The Arkansas Arts Center announces a call for entries for the “54th Annual Delta Exhibition.”  The deadline to submit all entries is October 14, 2011.  The exhibition will be held at the Arkansas Arts Center January 27 – March 28, 2012.The “54th Annual Delta Exhibition” is open to all artists who live in or were born in one of the following states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.  Artists can submit up to three entries.  A non-refundable entry fee of $20 for one entry and $10 for additional entries is required.  All work must be original and completed within the last two years.  Artists can view guidelines and enter online at www.arkarts.com.

Tom Butler, executive director of the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Ga., will serve as juror for the “54th Annual Delta Exhibition.”  Butler was previously the director of the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia and the chief curator and assistant director of the Sioux City Art Center in Iowa. Throughout his museum career, he has organized over 100 exhibitions of drawings, paintings, sculptures, graphics, decorative arts and textiles.  He organized the exhibition “Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawing," which was on view at the Arkansas Arts Center January 26 – April 1, 2007, and was general editor of the book of the same title.

The “Annual Delta Exhibition” was created in 1956 to feature contemporary works by artists from Arkansas and the bordering states.  The Delta Exhibition has grown to encompass works in all media and represents current art making trends in the mid-South.

60th Annual Prairie Grove Clothesline Fair September 3,4 & 5 2011

The Prairie Grove Clothesline Fair welcomes artists and craftspeople from all over the United States. The fair is held on the grounds of the Prairie Grove Battlefield Park, located 12 miles west of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Highway 62.  This is a Civil War battlefield with historic buildings and a beautiful, lush setting with many shade trees, exhibit areas are housed in two tents (60'x 120')as well as outside spaces. The fair is sponsored by the Arts Center or the Ozarks (ACO) and the Prairie Grove Lions Club.

For more info visit ArtsCenteroftheOzarks.org

AAC will be holding auditions for the upcoming Children's Theatre Production "Cinderella: A Rockin' New  Musical", August 9th 2011, at 3p.m. in the Lower lobby of the Art Center.

Actors 13 and up, no audition fee, bring current photo.  No prep is required, wear comfortable clothes and shoes.

For more info call (501) 372-4000 or visit www.arkarts.com

Entry Deadline is July 23rd .  Prospectus available at ALAartshow.com

This exhibition is an annual juried event to showcase the visual artists that make up the Arkansas League of Artists (ALA). It is our intention to bolster our significance and prestige as a state wide artist organization, and to afford our members an opportunity to distinguish themselves in the Arkansas Artist Community with a Signature Membership within our organization.