Jack Risley, chairman of the University of Texas at Austin Department of Art and Art History and a finalist for director of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville School of Art, responded Monday to questions from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in an email that read, in part: “The University of Arkansas and the Fulbright College have all the ingredients in place to create a defining and unique school that will be a model for arts institutions around the country. There is an alchemical combination between a newly imagined School of Art, a public land-grant institution, generous patrons, an engaged community, Crystal Bridges and the charmed location of Northwest Arkansas.” An article in Tuesday’s editions incorrectly stated that Risley did not respond to the questions.
Getting it straight
March 21, 2018 at 2:53 a.m.