It's been a bordello, a restaurant and now a visitors' center . . . and it's one of our favorite spaces in the region. We spent an afternoon at Miss Laura's in Fort Smith.
The University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center reopens April 16 after a $38 million restoration. School of Art director Rachel Debuque reflects on the building's history and its future as a hub for arts education.
Catherine Wallack, architectural records archivist at the U of A, discusses curating the Fine Arts Center's reopening exhibition, the building's landmark 1951 art show and the joy of archival work.
Fayetteville native and U of A jazz pianist Claudia Burson discusses her career, her time studying in the Fine Arts Center, and her upcoming performance at the building's April 16 reopening.