Bryan Massey, professor of Art, was recently selected from a field of several other artists to design and prepare the Silas Hunt Monument at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. The U of A Public Art Oversight Committee conducted the selection process.Catherine Marhenke joined the College of Fine Arts and Communication and Reynolds Performance Hall as director of marketing and development. Marhenke earned a master of science in community and economic development degree from UCA in 2010. She was previously a member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra development staff.
Gennie Kimbrough, a music major in her senior year and a Student Fulbright applicant, has made a crucial first cut to audition in New York City as a vocalist in the Fulbright selection process.
Table At Luigi’s Wins “Best in Show” in Indie Film Festival
Table at Luigi’s, a feature film by the University of Central Arkansas’s Digital Filmmaking program was recently honored as the “Best in Show” at the Indie Fest in La Jolla, Calif. The “Indie” award goes to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries.
Table at Luigi’s is a modern-day fairy tale about David, “Chef” to his friends, who creates “living dreams” for people through his cooking. That all changes for Chef the night Emily walks in and he begins to realize that the dreams he’s been creating have locked him in his own dream world.
The film was written and directed by Joe Dull, assistant professor of digital filmmaking, and was shot in July 2009. The film has been in the works for more than a decade.
The film premiered in April during a special screening at Reynolds Performance Hall. Besides the UCA premiere, Luigi’s also showed in the Little Rock Film Festival and had other screenings in Vermont and New York. The film also utilized the talents of UCA faculty members Mike Gunter, director of photography; Scott and Shauna Meador, set and costume designers; Paul Dickinson, composer; and cast members Chris Fritzges and Bob May with UCA students making up the rest of the crew.
The film was also presented at the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival (SOAPIFF) in Kingsport, Tenn., on Oct. 29. All entries at the SOAPIFF are added to the Archives of Applachia at East Tennessee State University to be preserved indefinitely for research.