The sculptures will be on display in the River Market Pavilions and in the adjacent area of Riverfront Park. The works featured will include all types of media, style, subject matter, and size.Admission to Sculpture at the River Market is free.Sculpture at the Market will run from 9AM to 5PM on Saturday, October 15 and from 10AM to 4PM on Sunday, October 16.On Saturday, Sculpture at the River Market will take place in conjunction with the Farmers' Market.On Friday, October 14, there will be a preview party where patrons will get the first chance to see the artwork, visit with the sculptors, and purchase sculptures. Tickets for the preview party are $100.The sale and show is sponsored by the City of Little Rock and the National Sculptors’ Guild. Proceeds from the sale of artwork will fund upgrades in Riverfront Park and the River Market.

The Annual October Fall Arts and Crafts Fairs in Northwest Arkansas will showcase artists and craftspersons from all corners of the nation. The fairs date back more than fifty years when the oldest of the shows, the War Eagle Fair, opened in 1954.

Scheduled shows include:The Annual War Eagle Fair, October 13th through the 16th,

War Eagle Mill Farm, 11036 High Sky Inn RD, (outside of) Hinesville, AR. Exhibitors include: weavers, woodworkers, carvers, basket makers, artisans in stained glass, pewter, and scores of other arts and crafts, including oil and acrylic painting, watercolors, sculpture, metal-working, and photography. Sharp's Show in War Eagle, October 13th through the 16th, adjacent to the War Eagle Fair. Info at 479-789-5683.

War Eagle Mill Arts & Crafts Fair, October 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th, on the grounds of the historic War Eagle Mill. This show is also adjacent to the War Eagle Fair. Professional craftspeople will offer original, handmade works that will include country decorative items, folk art, watercolors, oil painting, pottery, stoneware, quilts, and more.

Regional Arts & Crafts Fair, October 14th and 15th at two locations: Holiday Inn Convention Center in Springdale, and the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, AR. Additional info: (479)756-6954

43rd Annual Bella Vista Arts & Crafts Festival, October 13th, 14th, and 15th, Bella Vista, AR. This fair includes a Fine Arts Market tent among the 300 juried exhibitor booths. Exhibitors go through a stringent jury process to be accepted. For info visit:www.bellavistafestival.org/

The Jones Center Arts & Crafts Festival, October 13th through October 15th, Springdale, AR.

The Frisco Station Mall Arts & Crafts Festival, October 13th through the 16th, 100 N Dixieland, Rogers, AR

The Spanker Creek Farm Arts and Crafts Fair, October 12th through the 16th, 8464 W McNelly RD, Bentonville, AR.

The University of Arkansas Department of Art's Fine Arts Center Gallery will feature Process & Inquiry, an exhibition by world-renowned artist Mark Dion. The exhibition, which features pieces from several of  Dion's bodies of work and related preparatory drawings, will be on view from October 8th through November 18th.

Recent work by artist Sarah Norsworthy will be on view in the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center's hallway cases from October 10th through October 21st. Norsworthy, a resident of Fayetteville, works primarily in painting and textile/clothing design.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, from 2 p.m.until 5 p.m.

The Fine Arts Center is located on the campus of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

For more information, contact Sam King ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / 479-575-7987) or visit http://art.uark.edu/fineartsgallery/

Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Arkansas

Film Screening Tuesday, October 4 Reception 5:30 p.m.; Film 6 p.m.

Fall Film Series:  The Arts in Motion  Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding)

Wednesday, October 5 7 p.m.

Member Preview Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center:

A Centennial Exhibition and Cast, Cut, Forged and Crushed: Selections in Metal

from the John and Robyn Horn Collection

Thursday, October 6 6 to 8 p.m. To RSVP, please call 501-975-5911.

(LITTLE ROCK, AR) –In conjunction with the exhibition “Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition,” the Arkansas Arts Center will present the lecture “Will Barnet: A Life's Work in Context” by Jessica Nicoll Thursday, October 20, 2011.

A reception will be held at 6 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m.Jessica Nicoll, director and chief curator of Smith College Museum of Art in Southampton, Mass., will discuss the career of Will Barnet.  A specialist in American art, Nicoll has written and lectured on a wide variety of topics ranging from early American portraits and landscape painting to the work of artists including Will Barnet, Winslow Homer, Robert Henri and Marguerite and William Zorach.

Prior to coming to Smith College Museum in 2005, Nicoll served for 13 years as the William and Helen Thon Chief Curator and Curator of American Art at the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.  Nicoll received a bachelor’s degree in art history and American studies from Smith College and received a master’s degree in early American culture and museum studies from the University of Delaware.

On view October 7, 2011 – January 15, 2012, the exhibition “Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition” features 85 works by the New York artist.  A centenarian, Will Barnett has experienced and absorbed all the major art movements in American Modern art. He was an influential artist in negotiating a transition from figural art to abstraction in the '40s and '50s. He was also a teacher at the Art Students League in New York, who influenced a number of America's most original modern artists such as Jasper Johns.

Tickets for the lecture are $5 for the public and free for Arkansas Arts Center Members.  Reservations are required.  To make reservations, call 501-372-4000 or visit www.arkarts.com.