The South Central Region Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference

The University of Arkansas Art Department will be hosting The South Central Region Society for Photographic Education annual conference, “Spirits of the Times”, October 7 - 9, 2010.
Programming is scheduled on October 8th and 9th at the UA Global Campus, located in downtown Fayetteville, and in the Fine Arts Center, located on the main University of Arkansas campus. Registration is required for conference programming. More information can be found at www.spesouthcentral.org

The conference will bring photography educators, students and professionals from a six state region to Fayetteville for two days of presentations and lectures. This year’s Honored Educator is Sonja Rieger from the University of Alabama. The SPE holds its national conference in the spring and the individual regions hold their annual conference in the fall. Conference location rotates around the region. The Art Department at UA has previously hosted the SCSPE conference in 1981 and 2000.

The featured speaker at the conference will be internationally renowned documentary photographer Danny Lyon. Lyon’s keynote address will be held on Friday evening, October 8, at 7:00 in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center. Seating is limited. For information call the Art Department at 479-575-5202.

An exhibition of Danny Lyon’s photographs on motorcycle culture, “The Bikeriders,” will be on display at Crystal Bridges at the Massey in Bentonville from September 9 – October 31. Crystal Bridges at the Massey is open Thursday – Saturday from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 – 5:00 pm.

Other photography exhibits on display during October in conjunction with the conference include the SCSPE Members and Students exhibits at the Fayetteville Underground galleries October 6 through the 30th. The Revolver Gallery will feature the work of SCSPE members, photographic educators and professionals, and The Hive, will feature work by photography students from universities and colleges in Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. An opening reception is will be held on “First Thursday” October 7 from 5:00-8:00pm. For more information: http://www.fayettevilleunderground.com.
Fayetteville Underground is open Wednesday – Friday from 10:00 am – 7:00 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.

“Black in White America,” photographs by Leonard Freed, curated by the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York City will be the featured exhibition in the UA Fine Arts Center Gallery. “Black in White America” is a moving collection of photos that document the African American struggle for self definition in mid-20th century America. Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was a member of the Magnum photo agency. “Black in White America” will be on exhibit in the Fine Arts Center Gallery on campus October 6 – 29. Gallery hours are 9:00 am – 5:30 pm, Monday – Friday and 2:00 – 5:00 pm on Sunday. For more information: smitche@uark.edu or call the UA Gallery Office at 479-575-7987.

“Arkansas Photography Educators,” an exhibit featuring current work by twelve faculty members from universities and colleges in Arkansas, will be on display at the sUgAR Gallery
in Bentonville from September 30 – October 23 with an opening reception scheduled for Saturday October 9 from 4:30-7:30. Featured artists include Beverly Buys, Gary Cawood, Victor Chalfant, Neal Holland, Joanne Jones, Margaret LeJuene, Maxine Payne, Michael Peven, Donna Pinckley, Carey Roberson, Curtis Steele and Marcia Wallace.

Also during the month of October, the work of UA photography students will be on display in the hallway cases in the Fine Arts Center.


For more information on conference programming and registration, please contact: michael peven at mpeven@uark.edu or the Art Department at artinfo@uark.edu.
Or call the UA art department at 479-575-5202

Fine Arts Gallery Exhibition ExploresInspiration of Rembrandt and Dürer

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – “The Inspired Line: Selected Prints of Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt Van Rijn” opens Feb. 4 and runs through March 13 at the Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Arkansas. The Inspired Line explores the respective and shared religious, technical and cultural inspiration of Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) and German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).

Although their prints bear many differences, the works of these two master printmakers also stand as examples of shared inspiration in different times. Works such as Dürer’s St. Christopher Facing to the Left and Announcement to the Virgin, and Rembrandt’s David in Prayer and The Holy Family will be on display from the Thrivent Financial Collection of Religious Art.

Jeffrey Chipps Smith from the University of Texas at Austin will offer an illustrated talk on Dürer at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, in the gallery, followed by a 5 p.m. lecture that evening on “Durer and the Art of the Print” in Room 213 of the Fine Arts Building. A reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibit will follow.

Paul Crenshaw of Washington University in St. Louis will offer a gallery talk on Rembrandt at 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, followed by an illustrated lecture on “Rembrandt as Printmaker” that evening at 5 p.m. in Room 213 of the Fine Arts Center.

Hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for this special exhibition, which is free and open to the public.

Despite cultural and stylistic differences, Dürer and Rembrandt share sources of significant religious and individual inspiration. Rembrandt thrust his own intimate insights into humanity into his prints, but many of his ideas can be viewed as a religious journey that originated with Dürer. While Dürer’s world was mainly Catholic, by the time of Rembrandt, emerging controversial Protestantism and Renaissance philosophies such as humanism encouraged new ideas about individual identity.

Contact:

Shannon Dillard Mitchell, director, Fine Arts Center Gallery, department of art
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575–7987, smitche@uark.edu

Lynn Fisher, communications director
Fulbright College
479-575-7272, lfisher@uark.edu

Distinguished Artist Lecture Seriesat the University of Arkansas

This lecture will be of interest to fine artists and graphic designers alike:

Sue Coe
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Giffels Auditorium, Old Main

Let me know if you want to go with me.

Here's a site that highlights her work.

Over at the University of Arkansas

Here is my review of myspace by Kelsey Felthousen.

Also, you can drop in at the University of Arkansas and wander the halls and gallery any time they are open and view university students' art. I would highly recommend it. Here are two that I saw in my wanderings last night.

Lauren Willis

Michelle Tanner (? couldn't read the signature clearly)

UA graduate student makes life art -- and public

Click on the title of this post for the link to the article.

"The project will last until April 5. Felthousen said she will have a yard sale from 7-10 a.m. that day. Then she'll tear down the walls.

There will be an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday on the Union Mall and the UA Fine Arts Center."

Fine Arts Center Gallery link.