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In honor of Valentine’s Day, Heartwood Gallery will present an “Art From the Heart” open house from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the gallery, 428 Government St. in Fayetteville. The event will feature champagne, chocolate, art and live music. Information: 444-0888.

BREAKS YOUR HEART

Lightning Ridge Studio will host its 11th “Breaks Your Heart Imperfections” art sale and open studio from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 363 Lightning Ridge Road in Eureka Springs. In addition to the seconds, potter Karen Foster will have her smoke-fired pots and small clay hearts on display, as well as new 2010 coffee cups with ribbon handles.

There will be refreshments. Information: 253-7310.

COLD WEATHER DISCOUNTS

Four Square Fine Art in Fayetteville is hosting a “Bag the Winter Blahs Sale” and show on Feb. 19 and 20. Prints and photographs will be 10 percent off and paintings will be 20 percent off. The gallery is located at 3996 Frontage Road, Suite 2. Information: 422-8607.

GALLERY RESTRUCTURE

Downtown Fayetteville’s ddp gallery will no longer be keeping regular business hours. The gallery space, which has been showing works by local and national visual artists since October of 2006, will transition from retail sales to art dealing and special events. Gallery owner and longtime area arts advocate Dede Peters will collaborate with regional art groups and nonprofits for special events, like a spring exhibition during the Walton Arts Center’s Artosphere event and a photography exhibit during the Society of Photographic Education SouthCentral region convention in the fall. Information http://ddpgallery.com or 442-0001.

ART EXPERIENCE 2010

The Walnut Farm Montessori School in Bentonville will be hosting its annual Art Experience fundraiser, this year themed “Go Green ... For Good,” at 6 p.m. March 13 on the ninth floor of the Bentonville Plaza Building.

Various works of art, primarily from local artists, will be for sale in silent and live auctions, as artist collections and in a green expo. Pre-sale tickets are available for $60 per person and include wine and beer, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment. Information: www.walnutfarmartexperience.com.

ART TO GO GALLERIES

ANNE KITTRELL ART GALLERY on the fourth floor of the Arkansas Union on the University of Arkansas campus (575-5255): “Headliners,” photographs by Scott Flanagin taken during concerts held at the University of Arkansas, through today.

ARTS CENTER OF THE OZARKS at 214 S. Main St. in Springdale (751-5441): “Panache,” works by the Professional Arts Network, and photographs by the Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas, through Feb. 26.

CENTER FOR ART & EDUCATION STUDIO GALLERY at 104 N. 13th St. in Van Buren (474-7767): “Meeting Strangers,” works by Basil Seymour-Davies and Robert Andes, through Feb. 26.

COMMON GROUNDS GOURMET ESPRESSO BAR at 412 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville (442-3515): Works by Jan Gosnell, Katharine Tully and Alli Woods, through March 31.

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART AT THE MASSEY at 125 W. Central Ave. in Bentonville (418-5700): “Heroes of Horticulture,” a photography collection of threatened heritage landscapes, through March 21.

FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY at 401 W. Mountain St. in Fayetteville (856-7000): “The New School Art Mentorship Student Exhibition,” works by Leilani Law’s art students at The New School, through Monday. The works will be on display in the fi rst fl oor children’s area and story time room.

FAYETTEVILLE UNDERGROUND in the basement of the East Square Plaza building, 1 E. Center St. in Fayetteville (387-1534 or www.fayettevilleunderground.com): “Strangers and Not So Strange,” intimate portraits by photographer Craig Earl Nelson, and “Habitats,” environmental portraits by photographer Kat Wilson, through Feb. 27.

FOUR SQUARE FINE ART GALLERY at 3996 Frontage Road Suite 2 in Fayetteville (422-8607): Paintings by Joanne Jones, through February.

HEARTWOOD GALLERY at 428 S. Government Ave. in Fayetteville (444-0888): Ceramic mosaics by Vanessa Ryerse, in March; artist’s open house and art demonstrations from 5 to 8 p.m. March 4.

I.M. SPA at 25 N. Block Ave. in Fayetteville (251-7422 or 466-8294): “Wildflowers and Landscapes,”photography by Angela Peace, through March 15.

JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY at 2000 W. University St. in Siloam Springs (238-8561): “Perceptions of Being,” works exploring Native tribal identity and family by Tony Tiger and Bobby C. Martin, through Feb. 28.

JULIE WAIT DESIGNS GALLERY at 318 S. First St. in Rogers (631-8706): “From the Temperate to the Tropics: A Photographic Peregrination,” photography by Stephen Ironside, through Feb. 19. Abstract art by Mike Kious, from Feb. 22 through March 31; artist’s reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26.

OZARK NATURAL FOODS at 1554 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville (521-7558): “The Monastery Called Wilson Park,” black and white photographs of the Fayetteville park by Michael Hartsock, through February.

POOR RICHARD’S ART at 116 S. First St. in Rogers (636-0417): The local artists’ collective is highlighting the work of the 10 local jewelers it features, through February; patrons can meet the jewelers and watch demonstrations on Saturday. The gallery will also display student artwork at the Sixth Street Studio Student Art Show from 1 to 4 p.m Feb. 27.

SMITH-PENDERGRAFT CAMPUS CENTER at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, 5210 Grand Ave. in Fort Smith (788-7300): “Asia: A Contemporary Photographic Journey,” photography by Ray Wallace, provost and senior vice chancellor at UAFS, through March.

SUGAR University of Arkansas Student Gallery at 114 Central Ave. in Bentonville (236-1667): “Panache I: an Invitational Multimedia Exhibition,” featuring diverse works by UA students and alumni in cooperation with the Professional Arts Network, through Feb. 20.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FINE ARTS CENTER GALLERY in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences in Fayetteville (575-7987): “Un-Natural Histories,” paintings of invasive plant species by Fayetteville artist Kristin Musgnug through March 11.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS GLOBAL CAMPUS CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION LOBBY at 2 E. Center St. in Fayetteville (952-1165): More than 24 hand-sewn and machine-sewn quilts by members of the Son’s Chapel Quilters, through March; tools of the craft will also be on display.

WHITE LOTUS SALON at 4750 E. Mission Blvd. in Fayetteville (582-4806): Watercolors, collages and leaf pressingsby Catherine Brimberry, through February; artist’s reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 20.

ZARKS FINE DESIGN GALLERY at 67 Spring St. in Eureka Springs (253-2626): The Big Glass Event, a sale with discountsfrom 20 to 70 percent on experimental works and firsts and seconds from the Gartner-Blade Art Glass Studio, as well as bargains on selected pieces from other studios, from Saturday until they run out of glass.