That’s what a group of eight artists discovered in Northwest Arkansas through the Artists 360 program. M-AAA’s Artists 360 program helps artists succeed by teaching entrepreneurial skills, giving one-on-one coaching sessions, and more. These artists took those lessons and fueled their practice, their arts businesses, and their connections in their communities. 

Artists 360 alumni Stephanie Payton, Sabine Schmidt, Briseida Ochoa “Brioch”, Sky Maggiore, Christian Gerard, Sophia Ordaz, Tomoko Kashiwagi, and Er-Gene Kahng opted to join forces to create an exhibition featuring their Artists 360 projects. This showcase brings their diverse projects to the forefront, celebrating the impact of the program on their artistic journeys and highlighting the transformative power of Artists 360 beyond its grant period.

Organized independently by the artists, led by the initiative of Stephanie Payton, artist, and Arts On Main ceramics studio manager, the exhibition provides a glimpse into the thriving artistic talent of Northwestern Arkansas and the River Valley. Their exhibition opens January 12 at the Arts On Main gallery located in Van Buren, Arkansas.

https://artsonmainvb.com/

https://www.maaa.org/artists-360-alumni-join-forces/

Celebrating Northwest Arkansas Visual Artists

EXHIBITION DATES: Sept. 1 – Oct. 29, 2023

EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, Sept. 1, 6pm

ABOUT:

Walton Arts Center’s third regional art exhibition featuring works from visual artists of every medium around the Northwest Arkansas Region. This exhibition began with an open call to all self-identifying artists. Local artist and Curator Kathy Thompson directs this project with input from Thomas DeBari & Jason Smith.  

Live performance - Cyanotype

The Big Free Picture is a multi-disciplinary portrait of a working-class family swept up in the excitement of Northwest Arkansas’s growth. A humorous, yet complex moment of truth is captured in this unique family photo taken at the local Ramada Inn.

Using photography, storytelling, song, video and performance, this installation wrestles with the nature of living across the tracks from the American dream. Through the deconstruction and reconstruction of the portrait, Rumwolf explores assorted histories and possible futures tied to both his story and to the story of the region. The audience is invited to listen to the score, read the short story behind the family photo, and join the artist in a series of live activations throughout the exhibition.

Free, no tickets required.
The Big Free Picture is organized and curated by Cynthia Post Hunt, Curator of Performance

@lehuntnouveau @bigfreepicture @themomentary @h_o_s_w_a_y @lauashl_1 @labyrinthian8 @brioch17

Group Show

Trinity Kai, Mark Schmidt, Brioch Ochoa

Reception

July 13, 5 PM - 8 PM

https://communitycreativecenter.org/mccoy-gallery/

AN EXHIBITION DIVIDED

THE MEDIUM, 214 Main Street, Springdale, AR

CURATED BY AMY TERRY

VIVID CONNECTIONS

121 N. Main Street, Springdale, AR

CURATED BY SARAH TURNER

Springdale, Ark. — CACHE and Shiloh Museum of Ozark History today announce the opening of Ozark Home, Beyond the Frame, a joint exhibition organized by Northwest Arkansas natives Samantha Sigmon, Cory Perry, Deena R. Owens, and Dana Holroyd. Ozark Home will be on view at both The Medium and Shiloh Museum.

Both venues will hold a reception will be held on May 13. Shiloh Museum’s reception will be from 3-5 p.m. and—coinciding with the public reception for Soft Power: Intersections of Belonging and Public Space—at The Medium from 6-8 p.m. Soft Power contributing artist and musician Kalyn Fay Barnoski will perform at The Medium. Food will be provided by Arsaga’s and Ozark Beer Company will provide a cash bar. 

https://cachecreate.org/ozark-home-beyond-the-frame-brings-together-northwest-arkansas-creative-forces-across-several-springdale-venues/

Four Latinx artists from Northwest Arkansas, collaborate on this project to create 16 original works of art and one art installation. Each artist produces four works, using their skills to produce a collective installation that embodies the exhibition's overall theme. 

Goal 14 “ Water for Life” Create conscience about water contamination and damage caused by the excessive use and bad management of plastics through an art exhibition.  The project will draw attention to our symbiotic relationship with water elevating the understanding of its function, and fragility by exposing the destruction wreaked by plastics and what we can do about it. 

https://goal14nwa.com/

Titled Natural Beings, MIXD Gallery’s second drop considers the symbiotic relationship between an organism and its habitat. In a survey of traditional landscapes and portraiture, the collection of works captures the porous boundaries between humanity and our natural surroundings. Natural Beings is a celebration of the diverse figural representation in dialogue with real and imagined environments, inviting viewers to assess how one subject may influence the other.

About the Exhibition

Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel property. Elevate provides hotel guests with unique access to the work of notable regional artists, while featuring their work in the context of 21c’s contemporary art space. To view these works, please stop by the front desk to arrange access to the vitrines on guest room floors.

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas. - Art Ventures presents Goal 14, Water for Life, an exhibition on view at the Art Ventures Gallery from September 1 - October 30, 2022. This exhibition features four Latinx artists: Lourdes Valverde, David Gómez, Briseida Ochoa, and Dexta Rodríguez.

The name of the exhibition is taken from the landmark document compiled by the United Nations, Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Goal 14, Water for Life focuses on our necessary, symbiotic relationship with water and the unsustainable practices and plastics contamination that greatly threaten that relationship.

Opening Night

Celebrate the opening of our new show with a night of socializing and artist talks. September 1st.

Perspectivas Exhibit, showcasing the art of Lourdes Valverde and Briseida “Brioch”

Celebrate the opening of our new show with a night of socializing and artist talk.

August 19, 2022

Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food

Group show

@brioch17

@chole.walch

@goochdoods

@davidgomez_art

@angiegomez_art

801 SE 8th St #71, Bentonville, AR 72712

Maletas Migrantes

Es un espacio de exploración plástica que visualiza las contradicciones y las pertenencias, las negociaciones y los diálogos que presuponen los tránsitos geográficos y emocionales que experimenta el migrante, inmigrante y transmigrante.

Bajo la premisa de que todos somos, fuimos o seremos personas en tránsitos cartográficos, psicológicos o históricos, ‘Maletas migrantes’ invita al espectador a aproximarse a las maletas que 48 artistas contemporáneos trabajaron a partir de diferentes premisas, con técnicas y estrategias visuales muy diversas, utilizando lenguajes que se entrecruzan, se confrontan y se complementan, para aportar una serie de perspectivas y visiones en torno al complejo tema de la migración.

La inauguración de la muestra se llevó a cabo de manera virtual el 2 de junio, sin embargo, los visitantes podrán apreciarla en vivo, en el museo MUREF, verano 2021.

Link Virtual Exhibition https://online.fliphtml5.com/zcbhj/yjny/#p=1

More inf. https://muref.org/