The art galleries at UA Little Rock provide opportunities for education, inspiration, and experimentation. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Weekday Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday and Sunday 11:00am – 2:00pm Please note that the weekend gallery hours have changed!

Windgate Center of Art + Design is located at 5617 West 28th Street, LR 72204.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Brad Cushman Gallery

Drawing is Magic: The Books and Illustrations of John Hendrix

August 18 – October 3, 2025

John Hendrix, Ice Autopsy, archival ink jet print. An image of a skeleton beneath a frozen lake in the shape of a human body. An ice skater is skating the outline of a heart into the ice.
Ice Autopsy, Archival Ink Jet Print

https://www.johnhendrix.com

Reception: September 24, 5:00-7:00pm

Annual Student Competitive

October 20 – November 7, 2025

A Defiance in Pink is a mixed media wall-mounted construction of a girl with very long pigtails. The pigtail to the viewer's left is being braided by two hands while the pigtail on the viewer's right is being cut by two hands holding a pair of scissors.
Macy McLaughlin, A Defiance in Pink, mixed media. Wilma and Jack Diner Art Student Purchase Award
Photo by Benjamin Krain

Reception: Friday, November 7. 2:00 – 4:00pm

Alysa Massey: BFA Project

November 17 – December 12, 2025

A black and white self portrait of the artist sitting on a tile floor, against a door at the end of the hallway in her home.

Untitled, black and white photograph, 2025

Reception: Friday, November 20. 5:00 – 7:00pm

Vivian Chiu: Facing

January 20, 2026 – March 15, 2026

Inverted Double Gourd vase forms made from shipping crate wood. The word "conjoined" references human twins born physically connected to each other.

Conjoined Vase (Here and There), pine crate wood from W.O.W, 2025

https://www.vivianchiustudio.com

Presentation: Thursday, February 12, 6:00pm, Windgate Center of Art + Design, room 101, with reception to follow.

Aggregate: BFA Projects

April 30 – May 17, 2026

Skylar Boone, BFA student, collage artwork, untitled.

Skylar Boone, Untitled, collage

Reception: Thursday, April 30, 5:00-7:00pm

Participating BFA Students:

Maggie Bamburg, Drawing

Skylar Boone, Graphic Design

Savannah Brinkley, Drawing

Scarlett Clements, Painting

Syd Davidson, Ceramics

John Davis, Graphic Design

Madelyn Hall, Illustration

Arianna Kegler, Illustration

Leianna King, Illustration

Chelsea Lakey, Ceramics

Rocio Pantoja, Illustration

Aidan Pianalto, Furniture Design

Chloe Risques, Graphic Design

Sarah Roberts, Metalsmithing

Virginia Singleton, Graphic Design

Aubrey Sprinkle, Ceramics 

Ann Maners and Alex Pappas Gallery

Amanda McFarland: Weather Through Portraiture

August 25 – October 3, 2025

Amanda McFarland, Spring, graphite on paper. A young black woman smiling, eyes closed and index fingers pressing on her cheeks.
Spring, graphite on paper

Reception: September 24, 5:00-7:00pm

Lauren DiCioccio: Soft Skills

October 16 – December 8, 2025

Lauren DiCioccio, Sewn News, 93 Dec 09 (Robert Gates), hand-embroidery on cotton muslin over the December 3, 2009 edition of The New York Times.

Sewn News, 3 Dec 09 (Robert Gates)

https://www.laurendicioccio.com

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray: On Purpose

January 20, 2026 – March 29, 2026

A bronze form that has no absolute function beyond art for art's sake. The surface is cut, pressed and molded that can resemble any number of other objects.

Hewn, formed and fabricated sheet bronze, 2019

https://www.mimlitschgray.com

Presentation: Thursday, February 12, 6:00pm, Windgate Center of Art + Design, room 101, with reception to follow.

Focus Gallery

Chris Revelle: What Remains

August 18 – October 17, 2025

Chris Revelle, Conviction (Talladega 2), bituminous coal and wax on postcard. An image of a plantation home covered with a textured, black substance partially obscuring the image.
Conviction (Talladega 2), bituminous coal and wax on postcard, 2020

https://www.chrisrevelle.com

Naima Green: Seismic Feeling

November 3 – December 8, 2025

Naima Green portrait. She is seated facing the viewer. A relaxed pose with images of her photographs taped to the wall behind her.

https://www.naimagreen.com

Reception: November 20, 5:00-7:00pm

North Gallery and South Gallery

Hans Weissflog: Klein und Fein

August 14 – September 28, 2025

Hans Weissflog, Double Star Bowl, Cocobolo wood. The bowl looks like lace more than it looks like wood.
Double Star Bowl, Cocobolo wood. Courtesy of Kirsten Muenster Projects.

https://kirstenmuensterprojects.com/pages/hans-weissflog

CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY

Nicole Seisler: Some Truths About Clay

January 5 – March 22, 2026

White, hand formed ovoids and square ceramic objects attached to a wall with overhead lighting casting long shadows beneath each object.

https://www.nysprojects.com

Reception: February 12, 6:00-8:00pm