- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/arkansas-wand/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:52:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒LR political science professors to hold discussion of presidential election Oct. 25 /news-archive/2016/10/25/ualr-political-professors/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:52:36 +0000 /news/?p=65615 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR political science professors to hold discussion of presidential election Oct. 25]]> The 糖心Vlog传媒LR School of Public Affairs, in partnership with the and , will host 鈥淧izza, Peace & Politics鈥 at 6:30 p.m. tonight at U.S. Pizza Co. in Hillcrest, 2710 Kavanaugh. Doors will open at 6 p.m. 糖心Vlog传媒LR political science professors Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm, Rebecca Glazier, Margaret Scantron, Joe Giammo, and Chris Williams will compare the candidates and discuss the important issues of the presidential election. The discussion will be heavily based on questions from the audience. For more information, visit the or contact Wiebelhaus-Brahm at ejwiebelhaus@ualr.edu.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host 鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch鈥 /news-archive/2016/09/07/arkansas-women-to-watch/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 13:47:44 +0000 /news/?p=65023 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host 鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch鈥]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host the artwork of four emerging and mid-career female artists from Arkansas whose pieces are featured in a statewide tour.聽 鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch: Organic Matters鈥 is the fourth biennial tour of work by Arkansas women. The competitive exhibit is sponsored by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. 聽 The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery will display the exhibit from Sept. 8 to Oct. 20 in the Maners/Pappas Gallery and Gallery III in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. Artists include Sandra Luckett, of Conway, Katherine Rutter, formerly of Little Rock, Dawn Holder, of Clarksville, and Melissa Wilkinson, of Bono. A reception will be held for the artists at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. The reception will also honor Brian McCarty, an internationally exhibited artist and toy industry veteran whose photographs are on display in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery from Sept. 1 to Oct. 20. Three of the Arkansas Women to Watch artists will give guest lectures at 糖心Vlog传媒LR during the exhibit, including:
  • Melissa Wilkinson, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building Room 157
  • Dawn Holder, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building Room 157
  • Sandra Luckett, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building Room 157
The is a co-sponsor of the reception. The event will be held during in observance of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace.
Melissa Wilkinson's 2014 watercolor "Man Eater."

Melissa Wilkinson’s 2014 watercolor “Man Eater”

Curator Courtney Taylor canvassed the state of Arkansas to select four contemporary female artists working with imagery and materials taken from the natural world. Their work includes mixed media and photographic installations, mixed-media drawings, and watercolor paintings. Historically, society encouraged female artists to take the natural world as their subject. Rather than narrative art, which was thought to require invention and imagination beyond women鈥檚 capabilities, subjects such as botanical drawings, still-life paintings, and images of animals 鈥 merely requiring the powers of observation 鈥 were deemed suitable. The theme of 鈥淥rganic Matters鈥 illuminates how contemporary artists re-contextualize images in nature to reflect upon the themes of sexuality, gender politics, and the abstract to redefine emerging relationships between women, nature, and art. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery is located in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Beginning Sept. 10, the gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, contact 糖心Vlog传媒LR Gallery Director Brad Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501.569.8977. In the upper right photo,聽Dawn Holder’s “Once Upon a Time in the Forest of I鈥檓 Not Sweet Enough” is a featured work in the聽鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch: Organic Matters鈥 biennial tour of work by Arkansas women.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host photographic exhibit about children鈥檚 experiences in war /news-archive/2016/08/22/ualr-photographic-exhibit-childrens-experiences-war/ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:25:24 +0000 /news/?p=64945 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host photographic exhibit about children鈥檚 experiences in war]]> In his photo exhibit 鈥淲ar-Toys: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip,鈥 Brian McCarty interprets children鈥檚 drawings to offer insight into the experiences of Israeli and Palestinian children affected by war. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Art Gallery will host the exhibit Sept. 1 to Oct. 20 in 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery 1. A lecture and reception for McCarty, an internationally exhibited artist and toy industry veteran, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. The is a co-sponsor of the reception and lecture event. The event will be held during Arkansas Peace Week in observance of the United Nation鈥檚 International Day of Peace. 鈥淭he children and their families live in communities that have become war zone target,鈥 said Brad Cushman, director of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery. 鈥淏rian McCarty challenges the viewer to think about a world at war and the impact it has on all of us especially the children. He recreates the children’s drawings using toys in the war zones landscapes where the children live.” 聽
An unknown child's drawing serves as the inspiration behind Brian McCarty's 2012 photograph, "Sderot House."

An unknown child’s drawing serves as the inspiration behind Brian McCarty’s 2012 photograph, “Sderot House,” shown above.聽

In the exhibit, 18 reproductions of children鈥檚 drawings are presented alongside 22 of McCarty鈥檚 photographs. Featuring locally found toys placed and posed in the actual locations described by the children, the photographs recreate shared fears and witnessed events. In the process of sharing their artwork, children would often reveal the details that were most important or impactful to them. The exhibit is curated by Catinca Tabacaru, founder of New York-based Tinca Art, Inc. She spent her early career working for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Office of Chief Defense Counsel for the Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery is located in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Beginning Sept. 10, the gallery also will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and 2-5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit the or contact Brad Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501.569.8977. About Arkansas WAND Arkansas WAND (Women’s Actions for New Directions) values the voices and leadership of women seeking peace, justice, and security through informed participation in the democratic process. WAND is comprised of women of all ages, races, and creeds, with voices that are fresh and eager as well as seasoned and knowing, working in communities across the nation, seeking a world that is peaceful and just.]]>