March is the perfect time to explore different art forms through the 2018 School of Art Lecture Series.

How do you interact with ceramics? Have you heard how artists are redefining printmaking? What do you think about when you hear that an artist gained rare permission to paint in the Italian catacombs?

The School of Art at the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences will showcase multiple visiting artists on these topics this March as part of the 2018 School of Art Lecture Series.

All events are free and open to the public, and will be at 5:30 p.m. in Hillside Auditorium, room 206. The month-long series of events include:

• Thursday, March 1 – Artist Nicole Cherubini
  Cherubini received an M.F.A. from New York University and a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and group exhibitions, as well as in galleries both nationally and internationally. She is represented by Zeitas Markus in Los Angeles and September Gallery in New York.
   
• Thursday, March 8 – Artist Janet Ballweg
  Ballweg received an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in art from the University of Wisconsin. Her ongoing research focuses on the integration of digital and traditional printmaking technologies. She has exhibited in over 400 exhibitions across the U.S. and abroad. Ballweg's work has received numerous awards, including an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
   
• Thursday, March 15 – Artist and professor Thomas Lyon Mills
  Mills received an M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and a B.F.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio. He has received rare permission to paint in the Italian catacombs and has had numerous exhibitions nationally and internationaly. Mills is a professor of drawing at Rhode Island School of Design and in 1996 he received RISD's John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The robust School of Art Lecture Series is a 30-year-old tradition made possible by the Joy Pratt Markham Visiting Artist Fund. The fund supports the School of Art by bringing renowned artists, designers and scholars to the University of Arkansas to speak to both students and the community.

Find out more about the series by visiting the Fine Arts Center Gallery online.