/news-archive/tag/fine-arts/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:06:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /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]]> /news-archive/2016/06/09/exhibition-nomadic-bedouin-people/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:08:03 +0000 /news/?p=64553 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host exhibition on nomadic Bedouin people]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Gallery will host an exhibition featuring artwork and artifacts from the nomadic Bedouin people of Saudi Arabia. The exhibition, 鈥淭raditional Arts of the Bedouin,鈥� will be on display from June 16 聽to Aug. 5 in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. A second exhibit will feature the master鈥檚 thesis exhibition of Ted Grimmett. His photography will be on display in Gallery II from July 5-28. The nomadic people occupying the deserts of the Middle East are known as the Bedouin. The Saudi Arabian Bedouin are iconic nomads immortalized in films such as 鈥淟awrence of Arabia.鈥� They have captured the imagination of the Western world since their first contact with Europeans during Napoleon鈥檚 conquest of Egypt in the 18th century. Organized through ExhibitsUSA and Mid-America Arts Alliance, the exhibition includes artworks and artifacts, from elaborately embroidered textiles and embellished metalwork to ceremonial coffee accoutrements and incense burners. The exhibition focuses on aspects of traditional Bedouin life that survive today.听 Visitors to the exhibition will learn how Bedouin arts and crafts frequently bridge the gap between aesthetic and utilitarian purposes, as well as recognize the unique tenacity of Bedouin traditions in an ever-changing political, social, and environmental landscape. Bedouin crafts require the knowledge of natural environment that has developed over the centuries. Animals are bred not only for desert survival, but also for their hair, skin, hoof, and bone, while other natural materials such as clay and acacia wood are used for everything from pottery to writing instruments. Traditional arts of the Bedouin reveal the Bedouin to be artists with a legacy of incredible work, not widely known outside their own cultures. The featured jewelry shows each artist鈥檚 use of obscure techniques to produce intricate pieces. Bedouin weaving, still crafted on a stick loom, demonstrates ancient knowledge of natural dyes and fibers, and traditional patterns. The women who created textiles used native stitches, not known outside the Bedouin world, to embroider meaning into the objects. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Amber Clifford-Napoleone, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Central Missouri. The exhibition came from the Nance Collection, which is owned and housed by the McClure Archives and the University Museum at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. The gallery is located in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. Summer hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or by appointment. For more information, contact Gallery Director Brad Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501.569.8977. In the upper right photo, a聽face mask with cotton, silver beads, glass beads, coins, and leather is shown from the “Traditional Arts of the Bedouin” exhibition.]]> /news-archive/2016/05/02/chloe-deaton-whitbeck-winner/ Mon, 02 May 2016 17:38:48 +0000 /news/?p=64239 ... Chloe Deaton named Whitbeck Award winner]]> Chloe Deaton, 23, of Little Rock, has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average while double majoring in Spanish and fine arts with an emphasis in metals at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The Whitbeck Memorial Award is the single greatest distinction the university annually bestows on a graduating student. Deaton will receive the award during a luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 13, at the Clinton Presidential Center Great Hall in Little Rock. Elaine Eubank, who will receive the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Distinguished Alumni Award, and Paul Nolte, who will receive the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Presidents Award also will be honored during the event. Deaton鈥檚 final project for the Donaghey Scholars program included leading a metal jewelry making class for Nicaraguan women participating in Nueva Imagen, a program teaching new life skills to women previously trapped in prostitution. Before she left, Deaton raised more than $1,700 for tools and supplies during a two-week period via social media. When she returned home, she created a business plan to help participants sell their products online. 鈥淭hat opportunity was the most complete I have ever felt,鈥� Deaton said. 鈥淚 cannot fully express the joy that is found in seeing these marginalized women transform into confident, hammer-wielding craftspeople. I believe that work like this project embodies the idea of citizenship. 鈥淯tilizing the skills we have all acquired at 糖心Vlog传媒LR to make a positive impact is perhaps the best way to give back and fulfill our duties as privileged citizens of the world.鈥� As someone who is not afraid to take on new challenges, Deaton also created a stop-motion animated film entirely on her own for her final fine arts major project. is about a cricket tailor who helps out the bullying dung beetle mayor, who has ripped his pants at an inopportune moment. 鈥淚t has an underlying message of class and equality,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he mayor does something bad to the cricket, and the cricket still does something nice when the mayor needs help.鈥� The film was accepted into seven film festivals and won several awards, including Best Student Film at the Indie Film Festival in Switzerland, Best College Film at the Austin Student Film Festival, and the Presidential Award at the North Carolina Film Awards. Coming from a family that believes strongly in giving back, Deaton has always been active in her community. She volunteered as a facilitator at World Services for the Blind, a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a translator for Community of Grace Health Center, and a tutor at Franklin Elementary School. After doctors diagnosed Type 1 diabetes in Deaton when she was a child, her parents helped found a local chapter of the in Little Rock, where Deaton still volunteers as an ambassador. Most people would not realize just how accomplished Deaton is because she 鈥渉as the potential to fly under people鈥檚 radar,鈥� said Simon Hawkins, interim director of the Donaghey Scholars Program. 鈥淪he is friendly and personable, but her demeanor is quite modest,鈥� Hawkins said. 鈥淪ometimes getting her to list accomplishments is like pulling teeth, but her work is impressive in its complexity, detail, thoughtfulness, and commitment to others.鈥� Deaton has worked in leadership positions in several 糖心Vlog传媒LR organizations. She restarted 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Spanish Club and has served as president for the past three years. She also served as personnel chair of Chi Omega Fraternity and was a founding member of Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society. She is also a member of Golden Key International Honor Society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and Sigma Delta Pi. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Faculty Senate Honors and Awards Committee makes the annual selection of the outstanding senior based on the criteria of citizenship, scholarship, and leadership. Frank L. and Beverly Whitbeck established the award in memory of their son, Edward Lynn Whitbeck, who was a senior at Little Rock University, the predecessor of 糖心Vlog传媒LR, at the time of his death in 1965. Each scholar receives a personalized plaque and a monetary award and will lead the graduating students during the academic processional at spring graduation. Deaton is currently keeping busy by working as a cake decorator at Natalie Madison鈥檚 Artisan Cakes and as a radiology assistant at Radiology Associates, P.A. After graduation, Deaton is getting married May 21 to her fianc茅, Mr. Kaley Crum. This summer, she plans to finish her second stop-motion animated film about two Florida retirees playing on the beach and the humorous situations that arise. ]]>