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Tuesday, January 19, 2021Online Child Care Provider Training Offered for 2021
Attention, Early Childhood Professionals and Foster Families, if you provide care to young children and would like to learn more about research-based information on ways to educate and care for young children, you may be interested in training opportunities such as Best Care. Sometimes it’s a struggle to find quality resources that are close to home and affordable. The University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, in partnership with the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
Monday, January 04, 2021$20,000 Raised by the Crawford County Library Foundation, Without an In-Person Event
VAN BUREN, Ark. — How do you raise money when holding parties and galas is impossible? That was the dilemma the Crawford County Library Foundation (CCLF) faced in September, in the year of COVID-19. The foundation wanted to buy a 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan to serve the five county libraries. But how? The plan they came up with was called the No-Trip Road Trip, a fundraiser based on inaction. There would be no road trip, no event with live music, not even a song blasting on a car radio for an entire parking
Thursday, December 03, 2020Workshop: Plein Air Sculpture with Matt Meers
This workshop will be performed outside, weather permitting. We'll study the Plein Air painting techniques used by Monet, O’Keefe, and Sargent and apply those same techniques to a prepared slab of clay. Artist and collage instructor Matt Meers will demonstrate how to translate the observed landscape into a raised 3-D form, using shape, texture, light and shadow. Meers will provide individual instruction, advice, and tips on recreating your own unique perspective of the world into a high-relief
Thursday, December 03, 2020Workshop: Kintsugi with Kurt Caddy
Join Kurt Caddy for this workshop in which you'll learn about the history and the philosophy of the Japanese art of Kintsugi - the ancient art of healing the broken. You will explore the concepts of brokenness, mending, and beauty, and learn and practice the basic steps in a westernized adaptation. In a hands-on experience, you will apply what you've learned to create a Kintsugi pottery necklace.Use pottery supplied, orBring your own bowl or plate for Caddy to mend in the Kintsugi method to make your own
Thursday, December 03, 2020Workshop: Felting Fine Art with Sally Ball
Learn the age-old craft of felting from expert fibers artist Sally Ball. Ball takes her inspiration from nature, creating in a style that combines realism and abstraction. Her heavily layered works of fiber art often contain a variety of fibers sourced from around the world; include hand-spun yarns, as well as custom fiber blends and dyed wools and other fibers that Ball creates in her studio. You'll have full access to Ball’s luxurious fibers to create your own 15”x 15” felted artwork based on a personal
Thursday, December 03, 2020Workshop: Fabric Art with Teresa Schlabach and Michael Rowland
Work with professional artists Teresa Schlabach and Michael Rowland and explore a beautiful combination of painting, photography, sewing, and a dash of quilting techniques! You'll learn the skills and techniques of selecting colors and textures to create a beautifully composed landscape made of hand-dyed fabrics, threads, and painting.Bring your sewing machine.Bring 2 bobbins of black thread.Bring a sack lunch.Arrive a few minutes early to allow time to setup your sewing machine. This workshop is for age
Thursday, December 03, 2020Workshop: Still Life Painting with John P. Lasater IV
If your goal is to move from merely painting subjects to painting with more of an artists’ perception, this workshop will hopefully guide you into a new way of seeing, working with classical still life objects. John’s desire as an instructor is to challenge you and give you direction that will help guide your artistic progression. Objectives:Gain experience representing the qualities of light on various objects.Learn to make stronger and more compelling designs.Conquer apprehension with
Thursday, December 03, 2020Workshop: Excavated Collage with Peter Cullum
Peter Cullum will lead us on an exciting subconscious collage-making journey. Often, the hardest part in making art is to stop your mind from over-thinking your actions and thus destroying your internal sense of creativity and design. Unlearn critical habits and regain the fresh artistic instinct that we all had as a child. In this workshop, you'll explore the medium of collage through a spontaneous technique and cut free from our preconceived design ideas to uncover fresh compositions. Discover
Thursday, December 03, 2020EXHIBITION: Emerging Professionals
Opening Reception January 10, 2021 1 - 4 PMUAFS Capstone StudentsThe work of these capstone students represents the cumulation of their time as studio art majors at UAFS. They have been working through the artistic process that has introduced them to the discipline of working in a studio, creating original art based upon their idea of developing an art practice. It’s called a practice because it is something that is constantly changing as they change, and therefore requires close attention, reflection,
