Architecture and Design Network

Architecture & Design: Art in Residence

Go inside a semester-long creative collaboration where fine art, interior design, and spatial thinking converge. During their Spring residency at UCA, artists Jeff and Jennifer Herron led coursework, mentored students in a studio setting, and worked alongside emerging designers as ideas moved from concept to installation.

What began as classroom dialogue evolved into hands-on exploration—blending artmaking, interior design, and exhibition development—culminating in a campus installation shaped by both faculty vision and student participation.

This ADN lecture extends that experience through a panel-style conversation exploring the intersection of architecture and fine art, how those disciplines informed the residency, and the creative and educational impact on students.

Participating UCA students will join the discussion, creating a broader forum that includes both instructor and student perspectives.

Through photography, video, and behind-the-scenes documentation, the presentation offers a multimedia look at the residency, the evolving creative process, and the final exhibition.

Explore the collaboration. Hear the story behind the work. Experience creativity at scale.

Our lecture series continues with a special evening featuring Dean Peter MacKeith of the University of Arkansas’ Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. Dean and Professor for the last 12 years, Peter will share a consolidated understanding of the School’s work over the last decade-plus and offer an appreciation of that work within the broader context of the Fay Jones School’s 80-year history.

This lecture is free and open to the public, and we invite our community to join us for this meaningful conversation on architecture, design, and the legacy of the School.