LeFevre is first recipient of Linda Blaine Flake Endowed Scholarship

John Hill — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:00:44 +0000

Caleb LeFevre, a junior studio art major from Little Rock, has been awarded the first scholarship from the Linda Blaine Flake Endowed Art Scholarship. “I am super excited about receiving this scholarship,” LeFevre said. “I was very honored to be able to meet the donor, Leslye Shellam. I‘ve received scholarships through the department before and I wrote a thank you letter. I’ve never had the opportunity to meet the donor, and that was very lovely.” Leslye Shellam, the daughter of Linda Blaine Flake and L. Dickson Flake, created the scholarship to honor her mother’s love of art with a $100,000 donation. Shellam awarded LaFevre the scholarship during a celebration of World Art Day on April 15, while LaFevre gifted Shellam with a charcoal painting of his girlfriend and dog. As part of the scholarship, LeFevre will feature his work in a solo exhibit in the Windgate Center of Art and Design during the spring 2022 semester. “It’s a wonderful opportunity,” he said. “I have made so much work since I’ve been at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, especially after not making art for so long. I am so excited to put all my work in the solo show. It’s an opportunity to show all the things I’ve been working on rather than just one area of interest.” After graduating from Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School in 2003, LeFevre moved to Memphis and later North Carolina. He’s been working as a dog groomer for the past six years and hadn’t practiced art in more than a decade when he started at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock as a biology major with the intention of practicing medical bio illustration. “Then I took one basic drawing class in the Windgate Center, and I was blown away,” LeFevre said. “I started drawing again for the first time in 15 years. I realized I didn’t need a biology degree. I needed to be making art. The building and faculty was so amazing that I was really blown away.” LeFevre also works in the Windgate Center as the woodshop monitor and teaching assistant. He’ll be putting those skills to work during the fall semester working as a studio assistant for woodshop classes at Penland School of Craft, an international center for craft education in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. LaFeve recently had four pieces displayed in the Annual Student Competitive art show, and he was one of the winners of the Art Supplies and Materials award, courtesy of Art Outfitters. He was a recipient of the 2020-21 Signature Experience Award, which he and his partner, Andrew Myers, used to create . “My project was a furniture design project,” LeFevre said. “Another furniture design student and myself designed benches for the art department made from wood harvested from a tree from the campus lot. After we send them to a company to be painted, the benches will end up in the Windgate Center of Art and Design.” LeFevre will graduate in spring 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in studio art, a minor in art history, and an applied design certificate. After graduation, his next step is to attend graduate school.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock announces winners of 2019 Annual Student Competitive

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:56:23 +0000

University of Arkansas at Little Rock art and design students are showing off their best work during the Annual Student Competitive art show on display in the Brad Cushman Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art and Design until April 21. The exhibition includes 84 pieces of artwork by 48 ��Vlog��ý Little Rock students involving drawing, paintings, prints, graphic design, photography, illustrations, textiles, metals, sculptures, ceramics, and furniture. Gwen Kudabeck was awarded the Friends of the Arts Purchase Awards for two of her digital photographs, “Highway 365” and “Highway 270.” Caleb LeFevre received the Wilma and Jack Diner Scholarship Award of $1,050 while Amanda Brown and Seth Smith received the Charles D. Massey Scholarship for $250. The winners were announced at a reception for the students on April 2, including: Local Business Awards Caleb LeFevre (Cantrell Gallery) Annika Shunn (Hearne Fine Art) Brady Jackson (Sol Alman Co.) Art Supplies and Materials (courtesy of Art Outfitters) – Carol Anderson, Austin Bowers, Carley Brown, and Gwen Kudabeck Starving Artist Awards Wai K. Lo (Trio’s Restaurant) Christina Osorio (Boulevard Bread Company) Terran Henderson and Amanda Brown (The Root Café) Lee Steen Hardwood and Woodworkers Association of Arkansas Awards – Gary Anderson, Christina Osorio, Shelby Ridgeway, and Karen Stein Friends of the Arts Purchase Awards – Gwen Kudabeck for “Highway 365” and “Highway 270” Wilma And Jack Diner Scholarship Award – Caleb LeFevre Wilma And Jack Diner Purchase Award – Brady Jackson Wilma And Jack Diner Cash Award – Terran Henderson The ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery, which is free and open to the public, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, contact Gallery Director Brad Bushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103.

Gwen Kudabeck photographs “Highway 365” and “Highway 270”

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LeFevre is first recipient of Linda Blaine Flake Endowed Scholarship

����Vlog��ý Little Rock announces winners of 2019 Annual Student Competitive

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��Vlog��ý Little Rock announces winners of 2019 Annual Student Competitive