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ART ON THE BRICKS

The June 8 Art on the Bricks art walk in downtown Rogers celebrates the founding of the city and highlights artists who share a sense of community through their art. Rogers was officially founded on June 6, 1881, and the city is celebrating Founders Day during the entire month of June.

Look for exhibitors in Railyard Park as well as in more than 20 businesses from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 8. Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory will host a Ghostbuster Day, with photo opportunities. The Zephyr Blevins Gallery at the Victory is also showing dog art by Karen Wagaman, Kinya Christian, Caity Church, Chuck Stout and two pieces from the McClure Collection by Kinya Christian and Amy Eichert.

There will be live music at the Artists of Northwest Arkansas Gallery.

Information: artonthebricks.com, arkansaspublictheatre.org.

CBCO

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, the sole supplier of blood, platelets and plasma to patients at 44 area healthcare facilities, is calling up all Northwest Arkansas Naturals fans to save lives during the monthlong Bleed Blue promotion.

Bleed Blue is one of CBCO’s largest blood drives. Successful donors at the Bentonville or Springdale Donor Center or any mobile blood drive in Arkansas during the month of June will receive a three-quarter sleeve Naturals baseball T-shirt and two free tickets to an upcoming Naturals game, while supplies last.

To help avoid wait times, appointments are strongly encouraged.

Information: (417) 2375006 or cbco.org/baseball.

WOMEN ARTISTS

The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA) invites Arkansas artists who identify as women to apply for its online biennial Juried Artist Registry. The application is available on the ACNMWA website.

Original current work in all media is eligible. The application deadline is Aug. 1. Selected artists will be featured on the ACNWMA website from September 2023 to September 2025.

ACNMWA devotes significant consideration to the selection of its invited jurors for the Juried Artist Registry. The invited juror for the 2023-25 registry is Matthew Bailey, Ph.D., gallery director and assistant professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Bailey was one of the inaugural Tyson Scholars at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. For the 2021-2023 registry cycle, the juror was Ann Prentice Wagner, Ph.D.

ACNMWA is a nonprofit volunteer organization founded in 1989 by Helen Walton and Ed Dell Wortz. Its mission is to highlight the accomplishments of Arkansas women artists and share the groundbreaking work of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C. The museum brings recognition to the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities by exhibiting, preserving, acquiring, and researching art by women and by teaching the public about their accomplishments.

Information: acnmwa.org and nmwa.org.

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(Courtesy Photo) Cooper Elementary School students Greyson Wegner (left), Ellie Dubon and Mariah Gonzale are pictured with Kimberly Franklin from Mercy in Bella Vista. The students in Leslie Andreasen’s fourth-grade class at the Bella Vista grade school held a food drive to collect food for the pantry at Mercy and donated it as part of a class project.