A Huge THANK YOU to  everyone who donated items, services, food and your labor, as well as those who performed, came out and joined in the event and especially Parrot Beach for hosting the event and Deb Moser for planning and allowing the rest of us to help out!  You all are awesome!!

It was great to see everyone pull together and raise money to help a fellow artist in need.  Thanks to All of YOU the total raised to help Charlotte including, door, silent auction, drawings and cash donations came to Four thousand six hundred dollars!!   But more than the money you showed Charlotte how much she is loved and that is priceless!!  Thanks again!!

For those who missed the event visit rockthemetro.com to hear a sample of Charlotte's talent.

ArtWeek ’10

The ArtWeek Committee is hosting an art poster contest for artists to create an original work of art to represent ArtWeek ’10.

The prize-winning art may be used as part of the ArtWeek ‘10 campaign, including posters, postcards, bus banners, bus shelters, newspapers ads, TV ads, and others.

Winning art may be reproduced and distributed as part of the official ArtWeek ‘10 poster and featured on the ArtWeek website. The winner will receive a cash prize of $1000. 

"Tales From the South" is a radio show created and produced by Temenos Publishing Company and The Midnight Muse Writers' Community, taped live at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and aired on KUAR Public Radio in Arkansas on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7pm.

Tales From the South is now looking for submissions for their March taping. Now in its fifth year, "Tales from the South" features true stories told by the Southern writers who lived them.  Contributors are from all walks of life and include professional writers as well as those who have never been published. "Tales from the South" is uniquely Southern, in that while we don't require that stories are set in the South (though a majority are), writers must be either originally from the South or live here currently, and the distinct Southern art of storytelling rich in language, detail, and voice is alive in all of them.

They are currently accepting submissions from these Southern states: Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.  Submission requirements may be found here and  submission should be sent to Paula at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Baker House Bed & Breakfast in North Little Rock is looking for artists to contribute outdoor sculptures for display and sale in their outdoor spaces at the B&B.  The Baker House is located in the heart of the Argenta Arts District with public display places fronting Main Street and 5th Street.  The 5th Street area is shown to the left.

We believe there is not enough public art in Argenta and we at the Baker House want to use our spaces to display, promote and sell sculpture.  We will help display and label the sculpture inside our gated areas, yet still visible to those walking by on the sidewalks during every event in Argenta.

There is a lot of public art and sculpture in the Rivermarket area and we have a lot of catching up to do.

The Baker House encourages all those in the Arts District with yard display space, front windows or open space to promote public art and help sell that art.  Let's become a District know for not only displaying art, but supporting the arts and artists. If you are interested or know an artist who may be interested in displaying sculpture and having it shown for sale at the Baker House B&B please e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Gallery 26 was started by Renee Williams and Steve Ross in February of 1995. Renee graduated from Hendrix College in 1987 with an art degree, and learned picture framing from Mary Lambright at Make A Frame. When Mary closed her store, Renee and Steve were able to purchase her equipment and open their own place, adding an art gallery to it.

Renee had participated for years in small house art shows with a group of local artists. Those artists included Kevin Kresse, Kathy Strause, and James Hayes. It was an easy transition from house shows to an actual permanent gallery space.

Gallery 26 continues to show only Arkansas artists, but has grown to include over 70 of them. They include well known and up and coming artists in a variety of styles and mediums. The gallery shows jewelry artists, sculptors, painters, photographers, and glass blowers, and sells work in a variety of price ranges. We also continue to offer affordable picture framing, with a do-it-yourself option.

In 2001 Steve Ross moved to Memphis to pursue his sound design career and Daniel Broening came on board. Daniel is also an artist and graduate of the Art Institute of Houston. He developed and maintains the Gallery 26 website, frets over 90 degree angles and is solely to blame for any bizarre emails sent out to the mailing list.

Come celebrate (and have a piece of cake) with us on March 20, from 7 to 10pm. There will be a drawing for a door prize, food, beverages and live music.