Changing how we see the Americas. As our regional community becomes nationally recognized as a leading center for the study, exhibition, and creation of important works of fine art, the press seeks to contribute to the naissance with growing publication programs focusing on architecture and the art of the Americas. Through productive partnerships with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, and the growing School of Art at the University of Arkansas, we’ve added new, ambitious volumes to our existing list of titles in this subject area, where we hope to continue developing a strong discipline with a far-reaching voice.
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In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825–1876 by Christiana Payne is now available for pre-order. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of trees both as allies in the fight against climate change and as...
The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of Architects of Being: The Creative Lives of Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina by Catherine Walworth. Architects of Being is a scholarly exhibition catalog that brings together...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Playhouse to Powerhouse: Locating Black Power Women and their Movement in the Black Theater by Kerry Goldmann. Prior to the 1960s, most Black theater was barred from mainstream...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture by Rachel Stephens has won the 2023 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication. The award is given for outstanding...
Daniel Caruth interviewed Rachel Stephens, author of Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture, on a recent episode of KUAF's program Ozarks at Large. You can listen to the interview at KAUF.com. In the decades leading up to the Civil...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture by Rachel Stephens, is now available! In the decades leading up to the Civil War, abolitionists crafted a variety of visual messages about the plight of enslaved people, portraying the violence,...
Arkansas Made: A Survey of the Decorative, Mechanical, and Fine Arts Produced in Arkansas through 1950, 2nd edition, has been reviewed in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly by Catherine Wallack. “Arkansas Made is clearly organized, a necessity for tackling the...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture by Rachel Stephens. In the decades leading up to the Civil War, abolitionists crafted a variety of visual...
Like most university presses—especially the ones our size—the central focus is the book, and the care and attention that goes into our bringing out over twenty new titles every year is our wheelhouse. But we're also the home to a small number of journals that...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour by Michelle Tolini Finamore. The companion volume to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s first fashion exhibition, Fashioning America: Grit...
