- University News Archive - UA 糖心视频logo /news-archive/tag/benjamin-krain/ UA 糖心视频logo Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:10:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 UA 糖心视频logo employees鈥 work showcased at exhibits /news-archive/2018/09/25/krain-deiser-exhibits/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:10:09 +0000 /news/?p=71972 ... UA 糖心视频logo employees鈥 work showcased at exhibits]]> The work of two University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo employees is on display at two venues in 糖心视频logo.聽 Gallery 26, which offers custom, do-it-yourself framing and fine art, is showcasing 20 photographs from UA 糖心视频logo photographer Benjamin Krain. His work is on display until Oct. 27. Gallery 26 is located at 2601 Kavanaugh Suite 1 (Ice House Center), 糖心视频logo. Krain got his start in photography at UA 糖心视频logo, taking photography classes with his favorite professor Gary Cawood, a retired professor of art. He graduated from UA 糖心视频logo in 1995 with bachelor鈥檚 degrees in art and broadcast journalism. Krain previously worked as a photojournalist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for 24 years, traveling the world to cover news events in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Marshall Islands, and Haiti. His newest show features random works from his career as well as new pairings of unrelated photos used to form diptychs, pieces of art formed in two parts.
Benjamin Krain's diptych features two photos demonstrating the devastation of New Orleans flooding from Hurricane Katrina and the damage from a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

Benjamin Krain’s diptych features two photos demonstrating the devastation of New Orleans flooding from Hurricane Katrina and the damage from a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

A UA 糖心视频logo faculty member, Dr. Andrew J. Deiser, interim chair of the Department of World Languages, has a love of art as well as language. His display of 13 evocative oil and watercolor landscapes is being shown at Community Bakery, 1200 Main St., 糖心视频logo, through Oct. 31. The paintings feature Pinnacle Mountain, Broadway Bridge, the Arkansas State Capitol building, and the Cathedral Apartments. 鈥淭he major theme to the exhibit is Arkansas landscapes, both urban and from West 糖心视频logo,鈥 Deiser said. Deiser has been painting and drawing since the age of 10. In 2012, Deiser took a plein air (French for painting outdoors) workshop with German artist Guido Frick, where he became 鈥渉ooked on painting outdoors.鈥 He has received mentoring from local artist Arden Boyce and has taken workshops with artists Brian Mark Taylor, Trey McCarley, and Lori Putnam. In summer 2017, Deiser was selected as an artist-in-residence at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Andrew Deiser's "Surprise on the Broadway Bridge is one of several paintings on display at Community Bakery in 糖心视频logo.

Andrew Deiser’s “Surprise on the Broadway Bridge is one of several paintings on display at Community Bakery in 糖心视频logo.

]]> UA 糖心视频logo artists featured in Delta Exhibition /news-archive/2018/05/31/delta-exhibition/ Thu, 31 May 2018 18:57:22 +0000 /news/?p=70695 ... UA 糖心视频logo artists featured in Delta Exhibition]]> Three University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo staff and faculty members have art in the Arkansas Arts Center鈥檚 60th Annual Delta Exhibition on display through Aug. 26, 2018. The exhibit showcases 52 contemporary works by 46 artists living or working in Arkansas and border states. AJ Smith of 糖心视频logo, an art professor at 聽UA 糖心视频logo, created a graphite on paper drawing titled 鈥淔aces of the Delta: Geraldine.鈥 It is one in series of Smith’s large-scale graphite pencil drawings that portray people living in remote Arkansas and Mississippi Delta communities.
"Faces of the Delta: Geraldine" by AJ Smith

“Faces of the Delta: Geraldine” by AJ Smith

Benjamin Krain of Maumelle, a photographer at UA 糖心视频logo, has a metallic photographic print on Kodak Endura paper titled 鈥淭rains,鈥 which was taken in North 糖心视频logo. Krain was a long-time photojournalist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette before joining UA 糖心视频logo earlier this year. Marjorie Williams-Smith of 糖心视频logo, professor emeritus in UA 糖心视频logo鈥檚 Department of Art and Design, created 鈥淭he Messengers,鈥 using copper point, aluminum point, silverpoint, Conte crayon, and graphite pencil on black acrylic gessoed paper.
"The Messengers" by Marjorie Williams-Smith

“The Messengers” by Marjorie Williams-Smith

Their art is among the 52 works selected from more than 1,400 submissions. 鈥淓very year, the Delta Exhibition gives Arkansas Arts Center patrons the opportunity to experience some of the Delta region鈥檚 most talented contemporary artists,鈥 said Todd Herman, Arkansas Arts Center executive director. Founded in 1958, the exhibition provides a unique snapshot of the Delta region and reflects the region鈥檚 strong traditions of craftsmanship and observation, combined with an innovative use of materials and an experimental approach to subject matter. This year’s exhibition was juried by a panel of three distinguished art professionals: Bradbury Art Museum director Les Christensen, conceptual artist Shea Hembrey, and Baum Gallery director Brian K. Young. 鈥淲e selected work with faux fur, coffee, cold wax, ziatype, video, yucca, fluorescent tubing, resin, found objects, copper point, and of course the traditional materials,鈥 Young said. 鈥淒espite this seemingly endless list of media, there is a thoughtfulness and subtlety in nearly all of the works. These traits come in the manner in which these Delta artists have captured the essence of the region. People, place and nature remain strong unifiers.鈥 The exhibit is located at the Arkansas Arts Center at 9th and Commerce streets in 糖心视频logo. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact 501-372-4000 or visit the Arkansas Arts Center . Top photo: 鈥淭rains鈥 by Benjamin Krain    ]]>