Professor or Art, Sculpture » The AntEater Bryan W. Massey, Chair of the Department of Art & Design recently completed a commission for the City of Hot Springs, AR. The sculpture titled The AntEater made of fabricated steel and … [Read more...]

Photography Publication

Announcements; Faculty & Staff » By Donna Pinckley, Professor of Art, Photography » Professor Donna Pinckley is highlighted in the October 2021 issue of B&W Magazine's Spotlight as the top Single Image Winner in Portraiture. Black and White Magazine is for collectors of fine art black … [Read more...]