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'Leap of the imagination' The JBU Gallery has been blossoming since 2004, in the shadows of the construction of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the region's growing creative economy.

By Jeff Mores

Posted: September 8, 2009 at 7:03 a.m.

Charles Fowler The opening reception for artist Michael Nichols' 'Figures in Flux' at John Brown University in Siloam Springs on Sept. 1 quickly filled up with faculty and students.

From the growth of the annual Bentonville ArtWalk to the continued success and rumored expansion of the Walton Arts Center, the arts are certainly alive and well in northwest Arkansas.

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