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Arkansas Arts Center Hosts Rock Town Slam |
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Written by rhonda
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:28 |
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(LITTLE ROCK, AR) – The Arkansas Arts Center will serve as the venue for the Rock Town Slam on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. The Rock Town Slam is open to the public, and participants can sign up at the door. Poets are judged on the delivery of written poetry. The public is invited to hear the most exciting poets around. Poet entry fee is $10.
Admission is $5 at the door. Call 501-541-0681 for more information. Audience members should be aware that poems and performances may contain adult-oriented themes and may include language that might be considered objectionable or offensive. Created in 1991, the Rock Town Slam is the oldest, continuously running poetry slam in central Arkansas with a strong sense of community. Amoja “MoMan” Sumler has been slam master since 2000. Under his guidance, the Rock Town Slam has been featured in Vino’s, The Looney Bin, the Arts Scene and the Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative (ACAC).
 GENERAL INFORMATION Contact: 501-372-4000 Location: Arkansas Arts Center – 9th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR 72202 Gallery Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday Closed Monday & Major Holidays
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Argenta's 3rd Friday ArtWalk Friday,January 20 |
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Written by rhonda
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:15 |
 Don't miss Argenta's 3rd Friday ArtWalk Friday,January 20, from 5-8 p.m. Enjoy live music, great art, and great food! First Presbyterian Church, 201 West Fourth Street, will host all the artists normally set up on Main Street.Come meet some of Arkansas' finest local artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, musicians, and jewelry-makers, just to name a few. Visit Argenta's businesses, restaurants, and working art studios.Visit the artists set up in First Presbyterian and stay for dinner at one of our chef-driven restaurants. Shop, dine, and stay a while. For details or to display your artwork, please call 501-993-1234 or visit www.ArgentaArtWalk.com. |
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Upcoming Show: GALLERY 26 |
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Written by rhonda
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:12 |
"Dream, Float, Burn" Recent works by Stephen Cefalo.
Opening Reception: January 21st. 7pm - 10pm
Live music by Eli Ramsey.
Visit www.gallery26.com to learn more about the artist and see his work.
GALLERY 26
2601 Kavanaugh, Suite 1
Little Rock, AR 72205
Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tues.- Sat.
(501) 664-8996
Please call with any questions.
Renee Williams
(501)664-8996 or email
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Stephen Cefalo
I was born in the hometown of Albrecht Durer on the birthday of Winslow Homer, Charles Le Brun, and Franz Von Stuck, so I already had my work cut out for me. My two sisters and I were raised in Newburgh, Indiana by a single mother who worked full-time at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. I had trouble in school, but found comfort in drawing. My aunt Marilyn gave me oil painting lessons at twelve, and my mom bought me books on figure drawing and supplies when she found them.
During my undergraduate studies at the former Savannah Campus of the School of Visual Arts I found mentors in Jeff Markowsky and Anthony Palliser. When SVA Savannah closed its doors in 1997, I was already married with my first child, and moved to the main campus in New York. There I studied with one of my heroes, Steven Assael, and Max Ginsburg. After graduation I continued to study privately with Assael while working in Soho as an assistant painter for Jeff Koons and later in Time Square as an in-house illustrator at Nickelodeon. We left New York shortly after the September 11th attacks and decided to move back to Indiana. I completed my graduate studies in Painting in 2004 at Indiana University in Bloomington. There I worked closely Bonnie Sklarski, who also became a mentor figure to me.
After teaching for two years at the Art academy of Cincinnati, I accepted an offer for a three-year position as Artist in Residence for University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Painting department. My wife Amy who is a homebirth midwife, our six children, and I have assimilated well here, and we have decided to stay in Arkansas. I am represented locally at Gallery 26 and by Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago.
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54th Annual Delta Winners Chosen |
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Written by rhonda
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Monday, 09 January 2012 19:04 |
LITTLE ROCK, AR) – The Arkansas Arts Center announces the award winners for the 54th Annual Delta Exhibition. The exhibition will be held in the Townsend Wolfe Gallery January 27 – March 28, 2012.
Juror Tom Butler, director of the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ga., selected one Grand Award, two Delta Awards and eight Honorable Mentions out of the 54 works represented in the 54th Annual Delta Exhibition. The Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries, a young professional group dedicated to supporting the arts, also selected a Contemporaries Delta Award and two Contemporaries Delta Honorable Mentions.
Rod Moorhead from Oxford, Miss., was awarded the Grand Award for his work titled 9 Zen Nuns. David Bailin of Little Rock, Ark., received a Delta Award for his work titled Cars. A Delta Award was also awarded to Keliy Anderson-Staley of Russellville, Ark., for her work titled Helen. The artists David Bogus, Marian Doville, Stephen Harris, Dixie Knight, Benjamin Krain, Zeek Taylor, John Willer and Kat Wilson received an Honorable Mention.
The Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries awarded the Contemporaries Delta Award to Mark Lewis of Tulsa, Okla., for his work titled Peoria Ave. #5. Keith Melton of North Little Rock, Ark., received a Contemporaries Delta Honorable Mention for his work titled Virgil Lawrence, Google Portrait. Louis Watts of Little Rock, Ark., also received a Contemporaries Delta Honorable Mention for his work titled Untitled VIII: from the Apoptosis Series.
Established in 1958, the Delta Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture features contemporary works by artists from Arkansas and the bordering states. The Delta Exhibition has grown to encompass works in all media and displays the dynamic vision of the artists of the Mississippi Delta region. The 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.
The 54th Annual Delta Exhibition is sponsored by Janet and Sam Alley. The Grand Award is supported by The John William Linn Endowment Fund. The exhibition is supported by the Andre Simon Memorial Trust in memory of everyone who has died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). For more information, call 501-372-4000 or visit http://www.arkarts.com |
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Ketz Gallery Features Sulac for Argenta ArtWalk |
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Written by rhonda
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 07:00 |
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 The Ketz Gallery will feature the recent work of Sulac on December 16 through December 30. An opening reception will be held on Friday, December 16, 5-8pm in conjunction with 3rd Friday Argenta Art Walk. Holiday desserts and beverages will be served.
Participants will have a chance to meet the artist and view more than twenty pieces of his work on display and for sale. Sulac, a favorite artist of the Gallery and the Little Rock area, is known for his edgy style with mixed-media pieces. Using oil, acrylic and paper, he creates collages and whimsical paintings.
In addition to Sulac, more than 30 local artists are on display at the Ketz Gallery located at 705 Main in the Argenta Arts District, downtown North Little Rock. The Gallery is open Tuesday - Friday 11:30 am - 5pm, Saturday, 11:30 am - 3:00 pm and by appointment. Call 529-6330 for more information. |
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Tonight At Bernice Garden |
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Written by rhonda
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Friday, 09 December 2011 07:17 |
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Celebrate the holiday season from 5:30pm till 8:00pm, with the neighbors and friends of
The Bernice Sculpture Garden. There will be Christmas carols, crafts, holiday treats and
warm drinks. everyone is invited to bring an ornament and hang
on the tree. This is a zero waste event bring your on reuseable plate, cup and utensils.
While there visit the Green Corner Store for more local arts and crafts for your holiday gift giving needs.
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