The Museum School Sale features work by Arkansas Arts Center Museum School faculty and students. Items for sale include pottery, photography, jewelry, fused glass, watercolor paintings, woodwork, drawings and pastels.  “Original works of art will be available for purchase – pottery, paintings, drawings, photography, woodwork, glass, and jewelry.

The Museum School Sale is a great opportunity to add to your personal art collection, support local artists or buy holiday gifts,” said Museum School Manager Andrea Tompkins.

Admission to the Museum School Sale is free. For more about the Museum School Sale or Museum School classes,

call 501-372-4000 or visit www.arkarts.com.

"Home Plate Heroes"  are currently on display at the Thea Center at 401 Main in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock.  The exhibit runs through October 27, 2011 and is free to the public.

Each plate is  painted and donated by local artists, the plates are listed in an oline auction to benefit the Jim Elder Good Sport Fund.  To  view online, bid or find out more about the Jim Elder Good Sport Fund go to http://jimelder.org/

To the left: Bill Dickey-Play Ball by Rhonda Reeves

Thursday, November 17, 2011.  A reception will be held at 6 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m. In his lecture, Joyce will discuss his work, process and life of ironwork.  Joyce’s work is represented in over 25 public collections and has been exhibited in 146 solo and group exhibitions.

Since 1982, Joyce has lectured throughout the world on his work and on the arts of African blacksmiths.  Joyce is currently working on sculpture commissions for the Santa Fe Botanical Garden; the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, N.C.; the National September 11 Memorial Museum, New York; and the Museum of Arts and Design, New York.  Joyce is infusing many of these works with inherited histories represented by the material he uses. He continues to re-examine the social, political, economic and historical implications of using iron in his work.

The exhibition Cast, Cut, Forged and Crushed: Selections in Metal from the John and Robyn Horn Collection will be on view through January 15, 2012.  This exhibition showcases works by over two dozen metal artists including Elizabeth Brim, Hoss Hayley, Tom Joyce, Albert Paley, Rick Smith and others.

Tickets for the lecture are $5. Arkansas Arts Center Members attend free.  Reservations are required.

To make reservations, call 501-372-4000 or visitwww.arkarts.com.

Contact: 501-372-4000

Location: Arkansas Arts Center – 9th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR  72202

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.

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).

Contact: 501-372-4000

Location: Arkansas Arts Center – 9th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR  72202