Laura Allen has been named executive director of the South Arkansas Arts Center, the El Dorado organization's board of directors announced.
Allen, of El Dorado, will begin her new job Aug. 14.
She has been working as a writer and editor in El Dorado. She began working with The Diamond Agency after moving to El Dorado in 2009, launching Cloud 9, the in-flight magazine of SeaPort Airlines, in 2012 and the El Dorado Insider's Guide in 2013.
She is a 2001 graduate of Hendrix College with a degree in English and worked for the statewide monthly magazine At Home in Arkansas from 2000 to 2009, beginning as an editorial intern and becoming editor in 2003.
Allen, a native of Jonesboro, is a member of El Dorado Service League and has served on the Visual Arts Committee of the South Arkansas Arts Center.
State Desk on 08/11/2017