JUNE 1
Art and Culinary Festival - Celebration of the arts in all forms, including special culinary events, visual art shows, live music performances, children’s activities, film workshops and chef demonstrations. June 1-30 in Bentonville. Schedule of events at downtownbentonville.org.
JUNE 5 Commas - Exhibit by Sam King, featuring digital photographs strung in a series to form stop motion videos, drawings and paintings in loosely built layers, and improvised melodies, cut apart and stacked together. On display June 5-28 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. Reception 6-8 p.m. June 13. 751-5441 or artscenteroftheozarks.org.
Ozark Photographic Challenge - Exhibition of the 14 category winners in the challenge, a yearly competition open to any photographer. On display June 5-28 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale.
Reception 6-8 p.m. June 13. 751-5441 or artscenteroftheozarks.org.
JUNE 6 First Thursday - Featuring visual artists, live music, street performers & children’s activities June 6 in downtown Fayetteville.
firstthursdayfayetteville.com.
Women Take Flight - A national juried art exhibition around the theme “Women Take Flight”in recognition of the 2013 Air Race Classic, an annual women’s air race.
The 2013 race will be held June 18-21, staring in Pasco, Wash., and ending in Fayetteville. Opening reception 5 p.m. June 6 at Fayetteville Underground. Exhibit on display through June 29. fayettevilleunderground.com.
JUNE 7 First Friday - Art Walk, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. June 7 and also June 8 in downtown Bentonville. downtownbentonville.org.
Bentonville Community Create - A public art project where the community is invited to join in creating a “living art canvas” which will be created entirely from live plants, hosted by the Art=Story Team of NWA, 5-8 p.m. June 7 during Bentonville First Friday. facebook.com/artstorynwa.
JUNE 8 Paper Arts Children’s Workshop - Two concurrent workshops offered, one for ages 6-9 and one for ages 10-12, 1-5 p.m. June 8 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. $40. crystalbridges.org.
Land Art Teen Workshop - Learn about the land art movement. 1-5 p.m. June 8 at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. $40 crystalbridges.org.
JUNE 9 Grand Reopening - For Eureka Springs Historical Museum, 3-6 p.m. June 9. 253-9417.
JUNE 15 Looking Closely at Will Barnet Paintings - An art talk led by educator Casey Goldman discussing Will Barnet’s influences from old and modern masters, 3:30-4:15 p.m. June 15 at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Free. crystalbridges.org.
JUNE 16 East Terrace Arts - Make artistic sun prints outdoors on the East Terrace while listening to the musical sounds of Sun Boxes, an installation of sound art created by Artosphere artist Craig Colorusso. 1-3 p.m. June 16 at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Free. sun-boxes.com or crystalbridges.org.
JUNE 17 Call for Works - For the River Valley Invitational, hosted by the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Submit images in any media focusing on the natural beauty of Arkansas.
Submission deadline is June 17 and exhibition dates are July 18 to Sept. 1. 784-2787.
JUNE 19 Plein-Air Oil Painting Studio Studies Series - With art instructor Deirdre West, 6-8 p.m. June 19 and 26 and July 3 and 10 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. crystalbridges.org.
JUNE 20 Around the Bloc - Featuring downtown Bentonville merchants, art tours, culinary delights, retail experiences and artist alleyway, third Thursday of the month from June through October. June 20 in downtown Bentonville. downtownbentonville.org.
JUNE 24 Outdoor Talk - Shaping the Land Through Open Engagement, led by director of facilities and grounds Scott Eccleston and trails and grounds manager Clay Bakker, noon-1 p.m. June 24 at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Free. crystalbridges.org.
JUNE 27 Views on Preserving 100-year-old Works on Paper - Art talk led by assistant registrar of collections Jennifer De Martino about the preservation and exhibition rotation process for 100-year-old works on paper in Crystal Bridges’ collection, 1-1:45 p.m. June 27 at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Free. crystalbridges.org.
JUNE 8
Artist Reception - For Marina Bolchakova, featuring original paintings by the artist who is a former member of the Bolshoi Ballet Company, 6-9 p.m. June 8 at ARTifacts at 37 Spring St. in Eureka Springs. 363-6660 or artifactseureka.com.
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Artist Reception - For Jan Ironside, 6-8 Artist Reception - For Drew Gentle, p.m. June 7 at Norberta Philbrook Gallery, 5:30-8 p.m. June 20 at Norberta Philbrook 114 W. Central Ave. in Bentonville. 876-8134 Gallery in Bentonville. 876-8134 or norberor norbertaphilbrookgallery.com. taphilbrookgallery.com.
ALL MONTH Heartwood Gallery - Featuring paintings by Ellyn Proctor and other art by local artists, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, 428 S. Government Ave. in Fayetteville. 444-0888.
JUNE 29 Art of Life Styles series, features art by Life Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-Cen- Styles artists throughout June at Onyx in tury American Art - Exhibit explores the Springdale. lifestylesinc.org.
many ways artists portrayed young girls “Images of the South” - A traveling and includes 72 masterworks. On display exhibition by Arkansas Art Center that June 29 to Sept. 30 at Crystal Bridges features art from Arkansas and the imme-Museum in Bentonville. $5 per person for diate region, on display through June at adults, free for members and sponsored the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith.
admission for youth ages 18 and younger. 788-7300.
Reserve tickets at Guest Services or online “Wherever You Go, There You Are” - at crystalbridges.org. Exhibit of watercolors and prints by Daniel Curator Lecture - For “Angels & Kerlin, on display through the end of June Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-Century Amer- at Mullins Library at the University of ican Art,” led by exhibit curator Holly Arkansas in Fayetteville. 575-2962.
Connor, 4-5 p.m. June 29 at Crystal Bridges “High Fiber: Women to Watch 2013” - Museum in Bentonville. $10 for nonmem- Exhibit open to public through July 7, Fort bers and free for members. crystalbridges. Smith Regional Art Museum. 784-2787 or org. fsram.org.
Bookbinding for Artists: An Exploration Bridging the Past, Present and Future: of Structure - A weekend intensive work- Recent Works by Sandra Ramos - Exhibit shop, led by Little Mountain Bindery owner featuring prints, video and objects created Lesha Shaver, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29-30 by Cuban artist Sandra Ramos. On display at Crystal Bridges Museum in Benton- through July 7 at Fort Smith Regional Art ville. $120 for two days. Register at Guest Museum. 784-2787 or fsram.org.
Services or online at crystalbridges.org. “American Encounters: Genre Painting and Everyday Life” - Exhibition of five ANY DATE IN JUNE paintings including works by American “Famous Inspirations” - Part of the 2013 painters George Caleb Bingham, Eastman
JUNE 18 Artist Reception - For painter Jack Miller, 6-8 p.m. June 18 in Bentonville. Miller is also the featured artist for June at the Pressroom, 121 W. Central Ave. in Bentonville. 876-8134 or norbertaphilbrookgallery.
com.
ALL MONTH Denise Ryan - Paintings on display throughout June at the Stone House, 89 S. Main St. in Eureka Springs 363-6411 or eurekastonehouse.com.
Johnson and Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, which are exhibited alongside two paintings from the Louvre that present the Dutch and English schools which helped to inspire American genre artists, through Aug. 12 at Crystal Bridges Museum. crystalbridges.
org.
Their Story, Our Story - An exhibit on the Lewis and Rebecca Reed family of Springdale and the value of an “everyday” family’s history, through Aug. 17 at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale.
750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org.
Canned Gold - A photo exhibit on the history of canning in the Arkansas Ozarks, from community canneries to industrial plants, through Dec. 14 at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org.
Wishing Spring Gallery - Featuring works by members of the Village Art Club, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday in Bella Vista. 273-1798.
To submit an event for next month’s Art OverView calendar, which will appear on June 28, email it to Ashley Batchelor at [email protected] no later than June 18. The calendar runs on the last Friday of each month. Any submitted art images need to be high-resolution, please.
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