��Vlog��ý Little Rock employees’ work showcased at exhibits

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:10:09 +0000

The work of two University of Arkansas at Little Rock employees is on display at two venues in Little Rock. Gallery 26, which offers custom, do-it-yourself framing and fine art, is showcasing 20 photographs from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock photographer Benjamin Krain. His work is on display until Oct. 27. Gallery 26 is located at 2601 Kavanaugh Suite 1 (Ice House Center), Little Rock. Krain got his start in photography at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, taking photography classes with his favorite professor Gary Cawood, a retired professor of art. He graduated from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock in 1995 with bachelor’s degrees in art and broadcast journalism. Krain previously worked as a photojournalist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for 24 years, traveling the world to cover news events in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Marshall Islands, and Haiti. His newest show features random works from his career as well as new pairings of unrelated photos used to form diptychs, pieces of art formed in two parts.

Benjamin Krain’s diptych features two photos demonstrating the devastation of New Orleans flooding from Hurricane Katrina and the damage from a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

A ��Vlog��ý Little Rock faculty member, Dr. Andrew J. Deiser, interim chair of the Department of World Languages, has a love of art as well as language. His display of 13 evocative oil and watercolor landscapes is being shown at Community Bakery, 1200 Main St., Little Rock, through Oct. 31. The paintings feature Pinnacle Mountain, Broadway Bridge, the Arkansas State Capitol building, and the Cathedral Apartments. “The major theme to the exhibit is Arkansas landscapes, both urban and from West Little Rock,” Deiser said. Deiser has been painting and drawing since the age of 10. In 2012, Deiser took a plein air (French for painting outdoors) workshop with German artist Guido Frick, where he became “hooked on painting outdoors.” He has received mentoring from local artist Arden Boyce and has taken workshops with artists Brian Mark Taylor, Trey McCarley, and Lori Putnam. In summer 2017, Deiser was selected as an artist-in-residence at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Andrew Deiser’s “Surprise on the Broadway Bridge is one of several paintings on display at Community Bakery in Little Rock.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock artists featured in Delta Exhibition

Janea Snyder — Thu, 31 May 2018 18:57:22 +0000

Three University of Arkansas at Little Rock staff and faculty members have art in the Arkansas Arts Center’s 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 ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, created a graphite on paper drawing titled “Faces of the Delta: Geraldine.” 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

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

“The Messengers” by Marjorie Williams-Smith

Their art is among the 52 works selected from more than 1,400 submissions. “Every year, the Delta Exhibition gives Arkansas Arts Center patrons the opportunity to experience some of the Delta region’s most talented contemporary artists,” 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’s 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. “We selected work with faux fur, coffee, cold wax, ziatype, video, yucca, fluorescent tubing, resin, found objects, copper point, and of course the traditional materials,” Young said. “Despite 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.” 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: “Trains” by Benjamin Krain

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����Vlog��ý Little Rock employees’ work showcased at exhibits

����Vlog��ý Little Rock artists featured in Delta Exhibition

- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

��Vlog��ý Little Rock employees’ work showcased at exhibits

��Vlog��ý Little Rock artists featured in Delta Exhibition