/news-archive/tag/kennedy-butler/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:54:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/03/05/29th-annual-art-history-symposium/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:54:50 +0000 /news/?p=73627 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host 29th annual Art History Symposium]]> Four University of Arkansas at Little Rock students will be among the presenters at the 29th annual Arkansas College Art History Symposium on Thursday, March 7, and Friday, March 8, at the Windgate Center of Art and Design Room 101. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock art history students who will be presenting include:

• 听听听听听Shayla Grimmett, 鈥淕eorge Catlin鈥檚 Effect on Manifest Destiny,鈥� 9:15 a.m. March 8
• 听听听听听Cassandra Christ, 鈥�A Century of Violence: William Hogarth鈥檚 鈥楾he Four Stages of Cruelty鈥� and the Cyclical Nature of Violence in 18th Century London,鈥� 11 a.m. March 8
• 听听听听听Kennedy Butler, 鈥淭he Influence of JC Leyendecker鈥檚 Sexuality in Early 20th Century American Illustration,鈥� 11 a.m. March 8
• 听听听听听Grace Lytle, 鈥淚mages of Empathy: K盲the Kollwitz鈥檚 鈥楰rieg鈥� Series,鈥� 1:40 p.m. March 8

Students from Henderson State University, University of Central Arkansas, and University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will also be presenting at the symposium. Dr. Debra Murphy, professor of art history and the inaugural chair of the Department of Art and Design at the University of North Florida, will give the keynote lecture, 鈥淩endering Rome,鈥� at 6 p.m. March 7. Murphy will discuss how artists have visualized the city of Rome in art from antiquity through the 19th century. Murphy earned her Ph.D. in art history from Boston University, where she studied the history of Italian Renaissance art. Her scholarly agenda includes 16th century Italian art and contemporary art, patronage, and collections in Florida. She has been recognized twice by UNF for outstanding undergraduate teaching and founded the University of North Florida summer Italy Program in 2009. The Arkansas College Art History Symposium was born through friendship and an awareness that undergraduate students in the state of Arkansas did not have an opportunity to present their research 鈥� an important experience for future art historians. Dr. Floyd Martin, professor of art history at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, and Dr. Gayle Seymour, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at the University of Central Arkansas, are the symposium founders and visionaries. The 30-year friends saw a need and established the Arkansas College Art History Symposium in 1991. The symposium experience echoes the expectations given to professional historians. Students have the opportunity to formally present their work, network with students in the state with similar interests and give greater attention to the discipline. The symposium also provides a unique opportunity for art history faculty from colleges and universities across the state to interact.]]> /news-archive/2017/06/23/black-history-contest/ Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:31:25 +0000 /news/?p=67344 ... Students win trip to Museum of African American History and Culture]]> 鈥淚, as an African American, have an incredible and rich history that did not begin with bondage,鈥� said Doyne, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior from College Station, Arkansas. 鈥淢ost won鈥檛 know because that鈥檚 the heaviest topic covered in textbooks when it comes to general history in America.鈥� Doyne is one of eight 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students who went to Washington, D.C., after winning an essay contest to promote knowledge of African American history. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, the Joel E. Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity held an essay contest in February in which students answered: 鈥淲hy does the United States need a National Museum of African American History and Culture?鈥� The winners include:

• 听听听听听Kennedy Butler, junior art history major from Little Rock
• 听听听听听Sean Corrothers, junior accounting major from Little Rock
• 听听听听听Rebecca Doyne, senior advertising and marketing major from College Station
• 听听听听听Ravan Gaston, sophomore political science major from Jonesboro
• 听听听听听Jarodrick Mixon, senior health and performance major from Dumas
• 听听听听听Jessica Tate, junior international studies and Spanish major from Nashville
• 听听听听听Kiahjea Ward, junior mass communications major from Little Rock
• 听听听听听Tori Williams, junior English major from Little Rock

The winners received a trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.听罢he facility is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. To date, the museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts. During the weekend of June 2-4, Anderson Institute Director John Kirk and the students traveled to Washington, D.C., to visit the museum, the White House, the National Mall, and other sites. The group also met with Dr. Adjoa Aiyetoro, former director of the Anderson Institute and a retired 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock law professor. 鈥淭aking the students on these trips is fascinating,鈥� Kirk said. 鈥淥ut of the eight students, two had never flown before. I think the students had a great time. This essay contest gave some of them their first opportunity to go on a flight, to see a big city, to discover more about African American history, and to experience the nation鈥檚 capital city.鈥� One student winner, Kiahjea Ward, wrote about 鈥渘ot fully understanding what it meant to be black in America鈥� until her senior year of high school. Ward appreciated the chance to learn more about her heritage. 鈥淚 wrote my essay about growing up and not really knowing too much about being black,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he most interesting thing I learned about African American History is that being black isn鈥檛 a curse. Going to the museum and seeing all that we have done is definitely encouraging. No matter what, we will persevere.鈥� In the upper right photo, students who won a trip to Washington, D.C. through an essay contest with the Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Pictured, from left to right, are: Dr. John Kirk,听罢ori Williams, Jarodrick Mixon, Rebecca Doyne, Jessica Tate, Kennedy Butler, Kiahjea Ward, Ravan Gatson, and Sean Corrothers.]]>