Spotlight

Graphite works by international artist shine a light on mental health issues

November 16, 2023 at 1:00 a.m.

by April Wallace

While photography is a huge inspiration for Italian artist Giuditta R, her work goes beyond reality to capture the psychological side that photography does not always portray. The graphite artworks are cinematographic but have the absence of some parts — symbolic of entering a new dimension. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/April Wallace)

All who dared enter Mano's, a venue on Emma Avenue in Springdale, at Halloween found a haunting and reflective experience inside.

It wasn't any sort of traditional spooky event, rather an art exhibition cloaked in darkness.