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 have 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:
• Artists’ Workshop Gallery,
610 A Central Ave. — The featured artists for November are Marlene Gremillion and Jerry Matusky.
Gremillion, a native Arkansan residing in Hot Springs Village, enjoys nature, especially flowers as seen in her feature artist display “Flowers and Teapots.” She enjoys working with color, especially watercolor and mixed media, and her new passion, polymer clay. She organized the only Polymer Clay Guild in Arkansas.
“Creating with my hands has been an important part of my life keeping me grounded, and happy,” she said.
Gremillion especially enjoys teaching others art and its importance in life. She is a registered instructor with the “Arts on Tour” with the Arkansas Arts Council and has taught all over Arkansas and other nearby states.
Gremillion is a signature member of Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Louisiana Watercolor Society and Arkansas Pastel Society. She is a member of the International Society of Experimental Artists and The International Polymer Clay Association. Her works can be viewed at Artists Workshop Gallery, Ouachita Artists Gallery in Mount Ida, Butler Center Gallery in Little Rock and Backwoods Gallery in El Dorado or visit her website at http://www.marlenegremillion.com.
As a lifelong fan of classic science fiction, Matusky was inspired by the writers and filmmakers who opened the door of imagination to the possibilities of the cosmos. And as Matusky notes, “With the launch of NASA’s space probes, they captured images of our nearest neighbors, and the Hubble deep space telescope that peered out into the depths of the universe, the possibilities seemed endless.”
Working with oil paint on canvas, he shares his vision of the world beyond. A self-taught artist, Matusky began his art career four years ago after retiring from the culinary arts on the Las Vegas Strip. Earlier, Matusky majored in oceanography at Long Beach State College and was an abalone diver for two years. He completed his degree at Rancho Cucamonga Community College, majoring in computer science and math. He relocated to the Hot Springs area in
2014 to be near his brother, Dave, and lives in Mountain Pine.
The featured miniature artists for November are Jan Briggs and Linda Shearer. Live music will be by Mike Bearden.
Artists’ Workshop Gallery open Monday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
• Brickhouse Grill, 801 Central Ave. — Jan Sullivan Booker, who goes by the artist name of JSully, will present her “Too Cool” series at Brickhouse Grill for this month’s Gallery Walk. Celebrity portraits in this series include Steve McQueen, Madonna, Janis Joplin, David Bowie, and others.
• Justus Fine Art Gallery, 827 A Central Ave. — The November exhibit at Justus Fine Art Gallery will feature a solo exhibit of paintings and monoprints by Tony Saladino. Sculpture and woodwork by Robyn Horn, Jill Kyong, Sandra Sell, and Gene Sparling will also be on display, along with ceramics by Kari Albright and Michael Ashley.
The show will open with a reception from 5-9 p.m. Friday in conjunction with the monthly Gallery Walk in downtown Hot Springs. The exhibit will be on display Friday through Dec. 1.
For more information, call 501321-2335 or visit online at http:// www.justusfineart.com.
• The Landmark Building, 201 Market St. — “Como Square Then & Now” and “Art of Historic Hot Springs” are open Friday. At 6:30 p.m., Hot Springs songbird, Sylvia Stems, will give a concert bringing listeners back to the sultry sounds of Hotel Como’s Rooftop Dance Garden.
“Como Square Then & Now” features photographs researched from Garland County Historical Society and Catherine Thornton’s oil paintings. “Art of Historic Hot Springs” showcases artwork from local artists and Hot Springs National Park’s Artist-in-Residence program. Exhibits are designed and curated by Donna Dunnahoe and sponsors include HSU-Hot Springs Academic Initiatives, Garland County Historical Society, Hot Springs National Park, Morris Foundation, Munro Foundation, and Hot Springs Village Lifelong Learners Institute.
At 1:30 p.m. Nov. 18, a presentation will be given by Roxanne Butterfield, president of Friends of the Hot Springs National Park, and Maggi Daly, national park interpreter, about the 2019 Artist-in-Residence Program and the Ozark Cultural Center. A guided tour of the Artists in Residence artwork showing at the Landmark will be given after the presentation. The Landmark Building gallery is open during the week, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Legacy Fine Art Gallery, 802B Central Ave. — Legacy Fine Art Gallery welcomes back dynamic artistic duo Lisa and D. Arthur Wilson for their “Welcome Home” exhibit premiering Friday.
Unveiling new and original paintings and bronze sculptures, Lisa and D. Arthur Wilson will be at the gallery for the artist reception from 7-9 p.m., where they will also share a brief synopsis of current adventures as well as projects on the horizon.
The Wilsons were longtime resident artists of Hot Springs until
2010 when their careers took them to Key West, Fla., and throughout the country, adding collectors nationally and abroad.
Call the gallery at 501-762-0840 for more information.
• Linda Williams Palmer Studio, 800-B Central Ave. — The traveling exhibit, “Arkansas Champion Trees,” is back home and residing at Linda Williams Palmer Studio.
Palmer’s colored pencil Champion Trees have been exhibited throughout Arkansas for five years in over 25 venues. She is opening her studio for Gallery Walk on Friday and Dec. 7 from 5-8 p.m.
The traveling exhibit and new work will be on display. Signed copies of her coffee table book, “The Champion Trees of Arkansas — An Artist’s Journey,” will be available. The cloth bound book has 67 full color images.
The studio is open by appointment; call 501-620-3063.