Home: Various Artists to Exhibit at Anne Kittrell Gallery

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University Programs Anne Kittrell Art Gallery has partnered with sUgAR Projects to announce Home, a group exhibition consisting of nine artists, all of whom have Arkansas roots. The artists were given one month and asked to make art in their chosen medium based on the word “home.”

Anne Kittrell Art Gallery will be hosting the exhibition Aug. 15 through 21. Viewing hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A closing reception for the artists will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 6 p.m.

University Programs is a student run and funded organization within the office of student activities. University Programs’ Anne Kittrell Art Gallery is located on the fourth floor of the Arkansas Union of the University of Arkansas campus.

For more information about this or other gallery events, contact: Anne Kittrell Art Gallery Committee chair, Lana Hackler, at upart@uark.edu, 479-575-5255 or
sUgAR Director, Kat Wilson, kaw010@uark.edu, 501-951-4151.

The following artists will display their work:

• Kevin Arnold graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arkansas in 2006, after which he received his Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Collegiate Teaching certification from Brown University in 2010. In the spring of 2012 he was invited to juror the Northwest Arkansas Congressional Art Competition along with curator Manuela Welloffman of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and was featured in the 100^th issue of New American Paintings.
• David Carpenter grew up in Little Rock, Ark. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Central Arkansas in 2004, and was awarded a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Louisiana State University in 2010. From 2005 to 2007 he was the manger of Franconia Sculpture Park. In the summer of 2009 he was part of a collective of Louisiana-based artists who went to Galway, Ireland, to collaborate with the Irish artist collective, Expanded Draft. He is currently teaching at Pulaski Technical College.
• Peter Goff was born in Arkansas and now lives in North Carolina where he is an instructor of art at Gaston College. He received his Maser of Fine Arts in studio art from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and was a 2008 Fulbright U.S. Student Grant (sculpture) at Chancellor College in Zomba, Malawi.
• Michael Davis Gutiérrez was born at Conway, Ark., and resides in Fayetteville. He received an art degree from University of Central Arkansas and has shown in museums, galleries and schools. He works almost entirely with stone.
• Don Lee grew up in Waldron, Ark., and is a painter and an educator. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Temple University/Tyler School of Art and is currently the head of the art department at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith.
• Erin Lorenzen began her education in Little Rock and continued her education in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Hyderabad, India. Her work has been showcased in galleries and museums throughout the United States; including The Monmouth Museum, the Arkansas Arts Center, the Historic Arkansas Museum, and The Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas, the Central Arkansas Library System, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
• Ginny Sims was born and raised in Little Rock. She grew up making pink lemonade pies in the summertime with her grandmother, Ava Jean. “I look for ways to tie meaning into the objects that we choose to live with and the stories that they tell, in the face of a material culture that tries to eliminate enjoyment from our lives completely.” Ginny recently completed her M.F.A. at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
• Kat Wilson is a graduate student at the University of Arkansas and director of sUgAR Projects. She has exhibited at the Historic Arkansas Museum, Exit Gallery at the University of Nevada-Reno, the Arkansas Arts Center, and many others. “I consider myself bicoastal and by that, I mean I’m from both sides of the Arkansas River.”
• Chadd Wilson is an alumnus of the University of Arkansas where he obtained a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics and sculpture. Chadd has held a variety of innovative positions throughout his career, ranging from academic educator to project foreman, and his work has been exhibited internationally. Currently his work investigates post-consumer materials, explores deconstruct/reconstruct concepts, and integrates imaginative recycling techniques.

This event is free to current University of Arkansas Fayetteville students through the Student Activities Fee. Admission for general public is free.

For special accommodations due to disability, please contact the Office of Student Activities, osa@uark.edu or call 479-575-5255.