\u2018Hamilton\u2019 actress<\/strong><\/p>\nTony-winner\u00a0Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry, who created the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical \u201cHamilton,\u201d will front a screening of the Disney+ production, live-to-tape, and hold a post-screening talkback, 6 p.m. Monday at Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.<\/p>\n
\u201cRen\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry \u2014 Hamilton Screening & Talkback\u201d is part of the UCA Public Appearances series in partnership with the UCA College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Artist in Residence program.<\/p>\n
Goldsberry won Tony and Grammy awards for her performance in the original Broadway production of \u201cHamilton.\u201d She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the Disney+ film adaptation and accepted the Emmy for Best Variety Special on behalf of her company in 2021.<\/p>\n
Goldsberry also co-starred in A24\u2019s film \u201cWaves,\u201d opposite Sterling K. Brown; the Netflix series \u201cAltered Carbon\u201d; \u201cThe Good Wife\u201d; \u201cThe House With a Clock in its Walls\u201d; \u201cThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u201d; and her creation of the character Evangeline Williamson on ABC\u2019s soap opera \u201cOne Life to Live,\u201d for which she received two Daytime Emmy nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $28.75, $11.50 for children and students, two free for UCA students with UCA ID. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu\/publicappearances.<\/p>\n
ART<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nBentonville exhibit<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThe SuperNatural 2.0,\u201d\u00a090 multi-media artworks by 43 artists from across the world \u201cexploring how the natural world is now experienced and understood as both organic and artificial,\u201d according to a news release, opens with a 6-8 p.m. reception Friday at 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville, 200 N.E. A St., Bentonville.<\/p>\n
The museum chain\u2019s chief curator, Alice Gray Stites, will give introductory remarks at 6:45. Los Angeles-based artist Nancy Baker Cahill, who has three recent works in the exhibition, including an Augmented Reality, site-specific work titled \u201cCORPUS,\u201d will give a presentation at 7. Refreshments from The Hive restaurant will be available.<\/p>\n
The exhibition remains on display throughout the hotel\u2019s gallery spaces, 24\/7, through December. Admission to the reception and the exhibition is free. Call (479) 286-6500 or visit 21cmuseumhotels.com\/bentonville.<\/p>\n
Acrylic Transfer class<\/strong><\/p>\nGallery 246, 243 E. Main St., Batesville, is sponsoring a series of three\u00a0Acrylic Transfer classes, taught by Karen Barker, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 13, 20 and 27.<\/p>\n
Participants should choose a photograph, possibly a family picture, and enlarge it in black and white on plain white photocopy paper or print it out with a laser printer (not an inkjet printer). All other materials, including acrylic gel, paint and stencils and the student\u2019s choice of an 8-by-10 or 9-by-12 canvas panel, are furnished. (Larger canvas panels or prepared hardboard panels are available at Hobby Lobby. The instructor will also have 16-by-16-by-2-inch cradled and gessoed hardboard panels for sale at $25 each.)<\/p>\n
Participation is limited to seven students, who must prepay to reserve a space. Cost is $110 for the three-class series. Call (870) 262-8066.<\/p>\n
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Corey Alderdice recently left his post as executive director of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs. (Hot Springs Sentinel-Record\/Brandon Smith)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\nETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nGovernor\u2019s Awards<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Arkansas Arts Council has announced the recipients of the\u00a02026 Governor\u2019s Arts Awards:<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Michael Fothergill, artistic and executive director of Ballet Arkansas in Little Rock, Arts Community Development Award<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Corey Alderdice of Hot Springs, Arts in Education Award<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f The Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville, Corporate Sponsorship of the Arts Award<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Kay Thomas of Mountain View, Folklife Award<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Sheila Holland Cotton of Little Rock, Individual Artist Award<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Al \u201cPapa Rap\u201d Lopez of Rogers, Judges Recognition Award<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Little Rock\u2019s Frueauff Family, Patron Award<\/p>\n
The awards recognize individuals, organizations and businesses for their outstanding contributions to the arts in Arkansas. Nominations come from the public; an independent panel of arts professionals selects the recipients, who will be honored at a March 13 ceremony at Little Rock\u2019s Robinson Center Performance Hall.<\/p>\n
Outstanding educators<\/strong><\/p>\nFive Arkansas teachers are among the 77 receiving\u00a0Outstanding Performing Arts Educator Awards\u00a0from the National Federation of State High School Associations, which for the first time is including performing arts educators from middle schools.<\/p>\n
The list:<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Music Educator Awards, state \u2014 high school: Terry Hicks, who has led Bentonville High School\u2019s choral program for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Middle School Music, section \u2014 Alan Showalter, Section 6 (Arkansas), who has led choral music education at Southwest Junior High in Springdale for nearly two decades, \u201ccreating one of the state\u2019s most respected programs,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Speech and Debate Educator Awards, state \u2014 Kim Stanley, who \u201chas dedicated 33 years to teaching and coaching, with 26 years at North Little Rock High School.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Theatre Educator Awards, state \u2014 Jenava Harris, who \u201chas spent 25 years advancing theater education in Arkansas. At Clarksville High School, she directs award-winning productions and mentors students to achieve superior ratings at state festivals,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Middle School Theatre, section \u2014 Audra Bocksnick, Section 6 (Arkansas), \u201ca veteran theater educator whose influence spans classrooms, festivals, and advocacy efforts,\u201d who established theater programs at Alma Middle and High Schools.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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