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UCA to host reed quintet band Paradise Winds as Artists in Residence

Two-day residency to include public concert, student-focused events The պֲ Department of Music will host the Phoenix, Arizona-based reed quintet Paradise Winds for a two-day residency Jan. 20–21, featuring a public concert and educational events for students. The residency will include a free public concert Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Windgate Center … [Read more...]

Alice Aida Ayers, Kat Wilson to visit UCA as Artists in Residence

Artist reception to be held Thursday, Jan. 29, at UCA’s Baum Gallery The պֲ’s Baum Gallery of Art will host two Artists in Residence this spring with coordinating exhibitions and events planned. Alice Aida Ayers will present “ANCESTRAL SPIRITS: STITCHING THE PAST TO THE PRESENT,” and Kat Wilson will present “THE UNITED STATES OF SELFIES: A #SELFIETHRONE for the … [Read more...]

UCA Theatre Program to present ‘Hamlet’

Performances begin Nov. 7 The պֲ’ Theatre Program is proud to present William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” one of the most enduring and powerful works in the English language. Performance dates are Nov. 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 7 each night, and Nov. 9 and 16 at 2 p.m., at the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre in the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, … [Read more...]

Visual artist, educator Sharon Louden to visit UCA as Artist in Residence

Residency invites consideration of integration of arts, health sciences The պֲ will host visual artist, educator and advocate for artists Sharon Louden for a residency Nov. 11-13 with a schedule that includes conversations with students and book signing events for the essay collection “Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life Over 50.” “We are … [Read more...]

‘Libertad’ author Bessie Flores Zaldívar to visit UCA for creative writing residency

October events focused on creative writing, poetry The պֲ will host celebrated writer Bessie Flores Zaldívar for a two-day residency Nov. 6-7 highlighting their debut publication “Libertad,” a coming-of-age story set in the midst of the contentious 2017 Honduran elections. The residency will include conversations with students from UCA’s creative writing, gender … [Read more...]

UCA’s Baum Gallery to open Fall 2025 BA/BFA Senior Exhibition

Artist reception to be held Thursday, Oct. 30 The պֲ’s Baum Gallery will host an artist reception Thursday, Oct. 30, from 4-7 p.m. to celebrate the Fall 2025 BA/BFA Senior Exhibition. Students Included in this exhibition are Len Adair (BFA), Charlie Colburn (BFA), Katherine Eggebrecht (BA), Victoria Harper (BA), Hannah Jetton (BFA), Kaitlyn Maxwell (BFA), Reilly … [Read more...]

Nita Mendoza to illuminate art of lighting design in UCA fall residency

November residency includes free public lighting design demonstration Lighting designer Nita Mendoza will visit the պֲ for an artist residency Nov. 3-6, with events planned to engage students and the public in the art of theatrical lighting design. The residency will include a series of conversations and class visits with both theatre and Spanish students. … [Read more...]

Four-time Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America to perform at UCA’s Windgate Center

Family folk duo coming to Conway Nov. 2 The պֲ Public Appearances will present Trout Fishing in America on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. Family folk duo Trout Fishing in America is the songwriting collaboration of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. For almost 50 years, their vibrant, percussive sound and dynamic … [Read more...]

UCA joins Next Generation Service Corps

Partnership with the Volcker Alliance will help to prepare students for public service The պֲ has partnered with the Volcker Alliance to join the Next Generation Service Corps (NextGen Service), a nationwide network of higher education institutions committed to preparing undergraduate students for public service. պֲ is the first institution of higher education in … [Read more...]

‘Sex and the City’ creator Candace Bushnell to perform one-woman show at UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall

Performance set for Oct. 23 offers the perfect ladies’ night out The պֲ Public Appearances will present “Candace Bushnell – True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City,” Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. Bushnell is famously the author of “Sex and the City,” published in 1996, the basis for the TV phenomenon “Sex and the City,” … [Read more...]