UA Little Rock School of Art and Design

09/02/2026

Brad Cushman Gallery / Todd Hido: A Series of Small Decisions
August 17 - October 26, 2026
(Image: Untitled, 2022, digital pigment print)

Ann Maners and Alex Pappas Gallery / Invictus: Photographs by Angela Strassheim
August 17 - October 26, 2026
(Image: Snakes and Ladders, 2019, archival pigment print)

Presentations in room 101, WCA+D, followed by a reception:
Saturday, October 24.
Angela Strassheim, 2-2:45pm
Todd Hido, 3:00-4:00pm
Reception, 4:00-6:00pm

09/01/2026

Jesse King is a graduate of our art education program. Check out his students’ art on display! Great work Mr. King 👑.

09/01/2026

Exciting news!!!!

A larger than life Viola Frey sculpture has just been installed in the Windgate Center of Art + Design lobby.

The interdisciplinary artist Viola Frey (1933–2004), was a prolific creator who produced thousands of artworks during her lifetime. While best known for her ceramic monumental sculptures, Frey’s artmaking spanned more than 40 years and encompassed paintings, drawings, and bronze and glass sculptures. Frey was obsessively devoted to her practice and produced thousands of artworks during her lifetime. Her work explores social constructs, marks of civilization, and gender dynamics, and features a thoughtfully built iconography including suited men, hands, and cast figurines. Her work in clay was ahead of its time, bridging the gap between craft and fine art, while pushing the boundaries of ceramic sculpture.

Make sure to stop by and check it out!

08/31/2026

David Schnuckel is an artist whose work thinks through glass, a writer who examines issues related to glass, and an educator who challenges students to find solutions to conceptual problems with and/or because of glass.

His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in the permanent collections of the GlazenHuis in Lommel, Belgium; the Shanghai Museum of Glass in Shanghai, China; and the Museum of American Glass in Millville, New Jersey. He has taught at Alfred University, Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.

As a writer, Schnuckel explores aspects of the glass field, his making, and his teaching through solo and collaborative writing projects. He has also been a regular contributor to GASnews, the newsletter of the Glass Art Society.

Schnuckel is Associate Professor of Glass and the Charlotte Mowris Fellow in the
School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New
York.

08/27/2026

Art students had a great first day at our Pigment & Popsicles event. And we were so grateful to have out to talk with our students. Students, please stop by the WCAD office anytime this week for a popsicle.

08/26/2026

Our first Fall 2026 artWORKS announcement!
All artWORKS events are free and open to the public.

Email [email protected] to register, spots limited!

07/21/2026

04/29/2026

Three spots left!
Email [email protected] to register!

04/20/2026

Tomorrow!!!
Join us in WCAD 101 at 12:30p to hear what some of our Art & Design faculty members have been researching this past year.

04/20/2026

Deitra Blackwell: Forging a New Leaf exhibition reception. A fun gathering of family, friends and a quartet from the Arkansas Symphany Orchestra (A*O). The exhibition in the North and South Galleries runs to July 2. Among the attendees were: son Andy Blackwell, School of Art and Design (SoAD) BFA Furniture Design 2017; daughter Amy Bennett, SoAD BA Ceramics 2007; and Amy's husband Trevor SoAD BFA Ceramics 2009. .creations