Hot Springs Gallery Walk
The monthly Hot Springs Gallery Walk, 5-9 p.m. Friday, will showcase works of art created by local and visiting artists.
Featured artists are often present to discuss their pieces and guests will get the opportunity to see a wide range of fine art.
The free first Friday event and opening receptions are open to the public at the following galleries
• American Art Gallery, 724 Central Ave. — The gallery will feature horsetail hair pottery by Valerie Hanks-Goetz and “Spring,” acrylic wall art by Jimmy Leach.
Hanks-Goetz will demonstrate pine needle basket weaving from 5-8 p.m. and Leach will continue his wall art exhibit. Also featured during Gallery Walk will be Arkansas scenes in pastel by Patricia Bailey, southwest gourds by Rick Carter, woodturnings by Virgil Barksdale, southwest jewelry by various artists, and art by Thomas Kinkade in Gallery II.
• Artists’ Workshop Gallery,
610-A Central Ave. — The June featured artists are Nina Louton and Tom Seaman.
A native Arkansan and born the ninth of 10 children on a farm near Denby Point, now under Lake Ouachita, Louton began studying art with her mother, focusing on paper, clay, cloth, wax and gourd art, and doing clothing design and gardening.
Louton has a B.S.E. and master’s degree from Henderson State University. She believes that art is a gateway to academic achievement, a news release said.
“I often allow the subject to dictate the way I paint; I love to express my feelings with color, light, shape and shading, and to allow the flow of life with its excitement, enjoyment and pain. Building pottery satisfies something special for me — opening the kiln on a set of new glazed pottery is beyond exhilarating,” she said.
Louton works, judges, and accepts commissions in all mediums.
Seaman’s art reflects the diversity of his experience. Growing up on the south side of Chicago, he nurtured a deep appreciation for art, architecture and the inner city, longing for escape and natural beauty. He left a Ph.D. program in research psychology after completing his master’s degree to pursue a business career that led to management positions in information technology and manufacturing. He has worked alongside immigrants at a meatpacking plant, studied human and animal subjects in a psychological laboratory, and advised top management in corporate boardrooms in the U.S. and Europe.
His June 2018 exhibit will feature varied subjects, evoking a range of moods from the excitement of bustling cityscapes to the tranquillity of his captivating underwater scenes. His depiction of people in everyday settings often reminds viewers of their own life experience. His recent works celebrate the natural beauty of Arkansas.
The featured miniature artists for June are Marlene Gremillion and Louton.
Artists’ Workshop Gallery is open Monday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
• Brickhouse Grill, 801 Central Ave. — Artist Jan Sullivan Booker, who goes by the name JSully, will be present on the patio of the restaurant for Gallery Walk to discuss her art and the possibility of commissioned pieces of favorite celebrities, beloved pets or a special guardian angel. Her art will be on display on the patio during Gallery Walk and is on permanent display throughout the restaurant.
• The Circle Gallery at Emergent Arts, 341-A Whittington Ave. — The gallery will feature its new exhibit, “The V Show Subtle and Explicit Female Imagery.” The exhibit will be on display through June 16.
“The V Show” is a group exhibition, co-curated by Emergent Arts and Angie Ezekiel, also known as Sylvia Stems, cabaret singer. Thirty local artists are exhibiting positive works of art that highlight the female form. The exhibit is a reclamation of the vocabulary associated with female genitalia and a celebration of the image of the feminine.
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The opening reception will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday. Regular gallery hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
• Gallery Central, 800 Central Ave. — The gallery will feature new paintings by Jacqueline Ellens, Charles Guess, Charles Harrington, Janice Higdon, Holly Tilley, Polly Cook, Sandy Newberg, Laura Scott and Amy Hill-Imler. Claude Lambert, Hot Springs knife maker, will be in the gallery with a large assortment of hand forged knives. The summer collection of Houston Llew, “Spiritiles,” has also arrived.
• Justus Fine Art Gallery,
827-A Central Ave. — The June exhibit at Justus Fine Art Gallery, entitled “Warming Trends,” will feature new paintings by Dolores Justus, along with figurative works by Laura Raborn, new abstract pieces by Gerri Much, and paintings by Dustyn Bork and Rebecca Thompson. A selection of wood sculptures by Robyn Horn, Sandra Sell, and Jill Kyong will be on display, along with turned wood vessels by Gene Sparling. Cyanotype photographs by Beverly Buys, which capture the textures of the Delta with beautiful spareness, will also be included.
Owned by artist Justus, Justus Fine Art Gallery offers a wide range of original art including sculpture, paintings, ceramics, photography, and more by recognized artists. Opening receptions are held in conjunction with the Hot Springs Gallery Walk held from 5-9 p.m. the first Friday of every month
Regular gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, or by appointment. Call 321-2335 for more information.
• Landmark Building, 201 Market St. — “Teachers Are Artists Too!”, an art exhibit showcasing artwork created by Henderson State University, National Park College, and the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts past and current art instructors, opens Friday at the Landmark Building. The exhibit will run through Aug. 24 and is open Monday-Thursday, 8 30
a.m.-4 30 p.m., Friday, 8 3 0
a.m.-2 30 p.m., and from 5-8 p.m. during Gallery Walk.
Sponsors for the exhibit include Henderson State University-Hot Springs Academic Initiatives, National Park College, and Hot Springs Village Life Long Learning Institute.
This exhibit showcases paintings, drawings, hand prints, photography, pottery and sculptures from 14 instructors Beverly Buys, Aaron Calvert, Hugh Dunnahoe, Margo Duvall, Thad Flenniken, Jim Larkin, Jennifer Seward, Gary Simmons, Richard Stephens, Katherine Strause, Lana Taliaferro, David Warren, Brad Wreyford and Long Hua Xu.
Call 501-625-3837 for more information.
• Legacy Fine Art Gallery,
802-B Central Ave. — The gallery will be open for Gallery Walk and will extend the special gallery show for the students of Carole Katchen.
• Whittington Gallery and Studios, 307 Whittington Ave. — The gallery will be giving away a beautiful wooden bowl created by artist Tom Boardman during Gallery Walk. A name will be drawn at 8 p.m. Also featured will be music by The Tone Chasers, art, food and drinks.