Brad Cushman, art gallery director and curator of exhibits at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has retired after spending more than two decades bringing art and culture to Arkansas. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Gallery Director Brad Cushman Retires After 22 Years”
The Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has created a website and touchscreen table that brings the journey of American Indians who traveled through Arkansas on their way to Indian Territory to life.
The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture has received a $35,628 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council to make a public database of archival materials that preserve the history of the 1979-1980 Arkansas Constitutional Convention. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Center of Arkansas History and Culture receives grant to preserve history of Arkansas’s last Constitutional Convention”
A state council has awarded the Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of at Little Rock nearly $72,000 for compact shelving to better preserve the center’s extensive collection of Native American newspapers. Continue reading “Sequoyah National Research Center receives $72k grant”
The Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received nearly $58,000 to create an interactive history of the Trail of Tears in Arkansas utilizing touch-screen technology. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Sequoyah National Research Center receives $58k grant for Trail of Tears project”
The Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (SNRC) has received a $22,283 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council to allow online access to its extensive collections. Continue reading “Sequoyah National Research Center receives grant to allow public to search collections online”
In 1935, noted American painter Joe Jones depicted the lives of Southern sharecroppers in his thought-provoking mural, “The Struggle of the South.” Continue reading “UALR preserves historic Arkansas mural”