UA Little Rock students Leah Kline, left, and Emma Graddy, right, teach an art class to students at Easterseals Academy.

UA Little Rock Students Empower Young Artists at Easterseals Academy

In a unique partnership between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Easterseals Arkansas, a dedicated group of college students have taken on the role of art educators to provide art classes to the students at Easterseals Academy. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Students Empower Young Artists at Easterseals Academy”

Lydia Martin

Martin to serve as UA Little Rock’s new Windgate Metals Artist-in-Residence

Lydia Martin, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will serve as the new Windgate Metals Artist-in-Residence at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Continue reading “Martin to serve as UA Little Rock’s new Windgate Metals Artist-in-Residence”

Windgate Foundation Awards UA Little Rock More Than $3 Million in Grants for Art Outreach, Art Acquisition, and Children International Education and Outreach Efforts

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received more than $3 million in grants from the Windgate Foundation to support art education at the university, acquisition of art from working artists for UA Little Rock’s permanent art collection, and support of UA Little Rock Children International’s education and outreach programs. Continue reading “Windgate Foundation Awards UA Little Rock More Than $3 Million in Grants for Art Outreach, Art Acquisition, and Children International Education and Outreach Efforts”

Emily Hood

Hood Named New Art Education Professor at UA Little Rock

Dr. Emily Jean Hood will join the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in the fall as the new assistant professor of art education.  Continue reading “Hood Named New Art Education Professor at UA Little Rock”