- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/aj-smith/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:55:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host African American art exhibit /news-archive/2018/12/19/ua-little-rock-to-host-african-american-art-exhibit/ Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:55:16 +0000 /news/?p=73010 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host African American art exhibit]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will present an art show featuring art created by black artists from the mid 1800s to the present. 鈥淥n Their Own Terms鈥 will be showcased in Brad Cushman Gallery and the Small Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art and Design on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus from Jan. 17 to March 10. A reception for the exhibit will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in the Windgate Center. A conversation with art collector Juan Rodriguez and gallery owner Garbo Hearne will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The exhibit activates a narrative between art created in the 19th century by notable artists Robert Scott Duncanson, Edward Mitchell Bannister, Charles Ethan Porter, and Henry Ossawa Tanner with art created by modern and contemporary artists. The exhibition examines how artists influence each other directly and indirectly. During the 2019 spring semester, Dr. Lynne Larsen, assistant professor of art history, will teach an art history seminar course on African-American art focusing on the works in the exhibit. The exhibition was curated by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Art Gallery Director Brad Cushman. Additional artists with work in the show include Delita Martin, James Phillips, Joyce Scott, Lorna Simpson, Whitfield Lovell, David Driskell, Robert Pruitt, AJ Smith, Alfred Conteh, Deborah Roberts, Herbert Gentry, Aminah Robinson, Bisa Butler, Ron Adams, Bessie Harvey, Benny Andrews, Elizabeth Catlett, Kerry James Michael, Vicki Meek, Zoe Charlton, Sam Gilliam, Henry Tanner, Mikalene Thomas, Phoebe Beasley, Marjorie Williams-Smith, Romare Bearden, Caitlin Cherry, Kara Walker, David Clemons, Amy Sherald, Kehinde Wiley, Justin Bryant, and Reverend George Kornegay. The 19th century painters are part of the Juan Rodriguez Collection, and Hearne Fine Art is facilitating this loan. Modern and contemporary works are on loan from Darrell and Lisa Walker, Karen and CJ Duvall, Karen and Kevin Cole, Pamela and Anthony Vance, Dr. Imani Perry, Pierrette Van Cleve, other private collections, individual artists, the Arkansas Arts Center, and the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Permanent Collection. The exhibit and events are free and open to the public. The galleries in the Windgate Center of Art and Design are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103. In the upper right photo,聽Kerry James Marshall’s 1994 crayon and charcoal piece, “Study for Supermodel #2,” is on loan from the Arkansas Arts Center and will be showcased in the “On Their Own Terms” show.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock artists featured in Delta Exhibition /news-archive/2018/05/31/delta-exhibition/ Thu, 31 May 2018 18:57:22 +0000 /news/?p=70695 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock artists featured in Delta Exhibition]]> Three University of Arkansas at Little Rock staff and faculty members have art in the Arkansas Arts Center鈥檚 60th Annual Delta Exhibition on display through Aug. 26, 2018. The exhibit showcases 52 contemporary works by 46 artists living or working in Arkansas and border states. AJ Smith of Little Rock, an art professor at 聽糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, created a graphite on paper drawing titled 鈥淔aces of the Delta: Geraldine.鈥 It is one in series of Smith’s large-scale graphite pencil drawings that portray people living in remote Arkansas and Mississippi Delta communities.
"Faces of the Delta: Geraldine" by AJ Smith

“Faces of the Delta: Geraldine” by AJ Smith

Benjamin Krain of Maumelle, a photographer at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, has a metallic photographic print on Kodak Endura paper titled 鈥淭rains,鈥 which was taken in North Little Rock. Krain was a long-time photojournalist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette before joining 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock earlier this year. Marjorie Williams-Smith of Little Rock, professor emeritus in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Department of Art and Design, created 鈥淭he Messengers,鈥 using copper point, aluminum point, silverpoint, Conte crayon, and graphite pencil on black acrylic gessoed paper.
"The Messengers" by Marjorie Williams-Smith

“The Messengers” by Marjorie Williams-Smith

Their art is among the 52 works selected from more than 1,400 submissions. 鈥淓very year, the Delta Exhibition gives Arkansas Arts Center patrons the opportunity to experience some of the Delta region鈥檚 most talented contemporary artists,鈥 said Todd Herman, Arkansas Arts Center executive director. Founded in 1958, the exhibition provides a unique snapshot of the Delta region and reflects the region鈥檚 strong traditions of craftsmanship and observation, combined with an innovative use of materials and an experimental approach to subject matter. This year’s exhibition was juried by a panel of three distinguished art professionals: Bradbury Art Museum director Les Christensen, conceptual artist Shea Hembrey, and Baum Gallery director Brian K. Young. 鈥淲e selected work with faux fur, coffee, cold wax, ziatype, video, yucca, fluorescent tubing, resin, found objects, copper point, and of course the traditional materials,鈥 Young said. 鈥淒espite this seemingly endless list of media, there is a thoughtfulness and subtlety in nearly all of the works. These traits come in the manner in which these Delta artists have captured the essence of the region. People, place and nature remain strong unifiers.鈥 The exhibit is located at the Arkansas Arts Center at 9th and Commerce streets in Little Rock. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact 501-372-4000 or visit the Arkansas Arts Center . Top photo: 鈥淭rains鈥 by Benjamin Krain    ]]>