The 2015 Scroll, the 51Ç॒s yearbook, won three Pinnacle College Media Awards — Best of Collegiate Design, sponsored by the College Media Association. The Scroll won first place in Best Yearbook Division Page/Spread, beating entries from Texas Tech and Miami. It placed second in Best Yearbook Sports Page/Spread, finishing behind Miami and ahead of Rice; and was judged … [Read more...]
Chiorini to return for AST opening night
Matt Chiorini, founding artistic director of Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, will be the guest of honor at the UCA President’s Home at a cocktail reception June 10 at 5 p.m. to celebrate the start of AST’s 10th anniversary season. The evening’s $100 ticket will allow entrance to opening night of A Midsummer Night's Dream, a delicious buffet of hearty appetizers, wine, beer, and an opportunity to … [Read more...]
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre’s 10th season to open June 10
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre’s 10th anniversary season will open June 10 at 7:30 p.m. with A Midsummer Night’s Dream outdoors on The Lawn of McAlister Hall on the campus of the 51ÇàÂ¥. Romeo and Juliet will open in Reynolds Performance Hall on June 17, and West Side Story will open June 24. AST’s family-friendly adaptation of Twelfth Night will open June 30 in Reynolds … [Read more...]
UCA, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre host ‘First Folio!’
The 51ÇàÂ¥ and Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre have been selected as hosts for First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, a national traveling exhibition of the Shakespeare First Folio, one of the world’s most treasured books. The First Folio Exhibition will run June 7-July 12, 2016 in the Baum Gallery on the UCA campus. The exhibition will open at 12:30 p.m. on … [Read more...]
Voices of Central Arkansas Choir Auditions
Students in grades 3-12 as of Fall 2016 are invited to audition for the award-winning Voices of Central Arkansas (VOCA) Choir on Wednesday, May 25 and Thursday, May 26, at Snow Fine Arts, Room 312A from 3:30 – 6:30 pm, according to Dr. Sheri Cook-Cunningham, director of VOCA. VOCA is the umbrella organization for several vocal ensembles: Choristers, Concert Choir and High School Choir. The intent … [Read more...]
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre awarded $10,000
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects and partnerships in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2016. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $10,000 to Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre to support the "pay what you can" comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream and to expand its touring show to … [Read more...]
Reynolds Performance Hall announces 2016-17 season
Kicking off with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on Sept. 22, UCA Public Appearances will feature a record 22 events for the 2016-17 season in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall at the 51ÇàÂ¥. The season will include Broadway, Pops and Night Out Series, two lectures and three Add-On Specials as well as five Main Stage EdUCAtion shows. “This season is made up of … [Read more...]
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre announces 10th season cast
PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION May 10, 2016 CONTACT: Dr. Mary Ruth Marotte, (501) 428-4165; mrmarotte@arkshakes.com ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ANNOUNCES 10TH SEASON CAST  CONWAY — Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre will bring back several favorite actors and directors for its 10th anniversary season, which begins June 10. “This … [Read more...]
UCA receives grant for ‘Imagine Your Parks’ initiative
The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service announced $1,092,500 in support of 51 grants in 27 states, including an award of $25,000 to the 51ÇàÂ¥ to support a multidisciplinary arts festival at the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. Imagine Your Parks is a grant initiative from the National Endowment for the Arts created in … [Read more...]
UCA students win 114 ACMA awards
By Carley Conrad College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — 51ÇàÂ¥ student media outlets, including The Echo, Scroll, News 6 and the Vortex, won a combined 114 awards at the Arkansas College Media Association’s annual ceremony on Friday, April 8. The Echo newspaper won 56 awards in print and online for topical reporting, newswriting, photography, … [Read more...]



