Residencies bring professional performing and visual artists, creative writers, filmmakers, and arts exhibitions to the UCA campus for one or more days for the purpose of expanding student learning experiences.  They offer the general student body performances, lectures, and exhibits that enlarge awareness and appreciation of the arts, and provide students participating in the arts with workshops, masterclasses, critiques, etc. that enhance understanding and professionalism.

All appearances are free to the public and do not require tickets.  Appearances are made possible by the UCA Performing Arts Fee.

2011/2012 Printable Calendar

Event Location Codes
BBG SSA	Blackbox Gallery, Schichtl Studio Arts Building
CC PDR	Christian Cafeteria, President's Dining Room
COB	College of Business
MCC AL	McCastlain Hall Art Lecture Room
MCC BG	McCastlain Hall Baum Gallery
RPH	Reynolds Performance Hall
SFAC BLT	Snow Fine Arts Center, Bridges/Larson Theatre
SFAC RH	Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
SRH	Stanley Russ Hall
WTH	Win Thompson Hall

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Handmade Puppet Dreams Film Festival

Handmade Puppet Dreams Film Festival was founded by Heather Henson and is a selection of puppet film shorts by independent artists exploring their handmade craft specifically for the camera. Showcasing a new generation of puppeteers embracing film as their medium for their individual expressions, this collection features films that focus primarily on real-time performed puppetry. Stylistically, the films run the gamut from marionettes to finger puppets to paper cutouts; each artist articulating their own unique approach to animation and film. Handmade Puppet Dreams is a compilation of contemporary artisans who carefully weave their craft of film-making and puppetry into their work, building their visions, and breathing life into their dreams.

September 12	7:00-9:00 PM	Film Screening: Volume 1 and Q&A with Tim Lagasse &  Heather Henson	SRH 103
September 13	7:00-9:00 PM	Film Screening: Volume 2 and Q&A with Heather Henson	SRH 103
September 14	7:00-9:00 PM	Film Screening: Volume 3 and Q&A with Lyon Hill & Heather Henson	SRH 103
September 15	7:00-9:00 PM	Film Screening: Volume 4 and Q&A with Sam Hale & Heather Henson	SRH 103
September 16	2:00-4:00 PM	Masterclass by Sam Hale on Puppertry for Digital Film	SRH 103
September 17	11:30 AM-1:00 PM	Film Screening: Handmade Puppet Dreams Chrilren's Program	Faulkner County Library, Meeting Room 2

www.handmadepuppetdreams.com

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Sam Green

Sam Green received his Master’s Degree in Journalism from University of California Berkeley, where he studied documentary with acclaimed filmmaker Marlon Riggs. His most recent feature-length film, the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Weather Underground, tells the story of a group of radical young women and men who tried to violently overthrow the United States government during the late 1960s and 70s. The film premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, was broadcast on PBS, included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and has screened widely around the world.

Mr. Green’s previous long documentary, The Rainbow Man/John 3:16, follows the bizarre rise and fall of a man who became famous during the 1970s by appearing at thousands of televised sporting events wearing a raindbow-colored wig. The film premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and has screened at festivals worldwide. “More than an exploration of life, The Rainbow Man is a parable about alienation, the media, and the meaninglessness that often defines American life.” – Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival Green’s short documentaries include lot 63, grace, Pie Fight ‘69 (directed with Christian Bruno), N-Judah 5:30, The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie (directed with Sarah Jacobson).

October 17	7:30 PM	the Weather Underground: Public Screening and Q&A	RPH
October 18	9:25-10:40 AM	Q&A "The Importance of Documentary"	SRH 103
October 18	10:50 AM-12:00 PM	Lunch with Film Students	CC PDR
October 18	12:15-1:30 PM	Q&A "Advice from the Documentary Film Experts"	SRH 208
October 18	1:40-2:30 PM	Q&A "Funding, Producing, and Other Issues	SRH 103

http://samgreen.to/

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Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon is the author, most recently, of the national bestseller Await Your Reply, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by Publisher's Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Janet Maslin of The New York Times, and Laura Miller of salon.com, as well as being named among the year's best fiction by the American Library Association and such newspapers as The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune.

Dan is also the author of the short story collections Fitting Ends and Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, and the novel You Remind Me of Me. Dan's fiction has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction, and he was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

A new collection of short stories, entitled Stay Awake, is due out in Spring of 2012.

Dan lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature.

October 25	7:30 PM	Public Reading and Book Signing	COB 107
October 26	9:00 AM	Craft Lecture and Q&A	WTH 331

http://danchaon.com/

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Heather Sellers

Heather Sellers’ award-winning memoir, You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know, has been featured by O, the Oprah Magazine, where it was a book of the month pick, Good Morning America, Rachel Ray, NPR, The New York Times, Dick Gordon’s The Story, Good Housekeeping, More, Elle, and many others.

Heather Sellers was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Her PhD in English/Creative Writing is from Florida State University. She’s a professor of English at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she teaches poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Awarded an NEA Fellowship for fiction, she published a short story collection, Georgia Under Water, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. She’s published a children’s book, Spike and Cubby’s Ice Cream Island Adventure, three volumes of poetry, and three books on the craft of writing. Her textbook, The Practice of Creative Writing, from Bedford/St. Martins, comes out in a second edition in fall 2011. She’s taught at the University of Texas—San Antonio and St. Lawrence University.  She’s currently at work on a novel for young readers, essays, and a new memoir.

November 8	7:30 PM	Public Reading and Book Signing	COB 107
November 9	10:00-10:50 AM	Craft Lecture and Q&A	WTH 331
November 9	1:00-1:50 PM	Q&A "Writing for Children and Creative Nonfiction"	WTH 331

http://heathersellers.com/site/index.html

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Paul Hillier and the Theatre of Voices

Paul Hillier is from Dorset in England and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. His career has embraced singing, conducting, and writing about music. Earlier in his career he was founding director of the Hilliard Ensemble, and subsequently founded Theatre of Voices. He has taught in the USA at the University of California campuses at Santa Cruz and Davis, and from 1996-2003 was Director of the Early Music Institute at Indiana University. He was Principal Conductor of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (2001-2007) and has been Chief Conductor of Ars Nova Copenhagen since 2003. His recordings, over a hundred CDs including seven solo recitals, have earned worldwide acclaim and won numerous prizes. His books about Arvo Pärt and Steve Reich, together with numerous anthologies of choral music, are published by Oxford University Press. In 2006 he was awarded an OBE for services to choral music. In 2007 he received the Order of the White Star of Estonia, and was awarded a Grammy for Best Choral Recording. In 2008 he took up the position of Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the National Chamber Choir of Ireland, and in 2009 was invited to form the new Coro Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal. In 2010 he won a second Grammy (this time in the small ensemble category), for Theatre of Voices' recording of David Lang's 'The Little Match Girl Passion' (which also won a Pulitzer Prize), together with a selection of choral works by Lang, sung by Ars Nova Copenhagen.

THEATRE OF VOICES was founded by Paul Hillier in 1990 and is widely recognized as one of Europe’s foremost vocal groups. Current projects include music ranging from Perotin to Dowland, and many of today’s most eminent composers such as Berio, Pärt, Reich, Cage, and Stockhausen.

January 29	3:00 PM	Choral Workshop for UCA And Hendrix Choirs	SFAC Recital Hall
January 30	10:00 AM	Choral Workshop/Masterclass	SFAC Recital Hall
January 30	1:00 PM	Open Rehearsal	Greene Chapel, Staples Auditorium, Hendrix College
January 30	7:30 PM	Public Concert	Greene Chapel, Staples Auditorium, Hendrix College
January 30	9:00 PM	Public Reception	Trieschmann Fine Arts Building, Hendrix College
January 31	12:15 PM	Choral Demonstration: Singing Early Music and Arvo Part	SFAC 107

http://www.paulhillier.net/index.html

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CORE Performance Company

http://www.coredance.org/

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St. Lawrence String Quartet

http://slsq.com/

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Rick Steves

March 15	7:30 PM	Public Reading and Book Signing	COB 107
March 16	10:00-10:50 AM	Craft Lecture/Q & A	WTH 331
March 16	7:00-9:00 PM	Travel Writing Fundraiser	RPH Theatre Stage

http://www.ricksteves.com/

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Meridian Arts Ensemble

Meridian Arts Ensemble, a sextet comprised of fi ve brass players and a percussionist, is America’s leading brass group exploring the music of today. Founded in 1987, with nine commercial CD releases, over fi fty premieres, and performances on four continents and in forty-nine states, Meridian’s exciting and ambitious musical approach has changed the face of classical music.

Now a faculty ensemble at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, the ensemble began its career looking away from academic music and toward the American vernacular. Meridian’s arrangements of the music of Frank Zappa brought critical and popular acclaim, interviews on NPR’s Weekend Edition, and performances in concert halls and rock clubs. Commissions from Milton Babbitt, Elliott Sharp, Tania Leon, Su Lian Tan, Mark Applebaum, Hermeto Pascoal, Nick Didkovsky, David Sanford, Th e Common Sense Composers’ Collective, Stephen Barber, John Halle, and Kirk Nurock have created a balanced and broad ranging repertoire for brass and percussion that peers into every corner of today’s musical experience.

April 1	4:30-6:00 PM	Student Horn Competition Clinic	SFAC RH
April 1	7:30-9:30 PM	Conway Composers Guild Concert	SFAC RH
April 2	8:00-11:00 AM	Private Lessons with Music Students I	SFAC (Various)
April 2	12:00-12:50 PM	Music Improvisation Clinic I	SFAC 120
April 2	2:00-2:50 PM	Brass Area Clinic I	SFAC RH
April 2	3:00-5:00 PM	Private Lessons with Music Students II	SFAC (Various)
April 2	7:00 PM	Open Rehearsal	SFAC RH
April 3	1:40-2:30 PM	Public Lecture: Music Entrepreneurship	SFAC RH
April 3	3:00-5:00 PM	Cafe Time with Students	SC-Java City
April 3	7:30 PM	Public Concert	RPH
April 4	9:00-11:00 AM	Private Lessons with Music Students III	SFAC (Various)
April 4	12:00-12:50 PM	Music Improvisation Clinic II	SFAC 120
April 4	2:00-2:50 PM	Brass Area Clinic II	SFAC RH

http://www.meridianartsensemble.com/

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Beth-Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin

Award winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly, whose poems have appeared innumerous periodicals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry (1996, 2005, and 2006 editions), The Kenyon Review, and The Bloomsbury Review, states “The time we share on earth is too precious,” and reminds us accurately of this in her life’s work and calling. She has written four books of poetry to date. Her first book, Open House, won the 2001 Kenyon Review Prize for a First Book and the GLCA New Writers Award. Tender Hooks, her second, uncovers explorations into motherhood, joyous and raw. Her third book is Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother. Most recently published was Unmentionables: Poems, in 2008. Often described as some of her best work, it holds accounts of life and captured thought. "Accurate perception, is a moral choice,” she says. “The more you look closely, the better you get at seeing.”

The Edgar Award-winning author of Poachers, and recipient of a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship, Tom Franklin, has continued his success with two more books of historical fiction. Hell at the Breech is based on events that happened a close distance to the home where he was raised. “Along with breathtaking descriptions of Mitcham Beat's scenery...Franklin does what Harper Lee did in To Kill a Mockingbird; He lets his set of quirky characters run the story while he focuses on the repercussions of his characters' curiosity and age. Hell at the Breech is an impressive novel that should catapult Franklin into the big leagues." Nickolas Thomas, USA Today. Tom’s latest, Smonk, published in 2006 is another guilty pleasure for those who love dark tales, sinister characters and humor to match.

April 17	2:40-3:55 PM	Poetry Writing and Q&A	WTH 104
April 17	2:40-3:55 PM	Fiction Writing and Q&A	WTH 331
April 17	7:30 PM	Public Reading and Book Signing	COB 107
April 18	10:00-10:50 AM	Creative Nonfiction Writing and Q&A	WTH 331
April 18	11:00-11:50 AM	Illustrated Narrative and Q&A	WTH 331

Beth-Ann Fennelly

Tom Franklin

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University of Central Arkansas
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