- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/alecia-walls-barton/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:53:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Windgate Center freshens galleries with new art, paint /news-archive/2018/06/26/windgate-art/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:53:07 +0000 /news/?p=70891 ... Windgate Center freshens galleries with new art, paint]]> New art from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 permanent art collection is on display in the Windgate Center for Art and Design through July 20, including three works of art donated or loaned by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Basketball Coach Darrell Walker and his wife Lisa. The Walkers collect art by modern and contemporary black artists, and their collection has been featured in exhibitions around the country. The couple has donated nine works to the university鈥檚 permanent collection and loaned additional works to the curated exhibition currently on display in the Brad Cushman Gallery. Two works included in this exhibition are 鈥淪eparation II,鈥 a 1998 acrylic on paper work by artist Herbert Gentry, and 鈥淐ouncil of Convenience,鈥 a 1995 lithograph by artist Juan Logan.
Separation II by Herbert Gentry

Separation II by Herbert Gentry

Walker is also loaning 鈥淭he Heartbeat of Something Unanimous,鈥 a 1990 oil on canvas by artist Moe Brooker to the exhibition. The Cushman Gallery has been newly repainted and the works re-installed. Other additions to 鈥淲orks from the Permanent Collection鈥 include art by Alice Leora Briggs, Helen Phillips, Francoise Gilot, Elsie Bates Freund, Arnold Zimmerman, Adrian Louis Brewer, Alecia Walls-Barton, Gustave Baumann, Lorre Hoffman, Ron Meyers, Hugo Crosthwaite, Jack Radcliffe, John Harlan Norris, William Bailey, Allison Short, Chris Jenkins, Mamma Andersson, Jockum Nordstr枚m, Alex Leme, Jaime Erin Johnson, Robyn Horn, Heidi Hogden, and Trevor Bennett. The exhibition is comprised of drawings and paintings; fine art prints and photographs; sculptural objects, ceramics, and contemporary crafts. The collection represents the work of professional artists with regional, national, and international reputations and art produced by students studying art and design at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. The Brad Cushman Gallery is open 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Basketball Coach Darrell Walker poses with an oil painting, 鈥淭he Heartbeat of Something Unanimous,鈥 by artist Moe Brooker in the Brad Cushman Gallery in the Windgate Center for Art and Design.听 Photo of Benjamin Krain]]> New summer exhibit features work from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 permanent collection /news-archive/2018/05/21/summer-exhibit-permanent-collection/ Mon, 21 May 2018 16:47:38 +0000 /news/?p=70634 ... New summer exhibit features work from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 permanent collection]]> The summer is a great time to check out the talented and diverse work of artists affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.听 A group exhibition featuring work by 25 artists specially selected from the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock permanent collection is on display in the Brad Cushman Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art and Design until July 10. The exhibit is comprised of drawings, paintings, fine art prints, photographs, sculptural objects, ceramics, and contemporary crafts. The collection represents the work of professional artists with regional, national, and international reputations as well as art produced by art and design students at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.听 The artists with work on display include Mamma Andersson, William Bailey, Gustave Baumann, Trevor Bennett, Adrian Louis Brewer, Alice Leora Briggs, Chris Cotton, Hugo Crosthwaite, Elsie Bates Freund, Francoise Gilot, Lorre Hoffman, Robyn Horn, Heidi Hogden, Chris Jenkins, Jaime Erin Johnson, Alex Leme, Ron Meyers, Jockum Nordstr枚m, John Harlan Norris, Helen Phillips, Jack Radcliffe, Allison Short, Alecia Walls-Barton, Sally Ann Williams, and Arnold Zimmerman.
John Harlan Norris's 2011 oil on canvas entitled "Builder."

John Harlan Norris’s 2011 oil on canvas entitled “Builder.”

In the summer, the Windgate Center galleries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and closed on university holidays. For more information, contact Gallery Director Brad Cushman at 501-916-5103 or becushman@ualr.edu. The upper right photo is聽Adrian Louis Brewer’s 聽“The Cactus Hill.”]]> Walls-Barton explores identity and childhood memories through artwork /news-archive/2017/12/13/walls-barton-graduation/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:23:23 +0000 /news/?p=68815 ... Walls-Barton explores identity and childhood memories through artwork]]> When Alecia Walls-Barton was a little girl, she loved watching her grandfather work with fabrics in the small shop in his home in Sheridan, Arkansas.听 鈥淢y grandfather was a carpenter and an upholster,鈥 Walls-Barton said. 鈥淚 grew up watching him make fabrics. He always worked for himself and had a little shop at his house.鈥 Walls-Barton graduated Dec. 16 with a Master of Arts degree with a concentration in studio art. Her artwork combines photography and textiles to create unique pieces. She owes her love of working with textiles to those cherished early memories with her grandfather. 鈥淢y love of textiles and fabrics and wanting to work with my hands comes from him,鈥 she said. 鈥淗e taught me how to sew on his great big industrial-size sewing machine.鈥 Given Walls-Barton鈥檚 fond childhood memories, it came as no surprise that her master鈥檚 thesis exhibition, 鈥淧ersonal Myth,鈥 is based largely on moments spent with her grandfather. The body of work explores Walls-Barton鈥檚 fragmented childhood memories and how people develop a personal identity based on information that might be flawed. 鈥淲hat I discovered is my memory is not finite,鈥 Walls-Barton explained. 鈥淢y memories have shifted as I have aged. There are things I don鈥檛 remember that I wish I did and things I remember that I鈥檓 not sure are true. Some of the work is based on fragmented childhood memories and feelings, so they are not exactly recreations of childhood memories, but they are related to them.鈥 One of her pieces, 鈥淲hen We Gathered,鈥 is based on a memory of gathering eggs with her grandfather. 鈥淚 have this memory of him taking my hand and leading me across the yard to the roosting box,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t was the first time I collected eggs. That memory is foundational to my relationship with my grandfather. It鈥檚 a really important experience that I鈥檓 not sure that I had. In the image, I am wearing a denim outfit like he would have worn. It鈥檚 not a perfect recreation of that experience, but it represents my emotional attachment to my grandfather.鈥 Another piece, 鈥淢other Feels Like Satin,鈥 is an up-close image of hands grasping at a satin top. 鈥淚 have this very vivid memory of my mother at two. I was really afraid of the dark and would end up in my parents鈥 bed,鈥 she said. 鈥淢y mom always wore satin pajamas, and she would give me her pajamas to use as a security blanket. I grew up seeing a photograph of a similar scene, and I鈥檓 sure that is where the memory came from.鈥 For Barton, her show is not about perfectly recreating foundational childhood memories. She has explored how people create their own life stories by filling in gaps in memories. 鈥淚 feel like we are the sum of our experiences. The question this work poses is how do you reconcile your memory and who you are if you can鈥檛 trust your memory, if you can鈥檛 be sure those are your memories,鈥 she said. 鈥淲hat I learned through the making of this work is that we are all made of myth, and we all create the myth of our lives.鈥 Walls-Barton joined 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2015. She worked as a graduate assistant and taught photography classes with her mentors, Joli Livaudais, assistant professor of photography, and Carey Roberson, associate professor of photography. 鈥淭hey are the best,鈥 she said. 鈥淭hey really pushed me to discover what I wanted to make. Joli and Carey encouraged me to experiment a lot. Grad school is not easy, so it鈥檚 nice to have people who are really invested in what you are doing and believe you have something to say.鈥 While at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, she won first place in the humanities category at the Research and Creative Works Expo in 2016. Earlier this year, she was one of the first members to join 鈥淣o-Type,鈥 a photography club for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students and alumni who held their first show this fall at Historic Arkansas Museum. After graduation, Walls-Barton plans to find a position teaching art and eventually earn a Master of Fine Arts degree. She also plans to complete a new body of work featuring her grandfather. 鈥淢y grandfather has dementia now, so the urgency is there to spend more time with him and take more photographs,鈥 she said. Walls-Barton encourages new students at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to take some art classes. 鈥淲hile you are here, allow yourself to take an art class and give yourself the freedom to follow your passions and broaden your scope,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 think the arts, especially, are important to people鈥檚 growth. I think I am a better, more well-rounded person because of the arts. I鈥檓 glad I came back to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to take the time to make my work.鈥 In the upper right photo, Alecia Walls-Barton holds pieces from her master’s thesis exhibition, “Personal Myth,” in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Art Gallery. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Communications.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host exhibition for graduating student artists /news-archive/2017/11/16/exhibition-graduating-student-artists/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:10:57 +0000 /news/?p=68583 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host exhibition for graduating student artists]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host an exhibition featuring the work of its graduating art and design students.听 The work of 22 undergraduate students and one graduate student will be on display from Wednesday, Nov. 22, to Thursday, Dec. 7, in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Art Gallery. A reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. The work will include photography, graphic design, furniture, drawings, ceramics, sculptures, vector art, paintings, illustrations, jewelry, and mixed media. Additionally, Alecia Walls-Barton will display her thesis exhibition, 鈥淧ersonal Myth,鈥 in the Maners/Pappas Gallery as part of her coursework to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree. Participating students who will earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and their art mediums include Jacy Andrews, graphic design; Andrew Blackwell, furniture; Robert Harpool, photography and mixed media; Kristine Klien, graphic design; Julia Napolitano, furniture; and Jason Ranking, drawing. Students who are seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree and their choice of mediums include:
  • 听听听听听Crystal Alverez-Blanco, clay sculpture and photography
  • 听听听听听Jacy Andrews, graphic design
  • 听听听听听Zachary Blair, watercolor
  • 听听听听听Tony Bockhold, ceramics
  • 听听听听听Lauren Hensen, drawing
  • 听听听听听Samantha Brown, vector illustration and bronze sculpture
  • 听听听听听Rachel Callahan, furniture
  • 听听听听听Evgeniya Fedorova, bronze sculpture and jewelry
  • 听听听听听Chris Graham, illustration
  • 听听听听听Robert Harpool, photography
  • 听听听听听Chris Helliwell, vector art
  • 听听听听听Louis Hess, ceramics
  • 听听听听听Kristine Klien, package design and stone sculpture
  • 听听听听听Rebekah Jaggars, painting
  • 听听听听听Jacqueline Miles, ceramics
  • 听听听听听Aaron Processor, graphic design and package design
  • 听听听听听Jason Rankin, drawing
  • 听听听听听Kimberly Snow, jewelry and mixed media
  • 听听听听听Andrew Valentine, print and graphic design
  • 听听听听听Marcus Vasquez, painting
The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Art Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building and is 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. Admission is free. For more information, contact Gallery Director Brad Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103. In the upper right photo,聽Alecia Walls-Barton’s drawing, “A Place Called Home,” is one of the works in her thesis exhibition entitled “Personal Myth.”]]> New 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock photography club holds first exhibit /news-archive/2017/08/10/no-type-photo-exhibit/ Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:06:16 +0000 /news/?p=67624 ... New 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock photography club holds first exhibit]]> University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduates and students have started a new photography club and are displaying their skills at the club鈥檚 first photo exhibit at the.听 The exhibit, will run Aug. 11 until Oct. 8. A reception for the artists will be held during the Second Friday Art Walk from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. in Little Rock. Participating artists include Benjamin Deaton, Megan Douglas, Jessica Frazier, Robert Harpool, Trinity Kai, Rayna Mackey, Adrian Quintanar, Nathaniel Roe, Alecia Walls-Barton, Craig Wynn, and Dylan Yarbrough. Rayna Mackey, a 2017 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock graduate and photographer, said alumni and students were inspired to form the club to share their love of fine arts photography. 鈥淭he name 鈥楴o-Type鈥 came about because, as a group, no one specific type of photography is used with mediums ranging from digital to analog to alternative process photography,鈥 Mackey said. In the exhibit, No-Type members portray the theme of identity through their own definitions and artistic photography styles. 鈥淚dentity is conceived from personal circumstances and conditions a person is born into,鈥 Mackey said. 鈥淭hese factors can shape how an individual aligns themselves with reality. Throughout life, experiences can morph an individual鈥檚 beliefs and the perceptions of an individual, including how others perceive them.鈥 聽]]>