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The Eureka Springs Artists Registry
Newsletter September 2013
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The Eureka Springs Artists Registry Newsletter is sponsored by Watercolors by Zeek Taylor |
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A MILLION VISITORS, CRYSTAL BRIDGES
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Big number hit in August......
During the week of August 12, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art welcomed its one-millionth visitor since its opening on Nov. 11, 2011.
When Crystal Bridges was first proposed, annual attendance was estimated at some 150,000 to 300,000 guests. Since its opening, however, the museum's attendance has far exceeded all expectations, surpassing initial estimates within the first six months and welcoming more than 650,000 visitors in the first year.
"Reaching one million visitors just 21 months after our opening is a huge milestone for us," said Crystal Bridges Executive Director Rod Bigelow. "From the day we opened our doors, our goal has been to welcome visitors to experience the power of art and the beauty of nature, and we're thankful to have been able to create these connections with such a vast audience. The museum has had a warm welcome from visitors not only throughout our region, but from across the globe; we're grateful to each and every visitor for being 'one in a million,' and making this a vibrant, exciting place to be."
Of those one million visitors, 64 percent were from Arkansas, and some 20 percent came from the six nearby states: Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi. The remaining 16 percent hailed from other states in the U.S. and global addresses. The daily attendance includes students participating in Crystal Bridges' Willard and Pat Walker School Visit Program, a curriculum-based experience for K-12 students that currently has served 27,500 students from districts throughout the region.
About Crystal Bridges: The mission of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is to welcome all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature. We explore the unfolding story of America by actively collecting, exhibiting, interpreting, and preserving outstanding works that illuminate our heritage and artistic possibilities.
The Museum takes its name from a nearby natural spring and the bridge construction incorporated in the building, designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie. A series of pavilions nestled around two spring-fed ponds house galleries, meeting and classroom spaces, and a large, glass-enclosed gathering hall. Guest amenities include a restaurant on a glass-enclosed bridge overlooking the ponds a Museum Store designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, and a library featuring more than 50,000 volumes of art reference material. Sculpture and walking trails link the Museum's 120-acre park to downtown Bentonville, Arkansas.
Crystal Bridges' permanent collection spans five centuries of American masterworks ranging from the Colonial era to the current day. Included within the collection are iconic images such as Asher B. Durand's Kindred Spirits, Rosie the Riveter by Norman Rockwell, and Andy Warhol's Dolly Parton, each reflecting a distinct moment in American artistic evolution. In addition to historical works, the Museum's collection also showcases major works by modern and contemporary American artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, James Turrell, and Georgia O'Keeffe, providing visitors with a unique opportunity to experience the full scope of American art. The permanent collection, which will grow over time, is on view year-round and is further enhanced by an array of ongoing temporary exhibitions.
Additional information about Crystal Bridges is available online at CB Museum.
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PUBLIC ART BY EUREKA SPRINGS ARTIST ON VIEW IN BENTONVILLE
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YARNOGRAPHY.....
Downtown Bentonville, Inc. has officially launched the Gallery Without Walls public mural initiative with artwork by Eureka Springs fine art photographer Jeremy Mason McGraw. The mural features a photo, "Endless Summer," from his Yarnology project. The new work is on the Bloom Floral & Gifts building on W. Central just off the Bentonville Square. From Jeremy McGraw, "The image is intended as a public backdrop for you to snap fun images in crochet utopia." Visitors are invited and encouraged to use the mural as a background for photos.
Jeremy recently exhibited Yarnography photos at the Pressroom in Bentonville. The work that was on display featured models in crocheted attire surrounded by crocheted props created by yarn artist Gina Rose Gallina.
To view the Yarnography show online, visit YARNOGRAPHY
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EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, RECEPTIONS, AND MORE
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Out and about this month and beyond.....
The Eureka Springs 2nd Saturday Gallery Stroll will take place September 14 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Members of the Gallery Association will host open houses during the stroll and select galleries will feature artists who will "meet and greet" the public. The galleries are located in Historic Downtown Eureka Springs on Spring Street and Main Street, and on Highway US 62. The Eureka Springs Gallery Association represents more than one-thousand artists. More info at Eureka Art.
 Eureka Spring's artist John Rankine will have photographs on display at the Stone House starting September 6 until the end of the month. An opening artist reception will be held Friday, September 6, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. The wine bar is located at 89 S. Main St. in Eureka Springs. All are welcome. The Stone House is open Thursday through Sunday from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m.
Image right: The Muse, photograph by John Rankine
The Arts Center of the Ozarks: Monte Ne Rises at the Arts Center of the Ozarks with Coin:
Coin is an immersive, multi-media installation by Bentonville-based artist Dayton Castleman on view this September at the Arts Center of the Ozarks.
The installation is conceived as a multisensory portrait of eccentric economist and
entrepreneur William Hope "Coin" Harvey.
Highlighting the installation is a monumental sculptural rendition of a portion of the concrete
amphitheater which Harvey completed in 1928 at his floundering Monte Ne Resort in the
Ozark foothills of Rogers, Arkansas, and which has been submerged beneath Beaver Lake
since 1966. Constructed from 1500 square feet of translucent corrugated plastic, the sculpture
is illuminated from within using naked incandescent bulbs, programmed to gradually adjust
from full darkness to full brightness and back to darkness over the course of one hour and
repeating this cycle constantly for the run of the exhibition.
Excerpts from Harvey's writings, as well as images and illustrations, are projected onto the
faceted surface of the structure using a slide projector. The texts and images, broken by the
irregular surface of the sculpture, are decipherable only from certain vantage points,
encouraging the viewer to move within the space.
Viewers may observe the installation while seated on a reproduction of Coin Harvey's
concrete couch, on loan from the Rogers Historical Museum, the original of which still sits on
its platform in the center of the Monte Ne amphitheater.
Complementing the installation is a limited edition screen print depicting Harvey's
never-realized pyramid. Beginning with a source image four times removed from the original
drawing (drawing, to woodblock print, to photocopy, to digital scan), Castleman presents a
fifth reproduction of Harvey's vision. Working with Idavid Graficks in Joshua Tree, California
(editions printed for David Hockney, Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO, and Raymond Pettibon,
etc.), the print remains faithful to the degraded source image, while existing as a renewed,
highly crafted artifact. The edition of 100 signed and numbered prints will be available for
purchase for the duration of the exhibition.
A reception will take place Thursday September 12 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
The exhibition may be viewed from September 9 through October 4 at the ACO.
 Also at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, a reception will take place for Sensory Iconoclasts, a show featuring the pairing of food and art, Thursday, September 12 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
For this show, Northwest Arkansas chefs created a dish inspired by the NW AR artists, and the artists created a work of art inspired by the food.
From Case Dighero, "Sensory iconoclasts pairs artists and chefs together, fueling reciprocated inspiration to create a singular experience - bringing together two concepts that create one interesting paradigm shift....seeing, feeling, tasting, experiencing outside the confines of our respective areas of expertise, passion and creativity."
This exhibition will also run from September 9 through October 4.
The ACO is located at 214 SO Main St, Springdale, Arkansas, and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. More info at ACO.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Programs:
September programming at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art includes film and musical offerings, creative workshops, and lectures to welcome the fall season with an imaginative twist. The programs offered cater to all ages, from several children's art workshops to adult programs discovering color woodcut printmaking and workshops inspired by current exhibits and museum collections.
Museum guests may explore the American music industry with a special six-week film series accompanied by live music demos, presented by Northwest Arkansas Community College. Associate Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man will present an overview and discussion of the exhibition This Land: Picturing a Changing America in the 1930s and 1940s, which opened August 31 and will run through January 6, 2014. Eleven, Crystal Bridges' restaurant, will feature special offerings through their annual Friday Night Flights and a WOW event inspired by the exhibition This Land. There is even a designated day just for college students and faculty, featuring a wide range of activities, including a collaborative art installation with Eureka Springs artist Robert Norman.
Some highlights include:
Artist Lecture | Tom Uttech Presents: Tale Teller aka "Adiosokewini"
Saturday, September 14, 3 to 4:15 pmAdiosokewini, the Ojibwe word for tale-teller, is a concept that has been resonant to artist Tom Uttech. In the tradition of the tale-teller, Uttech will talk about his career as an artist and teacher through stories, images, and the study of Native American culture. Uttech will share life experiences and his close observations of the wildlife of northern Wisconsin and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada-both of which have inspired his work over the years. His painting Enassamishinjijwain is a popular favorite in the Crystal Bridges collection.
Admission is free. Reserve seats online or at Guest Services.
College Day! Saturday, September 21, 3 to 6 pm
Crystal Bridges has designated a day just for college students and faculty-featuring an open jam session and music show, tableau workshop with Trike Theatre, massage-art therapy, and transformation of Walker Landing into an expression of Chaos Theory through collaborative art-making with Eureka Springs artist Robert R. Norman and his SphereXOX sculpture project. The sculpture will be constructed using sticks that are decorated by students and guests who participate in the event. The finished work will be capable of rotating and will be lit with LED lights for the Light Night Party beginning at 7:30 pm. Participants of College Day may also connect in our Network Lounge to meet peers and Museum staff; join a break-out session; take a gallery tour focusing on architecture; or participate in a digital gallery hunt on Scavengr (an app available through the iTunes App Store). We also hope to experiment with our first flash mob takeover of the Museum's restaurant, Eleven. Please register online to receive your full itinerary and welcoming kit. College Day is hosted by Crystal Bridges' College Ambassadors, sponsored by Stephen and Claudia Strange and Phat Tire Bicycle Shop.
Continue the fun from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Crystal Bridges' Fall Equinox Light Night Party-where the art of science meets the science of art.
A full listing of September programs is below. Information and registration are also available on the calendar of events on Crystal Bridges' click HERE.
 The Norberta Philbrook Gallery and the Pressoom is featuring a
month long collaborative exhibition, The Art of Cycling, that celebrates cycling and cyclists. The show includes works by Zeek Taylor, JoeRay Kelley, Eddie Love, Hunter Connor, Missy Kara Kazam, Jeremy Mason McGraw, and Gina Rosa Galina Yarn Bomber Extraordinaire.
Image right: watercolor by Zeek Taylor
The work is on view during the entire month of September.
The Norberta Philbrook Gallery and The PressRoom will host a public reception for the Artists on Tuesday, September 17, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. The exhibition will accompany the Slaughter Pen Jam & Music Festival, a three -day event including races, stunt exhibitions, music and more.
The PressRoom is located at 121 W. Central Avenue in Bentonville, Arkansas.
For more information regarding this event please call the Norberta Philbrook Gallery at 479-876-8134.
The Norberta Philbrook Gallery:
"Back by popular demand" painter Paula Watters Jones will return as the featured artist at The Norberta Philbrook Gallery on Thursday September 19 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. during the "Around the Bloc" event on the Bentonville Square. Jones resides in Taos, New Mexico and Northwest Arkansas, and has been painting prolifically much of her life. From the gallery, "Her paintings unfold in layers of paint and glaze that build upon themselves. She paints with a radically singular approach; a deliberate attempt to capture spirituality and joy. Her work is masterful and a delight to view."
The gallery is located at 114 West Central in Bentonville, AR.
Around the Bloc, held on the third Thursday of the months June through October, is hosted by downtown galleries and merchants and features art tours, culinary delights, impromptu performance and the Artist Alleyway.
The Norberta Philbrook Gallery is located at 114 W. Central Avenue in Downtown Bentonville. For more info visit www.norbertaphilbrookgallery.com or call 479-876-8134.
The Depot Restaurant will showcase two new bodies of work by Sam Houser and Owen Buffington Monday, September 2 through Saturday, September 28, at 548 West Dickson, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Reanimation by Sam Houser will feature cut up old ideas and drawings that the artist has repurposed into something new.
Houser is a self-taught artist from Springdale who has been creating since 1996. He works in ink and marker on paper to make abstract illustrations. His work has been shown extensively in Northwest Arkansas. In June, he was the visiting artist at the Fayetteville Underground, where he showcased a series of portraits of people in Fayetteville. His work has been translated into forty different languages.
Road Trip by Owen Buffington includes works in color by the artist who has "begun exploring the world of drawing landscapes." Buffington moved to Fayetteville four years ago from St. Paul, Minnesota. Since arriving and "forgetting that he never studied graphic design," he has created numerous hand drawn show flyers for local and touring bands. His work has been included in many group shows and is one of the founding members of the Fayetteville collective, Goop Troupe.
The Depot will host a reception to meet the artists and view their work on September 5, from 8 p.m. until midnight, with live music and food catered by The Depot. The public is invited to attend. The exhibition will be on view, Monday, September 2 through Saturday, September 28.
For more information about the artists, to purchase their art works, or commission them, please contact Kat Wilson by email katographic@gmail.com
The Walton Arts Center's Joy Pratt Markham Gallery: True Faith, True Light: The Folk Instruments of Ed Stilley
The exhibition celebrates the vision of one of the great folk artists of our time:
Ed Stilley from Hogscald Holler Homestead in Northwest Arkansas. The exhibit features a collection of Stilley's instruments that he created over a 25 year span. Each instrument is comprised of rough sawn wood scraps along with hidden treasures such as door springs, saw blades, pot lids, metal pipes, and chainsaw sprockets found inside the base.
 In addition to the instruments, this exhibition features photographs of Stilley at his workshop and home by Flip Puthoff along with photographs and X-ray images by Tim Hawley detailing the instruments.
This exhibition also features portraits of some of those who have received the gift of an Ed Stilley guitar. A final component of the exhibition is a display devoted to Stilley's tools and working process.The exhibit runs from August 23 - November 1.
The center is located at 495 West Dickson Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The Fayetteville Underground will showcase Blues, Bikes & Barbecue related art during the gallery's September exhibit. Visiting artist Terry Dushan will present America in Motion, a series of photographs captured during last year's gathering, that emphasizes the artistic side of the motorcycle rally as well as highlighting the near constant motion of the event. In addition to Dushan's photography, several Underground member artists will display motorcycle-themed pieces in September. The Underground's new exhibit will be unveiled at the September First Thursday Art Walk on the Fayetteville Square, Thursday, September 5 from 5 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
The Fayetteville Underground is located on the Fayetterville Square at 101 W. Mountain, Suite 222. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
The exhibition Resplendent will be on view September 9 through October 11 in the Fine Arts Center Gallery on the campus of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The show curated by Cynthia Nourse Thompson will feature works by Ben Butler, Beatriz Milhazes, Howard Paine, James Siena, and Susanna Starr. In Resplendent, the use of organic systems and visual sequences merge to explore the manner in which pattern may be realized. Delicate structures executed by each artist further investigate the relationship between material and image, while tantalizing the viewer with exquisite and often obsessive fabrication. Moreover, a landscape unique in the topography of material and form reveals a profound relationship with process- one that is both sensual and visceral.The Fine Arts Center is located on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Click HERE to view a map. Hours at the Fine Arts Center are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5:30 and Sundays from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
 The 65th River Valley Invitational Exhibition will be on view through October 20 at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. This year's theme is Naturally Diverse Arkansas and focuses on the natural beauty of Arkansas. Art subject matter includes native plants of Arkansas and their habitats, rare plants and animals, state parks, rivers, outdoor sporting activities, and simple pleasures of everyday living in the Natural State. The annual invitational is a national competitive exhibition that has been hosted by the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum since its inception in 1948.
Museum hours are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., and Sundays from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. The museum located at 1601 Rogers Avenue, is housed in a 16,000 square foot building donated by Arvest Bank. Admission to the museum is $8 for general admission; $6 for students and seniors with valid ID. Group discounts are available. RAM members will receive free admission. The museum is located at 1601 Rogers Avenue. For more information visit: RAM.
Two temporary exhibitions are now on view at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-Century American Art, and Surveying George Washington. Both exhibitions will be on view through Sept 28.
Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-Century American Art explores the myriad ways artists portrayed young girls: The exhibition includes approximately 72 masterworks, including paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs. Works by John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins, together with those by leading women artists, such as Cecilia Beaux and Mary Cassatt, reveal a new, provocative psychological element not found in early Victorian portraiture; while the mischievous tomboys in Lilly Martin Spencer's paintings and the pure angels in the works of Abbot Handerson Thayer underscore the complexity of girlhood.
Tickets are $5 for adults. Thanks to the sponsors, tickets for youth ages 18 and under are free. Museum Members receive free admission to all exhibitions. Tickets may be purchased online or at Guest Services.
Tickets are $5 for adults. Thanks to the sponsors, tickets for youth ages 18 and under are free. Museum Members receive free admission to all exhibitions. Tickets may be purchased online or at Guest Services.
Surveying George Washington is the second of an ongoing series of exhibitions featuring historical documents pertaining to the Museum's mission and collection. This year's exhibition features an assortment of documents written by Washington himself, or by contemporaries who knew him, on loan from The Harlan R. Crow Library in Dallas, TX. The aim is to provide a look at Washington that offers insight into his life as a real person, not just a historical figure.
For more information about the exhibitions, visit CB Museum.
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This Land: Picturing a Changing America in the 1930s and 1940s
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at Crystal Bridges.....
A new exhibition opened at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on Aug. 31 that combines art and music to create a unique experience for visitors. This Land: Picturing a Changing America in the 1930s and 1940s features 44 paintings, prints and photographs, plus a digital audio tour featuring music selections chosen by Bryan Hembree, director of the Fayetteville Roots Festival. The exhibition will be on view through Jan. 6, 2014.
The 1930s and '40s were a period of great social and environmental upheaval in the United States. The crash of the stock market in 1929, combined with disastrous drought in the Great Plains and massive flooding along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, caused dramatic change to our natural and cultural landscape. The events of this time period caused a similar dramatic shift in the American art and music scene, with artists and musicians turning inward to focus on and grapple with the difficult realities of the times.
"The exhibition covers subjects many of our visitors will be able to relate to: the disastrous effects of extreme weather, coping with challenging times, including economic hardships, and other issues," said Crystal Bridges Assistant Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man, who curated the exhibition. "Several well-known Regionalists such as Thomas Hart Benton and Joe Jones actually came from this area; others, like photographers Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn and Walker Evans, traveled to Arkansas to document the conditions of rural America for the Farm Security Administration."
Artists during the Great Depression responded to and documented the hardships of the Depression era in a variety of styles and media. This Land features never-before-exhibited works from the Crystal Bridges collection along with works on loan from a variety of other institutions, including the Smithsonian, the New York Public Library and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, as well as from private and corporate collections. Many of the artists included were participants in the various government-sponsored recovery programs that resulted in post office murals across the country, fine-art prints for non-federal public buildings and photographs that captured the iconic images of the Great Depression. The exhibition tells the story of both rural and urban American life, and represents several very different styles that coexisted at this time: from Regionalism to Abstractionism, Cubism to Social Realism.
The Music Experience of This Land
Crystal Bridges has partnered with the Fayetteville Roots Festival to create a unique audio tour to accompany the exhibition, featuring songs by regional artists that reflect the hardships and indomitable spirit of the American people as showcased in the exhibition.
Like the visual artists, folk musicians of the 1930s and '40s responded to and reflected upon the cultural and political changes that took place during these hard times. Folk music gave voice to those who most directly suffered the displacement and disruption of the Dust Bowl and Depression. Bryan Hembree, director of the Fayetteville Roots Festival, curated the musical tour of This Land. Each of the ten stops on the tour features a song by Fayetteville Roots Festival musicians that captures the essence of an image from the exhibition. The tour includes music by well-known Festival artists, including Shannon Wurst, Ben Bedford, The Honey Dewdrops, 3 Penny Acre, and more. In addition to the music, Hembree, along with Well-Off-Man, provide background and commentary for each tour stop. The audio tour is part of the Crystal Bridges app, downloadable for free from the iTunes App Store and timed to debut with the exhibition.
"I'm excited about the collaboration with the Fayetteville Roots Festival," Well-Off-Man said. "The music component in this exhibition will allow our guests to experience art from the Great Depression era on a new level: themes and lyrics often address contents of the artworks or reflect the mood of a painting. The artworks come alive through the music!"
No special tickets are required, and there is no admission fee to view This Land: Picturing a Changing America in the 1930s and 1940s, which will be exhibited in the museum's North Temporary Exhibition Galleries.
Additional Ways to Enjoy the This Land Experience
Crystal Bridges will celebrate the opening of the temporary exhibition This Land with Bryan and Bernice Hembree of the Fayetteville-based folk band 3 Penny Acre from 7-8:30 p.m., Aug. 30. Visitors can enjoy live music and light refreshments outdoors on Walker Landing, or explore the exhibition while trying out This Land: The Music Experience app featuring a tour in music, presented by the Fayetteville Roots Festival. Free, no registration required.
A full roster of programs, from art classes to talks to a culinary event, complement the exhibition. For more details, visit: LAND
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CALL TO ARTISTS
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Opportunities await.....
The Eureka Springs School of the Arts: Fall Workshops
 Three day workshops will take place September 12 through September 14 and will include architectural rendering by Julie Kahn Valentine, l andscape painting and plein air pastels with Tom Christopher, and a overglaze on porcelain workshop conducted by Karen Mills. White oak basket weaving will be taught by second generation Ozark basket weaver Billy Owens beginning September 26 through September 27. During another session from October 3 through October 5, Jody Stephenson will teach plein air painting in oil. and a watercolor painting workshop will be taught by award-winning watercolorist Richard Stephens. Ken Addington will teach Drawing, Basic, and Beyond from October 9 through October 11.
Fall Art Show: ESSA is currently accepting applications for the Fall Art Show, to be held November 30, 31, and December 1, at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center in Eureka Springs. Good spaces are still available.
For more information about the workshops or to register or to inquire about the Fall Art Show: go to ESSA. or call (479)-253-5384.
The school is located at 15751 Highway 62 West, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
The Horizon LakeView Restaurant on Mundell Road, Beaver Lake, is seeking art by Eureka Springs artists to hang and sell. Artists will receive 100 per cent of proceeds from sales. The restaurant owners state, "We would like to bring the outdoors in, since we are all about the view." Desired subject matter includes animals, landscapes, waterfalls, and anything from nature. Call Jenny Pile at (479)253-3722 or the restaurant at (479)253-5525.
 Entries are now being accepted for the Irene Rosenzweig 2013 Biennial Exhibition that will take place November 14 through December 30, 2013 at The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 701 Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Artists must be 18 years or older and reside in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas or Missouri. Artwork in all traditional art forms will be accepted, including paintings, original prints, fiber art, ceramics, sculpture, and photography. The Center cannot accept video, performance, or installation works. Only original artworks by the entering artist will be accepted; no reproductions will be accepted. Entries must have been completed within the past three years. Entries must be framed and/or ready for display. Awards will include: Best in Show: $1,000, Three $100 prizes. In addition, up to $2,000 may be available for artwork purchased for the ASC Permanent Collection. Entry info and form at Entry form.
57th Grand Prairie Festival of the Arts; artists may submit entries through September 9 to have work included in a juried exhibition. Categories include: visual arts, photography, and decorative arts. Prizes will be awarded in various categories.
Selected entries will be on display during the Grand Prairie Festival of Arts September 27 through September 29 at the Grand Prairie Center located on the PCCUA-Stuttgart Campus in Stuggart, Arkansas. For information, contact: Arts Center of the Grand Prairie, Charles Law - Director, 870-673-1781
arts001@centurytel.net
Entries are now being accepted for the Art with Heart contest. The contest is part of the Art with Heart event that will be held in December 3 in Jonesboro, AR. The event is sponsored by Art Advertising of Jonesboro and benefits the following: CASA, Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, ARPTI, Northeast Arkansas Humane Society, and Women's Crisis Center of Northeast Arkansas. All entries must be original and have a Christmas theme. Painting and drawings must be 12x16 or 14x18. Sculptures must be less than 3' each dimension. Five winners will be featured on gifting cards for the charities and the original work will be auctioned. Winners will be featured on the benefit's website, on promotional materials and will receive an award. Winners will be expected to exhibit other works at the event, and be willing to donate a percentage of sales to the featured charities. Exhibit space will be approximately 8' x 4'. Artists will provide their own easels, table and anything else they will need for their display.
Deadline for entries is Friday, November 1, 2013 at 4:00 pm.
Winners will be notified by Friday, November 8th. Any entrants not chosen will be notified to pick up their piece. The event will take place at the offices of Art Advertising, Inc, 2300 W. Washington Avenue, Jonesboro, Arkansas. (Entries will be mailed to the same address with the addition of the zip: 72401)
Entry forms may be downloaded HERE, If you need additional information on this event or have questions about the entry form, please email receptionist@artadvertising.com or call 870-935-4042.
The Eureka Springs Historical Museum
is offering exhibition space for artists living in the Western District of Carroll County to show work in the museum. The museum has set aside an eight foot wall and a display case in the lobby, and artist's exhibitions will be changed out on a monthly rotation. Artists may display work along with their contact information in that area. All work must be "hang ready." The museum will make available a print rack if requested. Work must be available for purchase and the artist will receive 60% of the selling price. The museum has several hundred visitors each month. The space will be available on a first come, first serve basis. If you would like to exhibit please contact Zeek Taylor at
Diana Michelle will be teaching the following classes at the Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale: Basic Digital Photography, Wednesdays from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., August 28 through October 2; Basic Photoshop, Mondays, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., September 9 through October 14; Advanced Photoshop, Mondays from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., October 21 through November 25; Landscape Photography, Wednesdays from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., October 9 through November 13; Pricing, Promoting and Presenting your Photography, Thursdays from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., November 7 through December 19. Cost of classes is $130. For more information call (479) 751-8824 or visit NTI. Diana also offers individual instruction and will also teach photography classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Fayetteville. For more information call (479) 575-4545 or OLLI.
The Ozark Regional Arts Council in Mountain Home will host the 2nd annual Women Artist Retreat, September 19 through the 22 at StoneCreek Ranch and Resort (near Mountain Home). The four day event is designed for women artists to enjoy a relaxing time to paint. Guest artists/instructors will be Bill and Gloria Garrison of Russelville, AR. Artists may choose a Plein Air Oil workshop with Bill or may chose Gloria's watercolor "in studio." Bill Barksdale, professional photographer will present a slide show and will be available to offer advice, tips, and techniques. Cost of the retreat is $200.00 which includes workshop of choice, room, and meals. Space is limited. To reserve space or for more information, contact Deborah Lively at 870-425-8291 or at ozarkregionalartscouncil@gmail.com
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The Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center: The schedule for art classes is available online at Art Classes.
The Center is located at 505 W Spring Street, Fayetteveille, Arkansas.
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INFO WORTH SHARING
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Info worth sharing.....
 Arkansas artists Kat Wilson and Sarah Leflar have opened the Bottle Rocket Gallery at 1495 Finger Road, Fayetteville, Arkansas. A non-profit gallery, Bottle Rocket will show artists from outside Arkansas whose work can be described as controversial, confrontational or in some way challenging for the viewer. The mission of Bottle Rocket Gallery is to create access for people in NWA to see the work of artists whose work, although important, would not otherwise be shown in this area.
Each Bottle Rocket show will begin with a festive opening with the artist is present. Artists will give an artist talk during their stay in the area. A travel and installation stipend will be provided, in order to make it possible for individuals to travel to our location, which is somewhat out of the ordinary exhibition circuit for many talented emerging artists.
An interesting historical note is that the Gallery will be housed in a building designed and built by Ozark craftsman Robert Runyan on the grounds of Gayeta Lodge, a home built and occupied by Arkansas writer Charles Joseph Finger in the early part of the 20th century. During his lifetime, Finger put great effort into bringing interesting intellectuals and artists from outside the area to stay at Gayeta and meet and talk with Fayettevillians. The tradition will continue via Bottle Rocket Gallery.
The first gallery show is scheduled to open on September 20, titled Makeshift Theatre, and will feature works by Logan Rollins, a photographer whose work explores issues of homosexual identity and queer art. His current work can be seen at www.loganrollinsphotography.com,
For further information, contact: Sarah Leflar or Kat Wilson (479) 466-7406 or (501)951-4151 or email bottlerocketgallery@gmail.com
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will soon debut a new acquisition of a major work by American Modernist painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967). The work, titled Blackwell's Island, offers a view of what is now known as Roosevelt Island, located off Manhattan in the East River. The work will be exhibited in the museum's Early Twentieth-Century Art Gallery, among works by other modern American masters such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler and George Bellows. Painted in 1928, Blackwell's Island is among the largest of Hopper's oil paintings, measuring 34-1/2 inches by 59-1/2 inches.
The painting features a wide expanse of blue sky above and turbulent cobalt blue water below, bisected by a shadowed, brooding skyline of buildings along the island's waterfront. In classic Hopper style, there is a sense of distance between the viewer and the remote, impersonal architectural subject, and evidence of humanity is almost non-existent except for a single dark figure that pilots a power boat cruising away from the viewer toward the right-hand edge of the frame.
Image below: Edward Hopper, Blackwell's Island, 1928, Oil on canvas, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo � Christie's Images.
 "This is a most ambitious composition for Hopper," explained Crystal Bridges President Don Bacigalupi. "He painted this work at the height of his powers and it exemplifies some of the best of Hopper's style: a complex architectural composition with a full range of light and shadow, few people and the drama of the past colliding with the present in the form of historic architecture meeting modern." Hopper is known for creating a sense of loneliness or isolation in his work, and he was particularly interested in capturing the older, vanishing architecture of the city. Water was also a major compositional element in Hopper's work, and Blackwell's Island brings all of these elements together in a large and immersive painting. The acquisition fills an important place in the Crystal Bridges collection of post-World War I artwork. "We have a very strong collection of American art from the 1930s," Bacigalupi said. "Hopper is among the most highly regarded artists of his generation. We have several of Hopper's works on paper, but as those are light sensitive they can't be on view year-round. It is a pleasure to add this major oil painting to our collection, so that it can be exhibited on a long-term basis. Hopper is one of those must-see artists, and I am sure our guests will be thrilled to be able to view this work in person." Blackwell's Island, which was previously owned by a private collector, has been exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art; The Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute; as well as the Art Institute of Chicago and other institutions. More recently, the painting was included in the first major retrospective of the artist's work at the Grand Palais in Paris from October 2012 through February 2013. General admission to Crystal Bridges is sponsored by Walmart; there is never any fee to view the museum's permanent collection. The museum has welcomed more than one million visitors since its opening on 11/11/11. For more information about Crystal Bridges, visit CB. Crystal Bridges Welcomes New Executive Chef and Membership Manager
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has recently hired two new staff members: Emily Ironside is the museum's new membership program manager, and Bill Lyle joins the museum as executive chef of Eleven, the museum restaurant. Both are from Fayetteville.
Emily Ironside joined Crystal Bridges' Advancement Team on August 1 as the membership program manager. No stranger to the arts in Northwest Arkansas, Ironside comes to Crystal Bridges from Walton Arts Center, where she served as the annual giving manager for two years. She also worked previously at the University of Arkansas, Walmart, and YMCA. She holds a master's degree in communication from the University of Arkansas, and serves on the boards of NWA Mercy Family YMCA, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Life Styles Inc. as a member of the Art Advisory Council. At Crystal Bridges, Ironside will oversee all aspects of the museum's membership program, including recruitment and member services.
"It's certain that the museum's membership program will continue to thrive under Emily's capable leadership," said Jill Wagar, Director of Advancement. "Her graceful ability to strategically engage individuals at Crystal Bridges will enrich members' experiences."
Bill Lyle has joined Crystal Bridges as the new executive chef of Eleven, the museum restaurant. Chef Lyle has been part of the Northwest Arkansas food community in Fayetteville for several years, not only through his work as executive chef at Ella's Restaurant on the campus of the University of Arkansas, but also through hosting the annual Winemaker's Dinner at Walton Arts Center's Art of Wine Festival, and previously serving as sous chef at Bordino's restaurant in downtown Fayetteville.
"Chef Lyle's dynamic, yet accessible style of cuisine promises to be a perfect fit for Eleven's mantra of modern American comfort food," said Crystal Bridges' Director of Culinary Services Case Dighero.
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