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

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host African American art exhibit

Ajani Oyindamola — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:55:16 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will present an art show featuring art created by black artists from the mid 1800s to the present. “On Their Own Terms” will be showcased in Brad Cushman Gallery and the Small Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art and Design on the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock campus from Jan. 17 to March 10. A reception for the exhibit will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in the Windgate Center. A conversation with art collector Juan Rodriguez and gallery owner Garbo Hearne will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The exhibit activates a narrative between art created in the 19th century by notable artists Robert Scott Duncanson, Edward Mitchell Bannister, Charles Ethan Porter, and Henry Ossawa Tanner with art created by modern and contemporary artists. The exhibition examines how artists influence each other directly and indirectly. During the 2019 spring semester, Dr. Lynne Larsen, assistant professor of art history, will teach an art history seminar course on African-American art focusing on the works in the exhibit. The exhibition was curated by ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery Director Brad Cushman. Additional artists with work in the show include Delita Martin, James Phillips, Joyce Scott, Lorna Simpson, Whitfield Lovell, David Driskell, Robert Pruitt, AJ Smith, Alfred Conteh, Deborah Roberts, Herbert Gentry, Aminah Robinson, Bisa Butler, Ron Adams, Bessie Harvey, Benny Andrews, Elizabeth Catlett, Kerry James Michael, Vicki Meek, Zoe Charlton, Sam Gilliam, Henry Tanner, Mikalene Thomas, Phoebe Beasley, Marjorie Williams-Smith, Romare Bearden, Caitlin Cherry, Kara Walker, David Clemons, Amy Sherald, Kehinde Wiley, Justin Bryant, and Reverend George Kornegay. The 19th century painters are part of the Juan Rodriguez Collection, and Hearne Fine Art is facilitating this loan. Modern and contemporary works are on loan from Darrell and Lisa Walker, Karen and CJ Duvall, Karen and Kevin Cole, Pamela and Anthony Vance, Dr. Imani Perry, Pierrette Van Cleve, other private collections, individual artists, the Arkansas Arts Center, and the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Permanent Collection. The exhibit and events are free and open to the public. The galleries in the Windgate Center of Art and Design are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103. In the upper right photo, Kerry James Marshall’s 1994 crayon and charcoal piece, “Study for Supermodel #2,” is on loan from the Arkansas Arts Center and will be showcased in the “On Their Own Terms” show.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock exhibit features artwork of Frank Hamrick

Ajani Oyindamola — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:38:31 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is hosting an exhibit, “It Was There All Along,” by photographer and book artist Frank Hamrick through Oct. 26 in the Focus Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art and Design. Hamrick serves as an associate professor and coordinator of the Master of Fine Arts program at Louisiana Tech University’s School of Design. His work mixes photography, storytelling, handmade books, and found objects. Frank received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Georgia and his Master of Fine Arts from New Mexico State University. NPR has written about Hamrick’s handmade books, and Oxford American Magazine listed him as one of the 100 Superstars of Southern Art. His work is housed in collections including The Art Institute of Chicago, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and The Ogden Museum of Southern Art. His limited edition artist’s book, “,” which combines papermaking, letterpress printing, and tintype photography, earned the 2017 Houston Center for Photography Fellowship and was awarded first place in the Los Angeles Festival of Photography’s 2017 Photobook Competition. In addition to the exhibit, Hamrick will hold a public lecture at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, in the Windgate Center of Art and Design Room 101.

Frank Hamrick’s photograph, “Heather & Alexis”

Hamrick also will hold a free three-day workshop from Oct. 19-21 in the Windgate Center. He will assist participants in curating and sequencing an existing collection of their photographs in order to tell a story, as well as work with students to create a handmade book for their images. The workshop will take place from 5-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20-21. The workshop is free, but space is limited to 12 participants. Email Joli Livaudais at jklivaudais@ualr.edu to sign up for the workshop. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The galleries in the Windgate Center of Art and Design are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

New summer exhibit features work from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock’s permanent collection

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 21 May 2018 16:47:38 +0000

The summer is a great time to check out the talented and diverse work of artists affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. A group exhibition featuring work by 25 artists specially selected from the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock permanent collection is on display in the Brad Cushman Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art and Design until July 10. The exhibit is comprised of drawings, paintings, fine art prints, photographs, sculptural objects, ceramics, and contemporary crafts. The collection represents the work of professional artists with regional, national, and international reputations as well as art produced by art and design students at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock. The artists with work on display include Mamma Andersson, William Bailey, Gustave Baumann, Trevor Bennett, Adrian Louis Brewer, Alice Leora Briggs, Chris Cotton, Hugo Crosthwaite, Elsie Bates Freund, Francoise Gilot, Lorre Hoffman, Robyn Horn, Heidi Hogden, Chris Jenkins, Jaime Erin Johnson, Alex Leme, Ron Meyers, Jockum Nordström, John Harlan Norris, Helen Phillips, Jack Radcliffe, Allison Short, Alecia Walls-Barton, Sally Ann Williams, and Arnold Zimmerman.

John Harlan Norris’s 2011 oil on canvas entitled “Builder.”

In the summer, the Windgate Center galleries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and closed on university holidays. For more information, contact Gallery Director Brad Cushman at 501-916-5103 or becushman@ualr.edu. The upper right photo is Adrian Louis Brewer’s “The Cactus Hill.”

��Vlog��ý Little Rock Annual Student Competitive on display March 26 to April 15

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:08:37 +0000

University of Arkansas at Little Rock art and design students will show off the best of their work during the Annual Student Competitive art show on display in the Brad Cushman Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art + Design from March 26 to April 15. The winners of the competition will be announced during an awards reception at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the Windgate Center of Art + Design lobby. Joshua Brinlee, assistant professor of art at the University of Mississippi, will serve as the competition’s juror. The exhibition includes drawing, paintings, prints, graphic design, photography, illustrations, textiles, metals, sculptures, ceramics, and furniture. The ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery, which is free and open to the public, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, contact Gallery Director Brad Bushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103. In the upper right photo, Alecia Walls-Barton, a fall 2017 graduate of ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, shows off her art pieces on display.

‘Masculine Projections’ on display at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock March 29

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:56:47 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host an exhibition featuring artist Joshua Brinlee’s photographic self-portraits, which explore societal expectations of masculinity. The exhibition, “Masculine Projections,” will be on display in the Small Gallery, located on level one in the Windgate Center of Art + Design from March 29 to April 27. Brinlee, assistant professor of art at the University of Mississippi, will discuss his work at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Windgate Center Room 101. The exhibit features photographic self-portraits created with digital imaging, which mimic the traditional portraiture and painting tradition. Stereotypical archetypes of men appropriated from Tumblr are projected onto the artist, which Brinlee photographed. “Societal expectations dictate that men should be stoic and dominant projections of virility, especially in the South,” ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Gallery Director Brad Cushman said. “If you fail to meet these expectations of masculinity, you are characterized as weak, unmanly, and effeminate. Brinlee explores the absurdity of these expectations in his current series, ‘Masculine Projections.’” Brinlee received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from the Memphis College of Art and Design. He also participated in the New York Studio Residency Program, which is a project that stems from the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Brinlee will be on campus over spring break to jury the Student Competitive art show. This exhibition will feature work created by students taking art classes at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock. The exhibition will run March 26 to April 15 on level two in the Brad Cushman Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art + Design. The ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery, which is free and open to the public, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, contact Gallery Director Brad Bushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501-916-5103. In the upper right photo is Joshua Brinlee’s 2017 digital print, “Self-Portrait as Provider.”

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host ‘Estamos Aqui’ exhibit as part of community reading program

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:06:08 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host an exhibit that features artists exploring their Hispanic and Latin American culture and heritage through contemporary serigraphs, a printed design produced by means of a silkscreen. The “Estamos Aqui (We Are Here)” exhibit will be on display in the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery III from Oct. 11 to Nov. 10. The exhibit is part of the National Endowment of the Arts Big Read program, which encourages communities to engage in reading programs and events that broaden understanding of the world and region. Big Read will run from Tuesday, Sept. 19, to Friday, Nov. 3, and will feature presentations, book discussions, film screenings, and related arts programming. Ottenheimer Library is the only library in Arkansas to receive the grant for the program this year. In 1993, Chicano painter and printmaker Sam Coronado of Coronado Studios provided his workspace and equipment for an Artist-in-Residence program in Austin, Texas, where underrepresented artists could learn serigraphy. The residency featured artists from diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds, but was especially known for fostering contemporary printmaking within the Mexican-American and Latino community. The resulting portfolio of prints speaks to the duality of Latino and Chicano artists living and working across the United States and in other countries, exploring their celebrations, sorrows, challenges, popular culture, and personal experiences. The serigraphs feature family and religious symbols, political motifs, Mexican “Lucha Libre” wrestling matches, video and performance art, neighborhood themes, and Mexican graphic traditions.

Delilah Montoya’s 2007 screenprint, “Los Dos Corazones.”

“Featuring vivid colors and sometimes startling imagery, the works in ‘Estamos Aqui’ encourage audiences to ask questions about the nature of cross-cultural exchange and discover how artists find their voice through personal stories and experiences that become part of the artistic process,” ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Gallery Director Brad Cushman said. Curated by Cushman, “Estamos Aqui” is a traveling exhibit that has visited 17 venues in 10 states from 2013 to 2017. The ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu or 501.569.8977. In the upper right photo, Quintin Gonzalez’s 2007 screenprint, “Chicano 15,” is among the works that will be on display in the “Estamos Aqui” exhibit at the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery.

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

����Vlog��ý Little Rock to host African American art exhibit

����Vlog��ý Little Rock exhibit features artwork of Frank Hamrick

New summer exhibit features work from ����Vlog��ý Little Rock’s permanent collection

����Vlog��ý Little Rock Annual Student Competitive on display March 26 to April 15

‘Masculine Projections’ on display at ����Vlog��ý Little Rock March 29