art
AMFA exhibition
The exhibition schedule at Arkansas Art Museum, 501 E. Ninth St. in Little Rock, starting April 27 through October. 13 is “The Naturalist'' by Tricia Wright, a diptych (two pieces) of 12 carat gold leaf applied to handmade blue pigmented cotton paper (left) and handmade green pigmented cotton paper. with 22 carat gold leaf pasted on it (right).
The rest of the lineup:
◼️ May 18th – July 7th: 63rd Annual Arkansas Young Artist Exhibition. The exhibit will feature 65 works by K-12 students selected by a panel of museum educators and faculty from approximately 400 submissions from 40 schools across the state. The Grand Jury will select one Best in Class Award and two Honorable Mentions for each grade, and one Mid-South Watercolorist of the Show Watercolor Award. Some of the works will be on display at the museum, and the entire exhibition can be viewed online.
◼️June 28th – August 25th: Delta Triennial Exhibition. Dating back to the museum's first exhibition in 1958, it features work by artists born or currently working in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. The juror is Amy Kligman, executive director of the Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Alexis McGrigg, former Delta Voice artist from Mississippi. Takako Tanabe is the founding director of Ulteria Gallery in New York.
◼️July 13-February 16: Karen Mahaffey's “The Special Quality of Loss.” The artist will transform the museum's new media gallery into a “magical room of unknown times,” according to a news release. “Through memory, Mahaffey reconstructs her flowery childhood bedroom.” Wallpaper as digital animation. ”
◼️ July 23, 2025 – April 20, 2025: “How artists transform raw materials like clay, metal, glass, paper, and a variety of other materials into compelling works of art,” according to a news release. “Studio time + studio training”.
◼️September 27-January 12: “Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art” focuses on the art movement that occurred in Europe in the late 19th century. In this movement, “interiors, furniture, glass, posters, decorative art and other furnishings all depict luxurious elements found in nature,” according to a news release.
Visit akmfa.org.
music
composer contest
The Institute for Integrative Innovation at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, in partnership with the university's Department of Music and Hill Records, a student-run label and entertainment project, Contest for original songs It serves as a leitmotif for the Institute. (This is a related melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the recreation of an idea, person, or situation.)
The deadline for submissions is May 2nd at 11:59pm, with one submission per composer. Songs must be original, instrumental-only (no vocals), 3-4 minutes long, and capable of 10-second, 30-second, and 1-minute versions. The tune “must be uplifting, catchy, positive, and reflective.” [the institute’s] mission and vision. ” Composers must indicate whether artificial intelligence was used in their creation.
Composers must be at least 18 years old. Be a student, faculty, staff, or alumni of the University of Arkansas, or a resident of the state of Arkansas. The composition must be complete, i.e. it must be of CD distribution quality (no demos) and in .wav format. Please email hillrec@uark.edu for submission instructions.
Submitted works undergo a two-stage panel review, first on technical merit, then on artistic merit, emotional quality, creativity, and tone. The winning work will earn the composer a $1,000 prize and the opportunity to perform the piece at the institute's grand opening ceremony at Duncan Avenue and Dixon Street later this year.
A brief information session will be held Thursday from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in rooms 452-453 of the University Mullins Library or via Zoom.
theater
student showcase
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's College of Letters and Performing Arts will showcase student innovation. 2024 Freshman Works Fringe Festival, Wednesday-Thursday, April 17th and 18th, with a final reading of original works created by students in playwriting resident Candice Jones' class (primarily original monologues and spoken word selections). 7:30 p.m., Center for the Performing Arts at Highslip Theater, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 916-3291 or email slpa@ualr.edu.
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cemetery series
2024 Mt Holy Garden Seriesis held at 9 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month from April through October at the Bell House in the heart of Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway in Little Rock, and will be held on Saturday at the Bell House in the heart of Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway in Little Rock. -The event begins with a lecture by Shelton. The title is “Garden grafts (roses, fruit trees, vegetables, etc.)''.
The rest of the lineup:
◼️ May 18: “Butterflies and Bees,” Leslie Fowler Cooper, QuailForever
◼️ June 15: “Carnivorous Plants (Including Venus Flytraps and Pitcher Plants)”, Mark Gibson, Green Thumb Water Garden
◼️ July 20: “Gardening for Birds” Lauren Marshall
◼️ August 17: “Arkansas’ Unique Native Plants (Where and How They Grow)” by Lynn Foster, Arkansas Master Naturalist
◼️ September 21st: “A Rainbow of Colors — Iris in Every Shade” by Susan Rose, Master Gardener
October 19: “Let's Do Fall!!”, Ted Lewis, Floral Express.
◼️ Session also includes coffee and door prizes. Admission is by $5 donation. Proceeds will be donated to the cemetery. Please bring your own lawn chair. Call (501) 372-3372 or email mewtfrontporchlady@gmail.com.