ART

AMFA exhibitions

The exhibition schedule on the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, kicks off April 27-Oct. 13 with “The Naturalist” by Tricia Wright, a diptych (two-panel work) in 12-karat gold leaf on handmade blue pigmented cotton paper (left) and 22-karat gold leaf on handmade inexperienced pigmented cotton paper (proper).

The remainder of the lineup:

◼️ May 18-July 7: The 63rd Young Arkansas Artists exhibition, 65 works by Ok-12 college students, chosen by a panel of museum educators and school out of practically 400 submissions from 40 colleges throughout the state. A grand juror will choose one Best in Class and two Honorable Mention awards for every grade, together with one Mid-South Watercolorist Best in Show Watercolor Award. Some of the artworks shall be on show on the museum, with the total exhibition obtainable on-line.

◼️ June 28-Aug. 25: Delta Triennial exhibition, courting to the museum’s first such exhibition in 1958, that includes works by artists born in or at present working in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Jurors are Amy Kligman, government director, Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, Mo.; Alexis McGrigg, a former Delta Voices collaborating artist from Mississippi; and Takako Tanabe, founding director of Ulterior Gallery in New York.

◼️ July 13-Feb. 16: “A Particular Quality of Loss” by Karen Mahaffy, by which the artist turns the museum’s New Media Gallery into “a magical room from an unknown era,” in response to a information launch: “Through memory, Mahaffy reconstructs her childhood bedroom’s flowered wallpaper as a digital animation.”

◼️ July 23-April 20, 2025: “Studio Time + Studio Practice,” showcasing “how artists transform raw materials like clay, metal, glass, paper and a variety of other materials into compelling works of art,” in response to the information launch.

◼️ Sept. 27-Jan. 12: “The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art,” specializing in the inventive motion that emerged in Europe in the course of the late nineteenth century, by which “interiors were transformed to include opulent ensembles of furniture, glass, posters, decorative arts and other furnishings, all depicting luxurious elements found in nature,” in response to the information launch.

Visit arkmfa.org.

    The two panels of “The Naturalist” by Tricia Wright shall be on show April 27-Oct. 13 on the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
  

MUSIC

Composers competitors

The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, in partnership with the college music division and Hill Records, a student-run label and leisure mission, has opened a competitors for unique music to function the institute’s leitmotif. (That’s an related melodic phrase or determine that accompanies the reappearance of an thought, particular person or scenario.)

Deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. May 2, one per composer. Compositions should be unique and instrumental solely (no vocals), three to 4 minutes in size and adaptable to 10-second, 30-second and 1-minute variations. The tone “should be uplifting, catchy, forward-looking and reflect [the institute’s] mission and vision.” The composer should point out if synthetic intelligence was utilized in its creation.

Composers should be no less than 18 years previous; be a University of Arkansas pupil, school, employees or alumnus, or an Arkansas resident. Compositions should be full — i.e., CD distribution high quality (no demos), and in a .wav format. For directions on the right way to submit, e mail hillrec@uark.edu.

Submissions will bear a two-phase panel assessment, first on technical advantage and subsequently on inventive advantage, emotive qualities, creativity and tone. The successful submission will earn the composer a $1,000 money award and the chance to carry out the piece on the grand opening celebrations of the institute, Duncan Avenue and Dickson Street, later this 12 months.

A quick informational assembly is about for five:30-6 p.m. Thursday in Room 452-453 of the college’s Mullins Library or by way of Zoom.

THEATER

Student showcase

The School of Literary and Performing Arts on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will showcase pupil innovation within the 2024 Fringe Festival of New Student Work, with closing readings of unique works — primarily unique monologues and spoken phrase choices — generated by college students at school with playwright-in-residence Candrice Jones, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday April 17-18 within the Haislip Theatre, Center for Performing Arts, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 916-3291 or e mail slpa@ualr.edu.

ETC.

Cemetery sequence

The 2024 Mount Holly Garden Series, which meets at 9 a.m. the third Saturday morning, April by way of October, on the Bell House within the middle of Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock, opens Saturday with a chat by James Shelton, Arkansas Forestry Division, Baucum Nursery Manager, titled “Grafting in the Garden (roses, fruit trees, veggies, etc.).”

The remainder of the lineup:

◼️ May 18: “Butterflies and Bees,” Leslie Fowler Cooper, QuailForever

◼️ June 15: “Carnivore Plants (including Venus Fly Traps and Pitcher Plants),” Mark Gibson, Green Thumb Water Garden

◼️ July 20: “Gardening for the Birds,” Lauren Marshall

◼️ Aug. 17: “Unique Arkansas Native Plants (where and how they grow),” Arkansas Master Naturalist Lynn Foster

◼️ Sept. 21: “Rainbow of Colors — Iris of all Hues,” Master Gardener Susan Rose

Oct. 19: “Let’s Do Fall!!,” Ted Lewis, Floral Express.

◼️ The classes additionally embody espresso and door prizes. Admission is by steered $5 donation; proceeds profit the cemetery. Provide your personal garden chair. Call (501) 372-3372 or e mail mewtfrontporchlady@gmail.com.

    Tiffany & Company’s Ogden Goelet and James Gordon Bennett Cup, 1894, silver, shall be on show as a part of “The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art,” Sept. 27-Jan. 12 on the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Edward Pollard, courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art, © Tiffany & Company)
  

    “Ms. Woods,” 2022, pigment print on cloth with embroidery by Letitia Huckaby, is a part of the Delta Triennial, on show June 28-Aug. 25 on the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/courtesy of the artist and Talley Dunn Gallery)