Arkansas Arts Center becomes Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by Maria Davison
3y ago
Capital Campaign supporting the Little Rock museum’s new building and endowment surpasses $135 million, establishes new goal of $142 million The Arkansas Arts Center officially became the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts on January 25, 2021. While unveiling the museum’s new brand, AMFA leaders announced that the capital campaign supporting the construction of its new museum building has raised $135,944,426, surpassing its previous goal of $128 million. The campaign’s new fundraising goal is $142 million. The new Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, home to a renowned art collection, art school, and p ..read more
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A HISTORIC TRANSFORMATION
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
While the new Arkansas Arts Center is under construction, works from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection are undergoing a transformation of their own. George Romney’s Lady Willoughby de Broke before conservation began. George Romney, British (Beckside, Lancashire, England, 1734 – 1802, Kendal, Westmorland, England), Lady Willoughby de Broke, 1779-1781, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 1/4 inches, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust. 2019.006.001 From the canvas of George Romney’s 1779–1781 portrait, Lady Willoughby de Broke, a woman ..read more
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Winter Wonderland
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
Winter-themed works from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection offer a journey to a winter wonderland. Andrew Wyeth, American (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1917 – 2009, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania), Snowflakes, circa 1966, watercolor on paper, 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Purchase, Tabriz Fund and Museum Purchase Plan of the NEA. 1971.009.001 The Arkansas Arts Center and Ballet Arkansas have a shared history that dates to 1974, when the Arkansas Arts Center’s dance classes became so popular, they formed a whole new department dedicated to ballet. T ..read more
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The Figure in Monumental Ceramic
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
Patti Warashina’s ceramic sculptures reflect diverse influences – an approach clearly on display in Coupling, on view at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Rooker Library Patti Warashina, American (Spokane, Washington, 1940 – ), Coupling, 1991, low-fire clay, underglaze acrylic, glaze, 93 x 67 1/2 x 24 inches, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Purchased with gifts from Art-In-Bloom / Forum 1993 and Edward R. Roberts, New York. 1992.073.a-.h. Artist Patti Warashina’s ceramic career has been ever evolving – in both form and scale. Her output ranges from wheel-thrown functional ve ..read more
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Arkansas Arts Center celebrates milestones in an unprecedented year
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
With the new building under construction in MacArthur Park, Arts Center continues to offer innovative and engaging programming The Arkansas Arts Center reached milestones in its building project while continuing to deliver vibrant and accessible programming in a year of historic transition and unexpected challenges, leaders announced at the September 21 virtual Annual Meeting. Little Rock Mayor Frank D. Scott, Jr. joined AAC Board of Trustees President Van Tilbury, AAC Foundation Chair Warren Stephens, Building Committee Chair Harriet Stephens, and Executive Director Victoria Ramirez in ..read more
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Enigmatic Creatures
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
Arkansas artist and 62nd Annual Delta Exhibition Grand Award winner Aaron Calvert’s ceramic figures are decorated with symbols of the things he can’t shake from his mind Aaron Calvert, Rocket Rabbit, 2020, stoneware, underglaze, gold ceramic enamel, 19 x 12 x 9 inches Artist Aaron Calvert’s brightly decorated ceramic figures sit on a shelf in his studio. The wild animals – bears, rabbits, ducks, fish, squirrels – are tucked tightly together.  “Because of the color and the imagery,” Calvert said, “they flatten out and you lose track of where one begins and the next one – and the last ..read more
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Arkansas Arts Center awarded federal IMLS grant
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
$203,000 grant will support care of Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection works The Arkansas Arts Center was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support the stewardship of the Arkansas Arts Center’s 14,000 works of international art. IMLS awarded the $203,032 grant to the Arkansas Arts Center to support the complete inventory of the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection as well as the rehousing of both two- and three-dimensional works to ensure their preservation. The Arkansas Arts Center was one of 109 institutions awarded grants by the competi ..read more
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Arkansas Arts Center collaborates with Arkansas PBS
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
Arts Center theater staff lend their skills to the small screen to create Blueberry’s Clubhouse The Arkansas Arts Center is partnering with Arkansas PBS to create Blueberry’s Clubhouse, an original series for young viewers and families airing on Arkansas PBS through August 14. The series follows Blueberry, a curious puppet guide to engaging and insightful activities for young Arkansans. Blueberry and friends explore the stories, animals and laughs found in The Natural State – including visits to the Museum of Discovery, Little Rock Zoo, Central Arkansas Library System, Arkansas State Par ..read more
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Arkansas Arts Center project boosts Little Rock economy
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
MacArthur Park construction work includes more than 50 Arkansas companies Daytime view from Crescent Drive of the Arkansas Arts Center’s new north entrance, featuring the 1937 Museum of Fine Arts Façade, and, above, a gathering space with views of downtown Little Rock. Image courtesy of Studio Gang and SCAPE. Construction on the new Arkansas Arts Center in MacArthur Park continues on schedule, despite the challenges posed by a global pandemic, boosting the Central Arkansas economy in a challenging time.   “During these uncertain and challenging times, this construction project is a r ..read more
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From the Juror
Arkansas Arts Center Blog
by mmahon
3y ago
Guest Juror Stefanie Fedor reflects on the works selected for the 62nd Annual Delta Exhibition Mildred West, Rooftop, Havana, 2019, photography 11 x 17 inches The world is a very different place today than it was when I was invited to jury the 62nd Annual Delta Exhibition back in 2019. When the time came to review the works submitted by the 348 artists with ties to Arkansas and the six surrounding states that comprise the Delta region, we were all only beginning to understand the personal, professional, and societal impacts of social distancing through a global pandemic. It is nec ..read more
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