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CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas will host photography-based artist Tawny Chatmon as an artist-in-residence from Tuesday, April 18, to Thursday, April 20. Chatmon will host an artist talk, along with Haitian visual artist Fabiola Jean-Louis, on Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the lecture hall of the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. […]
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Partnering with local schools to address shortage in mental health professionals CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help address the shortage of mental health professionals in K-12 schools. The Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration grant funding will be used to train students
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Free event sponsored by Hendrix, AARP Arkansas, UAMS’ Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative CONWAY, Arkansas (April 4, 2023) — As the average age of Arkansas’ population rises, so does the urgency of planning for walkable streets, diverse transportation options and housing, and a variety of activities and services. “Creating Livable Communities for Older Arkansans” will provide
CONWAY, Ark. – Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds will read and discuss her work on Thursday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Staples Auditorium on Hendrix College campus. A book signing in Mills Lobby will follow the reading, and WordsWorth Books of Little Rock will sell select titles of Olds’ work. This
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CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas theater program wraps up its 2022-23 season with “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre in the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. Performance dates are at 7:30 p.m., April 6-7 and April 13-14, and at 2 p.m.,
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CONWAY – The University of Central Arkansas’ Reynolds Performance Hall welcomes Steve Burns on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. Burns is an American actor and television host best known as the original host of the long-running children’s preschool television program “Blue’s Clues” from 1996 until 2002, for which he was nominated for a Daytime
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CONWAY– The University of Central Arkansas will host Hideaki Tsustui, who has provided lighting design for hundreds of corporate events, concerts, and television, as an artist-in-residence from Tuesday, March 28, to Thursday, April 6. During Tsustuis residency, he will provide lighting for the opening night performance of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
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Adaja Cooper ’23 will spend one year traveling to study the roles of public art in five countries CONWAY, Ark. (March 16, 2023) — Adaja Cooper, a senior studio art major and business minor from Little Rock, has been named to the 2023 class of Thomas J. Watson Fellows. The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is
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CONWAY – The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall welcomes Amy Grant on Friday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. Grant has enjoyed a 30-plus-year adventure as a singer-songwriter, author, television host and speaker. Grant is the first contemporary Christian music artist to have a platinum record, the first to hit No. 1 on the
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CONWAY—The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre at the University of Central Arkansas is offering a four-week summer theatre camp for grades 2-12 that will provide students with the opportunity to learn about theatre from professional teaching artists as well as participate in workshops with professional actors with the AST Education Team. “We have combined all of the
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