Higher education notebook

Sunday, August 31, 2014

UCA to host NPR's Southern program

CONWAY -- The weekly NPR radio program Tales from the South will take place at the University of Central Arkansas on Sept. 29.

UCA's College of Fine Arts and Communications, along with the Division of Outreach and Community Engagement, will present the live recording starting at 7:30 p.m. on the lawn outside McAlister Hall.

Slings and Arrows will perform first, starting at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available.

Mark Spitzer, an associate professor, and Lynne Landis, an Arkansas Writers master of fine arts student, will do the program's readings. Student Tim Daulong's artwork will be featured on the set.

Now in its ninth year, Tales from the South features Southerners reading autobiographical stories in front of a live audience. The syndicated show's home station is KUAR in Little Rock.

Artist uses nature at UCA art gallery

CONWAY -- An artist who weaves large-scale architectural forms from natural materials is set to unveil a new sculpture outside the Baum Gallery of Art at the University of Central Arkansas on Sept. 20.

Patrick Dougherty relies on volunteers to help gather materials from the local landscape and with building his structures.

UCA said in a news release that it needs volunteers to help with this sculpture from Tuesday through Sept. 20.

The final creation will remain in front of the Baum Gallery for up to two years.

Events at Baum Gallery, in McCastlain Hall's west wing, are free and open to the public.

Those seeking more information on the exhibit or who want to volunteer can visit uca.edu/art/baum.

Pianist Romero set to play at Harding

SEARCY -- Mexican-American pianist Gustavo Romero is scheduled to perform Thursday at Harding University.

The event begins at 7 p.m. in the private college's Administration Auditorium and is part of the university's 2014-15 concert Lyceum series.

"Romero first discovered his love and gift for music at age 5, started taking lessons and gave his first public performance at age 10," Harding said in a news release. "Romero moved to New York where he attended and graduated from The Julliard School."

Performances by Romero, who also is a piano professor at the University of North Texas, include complete piano sonata cycles of Beethoven and Mozart.

Tickets are $3 and will be available at door.

State Desk on 08/31/2014