Here are ten awesome things for you and your family to do all across Arkansas this month! 1. ‘Organic Matters: Arkansas Women to Watch’ Pine Bluff Through Jan. 21: The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas is the site for an exhibit featuring the works of four female Arkansas artists, “whose works recortextualize…
J.P. Bell has turned his lens to capture the mundane, the powerful and the extraordinary … and this talented artist calls northwest Arkansas home. Photography courtesy of J.P. Bell [dropcap]Sometimes[/dropcap] artists have a burning desire to create and share their passion and art with the world from a young age and pursue it relentlessly…
“You’re doing what?” I could only imagine the shocked reaction my family would have to my announcement that I was going to walk across Spain. It was October 2014, and I had finally decided to fulfill my long-held dream to walk the legendary Camino de Santiago. Also known as the Way of St. James, the…
Here are ten awesome things for you and your family to do all across Arkansas this month! 1. ‘Caroling in the Caverns’ Mountain View Through Dec. 20: The drive to Mountain View is well worth the beautiful sounds of Christmas carols echoing through Blanchard Springs Caverns. Each Friday, Saturday and Sunday before Christmas at 2:30,…
A well-known American product is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Photography by Sara Edwards Neal and courtesy of Daisy Airgun Museum [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] the Red Ryder BB gun, which occupies a lofty place in the pantheon of Christmas gifts. A testament to this iconic status can be seen in the 1983 movie, A Christmas Story, which…
It’s not uncommon to walk by the Ellen Hobgood Gallery and see her painting in the window, or even out on the sidewalk. Photography by Janet Warlick [dropcap]Kicking[/dropcap] off her shoes, Heber Springs artist and gallery owner, Ellen Hobgood routinely plants her bare feet firmly on the floor. Hobgood said this keeps her grounded,…
The story of Esperanza is the stuff fairy tales are made of. Photography by Cindy Momchilov and courtesy of Mike Botha [dropcap]Brooke[/dropcap] Oskarson and boyfriend Travis Dillon visited a friend in Ratcliff, Ark., this past June, and while driving home to Colorado, the two decided to try their hands at one of their hobbies:…
1. ‘Park’s Pants’ Little Rock Through Nov. 22: “Park’s Pants” is an exhibit featuring works by Nancy Nolan, one of Arkansas’ best-known photographers, and filmmaker Dave Anderson. For 20 years, Nolan has taken photographs of her prematurely born son Park in the same pair of his father’s jeans, recording his “physical, emotional and intellectual evolution.” Anderson’s…
The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group is investing in the arts. Photography courtesy of the artists [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Arkansas Capital Corporation Group (ACCG) has, since 1957, been in the business of helping business. “We are a nonprofit economic development and financing organization that helps with expansions and startups in Arkansas,” said Al Hodge, the company’s executive…
Two extraordinary people, Dean Duncan and Martha Johnson, died this year. He was a mentor. She was my mother-in-law. Few have had as much impact on my life as these two, and since Thanksgiving is coming up I thought I would offer a few words to express how grateful I am to have had the…
