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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host the 31st Annual Arkansas College Art History Symposium March 10-12. Dr. Alison Kettering, professor emerita of art at Carleton College, will give the keynote presentation, 鈥淏lack in Rembrandt鈥檚 Time: The Culture of Race in 17th-century Dutch Art,鈥� at 6 p.m. Friday, March 12, via the artWORKS zoom lecture. With a special interest in 17th-century Dutch art, Professor Kettering has taught a wide range of courses on early modern art throughout Western Europe, gender issues in Western art, portraiture, and the theory and methodology of art history. She is a past president of Historians of Netherlandish Art and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art. The three-day virtual art history symposium also features 11 presentations by college students at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, University of Central Arkansas (UCA), Arkansas State University (ASU), and Henderson State University (HSU). “The annual Art History Symposium is a way to highlight some excellent student research in Arkansas colleges and universities,鈥� said Dr. Floyd Martin, professor of art history at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and a founder of the symposium. 鈥淔or many students it is the first time they have an opportunity to present their work to an audience beyond a single class. While we will miss the informal discussions and interactions of a normal symposium, we are glad we can offer virtual talks this year.鈥� Wednesday, March 10: Messages of Hope and Hopelessness 2 p.m. 鈥� Madison Seiter, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 鈥淐ontemporary Art of Africa: Visual Narratives of Struggle, Activism, and Identity in Willie Bester鈥檚 Two and Three-Dimensional Works鈥� 2:30 p.m. 鈥� Olivia Fleming, UCA, 鈥淗elen Zughaib鈥檚 Syrian Migration Series: Examining the World鈥檚 Largest Refugee Crisis through Art鈥� 3 p.m. 鈥� Laurel Gaither, ASU, 鈥淭he Conscious Insider:听 Ren茅 Magritte & Surrealism鈥� 3:30 p.m. 鈥� Maegan Wise, UCA, 鈥淟ifting Voices: Suffrage Rugs and Sharon Louden鈥� Thursday March 11: Feminine Perspectives in Art History 2 p.m. 鈥� Jordan Hancock, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 鈥�William Blake鈥檚 Ideas of Femininity Told through Pity and Enitharmon鈥� 2:30 p.m. – Marti Jo Boren, ASU, 鈥淲omen of the WPA and Different Versions of the Natural State鈥� 3 p.m. 鈥� Skylar Stickford, HSU, 鈥淧ower of the Female Nude鈥� 3:30 p.m. 鈥� Cassy Christ, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 鈥淩econstructing History:听 Developing Feminist Identities through Non-traditional Materials and Applications鈥� Friday March 12- Session 3: Nonwestern Traditions, Craft and Culture 2 p.m. 鈥� Mackenzie Nunnally, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 鈥淭he Esoteric Craft of Kabyle Women: Traditions of Pottery, Textiles, and Geometric Motifs鈥� 2:30 p.m. 鈥� Avery Rudolph, UCA, 鈥淎ngkor Wat鈥� 3 p.m. LeAnne Roberson, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 鈥淭he Old and the New:听 How Shawn Hunt鈥檚 Transformation Mask helps make Native American Art More Accessible鈥� The Arkansas College Art History Symposium was born through friendship and an awareness that undergraduate students in the state of Arkansas did not have an opportunity to present their research 鈥� an important experience for future art historians. Martin and Dr. Gayle Seymour, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at the University of Central Arkansas, are the symposium founders and visionaries. The 30-year friends saw a need and established the Arkansas College Art History Symposium in 1991. The symposium experience echoes the expectations given to professional historians. Students have the opportunity to formally present their work, network with students in the state with similar interests and give greater attention to the discipline. The symposium also provides a unique opportunity for art history faculty from colleges and universities across the state to interact. 听The art history symposium is free and open to the public. Participants may join the virtual event . Members of the public may register for the March 12 .