05/04/2023
Join us this Monday, May 8 to view the work and processes of our Spring 2023 visiting artist, Bobby Choe-Henderson!
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05/04/2023
UAFS Design Network Event Featuring Von Glitschka
Design Meet Up with Guest Speaker Von Glitschka!
If you are a working professional in business or design in the River Valley or Northwest Arkansas Region, you are invited to our Design Meet Up Networking Event on tonight, 6 p.m. at UA Fort Smith Art & Design. We will have fun, food, drink, and a special guest speaker, designer and illustrator, Von Glitschka.
So come out, bring your business cards, and have a little pre-Friday fun.
A Little More About Our Guest Speaker
Von is the owner of Glitschka Studios a small boutique design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. They work closely with clients, collaborating to create designs and illustrations for global brands and small business.
Von is an illustrative designer who provides diverse creative exploration for ad agencies, design firms, in-house design departments, startups, and small business owners to expand their creative possibilities, facilitate their brand engagement, and help their business, product, or service grow and thrive.
Von also produces design courses for Linkedin Learning and weekly creative content for his YouTube channel PPLLUV Process.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR FREE TICKETS!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uafs-design-network-event-featuring-von-glitschka-tickets-609635254457
We hope to see you there!
Designer Meet Up with Guest Speaker Von Glitschka at UA Fort Smith Art & Design. Eat, Drink, Exchange Business Cards!
05/01/2023
Join us this Friday to celebrate the end of the year, explore student book arts projects (for sale!), meet the students, and visit our amazing book arts and letterpress studios. (Plus, we'll have treats...) Open to all across the campus and community, please come!
04/05/2023
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03/29/2023
03/28/2023
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03/08/2023
Join us Friday March 31, 5-7 pm to celebrate the opening of “Linda Nguyen Lopez: Hold Everything Dear”!
Known for her work in ceramics and a professor at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Linda Nguyen Lopez is an artist of Vietnamese and Mexican descent who explores the poetic potential of everyday objects and abstract forms. She has exhibited her work in national and international venues including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles, CA, and the Museum of Art and Design in New York, NY.
http://www.lindalopez.net
02/27/2023
Interview with Matthew Bailey, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Gallery Director — The Arkansas Art Scene Blog
Interview with Matthew Bailey, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Gallery Director — The Arkansas Art Scene Blog
“My aim is to expand the gallery in every way possible—collections and exhibitions, educational programming, and outreach.”
02/15/2023
Mark your calendars, next Wednesday February 22!
01/25/2023
Photos from UAFS Gallery of Art and Design's post
12/30/2022
12/12/2022
Alex Williamson / American Ghosts / Exhibition Build and Opening night!
12/09/2022
Photos from UAFS Gallery of Art and Design's post
12/09/2022
UAFS GRAPHIC DESIGN SENIOR THESIS PRESENTATIONS
12/07/2022
Cards and clamshells! UAFS Art and Design faculty flexing a bit. 💪
12/05/2022
Come see our Graphic Design Seniors present their thesis work, this Thursday, December 8 at 6 pm. The presentations will be streamed live here on Facebook starting at 6:30 pm. Following the presentation will be a reception and viewing of their projects in the Don Lee Student Gallery on the second floor of the Windgate Art & Design Building!
12/01/2022
The Graphic Design class flexed their creative muscles with these banned book cover designs. Each student was given an identical paper bag filled with odds and ends, and a book title. Then they were tasked to put together a cover for the book to be photographed. Students were only allowed a knife and glue while using potentially everything in the paper bag (including the bag itself) for the design. They were not allowed to manipulate anything in Adobe Photoshop beyond color correction. We are very proud of the results.
11/24/2022
Renowned commercial illustrator and graphic artist Alex Williamson from the UK has spent the last four weeks as an artist-in-residence for the Department of Art & Design at UAFS. Working with local museums and collections, he’s been exploring archival materials and uncovering a treasure trove of found imagery that frequently shifts from the weird and/or disturbing to the wonderful.
Through collage and use of the “visual essay,” Williamson’s residency project weaves together thoughts and fragments from the past and present, navigating intersections of history, geography, and politics while exploring the making and remaking of memory, myths, and cultural legacy through Fort Smith’s collections and archives.
Join us for a one-night-only installation of this groundbreaking project in the Cooler Room at the Bakery District, Saturday December 10, 6pm – 9pm!
11/15/2022
Winter has arrived in the design studios.
11/11/2022
We are still looking for student artists! If you are (or know) a young artist, please reach out! Art teachers, if you have students that would like to participate, please send us a headcount! We're hoping to have pieces dropped off at the gallery the week after Thanksgiving so we can get everything set up.
11/04/2022
Thanks so much to our awesome alumnae Jessi Medeiros! What a great presentation to students today!
11/04/2022
Another Forge Ahead event in the books. Much thanks to our student design team: and whose dedication and professionalism will take them far. Also thanks to all of the student volunteers, and not least our fearless leader Katie Waugh, as well as Colin , Peter, Ernest, Jay, , Matt B. , Sophia, and all other UAFS faculty and adjuncts that gave up their morning and other days getting ready for this event!
09/29/2022
Part 2 Exploring the sublime and the beautiful. Landscape photos by the students in our Intro to Digital Photography class.
09/29/2022
Part 1 Exploring the sublime and the beautiful. Landscape photos by the students in our Intro to Digital Photography class.
09/27/2022
“Prove it” drawings for the Advanced Drawing class.
09/26/2022
Manual type manipulation exercise in Graphic Design.
09/20/2022
Obed Gonzalez in class today to speak to our design seniors. Later presenting to all design majors.
09/20/2022
Weekly highlight from "Ron Jude: 12 Hz" (Sept. 9-Dec. 9)! An immersive exhibit featuring monumental photographs of geological formations along with a rumbling sound installation of manipulated seismic and field recordings.
Ron Jude, "Lava Plain," 2018
Pigment print
42 ½ × 56 ½ inches
Free and open to the public! For guided tours of the exhibit and/or the permanent collection on view in Windgate Art & Design, contact [email protected].
https://barrylopezfoundation.org
09/09/2022
A huge day for the UAFS Nursing and Art and Design programs, in addition to the opening of "Ron Jude: 12 Hz"! Join us for our reception this evening in Windgate Art and Design to celebrate the exhibition and our forthcoming expansion, thanks to the generosity of the Windgate Foundation!
Reception open 5 – 7:30 p.m., refreshments provided, free and open to all!
The opening reception will include a short talk by Lopez Foundation Director Toby Jurovics in the Windgate Theater starting at 5. The talk will also be available live via Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uafs-edu.zoom.us/.../tJwkcO2sqTkpHdRteQ9XXAUWHFOF...
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
In support of the visual arts, more than $8.8 million will allow UAFS to expand the Windgate Art and Design building, enabling a more immersive public experience of the space and holistic fine arts studios for students and faculty.
“This gift will meaningfully augment every aspect of our department: the ways we educate students in each of our degree programs, the scope of our exhibitions and art collections, and the services and programming we can offer to the River Valley region and to broader art communities,” said Waugh. “This will shape not only how we address our current needs, but will also substantially inform our trajectory going forward.”
“I feel exceptionally grateful, respectfully humble, and ready to get to work,” she said. “It is such a rare, special opportunity to work towards a project that is this transformational, that will have this much impact on each individual student’s education in art and design.
Beginning in 2023, UAFS Art and Design will begin a physical expansion of the Windgate Building, as well as an expansion of curricular offerings through both new courses and broadened existing courses, including book arts, 3D-design, art history, graphic design, gallery and collections, museum preparator training, sculpture, ceramics, and digital fabrication.
Read more about this transformative gift at: https://uafs.edu/news/2022-18m-windgate-gift-announced.php
08/30/2022
Join us the evening of Friday, September 9 to celebrate the opening of this fall’s UAFS Gallery of Art and Design featured exhibit, "Ron Jude: 12 Hz"
Reception open 5 – 7:30 p.m., food and drink provided, free and open to all!
Organized by the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art and Environment, Ron Jude: 12 Hz is an immersive exhibit featuring over twenty large-scale photographs of geological formations along with a sound installation of manipulated seismic and field recordings.
The opening reception will include a short talk by Lopez Foundation Director Toby Jurovics in the Windgate Theater starting at 5. The talk will also be available live via Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uafs-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkcO2sqTkpHdRteQ9XXAUWHFOF5gncqR2t
08/25/2022
Call for student artist 🎨submissions from public/private school through collegiate level.Fort Smith Public Schools Future School of Fort Smith Fort Smith Regional Art Museum UAFS Gallery of Art and Design
08/24/2022
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08/15/2022
What’s Cookin’ For UAFS? Bakery District home to new gallery space
What’s Cookin’ For UAFS? Bakery District home to new gallery space
Art is everywhere -- on street corners, downtown business walls, along bike paths and nature trails. And now, in Fort Smith, it's in The Bakery District, thanks to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Titled "The District Art Galleries by UAFS," the new space is in a popular community hub that....
08/11/2022
Another weekly sneak peek for our fall exhibit, "Ron Jude: 12 Hz" (Sept. 9-Dec. 9).
Opening reception Friday Sept. 9, 5-7:30pm, with a talk by Toby Jurovics, director of the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment, starting at 5. Free and open to all, we hope to see you there! (Refreshments will be served...)
Ron Jude, "Calving Glacier Terminus," 2019
Pigment print
42 ½ × 56 ½ inches
08/05/2022
Our upcoming fall exhibit, "Ron Jude: 12 Hz" (Sept. 9-Dec. 9) weekly sneak peek...
"Ceiling Collapse," 2018
Pigment print
42½ x 56½ inches
All are invited to our opening reception Friday, September 9, 5-7:30pm, with a talk by Toby Jurovics, director of the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment, starting at 5. We look forward to seeing you there!
07/20/2022
Excited to announce our Fall 2022 show! "Ron Jude: 12 Hz" is an immersive exhibit featuring over twenty large-scale photographs of geological formations along with a sound installation of manipulated, looping seismic and field recordings.
Mark your calendars for the opening reception and talk by Barry Lopez Foundation Director Toby Jurovics on Friday, Sept. 9, and stay tuned for more information on exhibition programming! For more information regarding the exhibit and the Barry Lopez Foundation, visit https://barrylopezfoundation.org/exhibition/ron-jude-12-hz/.
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06/01/2022
Good morning from The Bakery District in downtown Fort Smith! We have the latest on a new art exhibition called Process/Experience/Place. It opens today and is a partnership with UAFS to showcase local contemporary artists and serve as a training ground for students! 🖼🎨🖌
05/19/2022
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05/02/2022
Please join us!
14th Annual Book Party at UAFS!
Date: May 5
Time: 3-5 pm
Place: Windgate 121, Underground Studio
For the first time in a few years, we are actually going to have our Annual Book Party in person! This is a very special year-end celebration this year, and we would be thrilled if you could join us—and feel to bring friends and book lovers— as the students show off their amazing book and book-like creations from this past year and previous years. Many works will be for sale, so make room in your collections for these amazing additions!
We have a new set of greeting cards, too. And door prizes!
And, of course, there will be snacks!
So you don’t forget:
Date: May 5
Time: 3-5 pm
Place: Windgate 121, Underground Studio
The world of book lovers is large, and my email list is paltry, so please forward at will!
04/03/2022
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Graphic Design major Matti records Foley effects for her logo animation. She’s making the sound like a dog shaking water from its coat.
UAFS Art & Design Students in Motion Design create loading icons for products such as Teva Sandals and Jagarico Potato Chips.
Unboxing Marquis de Lafayette cast
Our augmented reality poster show was a lot of fun. Thanks everyone who came out!
New sculpture installation at UAFS Art & Design by Michael Warrick. It follows you as you walk by. Just in time for Halloween! #sculpture #bronze #uafsart&design #uafsartanddesign #designeducation #arted #designed #arteduction #uafs #uafslions #fortsmith #design #graphicdesign #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #futuredesigners #designlife #designing #graphic_art #graphic_arts #graphic_design #graphicdesigner #graphicart #fortsmitharkansas
Join us tonight for the reception of the Studio Art Capstone Group II exhibition. We'll be in the Windgate Art and Design building, second floor Don Lee Student Art Gallery, 5–7 PM Light refreshments served. Video: Hayla May "Cathedral 1"
Just a Bottle in the Ocean
Art Club and Green Team did a great job with their current exhibition at Bastion Gallery. Come by this weekend, 1–6 PM to experience it for yourself.
Adulting done right by Cassie Lopeman
No more excuses by Mary Moore
Let's get that other half voting by Jimmy Nguyen
Do it for them by Cole Stufflebeam
Vote by Katelyn Smith
No more excuses! Vote today! Brought to you by the Ad Design 1 class at UAFS Art & Design. Designer: Mary Moore
You are the change! This message brought to you by the Ad Design I class at UAFS Art & Design. Designer: Heli Mistry.
Don't forget to vote. Brought to you by the Advertising Design 1 class. Designer: Rachael Long
Activism not slacktivisim. Brought to you by the Advertising Design I class at UAFS Art & Design. Designer–Claudia Lackie
Don't forget to vote! Brought to you by the Ad Design class at UAFS Art & Design. Designer: Chelsea Adler
Brought to you by the Advertising Design I class at UAFS Art & Design. Designer–Brooklyn Easley
Courtesy of the Advertising Design Class at UAFS Art & Design. Designer–Taylor Daggett
Brought to you by the Advertising Design I class. Designer–Tyler Aikey
Happy Halloween from AIGA UAFS Student Group for Design!
Some Animated Logos from the Fall 2018 Motion Design class...
There they go! Congratulations to all of our graduates today!
One Line Animal
UAFS Digital Imaging students in the Art Department created and animated these one line birds. If you listen carefully, you can hear the call of each bird represented.
2016 Animated Logos
The Motion Design class at the UAFS Department of Art just finished another project! Logo Animation. Students researched company brands to create moving identity pieces. Check it out!
The Motion Design class is at it again. This time with real life doodles. They are working on learning how to track and mask.
Exercise: Ball
The Motion Design students at UAFS are up and running. Here's a short exercise where they become familiar with the 12 principles of animation and a little bit of storytelling. The goal was to write a 10-20 second story about a round object and animate it using Adobe After Effects. Stay tuned throughout the semester for more fun projects!
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TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY to see the UAFS Student Art Exhibition. This exhibition combines the artwork of students at different levels of their studio degrees. Whether they were painting figures or focusing on a culminating body of work, each student faced the difficulties of creating in a hybrid or distance learning environment. Despite this, the resulting artwork captures formal qualities and conceptual depth, some touching on themes of identity and meditation. Artists featured: Jasmin Vorabouth, Julie Gonzalez, Chris Releford, Tiffany Manikham, Emily Cooper, Kaylee Birkner, and Hayden Nance. UAFS Art & Design
RAM Student Gallery Sponsored by Arvest Bank Foundation
RAM Student Gallery Sponsored by Arvest Bank Foundation
ONLY 16 MORE DAYS to see the UAFS Student Art Exhibition. This exhibition combines the artwork of students at different levels of their studio degrees. Whether they were painting figures or focusing on a culminating body of work, each student faced the difficulties of creating in a hybrid or distance learning environment. Despite this, the resulting artwork captures formal qualities and conceptual depth, some touching on themes of identity and meditation. Artists featured: Jasmin Vorabouth, Julie Gonzalez, Chris Releford, Tiffany Manikham, Emily Cooper, Kaylee Birkner, and Hayden Nance. UAFS Art & Design
On view until December 19.
RAM Student Gallery Sponsored by Arvest Bank Foundation
On view until December 19.
RAM Student Gallery Sponsored by Arvest Bank Foundation
A colorful reminder of hope and resilience in the form of thousands of paper cranes is on display at the Campus Center thanks to an incredible collaboration between Arvest Bank associates and UAFS Art & Design students and faculty.
The display of cranes, folded with care by Arvest associates, aims to create a physical response to increased incidents of anti-Asian violence since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by the legend popularized by Sodako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing during World War II.
Read more at https://uafs.edu/news/2021PaperCranes.php and stop to admire these beautiful cranes next time you’re in the CC!
The display of cranes, folded with care by Arvest associates, aims to create a physical response to increased incidents of anti-Asian violence since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by the legend popularized by Sodako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing during World War II.
Read more at https://uafs.edu/news/2021PaperCranes.php and stop to admire these beautiful cranes next time you’re in the CC!
The Studio Art Capstone course at UAFS represents the accumulation four years of artistic development. In her final exhibition, Tiffany Manikham, assembled panels covered in brightly colored lines and strokes. The panels combine to create a mesmerizing optical display fills your entire vision when standing before it.
"'To: You' is a peek into my mental state, especially, how the environment I grew up in has affected me,” Tiffany said, noting that her Laotian culture deeply influences her art. “This work addresses many issues. It shows how being a woman, a person of color, and raised by immigrant parents has affected me mentally. How western and Lao cultural beauty standards influence me. Living in a patriarchal and capitalist society, and constantly surrounded by social media.”
“The main shape is made up of a c shape that is repeated. I developed a single continuous shape to help calm me down when I felt overwhelmed in situations. The motion itself is repetitive, continuous, and therapeutic. It also represents my state of my mind. How one negative thought can lead to another and never stop.”
Join our Pride in the UAFS Art & Design program, and find out more about applying, enrolling, and the numerous art scholarships offered at UAFS by visiting: https://uafslions.org
"'To: You' is a peek into my mental state, especially, how the environment I grew up in has affected me,” Tiffany said, noting that her Laotian culture deeply influences her art. “This work addresses many issues. It shows how being a woman, a person of color, and raised by immigrant parents has affected me mentally. How western and Lao cultural beauty standards influence me. Living in a patriarchal and capitalist society, and constantly surrounded by social media.”
“The main shape is made up of a c shape that is repeated. I developed a single continuous shape to help calm me down when I felt overwhelmed in situations. The motion itself is repetitive, continuous, and therapeutic. It also represents my state of my mind. How one negative thought can lead to another and never stop.”
Join our Pride in the UAFS Art & Design program, and find out more about applying, enrolling, and the numerous art scholarships offered at UAFS by visiting: https://uafslions.org
Julio Gonzales, a UAFS Art & Design student, crafted large-scale portraits based upon close family members for his Capstone class this year.
"These works of art are an expression of where I am as an artist,” he said. “They prove exploration of what I am driven to or what I find attractive. Also, they are spontaneous. I find that there is a beauty of creating something in the moment, where I just create what comes from the heart, soul, and spirit. Most of the process consists of seeing a subject as shapes, lines, values, and color relationships.”
Julio’s paintings and those of his fellow artists in the spring 2021 studio art capstone class are currently on view in the Don Lee Student Gallery, located in the Windgate Art and Design Building.
"These works of art are an expression of where I am as an artist,” he said. “They prove exploration of what I am driven to or what I find attractive. Also, they are spontaneous. I find that there is a beauty of creating something in the moment, where I just create what comes from the heart, soul, and spirit. Most of the process consists of seeing a subject as shapes, lines, values, and color relationships.”
Julio’s paintings and those of his fellow artists in the spring 2021 studio art capstone class are currently on view in the Don Lee Student Gallery, located in the Windgate Art and Design Building.
Students in the UAFS Art & Design program will find an even more immersive undergraduate experience thanks to the Windgate Foundation's generosity - working with world-renowned artists in residence, studying in a state of the art facility, and learning skills that will equip them to compete at the highest levels both professionally and academically.
Read more about the new opportunities for Art & Design students at: https://news.uafs.edu/news/5382
Read more about the new opportunities for Art & Design students at: https://news.uafs.edu/news/5382
We are so proud to announce a monumental $8 Million gift from the Windgate Foundation that will directly impact the lives of hundreds of students across the UAFS campus and will broaden the reach of our UAFS Art & Design initiatives throughout our community.
The benefit to our students through the expansion of programs, resident artists, and comprehensive scholarships is profound, and we could not be more thankful for the generosity of our partners at the Windgate Foundation.
Read more about how the $8 Million will support UAFS students, the arts, and the entire River Valley at: https://news.uafs.edu/news/5382
The benefit to our students through the expansion of programs, resident artists, and comprehensive scholarships is profound, and we could not be more thankful for the generosity of our partners at the Windgate Foundation.
Read more about how the $8 Million will support UAFS students, the arts, and the entire River Valley at: https://news.uafs.edu/news/5382
Don't miss our gorgeous new edition of ARTalk! You will be razzle dazzled by great art, learn about all our current happenings, AND get a glimpse of all the big things to come. We are so thankful for you all and are looking forward to a fresh new 2021!
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As the semester comes to a close, a group of UAFS students came together to create this video showing their fellow lions just what it means to be a member of the UAFS family.
As UAFS Art & Design senior Heli Mistry said in closing - Lions are the only cats who live in groups. Our Lion Pride is special. Our pride is unique, and it makes every lion stronger. Near or far, we are Lions together.
As UAFS Art & Design senior Heli Mistry said in closing - Lions are the only cats who live in groups. Our Lion Pride is special. Our pride is unique, and it makes every lion stronger. Near or far, we are Lions together.
As National Volunteer Blood Donor Month comes to an end, NOW is the time to make a BIG difference in the River Valley area by donating at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Blood Drive on Wednesday, January 29 and Thursday, January 30 in the Reynolds Ballroom in the Smith-Pendergraft Building on the UAFS campus. Friends don't let Friends donate alone! Bring a friend and be entered to win a Friends Night Out that comes with 2-$10 Malco Gift Cards and a $50 Olive Garden Gift Card! Every donor will receive a Friends Themed t-shirt as a thank you for saving iives! Student Veterans Organization UAFS, Stubblefield center, UAFS, UAFS Student Government Association, UAFS Student Activities Office, UAFS Campus Activities Board, UAFS Art & Design, UAFS Bookstore, UAFS Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, UAFS - ROTC, UAFS Media Communication page, NUMediA, UAFS Music, Lions for Christ
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Alumni has an amazing new mural on the side of their building at Grand and Waldron avenues!
UAFS Art & Design Professor Bryan Alexis, who designed the mural, wrote this artist’s statement for the piece:
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has seen many transitions over the years, from Fort Smith Junior College to WestArk, and from WestArk to the UAFS we know and love today. There were also transitions from a two year community college to a four year nationally competitive, regional university, and from a bachelor degree granting university to one that is now offering several master degrees as well. The campus itself has continually transitioned in bigger and more beautiful ways as well.
One thing that remains consistent beside the dedication to excellence in education is the UAFS Alumni Association. The UAFS Alumni Association is the unifying point through every transition. Another strong strand of continuity has been Numa, the lion, who, for almost 100 years, has been inspiring our students and alumni to take on all of the positive characteristics associated with such a powerful symbol.
This mural sends a message to those students and alumni to ever advance. To keep moving forward through ever transitioning life. The lion image is imposing, in the center, with transitioning colors surrounding. He is regal and thoughtful, powerful yet contemplative. Integrated around the lion is the charge: Forward, Lions! Forward is presented in DIN Condensed typeface while the word Lions is hand written, marrying analytics, science and liberal arts.
Surrounding the lion and typography is an explosion of color. This represents the transition of the university through the years as well as transition of the student from undergrad to alum. The color is broken into facets that symbolize the many paths forward. This mural stands to remind the students, alumni and Fort Smith community that our students, past, present, and future, carry the power of the lion into every transition of life. If they have ever been a part of the transformative life on this campus, at any point, they will forever be a lion.
UAFS Art & Design Professor Bryan Alexis, who designed the mural, wrote this artist’s statement for the piece:
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has seen many transitions over the years, from Fort Smith Junior College to WestArk, and from WestArk to the UAFS we know and love today. There were also transitions from a two year community college to a four year nationally competitive, regional university, and from a bachelor degree granting university to one that is now offering several master degrees as well. The campus itself has continually transitioned in bigger and more beautiful ways as well.
One thing that remains consistent beside the dedication to excellence in education is the UAFS Alumni Association. The UAFS Alumni Association is the unifying point through every transition. Another strong strand of continuity has been Numa, the lion, who, for almost 100 years, has been inspiring our students and alumni to take on all of the positive characteristics associated with such a powerful symbol.
This mural sends a message to those students and alumni to ever advance. To keep moving forward through ever transitioning life. The lion image is imposing, in the center, with transitioning colors surrounding. He is regal and thoughtful, powerful yet contemplative. Integrated around the lion is the charge: Forward, Lions! Forward is presented in DIN Condensed typeface while the word Lions is hand written, marrying analytics, science and liberal arts.
Surrounding the lion and typography is an explosion of color. This represents the transition of the university through the years as well as transition of the student from undergrad to alum. The color is broken into facets that symbolize the many paths forward. This mural stands to remind the students, alumni and Fort Smith community that our students, past, present, and future, carry the power of the lion into every transition of life. If they have ever been a part of the transformative life on this campus, at any point, they will forever be a lion.
New school year, same lifesaving mission! Join us for the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Blood Drive on Tuesday, September 3rd and Wednesday, September 4th in the Smith-Pendergraft Center! This is following a major holiday which makes it much more important! Please schedule your appointment today! All blood types are needed and walk ins are welcomed! UAFS Student Activities Office, Stubblefield center, UAFS, UAFS School of Education, UAFS Lions Athletics, UAFS Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, UAFS Art & Design, UAFS Greek Life, UAFS Bookstore, UAFS housing and residence, UAFS Media Communication page, UAFS Health Science Building, UAFS Master of Science in Healthcare Administration, UAFS Campus Activities Board, UAFS Math/Science Building, UAFS Baldor Building, UAFS Recreation and Wellness Center
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