Events for March 13, 2023 - Now
Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series: Kim Zetter
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall Little Rock, AR, United StatesThe University of Arkansas at Little Rock will welcome Kim Zetter, award-winning journalist, and investigative reporter, as part of the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series. Zetter will discuss cybersecurity at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13, in the Stella Boyle Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building. Following her lecture, a reception and book signing […]
Lecture: Last Place Isn’t Good Enough – The Importance of High Speed Internet to Future Proofing the Economy
UA Little Rock Downtown 333 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, ARWe are excited to be resuming the C. Earl Kathy Ramsey Lecture Series this year and invite you to attend. It is an honor to have Elizabeth Bowles, a graduate of the Donaghey Scholars Program and the President and CEO of Aristotle Unified Communications, LLC, as our guest speaker this year. The lecture will take place […]
ParkeHarrison: Earth Elegies
Brad Cushman Gallery 5617 West 28th Street, Little Rock, AR, United States“Our photographs offer visual poems of loss, human struggle, and personal exploration within landscapes scarred by technology and over-use. As collaborative artists, we strive to metaphorically and poetically link laborious actions, idiosyncratic rituals and strangely crude machines into tales about our contemporary experiences. We construct elaborate sets made from found objects. Our scenes combine real […]
artWORKS Lecture: Zoey Frank, Time and Space
ZoomZoom Lecture: Friday, October 27 at 6 p.m. Zoey Frank is a painter whose work explores perception, systems of spatial representation, and visual translations of the passage of time. Her work is representational and often includes people, interiors, and objects. The everyday, contemporary nature of her subject matter and painterly approach is paired with visual […]
artWORKS Lecture: Lisa Geertsen, Metal and Metamorphosis
Windgate Center of Art and Design Room 101 2801 S University Ave, Little Rock, AR, United StatesLecture: Friday, December 1 at 6 PM, Windgate Center for Art + Design, Room 101 Lisa Geertsen’s process is about making a connection, telling a story, and pushing oneself to make the ordinary into something beautiful. She aims to help others experience these moments and to trigger something within them that sparks a connection inspired […]
artWORKS Lecture and Workshop with Aleah Chapin
Windgate Center of Art and Design Room 101 2801 S University Ave, Little Rock, AR, United StatesLecture: Friday, February 23, 6:00 PM, Windgate Center for Art + Design, Room 101 Workshop: Painting the Figure: A Layered Approach Online/in-class hybrid workshop: Feb 8 — Feb 27 In-person session Friday Feb 23rd, 2:30 — 5:30 PM, Windgate Center for Art + Design Aleah Chapin is a painter whose direct portrayals of the human […]
Conversation with Author Dan Berger
Ottenheimer Library 2801 South University Ave, Little Rock, AR, United StatesDan Berger, author of Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power through One Family’s Journey (Basic Books, 2023), will be on campus on Monday, September 9, at 10:30 a.m. in LIB 100A. Michael Simmons will join him in person, while Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons may participate via Zoom. (Their family is highlighted in […]
Evenings with History: Dr. Roy Ritchie, “Medieval America”
Historic Arkansas Museum 200 E. Third Street, Little Rock, AR, United StatesSpecial Guest speaker Roy Ritchie (W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research Emeritus, The Huntington Library) will give a lecture titled Medieval America. Long before Europeans invaded, a number of remarkable cultures flourished in America. Chaco Canyon, Cahokia and the many groups of Mound Builders created remarkable sites. This talk will explore the world they invented. The […]
Evenings with History: Dr. Johanna Miller Lewis, “The Federal Government Must Prevail”
Historic Arkansas Museum 200 E. Third Street, Little Rock, AR, United StatesDr. Johanna Miller Lewis will give a lecture titled The Federal Government Must Prevail: Eisenhower, the 101st Airborne, and the 1957 Central High Crisis. In the fall of 1957 Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus decided to ignore the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. The Topeka Board of Education and sent in the Arkansas […]