- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:09:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to Host ArtWorks Virtual Presentation with Delita Martin on Oct. 14 /news-archive/2021/10/07/virtual-presentation-with-delita/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:09:16 +0000 /news/?p=79842 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to Host ArtWorks Virtual Presentation with Delita Martin on Oct. 14]]> Martin, an artist based in Huffman, Texas, received a BFA in drawing from Texas Southern University and a MFA in printmaking from Purdue University. Formerly a member of the fine arts faculty at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, Martin works as a full-time artist in her studio, Black Box Press. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. A solo exhibit of her work, 鈥淐alling Down the Spirits,鈥 was featured at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Her work is in numerous portfolios and collections. She is represented by Galerie Myrtis in Baltimore, Maryland.
Delita Martin, Mirror Mirror, Mixed media on paper, Photo courtesy of artist

Delita Martin’s “Mirror Mirror”

Delita Martin’s recent series, 鈥淐onjure,鈥 features deals with reconstructing the identity of Black women by piecing together the signs, symbols, and language found in what could be called everyday life from slavery through modern times. Martin鈥檚 goal is to create images as a visual language to tell the story of women that have often been marginalized, offering a different perspective of the lives of Black women. During the presentation, Martin will speak about her studio practices when creating. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required . For more information, contact Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103.]]> National Museum of Women in the Arts selected Livaudais for 鈥榃omen to Watch鈥 exhibit /news-archive/2020/10/07/livaudais-women-to-watch/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:51:22 +0000 /news/?p=76211 ... National Museum of Women in the Arts selected Livaudais for 鈥榃omen to Watch鈥 exhibit]]> Joli Livaudais, assistant professor of photography at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is someone to keep an eye on in the art world. The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has selected Livaudais as a featured artist in the 鈥鈥 exhibition series premiering Oct. 8 in Washington, D.C.聽 Showcasing contemporary artists, the sixth installment of NMWA鈥檚 鈥淲omen to Watch鈥 exhibition series features up-and-coming or underrepresented artists. This year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淧aper Routes,鈥 presents the versatility of paper, not merely as a support for drawings, prints, and photographs, but as a rewarding medium itself. NMWA is the only major museum in the world dedicated solely to championing women through the arts. Livaudais will exhibit her installation, 鈥淎ll That I Love,鈥 at NMWA from Oct. 8 to Jan. 18, 2021. The installation consists of 1,500 origami paper beetles of varying sizes made of aluminum, pigment ink, resin, and mulberry paper that will be installed floor to ceiling by the artist. 鈥淚 am a professor of photography, so each of those beetles is folded from a photograph,鈥 Livaudais said. 鈥淭he idea is that each image captures a special moment of beauty, something that you care about deeply. That鈥檚 why the installation is called 鈥楢ll That I Love.鈥 Some of the images are recruited from other artists. When people send me images, it鈥檚 of things they love, like their kids.鈥 For Livaudais, creating the art installation has been a meditative process that allows her to appreciate the important things in life. She was inspired to create beetles from Egyptian mythology, where the scarab beetle is a symbol of the transformation of death. 鈥淭his art piece is about transformation and appreciating the beauty in life before it ends,鈥 Livaudais said. 鈥淓ach photograph represents a precious moment of something that you love and find beautiful, but you can鈥檛 hang on to it forever. You fold it up into a beetle and then let it go, because that鈥檚 the way life works.鈥 The international exhibition features artists by participating committees in Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, northern and southern California, Canada, Chile, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Texas, and the United Kingdom.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host 鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch鈥 /news-archive/2016/09/07/arkansas-women-to-watch/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 13:47:44 +0000 /news/?p=65023 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host 鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch鈥]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host the artwork of four emerging and mid-career female artists from Arkansas whose pieces are featured in a statewide tour.聽 鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch: Organic Matters鈥 is the fourth biennial tour of work by Arkansas women. The competitive exhibit is sponsored by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. 聽 The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery will display the exhibit from Sept. 8 to Oct. 20 in the Maners/Pappas Gallery and Gallery III in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. Artists include Sandra Luckett, of Conway, Katherine Rutter, formerly of Little Rock, Dawn Holder, of Clarksville, and Melissa Wilkinson, of Bono. A reception will be held for the artists at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. The reception will also honor Brian McCarty, an internationally exhibited artist and toy industry veteran whose photographs are on display in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery from Sept. 1 to Oct. 20. Three of the Arkansas Women to Watch artists will give guest lectures at 糖心Vlog传媒LR during the exhibit, including:
  • Melissa Wilkinson, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building Room 157
  • Dawn Holder, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building Room 157
  • Sandra Luckett, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building Room 157
The is a co-sponsor of the reception. The event will be held during in observance of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace.
Melissa Wilkinson's 2014 watercolor "Man Eater."

Melissa Wilkinson’s 2014 watercolor “Man Eater”

Curator Courtney Taylor canvassed the state of Arkansas to select four contemporary female artists working with imagery and materials taken from the natural world. Their work includes mixed media and photographic installations, mixed-media drawings, and watercolor paintings. Historically, society encouraged female artists to take the natural world as their subject. Rather than narrative art, which was thought to require invention and imagination beyond women鈥檚 capabilities, subjects such as botanical drawings, still-life paintings, and images of animals 鈥 merely requiring the powers of observation 鈥 were deemed suitable. The theme of 鈥淥rganic Matters鈥 illuminates how contemporary artists re-contextualize images in nature to reflect upon the themes of sexuality, gender politics, and the abstract to redefine emerging relationships between women, nature, and art. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Art Gallery is located in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Beginning Sept. 10, the gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, contact 糖心Vlog传媒LR Gallery Director Brad Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501.569.8977. In the upper right photo,聽Dawn Holder’s “Once Upon a Time in the Forest of I鈥檓 Not Sweet Enough” is a featured work in the聽鈥淎rkansas Women to Watch: Organic Matters鈥 biennial tour of work by Arkansas women.]]>