��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.

Student art competition winners announced, pieces on display

Janea Snyder — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 21:36:32 +0000

Artwork by students taking studio art and design classes in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is on display until April 15 in the Windgate Center for Art and Design. Fifty works were selected for the Student Competitive Art Exhibition, and the winners were announced Tuesday, March 27. The exhibit runs through April 15 in The Brad Cushman Gallery on Level 2. The exhibit is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The student submissions represent all studio disciplines being taught at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, including drawing and design, painting, printmaking, graphic design and illustration, photography, textiles, metals and furniture design, sculpture, and ceramics. Joshua Brinlee of Memphis served as the juror for the competition. Brinlee teaches at the University of Mississippi in Oxford and also has an exhibit, Masculine Projections, in the Small Gallery on Level 1 in the Windgate Center.

“Stare” by Reece Henderson

Students competed for a variety of awards including scholarships and cash and prizes from local companies. Monica Penny earned the Wilma And Jack Diner Scholarship Award of $1,500 and a $360 Diner Purchase Award for her copper and enamel work “Lucy in the Forest.” Also receiving Diner Purchase Awards were Shelly Pruett, in the amount of $250, and David Irby, $500. Reece Henderson landed the Alexa Mena Student Competitive cash award sponsored by Sissy’s Log Cabin in the amount of $300 for a collagraph print “Stare.” Other winners and their sponsors include the following: FRAME SHOPS CERTIFICATES Cantrell Gallery, $75, David Jones, “The Firefighters” Hearne Fine Art, $75, Austin Bowers, “Grasping” Gallery 26, $25, Henry L. Thomas, “Mrs. White” ART SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS Art Outfitters $100 – Jason Rankin, “Kateryna’s Back & Kateryna’s Mosaic” $50 – Andy Blackwell, “Brad” $50 – Jacy Andrews, “Sicilianische Bauernehre” ALMAN CO. $100 – Douglas Frank, “Rocket Ship Oil Lamp” STARVING ARTIST AWARDS Trio’s ($75) – Carol Anderson, “Lazy Carol Table” Boulevard Bread Company Six loaves of bread – Dudley Meadows, “Karotma Sutra” Six loaves of bread – David Jones, “The Gates of Hell” The Root Cafe Gift card ($50) – Sarah Harper, “The Peacock Lady” Gift card ($50) – Monica Penny, “Cocktail Spoon” CASH / SCHOLARSHIPS Friends of the Arts (��Vlog��ý Little Rock) – Purchase Awards $175 – Kimberly Snow, “Artificial Selection,” Silver and Plastic $325 – Austin Bowers, “Grasping,” Pinhole Camera, Film Print Les Steen Hardwood/NLR and Woodworkers Association of Arkansas $50 – Intro – Carol Anderson, Lazy Carol Table $50 – Intro – Grant Berry, Mirror $100 – Furniture – David Irby, Table $100 – Wood Based Piece (Sculpture, Jewelry, Mixed Media, etc.) – Andy Blackwell, “Kat and Brad” For more information, contact Brad Cushman, gallery director and curator at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103. (Above Left photo) “Lucy in the Forest,” a copper and enamel work by art student Monica Penny, won a $1,500 Wilma And Jack Diner Scholarship Award in the Student Competitive Art Exhibition. Photo Credit / Benjamin Krain, University Communications

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

Student art competition winners announced, pieces on display

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

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