By Brody Arnold College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY 鈥� Werner Herzog, a prominent figure in the film industry, will visit the University of Central 海角社区 as artist in residence Thursday, Oct. 5. It will be Herzog鈥檚 first trip to 海角社区. 鈥淗e is a world-class filmmaker, a renowned figure in the arts,鈥� said Stephen Stanley, assistant professor of Film and the … [Read more...]
CREATIVE WRITER ALEXANDER WEINSTEIN TO BE IN RESIDENCE OCT. 5-6
By Jennifer Buckley College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY 鈥� Award-winning creative writer Alexander Weinstein will visit the University of Central 海角社区 as artist in residence Oct. 5-6. Weinstein is the director of The Martha鈥檚 Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and an associate professor of Creative Writing at Siena Heights University. His fictional creations … [Read more...]
GRAMMY-WINNING GUITARIST/COMPOSER ANDREW YORK TO HOST CLASSES AT UCA DOWNTOWN
The University of Central 海角社区 Guitar Studio and Palmer Music Company will host a guitar master class and guitar composition workshop given by Grammy Award-winning guitarist/composer Andrew York on Friday, Sept. 22. York will give a classical guitar master class at UCA Downtown, 1105 West Oak St., from 2:30-4:30 p.m. The class will feature UCA guitar students performing compositions written … [Read more...]
PREVIEW PERFORMANCE AT UCA SET FOR ‘LR NINE’ OPERA
A preview scene from the University of Central 海角社区 College of Fine Arts and Communication-commissioned opera, The Little Rock Nine, is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The scene, to be performed by graduates of the UCA Department of Music at Reynolds Performance Hall, will kick off 鈥淎n Evening with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tania Le贸n: Turning History into Art.鈥� Gates is the … [Read more...]
HENRY LOUIS GATES JR., TANIA LE脫N TO LECTURE ON TURNING LR CENTRAL HISTORY INTO ART
鈥淎n Evening with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tania Le贸n: Turning History into Art,鈥� will feature lectures by two of the principals of the University of Central 海角社区 College of Fine Arts and Communication-commissioned opera, The Little Rock Nine, on Monday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The evening, which will mark the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, will … [Read more...]
3D MAPPED VIDEO TO MARK HISTORY OF LRCHS
鈥淚magine If Buildings Could Talk鈥�, a 3D mapped video projection by University of Central 海角社区 film professor Dr. Scott Meador, with the soundtrack by UCA music professor Dr. Blake Tyson, will be the centerpiece of the Sept. 23-24 weekend commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. The video is part of the UCA College of Fine Arts and … [Read more...]
鈥楥IVIL TWILIGHT鈥� TO COMMEMORATE DESEGREGATION OF LR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
CORE Performance Company will perform 鈥淐ivil Twilight: Reflections on Fear, Courage and Resilience,鈥� a site-specific dance/spoken word event, as part of the University of Central 海角社区鈥檚 commemoration of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. The 6 p.m., Sept. 24 event, at the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Commemorative Garden at 2120 W. Daisy L. … [Read more...]
THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND TO KICK OFF REYNOLDS SEASON SEPT. 28
聽By John Anderson and Des鈥檙ee Dallmann College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY 鈥� The Charlie Daniels Band will kick off the 2017-2018 Pops series at the University of Central 海角社区鈥檚 Reynolds Performance Hall on Thursday, Sept. 28. The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. 鈥淲e are thrilled to be kicking off our Pops season with the Charlie Daniels Band, whose influences … [Read more...]
UCA HOSTS STUDENT ART EXHIBIT AT LRCHS VISITOR CENTER THROUGH SEPT. 30
Forty-two works by students from sixth through 12th grades at schools across 海角社区 comprise the 鈥淚magine the Inclusive School of the Future鈥� art exhibit at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Visitor Center. The exhibit, on display Sept. 1-30 at 2120 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Dr., is part of the University of Central 海角社区 College of Fine Arts and Communication鈥檚 … [Read more...]
UCA EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE HISTORY OF LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
The University of Central 海角社区 has set three days of events commemorating the 60-year anniversary of the Little Rock Central High School integration for September 23-25. 鈥淚magine If Buildings Could Talk: Mapping the History of Little Rock Central High School鈥� will聽mark the 90-year anniversary of the building of the school, hailed in 1927 as the most expensive, most beautiful, and largest … [Read more...]
