CONWAY, Ark. (February 6, 2020) — Marjorie
Williams-Smith, nationally recognized silverpoint artist based in Little Rock,
Ark., will deliver a public lecture, “The Resurgence of Silverpoint: A
Contemporary Approach,” on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 at 4:10 p.m. in the
Hundley-Shell Theater in the Miller Creative Quad on the Hendrix College campus.
The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the
theater lobby.
Williams-Smith has worked as a
silverpoint artist for 30 years and is acknowledged as one of its preeminent
practitioners. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Arkansas-Little
Rock. She received the Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award in 2019 and was selected
to design the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to the Little Rock Nine in
1999. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally
and her work is in the permanent collections of the Arkansas Arts Center, the
Longview Art Museum, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and many others.
“We are delighted to present an
artist of Marjorie’s caliber to speak at Hendrix College,” said Mary Kennedy, director
of the Windgate Museum of Art. “Not only is her silverpoint work extraordinary,
but her story as a nationally recognized African-American woman in the
contemporary art field is very compelling.”
For more information, contact Amanda
Cheatham at 501-328-2383 or cheatham@hendrix.edu.
About the Windgate Museum of Art
The Windgate Museum
of Art is
the new art museum located on the campus of Hendrix College. Scheduled to open
in October 2020, the museum is an 8,000 square-foot, environmentally controlled
space that includes three exhibition galleries. With a vision to be the premier
teaching art museum in Arkansas, the WMA will present outstanding art
exhibitions, compelling educational programs, and invigorating social
activities for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to campus. Free and open
to all, the museum will use hands-on experiences to train students in all
facets of museum work, including curatorial research, collection management,
educational and social programming, marketing and communications, as well as
all aspects of exhibition research, planning, installation, and evaluation. The
Windgate Museum of Art is made possible with the generous support of the
Windgate Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.