Residency invites consideration of integration of arts, health sciences The University of Central Arkansas will host visual artist, educator and advocate for artists Sharon Louden for a residency Nov. 11-13 with a schedule that includes conversations with students and book signing events for the essay collection “Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life Over 50.” “We are … [Read more...]
‘Libertad’ author Bessie Flores Zaldívar to visit UCA for creative writing residency
October events focused on creative writing, poetry The University of Central Arkansas will host celebrated writer Bessie Flores Zaldívar for a two-day residency Nov. 6-7 highlighting their debut publication “Libertad,” a coming-of-age story set in the midst of the contentious 2017 Honduran elections. The residency will include conversations with students from UCA’s creative writing, gender … [Read more...]
UCA’s Baum Gallery to open Fall 2025 BA/BFA Senior Exhibition
Artist reception to be held Thursday, Oct. 30 The University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery will host an artist reception Thursday, Oct. 30, from 4-7 p.m. to celebrate the Fall 2025 BA/BFA Senior Exhibition. Students Included in this exhibition are Len Adair (BFA), Charlie Colburn (BFA), Katherine Eggebrecht (BA), Victoria Harper (BA), Hannah Jetton (BFA), Kaitlyn Maxwell (BFA), Reilly … [Read more...]
Nita Mendoza to illuminate art of lighting design in UCA fall residency
November residency includes free public lighting design demonstration Lighting designer Nita Mendoza will visit the University of Central Arkansas for an artist residency Nov. 3-6, with events planned to engage students and the public in the art of theatrical lighting design. The residency will include a series of conversations and class visits with both theatre and Spanish students. … [Read more...]
Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame announces 2025 class of inductees
Six Arkansans, scholarship recipients honored at Oct. 16 event More than 200 industry professionals gathered at the University of Central Arkansas Oct. 16 as six distinguished Arkansans were honored at the Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame 2025 Induction Banquet. The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame 2025 inductees included: Kelley Erstine of Conway, CEO, Independent Insurance Agents of … [Read more...]
Four-time Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America to perform at UCA’s Windgate Center
Family folk duo coming to Conway Nov. 2 The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present Trout Fishing in America on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. Family folk duo Trout Fishing in America is the songwriting collaboration of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. For almost 50 years, their vibrant, percussive sound and dynamic … [Read more...]
UCA joins Next Generation Service Corps
Partnership with the Volcker Alliance will help to prepare students for public service The University of Central Arkansas has partnered with the Volcker Alliance to join the Next Generation Service Corps (NextGen Service), a nationwide network of higher education institutions committed to preparing undergraduate students for public service. UCA is the first institution of higher education in … [Read more...]
‘Sex and the City’ creator Candace Bushnell to perform one-woman show at UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall
Performance set for Oct. 23 offers the perfect ladies’ night out The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present “Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City,” Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. Bushnell is famously the author of “Sex and the City,” published in 1996, the basis for the TV phenomenon “Sex and the City,” … [Read more...]
UCA to host Oscar-Winning documentary filmmaker Daniel Junge as Artist in Residence
Screening, discussion set for Oct. 13 The University of Central Arkansas will host Daniel Junge, an Oscar-winning (two-time nominated) and Emmy-winning (six-time nominated) documentary filmmaker, for a one-day residency on Monday, Oct. 13, with events that include a discussion with students and a screening of his new film “I Was Born This Way” (2025). “We are so excited to welcome Oscar … [Read more...]
Hot Springs Poet Laureate Kai Coggin to visit UCA for fall residency
October events focused on creative writing, poetry The University of Central Arkansas will host Kai Coggin, inaugural Poet Laureate of the city of Hot Springs, Ark., from Oct. 7-21 with events focused on creative writing and poetry. The residency will include two student-focused writing workshops and a public poetry reading by Coggin at “The AIDS Memorial Quilt” opening reception and … [Read more...]
