fayettevillearts.org

The Fulbright College department of music will feature the UA Trumpet Studio in a recital on Wednesday evening, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.  This recital features select members of the trumpet studio in a joint recital.  Compositions range the spectrum of the repertoire from Haydn’s famous trumpet concerto to today’s most beloved sonatas.  Kristin Harwell will accompany on piano and organ.

Students performing will be Patrick Oliverio, Joseph Pullara, Alan Andrae, Adam Vanderbush, Kris Still, Will Nash, Robert Kain and Brian Glass.

The Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall is located in the Fine Arts Building on the UA campus.  Free parking is available in the parking deck, which can be accessed from Stadium Drive and is located directly to the west of the Fine Arts Building.  The admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.  For more information, please call the department of music at (479) 575-47011 or visit us on the web at www.uark.edu/depts/uamusic” href=”http://www.uark.edu/depts/uamusic”>www.uark.edu/depts/uamusic.

Program

Carl Alexius (1928-2000)             Sonatina for Trumpet and Piano
I. Allegro
Patrick Oliverio, trumpet

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)        Concerto
III. Allegro
Joseph Pullara, trumpet

Alan Hovhaness (1911- 2000)        Prayer of Saint Gregory
Alan Andrae, trumpet

Kent Kennan (1913-2003)         Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
III. Moderately fast, with energy
Adam Vanderbush, trumpet

Eric Ewazen (b. 1954)            Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
I. Lento, Allegro Molto
Kris Still, trumpet
II. Allegretto
Will Nash, trumpet

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)         Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
I. Mit kraft
Robert Kain, trumpet

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)        Intrada
Brian Glass, trumpet

For the sixth consecutive year, Designers with Julie Wait Designs of Rogers,
AR have been awarded multiple interior design awards by the South Central
Chapter of ASID (American Society of Interior Design) at the organization’s
annual conference.  These awards recognize the creativity and expertise of
interior designers in the three state area: Arkansas, Louisiana and
Mississippi.  Julie Wait Fryauf, ASID, Aubrey Mitchell Pate, ASID, Misty
Martin Dennis, ASID, and Leila Pollard, Allied ASID and LEED AP received the
Silver Award for the interior design of the Comfort Suites lobby in Wichita
KS.  In addition, the design team also took a Bronze Award for the interior
design of Lewis Epley Band Building located on the University of Arkansas
campus in Fayetteville.

The design of Comfort Suites incorporates subtle references to the
geographical location in the lobby space.  Many of the design features
emulate sweeping Kansas skies and windy plains.  The design elements and
finishes use undulating curves and vortex shapes to reiterate this idea.
Guests are greeted in the two story lobby with a dramatic custom shaped
resin cloud-like feature in which vortex shaped pendant lights drop through.
The custom shapes mimic swirling clouds and also provide an abstract image
of the hotel’s logo.  The large scale of the shapes as a whole is a dynamic
and appropriately scaled design element within the two story space.

The north lobby wall features a collection of 72 round mirrors mounted
together for a focal point and to repeat the scale of the large window
pattern.  The mirrors also reflect the specialty painted red wall finish
from the opposite side of the lobby and amplify daylight.  This grouping is
flanked by large illuminated floor lamps that add sculptural interest to the
space.

The Lewis Epley, Jr. Band Building Hall of Honor welcomes students, alumni,
faculty and visitors into the band building.  It promotes the band’s history
of spirit and serves as a recruiting tool for future band members.  Within
the Hall of Honor is the Wall of Honor that displays honors and memorial
tributes given to benefactors, past directors and alumni.  Custom stained
millwork with glass showcases provide a flexible way to present the history
and memorabilia of the band.  In the center of the Hall of Honor, a modular
seating group mimics the look of a group of tubas lined up on the football
field during the halftime show.  It provides comfortable seating for
students waiting to go into practice halls or meeting with friends.  A
custom trophy pedestal houses one of the most treasured national awards that
a band can receive.  The pedestal was designed to safeguard and showcase the
trophy, acting as the focal point of the Hall of Honor.  Track lighting in
the shape of a treble clef floats above the seating grouping and highlights
the seating below and the Wall of Honor.

Designers were given the challenge to show the band’s history through
photos.  They chose a mural of historical band photographs to be a dynamic
backdrop for the major circulation space.  Designers worked with band
faculty to sift through hundreds of photographs to find the perfect images
to tell the story of the band’s history and spirit.  Designers created the
full-scale collage of images which was printed as floor to ceiling wall
covering.   Julie Wait Designs, Inc. provides a full range of interior
design and space planning services primarily in commercial spaces such as
offices, banks, health care and senior living spaces, as well as unique
residences.

How did he do that?
Greg Moore shares his process and teaches you how he did it!

This is the first makeshop is a new series featuring a local designer showing how he created the unique style seen in the 2006 Fayetteville Arts Festival Poster and most recently in a background for his band’s web page. He sews and tears paper, splatters and brings it all together with a scanner and Adobe Photoshop.

Want to learn?
Call or email us to reserve your spot an join us Saturday, October 18 from 1-3pm.
$45 includes your use of our computer and software. All you need to bring is your interest to discover something new! All levels and ages welcome!

New Design Center
Empowering you with creativity and technology skills

479) 587-9925 studio/fax 479) 409-5064 mobile
NEW! 525 South School Avenue, Basement Suite, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
Need a map? www.newdesigncenter.org/contact.html
www.newdesigncenter.org

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Four student-produced documentary films will premier at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the Arkansas Union Theatre. The students made the films in graduate-level classes taught by two award-winning University of Arkansas journalism professors, Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter, who have collaborated on documentary films for more than 25 years.

Each documentary presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the student filmmakers. The premiere is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public.

“The undergraduate and graduate students work for two semesters to create their documentaries,” said Foley. “They learned about every aspect of how to make a documentary from initial concept to research, filming, editing and promoting their production. Dale and I are very pleased with the results and think the University will enjoy seeing these films. They cover a wide range of subjects, and each tells a unique story.”

• Bridge to a New Life: the Story of Miss Malen and the Couchsurfers (filmmakers Sarah Moore and Cheryl Sybrant). Synopsis:The filmtakes a look at the lives of homeless young adults, age 18-22, in Northwest Arkansas who are given a second chance in life when they enter Youth Bridge Transitional Living Program, run by the witty, and sometimes exasperated, Miss Malen Gardner.
• Dogpatch USA (filmmakers Dixie Kline and Matthew Rowe) Synopsis: Arkansas built a theme park around Al Capp’s popular comic strip, Lil’ Abner, in the heart of the Ozarks. In spite of warning signs that it might fail, Dogpatch USA entertained a generation of people. A mountain of challenges finally crushed the park, but its ghost is still hanging around.
• KURM RADIO: The Soapbox of the Air (filmmakers Kelly Millar, Hayot Tuychiev and Nikki Wise) Synopsis: There are only a handful of independent radio stations left in the United States. The film follows Colonel Kermit Womack and his staff as they show just how much a day at KURM radio differs from the average, conglomerate programming.
• What Can Happen in Three Weeks (filmmakers Kevin Estes and Michelle Conty-deGroat) Synopsis: Each semester, the University of Arkansas hosts approximately 20 Japanese students from Shimane University for an intensive crash-course in American language and culture. The film documents the Japanese students and their experiences.

In April, Foley and Carpenter received the Best of Festival Award from the Broadcast Education Association for their documentary about the University of Arkansas, Beacon of Hope. The award was presented in Las Vegas. Carpenter recently picked up his fifth Emmy award, his first in the category of editing for Beacon of Hope at the 2008 Mid-America Emmy Gala in St. Louis.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR – October 14, 2008  - ddp gallery presents A Taxonomy of Wounds: Photographs by Amjad Faur AND Noctilucent: Paintings by Preston Graves. The exhibition is from October 15, 2008 – November 22, 2008.  A reception for the artists will be held on Thursday October 16th from 5-8pm. The gallery is located at 7 East Mountain Street, between Fayetteville’s historic Downtown Square and North College Avenue.

Two artists who explore and reveal mystery in their respective works come together at ddp gallery. Painter, Preston Graves of Seattle, Washington and Northwest Arkansas photographer, Amjad Faur, first met while working on Masters degrees at University of Oregon/Eugene – proving that  creative relationships forged in the university setting continue afterwards.

Photographer Amjad Faur has previously shown with ddp gallery and Dede Peters, gallery owner with a degree in photography herself, understands Faur’s aesthetic. “We have amazing discussions about technical aspects as well as content in contemporary photography.” Faur suggested a joint exhibition with friend and former co-student, Preston Graves. “At first, I didn’t think it would be a good match, the images that Preston emailed me where difficult to decipher.” Faur invited Peters to see some of Graves’ work in person, “Seeing the depth, the layers in the work changed my mind. Preston’s work cannot be experienced through a monitor.”

Painter, Preston Graves, constructs dioramas with a subterranean affect. He then uses his creations as subject matter for his paintings - reflecting the dark, cavernous feelings of his dioramas. Layered with objects and lit with a single light source, Graves successfully uses various mediums to translate the diorama’s intrigue onto panels. His technique allows him create tension between super flat paint and layers of acrylic medium. He paints purposed patterns that are at odds with a pictorial luminosity. “The paintings must be viewed in person, and then again and again – they are filled with little intricacies, waiting to be discovered,” says Peters. In the series, Noctilucent, Graves allows the viewer to be drawn into the works - creating an individual, mysterious exploration.

A Taxonomy of Wounds is explained with a story. Photographer, Amjad Faur delivers the idea in a series of 11 selenium-toned black and white photographs. The story is about a man who tries to express a notion, but finds he cannot – not with words, or tools or renderings. The resulting images were created from elaborate sets; Faur using a 4×5 camera. The large format camera gives negatives measuring 4 by 5 inches; Faur then contact printed them in the darkroom. The detail produced is exacting and given today’s frequent use of pixel manipulation, it is difficult to believe no trickery was used in camera or in the printing process. Part of this is because Faur chose to work with film and Agfa Classic, a paper that is no longer manufactured. Faur carefully choose the entire presentation, from paper, to mat, to frame – to present the story. Still lifes, many created on-location,  show the man’s struggle with translating his message. They include a flame hovering above a draped table, a meteorite shrouded in cloth, and a traditional still-life that is propped with charred items. Other elements of A Taxonomy of Wounds are

depicted with such images as a dark cave - guarded by theatre curtains, a hand stuck in a web of twine, and a face – only partially revealed. The series leaves the viewer desperate to understand – empathic to the plight - to keep viewing until something is captured.

More information about Preston Graves, Amjad Faur and ddp gallery can be found at www.ddpgallery.com or by calling (479) 442-0001.

Ceramic Cow Productions, LLC, of Fayetteville will be reviving, by popular demand, their production of Pearl’s Sixth Wedding, which premiered to a standing room only audience last May as a “fun-raiser” for the Fayetteville Arts Festival.

Produced by Ceramic Cow Co-Founders Julie Gabel and Mark Landon Smith, Pearl’s Sixth Wedding features the well-known characters from the popular Dupont, Mississippi series, which was first produced in Fayetteville in 2001 and has since been published by Samuel French/Baker’s Plays and is produced throughout the world. The characters were also featured in the film short, “Dupont, Mississippi: F5” which was featured at the New York International Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles.

In this production the audience attends the wedding as guests and witness the ceremony in its entirety. Immediately following the ceremony, the audience also attends the reception including all of the traditional elements of cutting of the cake, toasts, the first dance, the throwing of the bouquet and garter and dancing.

Pearls’ Sixth Wedding will take place on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25, and Friday, November 14, and Saturday, November 15 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 224 North East Avenue, Fayetteville.  Doors open at 7.30 and the show starting at 8pm. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 (cash), at the door; ticket price includes the show and the reception following with food, drink and dancing. Tickets may be purchased by calling Ceramic Cow Productions’ box office at 479.571.4879.

The cast of Pearl’s Wedding includes Warren Rosenaur, Vickie Hilliard, Mike Thomas, Dianna Blaylock, Angela Hicks, Bill Rogers, Patricia Kulish and Jules Taylor.

for more information visit www.typomag.com/frankstanfordfestival/” href=”http://www.typomag.com/frankstanfordfestival/”>http://www.typomag.com/frankstanfordfestival/

The Fulbright College department of music will feature University of Arkansas tuba professor, Dr. Benjamin Pierce in concert on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26 at 2:00 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.  He will be performing pieces by Handel, Crespo, Cornacchia and Sabbatini, Bach, Arnold, and Szentpali.  Dr. Pierce will be accompanied on piano by Olga Greenhut.

Benjamin Pierce teaches tuba and euphonium at the University of Arkansas and conducts the U of A Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble.  He has been the winner of numerous international competitions including both euphonium and tuba divisions of the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference competitions and both divisions of the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition.  He was the grand prize winner of the 2001 Japan Wind and Percussion Competition in Tokyo and was the first euphonium player ever to be chosen as a finalist in the prestigious Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York City.  Most recently, Dr. Pierce took first place in international competitions in Markneukirchen, Germany and Jeju, S. Korea.  He has performed with several major ensembles, is an annual featured soloist with the Toledo Concert Band, and has performed guest recitals and clinics in the United States, Canada and Japan.

The Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall is located in the Fine Arts Building on the UA campus.  Free parking is available in the parking deck, which can be accessed from Stadium Drive and is located directly to the west of the Fine Arts Building.  The admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.  For more information, please call the department of music at (479) 575-4701 or visit us on the web at www.uark.edu/depts/uamusic.

The Fulbright College department of music will feature the Spectrum Trio in concert on Friday evening, Oct. 17 at 8:00 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.  They will be performing “Trio” for flute, oboe, and piano by Madeleine Dring, “Italian Dance”  for oboe and piano by Madeleine Dring, “Sonata” for flute and piano by Bonus, “Serenade sous bois” by Hedwige Chretien, “Impromptu No. 1″ by Thea Musgrave, and “Litanies,” by Marilyn Shrude.

The Spectrum Trio has gained a reputation for impeccable musicianship and innovative programming.  The pleasing combination of flute, oboe, and piano is enhanced by Spectrum’s expressive musical style and unified ensemble playing. The trio has performed together since 1990 in several states. Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, and Barbara Fast are all active solo performers as well as members of other touring ensembles.   Ronda Mains teaches flute and is chair of the Music Department  at the University of Arkansas.  Theresa Delapalin teaches oboe at the University of Arkansas, and Barbara Fast teaches piano pedagogy and is Keyboard Department Chair at the University of Oklahoma.

This concert will feature music by women composers.  One of the works was recently commissioned by Spectrum, with the help of a generous private grant.  This work, called Litanies, by the composer Marilyn Shrude, was premiered in July  by Spectrum Trio at the International Double Reed Society convention in Provo, Utah.  The trio is pleased to present some fascinating newly-discovered works by female composers, including works by Dring, Chrietien, Bonus, and McConchy.

The Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall is located in the Fine Arts Building on the UA campus.  Free parking is available in the parking deck, which can be accessed from Stadium Drive and is located directly to the west of the Fine Arts Building.  The admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.  For more information, please call Theresa Delaplain at (479) 575-6385 or visit the Music Department website at www.uark.edu/depts/uamusic.

Considering its size, only 3 blocks long, Sutton Street has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to working artists, and several of them are opening their studios to the public for the first time on Saturday, October 11, as part of the Sutton  Street Art Walk. Watercolorist William Mayes Flanagan, painters Jan Gosnell, and Anne Jenkins, along with photographer Don House and sculptor Chris Weaver, invite the public to explore this little corner of Fayetteville’s historic district between Washington and Olive Streets, one block north of Dickson. Start at any of the three locations, park your car and stroll to the others. Refreshments will be served. Hours are 10am to 7pm. Find Jan Gosnell and Chris Weaver at 220 Sutton, William Mayes Flanagan and Don House at 319, and Anne Jenkins at 345 (corner of Sutton and Walnut).
The Sutton Street Art Walk was the brainchild of William Mayes Flanagan, who for ten years has been producing his signature watercolors in an attic studio. Well known for his large, moody night scenes of Fayetteville, his work hangs in galleries across the region, but his emphasis on community pushed him to organize the art walk. “ The artist community is so vital to the health of the city at large,” he says, “ and Sutton street is just a concentrated example of what’s going on throughout Fayetteville and the region, and sometimes even artists themselves need to be reminded that we’re here, working away in small rooms and attics and garages – anywhere a studio can be constructed.”
While moody is a term often applied to Flanagan’s work, it is not scary. His scenes of dark buildings with mysteriously lit windows are stories really. One Kansas City art curator called Flanagan a “southern storyteller”, and the late singer songwriter Nick Masullo immortalized the feeling in his song about Flanagan, Bill Paints The Town Blue. So powerful are those stories that Flanagan’s paintings have actually helped save historic buildings from demolition – just part of his emphasis on community.
You may not be surprised to learn that the editorial cartoons appearing in Fayetteville’s Free Weekly newspaper are conceived and drawn by Jan Gosnell, but you would be surprised by his credentials: author, painter, printmaker, instructor, businessman, movie star.  O.K., movie star may be an exaggeration, but his paintings appeared in several films, including The Blue And The Gray, and also grace the walls of actors Gregory Peck, Stacey Keach, former president Bill Clinton, former senator David Pryor, and perhaps most complimentary- fellow artists including Donald Roller Wilson.
A graduate of The University of Texas and the University of Arkansas, for nearly forty years, Jan’s award-winning work has been featured in numerous one-man exhibitions and included in the most prestigious competitions in the region.
Sharing space with Jan Gosnell, Chris Weaver has been creating beautiful ceramic and metal sculpture for over twenty-five years. His work has been exhibited nationwide and placed in the permanent collections of numerous foundations and universities.  Much of his recent work has centered on the concept of fire , and includes large sculptural and functional pieces. A graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute and New York State College of Ceramics, Chris recently opened the Citizens Bank Gallery in Prairie Grove to highlight contemporary fine art and craft.
The spirituality of painting, and personal satisfaction are concepts that frequently surface when Anne Jenkins speaks of her work. Self taught, working in oils, Anne often paints familiar faces and American icons, always with the goal of portraying facets of the personality and expressions often not seen in public images.  There is always the personal experience of the artist wrapped up in the paint on her canvas, and she uses the words liberating, fulfilling, challenged, confident, spiritually evolved, appreciative and totally accepting when describing the finished work.  Recently, Anne feels herself being pulled toward more abstract work and looks forward to “mixing up the stew” so to speak.
Photographer Don House has shared space with William Mayes Flanagan for  years and collaborated on several projects that brought together the  disciplines of painting and photography. Working for over twenty-five years in Fayetteville, House’s photographs have appeared in numerous national publications, one-person exhibitions, juried competitions, and the book Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Diary of a Cattle ranch on the Southern Plains. Still working with traditional film and darkroom techniques, House’s rich silver prints are a testament to the visual power of the medium.

To see more work:

William Mayes Flanagan: www.eurekaspringsartists.com,  M2 gallery in Little Rock

Jan Gosnell: www.arkansasartists.com
Anne Jenkins: 479-957-6227
Chris Weaver: 479-846-0899 Citizens Bank Gallery
Don House:  www.donhousephotoworks.com,  ddp gallery in Fayetteville, M2 gallery in Little Rock.