Sculpture by late artist Mac Hornecker installed at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:49:15 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is now home to a sculpture by late artist.�� Marie Hornecker of Arkadelphia donated the sculpture to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock last year to honor her husband’s creative efforts. Mac Hornecker, who passed away in 2011, created “El ��ñ��” in 1998. It is a non-objective sculpture that was an early piece in his waved linear steel and concrete stone work. “El ��ñ�� was built in 1998 at a time when our oldest daughter was in college at OU in Oklahoma majoring in meteorology and also had a position at NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Severe Storm Center and as a storm chaser,” Marie Hornecker said. “It gave Mac a new awareness of the weather and patterns. The land and natural elements were always the inspirations of Mac’s work.” Marie Hornecker and ��Vlog��ý Little Rock installation crew members Michael Warrick, Kerrick Hartman, John Bruhl, Ricky Sikes, and Ruijie Zheng dismantled, packed, and reinstalled the sculpture at the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock campus on Oct. 19. Marie Hornecker and Warrick gave the sculpture a fresh coat of paint on Oct. 20 to give it a “final finish,” according to Warrick, a longtime friend of the Horneckers. The sculpture now stands east of the Donaghey Student Center near Coleman Creek. “Thanks for everyone at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock for placing ‘El ��ñ��’ on your campus,” Marie Hornecker said. “It is a wonderful setting, and I know Mac would have been very pleased. I also want to thank Michael Warrick and those in the art faculty that helped with the instillation and ��Vlog��ý Little Rock for accepting this piece and putting it in a beautiful location.”

Mac Hornecker, who passed away in 2011, created “El ��ñ��” in 1998. It is a non-objective sculpture that was an early piece in his waved linear steel and concrete stone work.

Mac Hornecker was best known for sculptures of environmental scale built from a variety of materials. He designed for a particular site, which determines scale and material. Images within his work deal with land and manmade forms. He was interested in the topography, rocks, trees, architecture, and anything interesting about the environment of the site. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1968 and a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the University of Oklahoma in 1970. He received his first commission from the Oklahoma City Arts Council in 1971 for a 12-ton cast concrete sculpture. His work was represented in more than 30 public collections, 25 solo shows, 50 group shows, 25 invitationals, and 30 competitive shows. He was a professor of sculpture for 40 years and served as a guest artist and conducted workshops at many colleges, universities, and art centers. In the upper right photo, members of the installation crew install Mac Hornecker’s sculpture on campus. Pictured (L to R) include John Bruhl, Kerrick Hartman, Marie Hornecker, and Michael Warrick.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock alumni, employees chosen for Arkansas Artist Fellowships

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:20:17 +0000

Three University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumni and employees from the Department of Art and Design have received a $4,000 fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council.�� The winners include Sofia Gonzalez of Little Rock, adjunct professor of textiles at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock; Kerrick Hartman of Stuttgart, a ��Vlog��ý Little Rock graduate and furniture design technician at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock; and Hannah May of Hensley, director of art and design at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock and a 2012 graduate of ��Vlog��ý Little Rock with a bachelor’s degree in studio art with an emphasis in ceramics. Awarded annually, the ��recognizes individual artistic ability and creative excellence in literary, performing, and visual arts. The fellowships enable artists to set aside time for creating their art and improving their skills. “It is a great honor to receive an Individual Artist Fellowship for Contemporary Craft from the Arkansas Arts Council,” Gonzalez said. “As a transplant to Arkansas from California, it means a lot to be acknowledged and recognized for the textile work I have created since moving here in 2014.” Gonzales will use the fellowship to buy supplies for a new series of sculpture pieces for her upcoming show in 2018. “The award will allow me to say no to part-time jobs I often take on to supplement my teaching income and will make it possible for me to spend dedicated days in the studio,” she said. “In addition, I hope to use the funds to purchase fabric, natural dye equipment, and commission help to create various frames and supports for my textile sculptures.” Three artistic disciplines are selected each year as categories for the awards. The three categories for this year are Literary Arts: Creative Nonfiction Writing; Performing Arts: Cinematic Arts – Director of a Narrative or Documentary Film; and Visual Arts: Contemporary Craft. A jury of professional artists, writers, and performers selected the recipients. Gonzales, Hartman, and May were all selected for fellowships in the Visual Arts: Contemporary Craft category. Additional fellowship winners include Caroline Beimford of Fayetteville, Jennifer Coffy Davis of Little Rock, Paige Martin Reynolds of Little Rock, Amman Abbasi of Little Rock, Russell Leigh Sharman of Fayetteville, and Charles Eric White of Little Rock. In the upper right photo,��Sofia Gonzalez is shown working on her art in her ��Vlog��ý Little Rock office. Photo courtesy of Arkansas Arts Council.

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Sculpture by late artist Mac Hornecker installed at ����Vlog��ý Little Rock

����Vlog��ý Little Rock alumni, employees chosen for Arkansas Artist Fellowships

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

Sculpture by late artist Mac Hornecker installed at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

��Vlog��ý Little Rock alumni, employees chosen for Arkansas Artist Fellowships