Congratulations to Larissa Ramey on her Studio MFA thesis exhibition, "The footnotes: a love practice,"which will be open April 8th-12th at the Sculpture Studio with an opening reception taking place Friday, April 12th, from 6-8pm. Hours for the exhibition are by appointment only through larissar@uark.edu.

Larissa Ramey is a multi-disciplinary maker, entrepreneur, and arts organizer. Her work investigates and invests in the black archive, building community toolkits and workshops, and promoting care and resources within her social-artistic practice. Ramey created STOOP TALK, an interactive and collaborative workshop to promote and offer accessibility to art and educational resources for the NWA community by activating each workshop by sharing participating skill sets of multiple disciplines of art that are made with love and solidarity. A significant part of her artistic practice is collaborating with the black and brown community to give access to the world of making, art education, and sustainable legacy and archival methodologies.

Ramey received her B.F.A. from the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and is an M.F.A candidate in Photography at the University of Arkansas – School of Art. Most recently, she is the recipient of the Sharon Killian Visual Arts Endowed Fall 2023 Intern at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Artist 360 Student Artist Grant Recipient, and Gees Bending Quilting 2023 Residency and Scholarship Recipient.