ANNUAL ALUMNI EXHIBITION
The Friends of the Baum Gallery, UCA Foundation, Inc., annually sponsors an Alumni Exhibition that takes place during Homecoming Week. The exhibit is designed to share original art works created by, or collected by, UCA alumni.
Alumni collectors and artists are encouraged to submit works of art for review through the Baum Gallery director by email/electronic file: the annual selection is made by the Friends Advisory Council (alumni and community representatives). Artists send a resume, slides or screen-resolution images (72 dpi), and an artist statement referencing the submitted art works. Collectors send a resume and images with a statement about their collecting interests, focusing on the featured art works.
Send inquiries or proposals to the Baum Gallery, McAlister 101, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Avenue, Conway, AR 72035. Materials will be returned with a provided self-addressed, stamped envelope enclosed for that purpose. For additional information, contact the gallery office at 501.450.5793.
Recent Alumni Exhibitors
Fall 2011
Keith Melton: New Projects
Keith graduate from UCA in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He has exhibited in the 50th Annual Delta Exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center, and was published in "Capture Arkansas 2010-Arkansas Through the Eyes of Arkansas Photographers", sponsored by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and Bedford Camera. Recently, Keith began creating a series of digital collages of people who have influenced him throughout his life using Google Image Search. He performs a query of the subject's full name, then selects images which best correspond to his subject. The final images are combined into a layered collage. He also makes mini-portraits using an iPhone drawing application called Autodesk Sketchbook. Keith lives in Little Rock and is currently employed at the Arkansas Arts Center as a Preparator and Assistant Registrar. You can see more of his work on his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Meltonworks/188289393553
| Fall 2010 Exuberant Color: Paintings and Ceramic by Allie Maxwell Nottingham Allie graduated from UCA Spring 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. It was at UCA that she received formal training, and her style became more apparent. She was inspired by artists such as Van Gogh and Matisse, and began using bold color choices, and expressive brushstrokes. Allie was fortunate to study under Arkansas Impressionist Barry Thomas who taught her the business side of being an artist. Currently, her pet portraits on canvas have been featured in At Home in Arkansas, and are so popular that she has had a continuous waiting list for over a year now. On January 15, 2007, Allie and her father, Steve Maxwell, opened The Painted Pig, a “Paint-Your-Own- Pottery Studio”, where children and adults alike can paint pottery that is pre-formed. Allie lives in Little Rock with her husband, Joey Nottingham. |
| Fall 2009 On Location: Watercolor Paintings by Bill Branch Bill Branch graduated from UCA in 1973 with a BA in Art and a minor in Spanish. He became a museum professional, working at the Historic Arkansas Museum on Little Rock, and the National Civil Rights Museum, and the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, TN where he now resides and is president of the Artists Link organization. A member of the Mid-Southern Watercolorist Society, Branch exhibits widely in the region and conducts plein air painting workshops on a regular basis: for more information on him and his work. log on to: www.billbranchartist.com Fall 2008 Collectors Show: Portraits and Drawings from the Collection of Chrissy and Craig Denton Craig Denton attended UCA from 1988-1990, and Chrissy Acuff Denton graduated from UCA in 1990 with a BBA in Business Management, later graduating from UALR School of Law in 1995 with a Juris Doctorate degree. She serves as an adjunct Professor of Business Law at UCA. The Denton collection features works by UCA art professors and area artists: it's current focus is primarily family portraits of the Denton children. Fall 2007 Finely Rendered: Still Life Drawings by Sheila McKenney Cantrall Sheila Cantrell earned her BSE in Mathematics at UCA in 1980. She is primarily a self-taught artist who acknowledges teacher and abstract painter Tarrence Corbin as her original mentor and most inspiring teacher. She has exhibited and is collected nationally, and has received numerous awards. Her work was recently selected for inclusion in a SmithKramer exhibition that will travel during 2008-2010 titled The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century. She holds memberships in the International Guild of Realism and The Colored Pencil Society of America, and is currently represented by Hurst Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, see www.sheilacantrell.com An Arkansas Natural: Acrylic Painting by Duane Hada Duane Hada earned a BA degree in Art from UCA in 1989. His passion for and interest in Arkansas wildlife and sports developed his artistic interests which include watercolors and acrylic paintings on canvas and board of landscapes, the sport of fly-fishing, and the natural flora and fauna of the state. He has exhibited and is collected nationally, and has received numerous awards. Mr. Hada's work can be seen through his Rivertown Gallery and studio in Cotter, Arkansas; companion marketing includes Signature Series flies by internationally-known fly tyer Davy Wotton, and trout carvings by Gary Turner. For more information see www.rivertowngallery.com Fall 2006 Landscapes by David Loren Bass David L. Bass earned his BSE in Art Education from UCA in 1965 and his MFA in Painting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1975. He has exhibited and is collected nationally. Mr. Bass makes hus home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. with additional studios in San Anselmo, California and Willmington, North Carolina. He specializes in oil and watercolor paintings of landscapes, particularly those of northern New Mexico, the Big Bend region of southwest Texas, and Central and South America. Fall 2005 French and American Impressionist Paintings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William "Bill" Amos A collector's show, the paintings include landscapes by French painters Constant Troyon and Charles Francois Daubigny, and North American artists Frank de Haven and Chauncey F. Ryder. |