Nov. 17, 2023 Update: Natural State Recovery Centers, the site of the new mural, will host a mural dedication and open house on Friday, Dec. 1, beginning at 3 p.m. at 924 Main Street in Little Rock. “I am so…
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Study: Arkansas Arts & Culture Create $306.4M Economic Impact
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansans for the Arts, CACHE and the Arkansas Arts Council recently revealed the state of Arkansas’ nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $306.4 million in economic activity in 2022. That economic activity – $202.1 million in spending by nonprofit arts and…
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Walton Arts Center Names New VP and Director of Programming
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Walton Arts Center has promoted Jennifer Ross from director of programming to vice president of programming for the nonprofit performing arts center in Fayetteville, officials announced. Curt Owens will take over as the center’s new director of programming. …
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ASBTDC, Arts Council to Host Business Conference for Artists Nov. 10 (Postponed)
As of 9:16 a.m. on Tuesday Nov. 09, 2021, this event has been postponed. We will update as more information becomes available. The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, based at UA Little Rock, will hold a one-day conference…
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Ark. Arts Council, National Endowment for Arts Host Poetry Competition with Cash Prizes
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of Arkansas Heritage, has partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation to encourage students to learn poetry and develop real-world skills. Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a free, high…
Next week, the Arkansas Arts Council – where I’ve been proud to serve as director for almost three years now will convene its biennial Artlinks conference in downtown Fayetteville. The conference, opening October 6 at the newly (and quite stylishly)…
Johnelle Hunt is one of this year’s recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards. Johnelle, along with her late husband, J.B. Hunt, founded J.B. Hunt Transport, from which they generously support arts organizations and numerous nonprofits in Northwest Arkansas to…
The very thing I got in trouble for at school, I turned into a career,” laughs Reese Rowland, FAIA, principal with Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects. He is also one of six 2017 Arkansas Governor’s Art Award recipients. How does Rowland…
The arts are a major economic driver, and the Arkansas Arts Council and other organizations are helping local arts entrepreneurs with business skills to ensure their success. Top photo: Robert Bean at an opening reception for an exhibition he curated…