Local notes

EMPTY SHELTERS

To support the nation’s animal shelters and help pets find loving homes, Bissell Pet Foundation is hosting its national “Empty the Shelters” reduced-fee adoption event through Oct. 15, which includes Rogers Animal Services, 2935 W. Oak St. in Rogers.

As one of the nation’s largest funded adoption event, “Empty the Shelters” has helped nearly 190,000 pets find loving homes. During each nationwide event, Bissell Pet Foundation sponsors reduced adoption fees for $50 or less to make adoption affordable for prospective pet owners.

Dogs younger than one year are $25, dogs between the ages of one and four years of age are $15 and dogs older than four years of age will be free. Cat adoptions will be free.

Information: (479) 6211197 or facebook.com/rogersanimalshelter.

CRYSTAL BRIDGES

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art today announced that applications for the 2024-25 cohort of Tyson Scholars of American Art are now open. Dedicated to an equitable and diverse cohort of fellows, the Tyson Scholars Fellowship Program seeks to expand the boundaries and traditional categories of researching American art from any period. PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and senior scholars from any field who are studying American art are encouraged to apply. Crystal Bridges also invites applications from scholars approaching U.S. art transregionally and looking at the broader geographical context of the Americas, including Latinx and Indigenous art.

The museum is expanding the program this year and will offer the 2024-25 applicants two new opportunities. Scholars seeking to mobilize art historical research in new ways, or to connect their research to the community, can apply for a competitive supplemental programming grant up to $10,000 to cover the costs of a program of their creation. With the assistance of Crystal Bridges and University of Arkansas staff, the recipient will realize the proposed program, during or following the fellowship term.

Additionally, applicants will automatically be considered for the Tyson Prize in American Art. The prize includes a cash award, a publication agreement with the University of Arkansas Press, significant support for image costs and image rights acquisition, and a manuscript review.

The Tyson Scholars Program Fellowships are residential and support fulltime writing and research for terms that range from six weeks to nine months. Scholars may be focused on visual art, architecture, craft, visual and material culture, performance art, or new media. The fellowship offers quiet space for research and writing, as well as a community of scholars to help further develop ideas. Tyson Scholars will have opportunities to engage with staff at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary, the public, the University of Arkansas faculty and students, and each other while in residence.

All scholars are provided stipends, housing, and workspace in the curatorial wing of the Crystal Bridges Library. In addition to access to the collections and library at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary, the 2024-25 scholars will have access to the library and archives at the University of Arkansas.

Applications for the 202425 academic year close Nov. 29.

Information: crystalbridges.org/reports-and-research/tyson-scholars.

OLLI

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas has announced the following classes:

• Oct. 9 and 16: Johnny Cash: The Man & The Music. Examine the Man in Black’s early life, career and impact on American music and culture. OLLI office, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. $29 members, $44 nonmembers

• Oct. 10: Philanthropy in Action. OLLI office, 10 to 11:30 a.m. $19 members, $34 nonmembers; History of the Marshallese Displacement, OLLI office, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. $19 members, $34 nonmembers

• Oct. 12, 19 and 26: Katherine Anne Porter, OLLI office, 10 a.m. to noon, $25 members, $40 nonmembers

• Oct. 12: Christian Healing and A Remarkable Discovery, 1st Church of Christ Science, 2 to 3:30 p.m. $19 members, $34 nonmembers.

Information: (479) 5754545 or olli.uark.edu/classes.

SHREVE HONORED

Washinton County student Ty Shreve of Tontitown was honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture and received academic scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year.

These scholarships are part of the more than $1.8 million that students receive from the Ferguson College and its academic departments. Students from all areas of study are considered for university scholarships, which can be combined with college and departmental opportunities.

“We are proud to support new students as they begin their academic careers in the Ferguson College of Agriculture,” said Cynda Clary, Ferguson College of Agriculture associate dean of academic programs. “We look forward to seeing the contributions they will make within our college and at OSU. We are grateful for our donors and friends who support these scholarships and our students.”

Information: (405) 7447063 or agriculture.okstate.edu.

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