Art

The well known and respected M2 Art Gallery is on the move to South Main, leaving their original west Little Rock home of more than 11 years. The new location will be on the corner of 13th and Main, a block that has been receiving a ton love lately with …

This Friday marks a new installment of the Thea Foundation’s Art Department series featuring local artist Michael Shaeffer. Catch the opening reception from 6 – 9 p.m. at the foundation’s gallery in Argenta. For $10 at the door you get heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine, and the chance to …

Dani Ives is a different type of painter in that she doesn’t use paint at all. Instead her unique “Wool Painting” style offers an unexpected twist on a well-known medium. Ives is a native Arkansan who hails from Mountain Home before moving to Springfield, Missouri for college. She notes that …

Saline County is not typically the first place that comes to mind when looking for a growing local artisan scene. The Little Rock suburbs quickly fell behind the resurgence of local art and food that has taken place over the past decade, instead being a hub for chain restaurants and …

The Arkansas Arts Center’s annual Delta Exhibition, which features some of the state and surrounding region’s best artist, begins Friday June 10 – August 28. “Each year Delta garners a lot of excitement because it provides Arkansas Arts Center patrons with the opportunity to experience the region’s talented contemporary artists,” said …

You can’t miss the new storefront on 1218 Main Street that Electric Ghost Screen Printing is proud to call home. From the street, you’ll notice the many windows sporting varying levels of hanging plants, plus the neon sign mounted on the far wall with the company logo is bound to …

With coffee cup in hand, Brandon Markin sits thoughtfully at Mugs Café, a film camera to his left and small notebook to his right. The Arkadelphia native is likely to engage you in a philosophical conversation about film, aesthetics, and story telling, if you let him. Throughout his life, Markin …

The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is next in line to host the Kinsey Collection, an enormous display of art made by black Americans during key points in this country’s history, which has been on tour since 2007 and was curated by Bernard and Shirley Kinsey. The opening reception will be …

Local artist Robert Bean can’t particularly pinpoint when he first started exploring his creativity, but he has plenty of quirky anecdotes. For instance, he says, “When I was pretty young, [my parents] were painting the house and I had a little pedal car that I was in. I decided, well, …