Annual Report July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019
Table of Contents
Mission Statement……………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………3
Board of Trustees…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………….4
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation…………………………………………………………………………………….………..5
Reimagining the Arkansas Arts Center: Campaign for Our Cultural Future…………………………………6
Financials………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………...9
Staff………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………11
Attendance…………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………..15
Exhibitions & Publications……………………………………………………..…………………………………………………16
Curatorial…………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………….18
Children’s Theatre………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………….….29
Development…………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………...32
Membership…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….40
Museum School………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………..42
Education & Library………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………46
Statewide ArtsReach………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………….51
Volunteers…………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………54
Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Awards………………………………………………………………………………….58
Mission Statement
The Arkansas Arts Center is an active partner in the educational, economic and cultural life of a diverse community, inviting discovery, creativity and learning through engagement with the visual and performing arts.
Vision Statement
The Arkansas Arts Center will be a cultural beacon and a catalyst for advancing arts education, enhancing the quality of life, and promoting civic and cultural development in the community. Through its programs, the Arts Center will be a vital part of the fabric of the city, activate MacArthur Park, and be a key player in the on-going vigor of downtown Little Rock.
The Arkansas Arts Center will be the regional leader in the study, display, and preservation of drawings and contemporary craft and will lead the state in displaying International artists and diverse voices that effectively reflect a broad array of cultural backgrounds and viewpoints.
Through the visual and performing arts, the Arts Center will engage its audience in a broader dialogue with the world, society, and history. The Arkansas Arts Center will be a key resource and driver for arts education in the state through targeted programs, collaborations, and outreach. The Museum School and the Children’s Theatre of the Arkansas Arts Center will be the epicenter for creative expression through art making and performance for students of all ages, skill levels, needs, and backgrounds.
Mission Statement 3 2018-2019 Board of Trustees
OFFICERS TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Merritt Dyke Isabel Anthony Mark Stodola* President Mayor, City of Little Rock Sara Hendricks Batcheller Van Tilbury Frank D. Scott, Jr. Vice President John Bethel Mayor, City of Little Rock
Robert Burnett Del Boyette Joe Smith Treasurer Mayor, City of North Little Rock Gary Cooper Dale Ronnel Kenya Eddings Secretary Maribeth Frazer Junior League of Little Rock
Todd Herman* Marion Fulk Kelly Phillips Executive Director Junior League of North Little Rock Diane Gilleland Laine Harber Neil Gillespie Interim Executive Director Stan Hastings Friends of Contemporary Craft
Kaki Hockersmith Jessie McLarty Contemporaries Jim Hugg Susan Day Diane Jonsson Docents
Craig Lair*
Ashley Merriman
Brenda Mize
Patrick O’Sullivan
Paul Parnell
Gordon Silaski
Terri Snowden
LaRand Thomas
Pat Wilson
Honorary Member Jeane Hamilton
*Resigned 08/10/18 *Resigned 10/22/18 *Term ended 01/01/19
Board of Trustees 4 Arkansas Arts Center Foundation
The Arkansas Arts Center Foundation was incorporated on November 22, 1972, to receive, manage and distribute the Endowment Fund, and to receive and hold in trust the permanent collection. The Endowment supports the Arkansas Arts Center’s operating budget and provides funds for acquisitions. The Foundation is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2018-2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS DIRECTORS SPECIAL DIRECTORS Robert W. Tucker John Ed Anthony Merritt Dyke Chair President, Arkansas Arts Center Claiborne P. Deming Board of Trustees Ben Hussman Vice-Chair Terri Erwin
George O’Connor Mike Mayton Treasurer Warren Stephens Todd Herman* Secretary James T. Dyke Director Emeritus Laine Harber Secretary
*Resigned 08/10/18
2018-2019 ACQUISITION FUNDS
Arkansas Arts Center Collectors Group Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries Elizabeth Fletcher Dishongh Charitable Trust Linda and Rush Harding Memorials and Honorary Gifts
2018-2019 GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT*
Mr. and Mrs. David Auburn Mary Auburn Sharon Heflin, to establish the Johnny Heflin Memorial Endowment Fund for Children *Does not include gifts to the Capital Campaign for the AAC Renovation and Expansion Project.
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation 5 Reimagining the Arkansas Arts Center: Campaign for Our Cultural Future
The Arkansas Arts Center recently announced Reimagining the Arkansas Arts Center: Campaign for Our Cultural Future, a $128 million capital campaign that will realize a stunning new Arts Center for the 21st Century.
The project will result in a comprehensive re-envisioning of the Arts Center by renowned architect Jeanne Gang and her practice, Studio Gang. The new center will include a revitalized landscape, designed by Kate Orff of SCAPE, which will expand the connection between the architecture and MacArthur Park. Both Jeanne Gang and Kate Orff are MacArthur “Genius” Fellows.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for Fall 2019. The Campaign will also provide transition and opening support and endowment funds. The project will strengthen the Arkansas Arts Center's position as the region's pre-eminent cultural and arts education institution for visual and performing arts and is scheduled to be completed in early 2022.
A two-story atrium will extend through the existing museum complex to weave together the galleries, Museum School, and Children's Theatre. At the north end, a "Cultural Living Room" will act as a dynamic new community event and gathering space that will activate the building beyond business hours. A new visitor Entrance Hall will bring heightened importance to the historic 1937 Museum of Fine Arts facade. At the south end, a new restaurant will invite visitors into MacArthur Park, with shaded outdoor seating, new walking paths, a great lawn, and landscape features that work together with the new architecture to become the heartbeat of an enlivened neighborhood and city.
As of the public announcement on May 15, 2019, Campaign Co-Chairs Harriet and Warren Stephens announced that the Campaign has raised $118 million of its $128 million goal.
Details of Capital Campaign and Building Project:
Preliminary work on the Arkansas Arts Center's 2016-2021 Strategic Plan began in 2013 with an extensive Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis. Data was gathered from Arts Center staff, boards of trustees and foundation directors, members, and community representatives. Collaboration with the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service provided additional data from community sessions held throughout the city.
In 2014, San Francisco-based cultural planning consultant Deborah Frieden (Loeb Fellow, Harvard University) was hired to work with the AAC to develop a new strategic plan based on results from the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis and vision for the future of the institution. Further interviews with stakeholders and focus group sessions with staff, community members, and AAC board and foundation confirmed that the current state of the facility and long-term fiscal strength were obstacles to the growth and impact of the Arts Center. It also became clear that a major building project would require intensive institutional focus for several years and that funding for the project would need to be identified and secured.
In 2016, the City of Little Rock and voters overwhelmingly approved revenue from a two-cent tax on hotel rooms to be dedicated to the renovation of the Arkansas Arts Center, and improvements to MacArthur Park and the
Reimagining the Arkansas Arts Center 6 neighboring MacArthur Museum of Military History. AAC leadership then developed a plan for a capital campaign that would secure the remaining funds.
A Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) report was conducted in July and September of 2018. This report was prepared to aid the AAC in evaluating the preservation needs of its collections as well as provide recommendations to guide the creation of a new building that is appropriate for collections care and preservation.
In February 2018, the AAC unveiled concept designs for the 127,000 square feet of renovated and new spaces. The concept design developed by Studio Gang lends a new, highly visible architectural identity to the Arts Center. Studio Gang designed organic architecture that connects the new north-facing city entrance with the new glass pavilion and south-facing park entrance to create an open axis public gallery through the building, connecting the AAC program components.
The newly designed Arts Center will be a venue that will better serve its public. Expanded, more comfortable exhibit space will attract guests to experience the Arts Center's renowned art collection; larger, upgraded Museum School space will expand the capacity of the School with more students and more maker spaces, and the sixty-year-old Children's Theatre will get a much-needed upgrade.
The Center's transformation will also extend to MacArthur Park, bringing new outdoor amenities to the park. According to Gang, the Arts Center will become a "museum within a park." Drawing inspiration from Little Rock's unique regional ecologies -- including the banks of Fourche Creek, the bluffs of Emerald Park, and the landscapes of the Mississippi Delta -- the landscape design features inviting spaces that contribute to the AAC's role as a cultural beacon for Arkansas.
Funds for the new Center are coming from a combination of public and private funds - the result of possibly the largest public and private partnership in Little Rock history. The leadership phase of the campaign is underway. During construction, the Arts Center will work with arts partners to provide programming in a variety of locations throughout the city. "Arts Center Outside the Box" will allow staff to explore new programs in new spaces while still offering some of its favorite programs. The 65,000 square foot temporary location in Riverdale, located at the edge of downtown Little Rock, will house ongoing Arts Center programs.
The Arts Center continues to play an important role in providing opportunities through the arts for individual creativity, discovery, and education for all in this community and region. The Arts Center reaches across the boundaries of age, race, income, and experiences to provide meaningful art opportunities that inspire.
The mission of the Arkansas Arts Center (AAC) is to be an active partner in the educational, economic and cultural life of a diverse community; inviting discovery, creativity and learning through engagement with the visual and performing arts.
Throughout its history, the Arts Center has strived to provide engaging and meaningful opportunities for community collaborations that invite and encourage participation across all boundaries. These partnerships include local schools and universities, other arts organizations and non-profit agencies, and non-traditional partners such as the Department of Veteran Affairs.
Reimagining the Arkansas Arts Center 7 Objectives of the Campaign:
• Design and construction of a reimagined Arkansas Arts Center, which links gallery spaces, Museum School, and Children's Theatre; • World-class museum spaces to showcase a world-class collection; • A cutting-edge collection storage system to protect the collection and acquisitions; • A state-of-the-art Museum School, with classroom space, student amenities, and a gallery for the display of student work; • A long-overdue facelift of the Children's Theatre, a complete overhaul of its technical systems, increased space in its "back of house" and a dedicated Black Box Theatre; • A 127,000 square foot facility that is fully accessible to all; • Expanded public spaces, including a "Cultural Living Room;" • A modern, exciting restaurant space that spills into MacArthur Park with outdoor seating; • A landscape plan that opens the Center to historic MacArthur Park, and includes a Great Lawn for outdoor events; • A sustainable building design that is both beautiful and energy efficient; • Funds for Grand Opening events and special exhibitions and programs; • Transition funds to support the ongoing operations of the Arkansas Arts Center in an alternate location during the two-year construction period; • Endowment funds to build the endowment and strengthen the Arkansas Arts Center for the future. Anticipated Outcomes of the Campaign:
• Increasing the capacity of AAC programs; • Increasing Exhibitions and Collections Management space by 25%; • Increasing education and public program space; • Expanding the Museum School space by 50% to include 3 new studios, a dedicated enclosed Art Yard, a new School gallery, and a central social gathering space; • Expanding Children's Theatre to include new seating, upgraded lighting and sound equipment, additional bathrooms, a new classroom, dedicated storage and costume shop, and an enlarged Black Box Theatre; • An increased endowment of $25 million -- and possibly more - will strengthen the financial position of the Arts Center for generations to enjoy now and in the future. Campaign’s Impact on the Community:
• A new 5,000 SF "Cultural Living Room" that will act as flexible social space to accommodate large-scale events, gallery openings, and community gatherings. • A new, contemporary restaurant with a covered exterior dining pavilion overlooking MacArthur Park. • An event lawn to the south and a 10,000 SF public plaza with pathways to explore and utilize the parkland as a recreational space. Groundbreaking for the project is scheduled to begin in October 2019, followed by demolition work. Construction work is scheduled to begin in January 2020. We expect construction to conclude at the end of 2021 and the new Arts Center opening early in 2022.
Reimagining the Arkansas Arts Center 8 Financials Statement of Revenues and Expenses
Fiscal Year 17-18 Fiscal Year 18-19 Revenue Earned Revenue $1,163,504 $1,221,588 Sales Revenue 266,913 329,449 Donor Contributions 2,356,645 1,977,082 Support Revenue 2,898,814 3,218,549 Total Revenue $6,685,876 $6,746,668
Expenses Personnel $3,601,923 $3,661,489 Administrative 145,988 153,317 Communications 68,924 70,441 Printing 176,743 147,672 Information Services 220,611 205,755 Advertising 209,243 245,631 Staff Development 39,870 35,927 Travel 92,684 83,128 Facility Expenses 242,668 282,092 Security 374,454 415,188 Utilities 305,171 272,630 Depreciation 285,711 316,307 Vehicle 21,079 30,118 Insurance 66,544 70,135 Supplies 56,513 51,320 Education Supplies & Materials 99,739 98,316 Production Expenses 122,336 114,052 Event Expenses 90,743 68,485 Exhibition Expenses 264,077 281,069 Donor Recruitment Expenses 29,721 26,555 Sales Expenses 116,915 115,300 Total Expenses $6,631,657 $6,744,927
Net Surplus/(Deficit) $54,219 $1,741
Financials 9 Sources of Revenue
Percent of Total
18.1% EARNED REVENUE $1,221,588
a) Children’s Theatre 483,077 b) Museum School & Youth/Family Programs 582,135 c) Facility Rentals/Catering Commission 25,468 d) Exhibitions 89,202 e) Other 41,706
4.9% SALES REVENUE $329,449
a) Museum Shop 180,398 b) Museum School Supplies 80,175 c) Collector’s Show & Sale 66,828 d) Other 2,048
29.3% DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS $1,977,082
a) Gifts Including Sponsorships 1,677,577 b) General and FAB Memberships (less than $1,000) 299,505
47.7% SUPPORT REVENUE $3,218,549
a) AAC Foundation 2,178,000 b) City of Little Rock (includes $42,152 of capital 856,383 improvements) c) AAC Foundation Restricted 94,166 d) Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau 50,000 e) City of North Little Rock 40,000
100.0% GRAND TOTAL $6,746,668
Financials 10 Staff
ADMINISTRATION Lauren Lusk, prop master & charge artist Laine Harber, interim executive director (AUGUST 2017) (AUGUST 2018) DEVELOPMENT Todd Herman, executive director Kelly Fleming, director of development (JULY 2011 – JULY 2018) (APRIL 2013) Sharon Howell, executive assistant Jean Heslip, special events/facility rental (MAY 2006) coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE (AUGUST 2002) Laine Harber, chief financial officer Alysia Carter, development operations manager (APRIL 2010) (JUNE 2003) Denise Woods, human resources manager Heather Hignite, development assistant (FEBRUARY 1997 – JANUARY 2019) (JULY 2013) Adrienne Collins, human resources manager Susannah Beachboard, part-time foundation (MARCH 2019) relations manager Bea Plant, business office coordinator (FEBRUARY 2016) (MAY 2002 – DECEMBER 2018) Spencer Jansen, membership manager Shannon Speer, controller (MAY 2016) (JULY 2009) Leighanne Alford, donor stewardship & Debra Eggerson, part-time business office volunteer coordinator coordinator (NOVEMBER 2017 – MAY 2019) (JUNE 2012 – DECEMBER 2018) Angela Stroud, development officer Patricia Ulrich, business analyst (NOVEMBER 2017) (APRIL 2016) Devin Hancock, foundation & grants coordinator (MARCH 2019) CHILDREN’S THEATRE Bradley Anderson, artistic director EXHIBITIONS (JULY 1979) Brian Lang, chief curator & Windgate Foundation Alan Keith Smith, associate director curator of contemporary craft (NOVEMBER 1984) (SEPTEMBER 2012) Erin Larkin, costume designer Keith Melton, exhibitions designer (JULY 2004) (AUGUST 1998) Mark Hansen, resident actor Alex Moomey, head preparator (MAY 2007) (AUGUST 2007 – JUNE 2019) Nikki Webster, costumer/designer Ann Wagner, Jackye & Curtis Finch, Jr., curator of (OCTOBER 2009) drawings Drew Posey, technical director (SEPTEMBER 2012) (JULY 2013 – JUNE 2018) Katie Hall, registrar for collections Rivka Kuperman, production stage manager (JUNE 2015 – FEBRUARY 2019) (AUGUST 2013) Sam Jones, assistant preparator Michael Stacks, lighting designer/operator (DECEMBER 2015) (JUNE 2015) Anita Mitchell, assistant registrar for collections Kathryn “Katie” Campbell, actor (JANUARY 2018) (NOVEMBER 2016) Samantha Ashley, part-time assistant registrar John Isner, actor for collections (NOVEMBER 2016) (SEPTEMBER 2018) collections manager & head registrar Elizabeth “Liz” McMath, stage manager Katie Hall, (NOVEMBER 2016) (FEBRUARY 2019)
Staff 11 FACILITIES Erin Fowler, part-time visitor services Erik Swindle, head of facilities and security representative (JANUARY 2018) (MAY 2019) Patrick Ellis, facility associate LIBRARY (JULY 2011) Norma Hargraves, part-time librarian and facility associate Armando Bravo, research assistant (MARCH 2016) (OCTOBER 2016 – JANUARY 2019) John Swindle, part-time facility associate (MAY 2019) MUSEUM EDUCATION Rana Edgar, director of education and programming MARKETING (JANUARY 2016) director of marketing and Angel Galloway, Janet Uchendu, museum school registrar communications (JULY 2016 – JUNE 2019) (JUNE 2014) George Spurrier, assistant museum school registrar , marketing coordinator Daniella Napolitano (JULY 2016 – JUNE 2019) (SEPTEMBER 2014) Deanna Ahern, education specialist , communications manager Maria Davison (OCTOBER 2017 – JANUARY 2019) (SEPTEMBER 2016) Janet Uchendu, museum school enrollment digital media producer Matthew Rowe, manager (JANUARY 2018) (JUNE 2019) VISITOR SERVICES George Spurrier, museum school enrollment Lindsey Knight, part-time visitor services coordinator representative (JUNE 2019) (DECEMBER 2015) MUSEUM SCHOOL - ADULT part-time visitor services Erin Fowler, Andrea Tompkins, museum school manager representative (JANUARY 2007 – JUNE 2019) (SEPTEMBER 2016 – FEBRUARY 2018) Beth Lambert, museum school associate director , visitor services representative Allison Shaw (JUNE 2019) (OCTOBER 2016 – APRIL 2019) Miranda Young, museum school associate director , visitor services representative Reveille Isgrig (JUNE 2019) (APRIL 2017 – MARCH 2019) Beth Lambert, ceramics department chair , part-time visitor services Chelsey Becker (AUGUST 2017 – JUNE 2019) representative Adrian Quintanar, resident artist – ceramics (AUGUST 2017 – JULY 2018) (JANUARY 2018 – DECEMBER 2018) Erin Fowler, theatre community outreach (FEBRUARY 2018 – APRIL 2019) FACULTY – ADULT CLASSES Lauren Bellomy, part-time visitor services Gary Ahlstrom, woodworking representative Zina Al-Shukri, painting (APRIL 2018 – MAY 2019) Shannon Anderson, woodworking Sara Koons, part-time visitor services Julia Baugh, ceramics representative Robert Bean, drawing – part-time ceramics (APRIL 2018 – APRIL 2019) studio assistant part-time visitor services Grace Lytle, Nick Blain, drawing – department chair and representative Instructor (FEBRUARY 2019) Laura Brooks, jewelry & small metals Michael Barger, part-time visitor services John Bruhl, woodworking representative Dr. Sandra Chai, jewelry & small metals (FEBRUARY 2019 – MARCH 2019) Merri Chandler, substitute teacher glass – fused Sara Koons, visitor services representative John Chapman, woodturning (APRIL 2019)
Staff 12 David Paul Cook, painting – watercolor, plein air MUSEUM SCHOOL YOUTH AND FAMILY Jeremy Couch, drawing; painting – oil Miranda Young, museum school associate director Jacqueline Currie, ceramics (JUNE 2019) Hamid Ebrahimifar, ceramics Miranda Young, youth & community engagement Kelly Edwards, ceramics manager Dr. E. Kim Fifer, woodturning (MAY 2017 – JUNE 2019) Gary Fults, woodworking – department chair and FACULTY – CHILDREN’S & YOUTH CLASSES instructor Sharon Boyd-Struthers, Boy Scouts, youth art Sandra Graham, substitute teacher glass – fused Jacqueline E. Currie, Junior Arts Academy, youth jewelry & small metals– Jann Greenland, art department chair and instructor Lana Johnson, Junior Arts Academy, Spring Tom Herrin, outreach – watercolor painting Break Program, youth art Patricia Holifield, glass – fused; department chair Suzanne “Cookie” McClinton, youth art and instructor Barbara Middleton, Boy Scouts, youth art Julie Holt, ceramics Debbie Poe, Harry Potter Winter Wonderland Logan Hunter, drawing; figure drawing Adrian Quintanar, Junior Arts Academy Sarah Mendel Johnson, jewelry & small metals Michael Shaeffer, Junior Arts Academy, youth Burke Johnston, jewelry & small metals – art enameling Lauren Squires, youth art Trinity Kai, photography Chris Swasta, youth art Clinton Krallman, woodworking Amber Uptigrove, youth art Jill Kyong-McClain, woodworking Miranda Young, Harry Potter Winter Wonderland, Beth Lambert, ceramics – department chair Spring Break Program, youth art and instructor Fletcher Larkin, ceramics WORK STUDY STUDENTS Kim Lynch, glass – fused James Allen, ceramics James Matthews, ceramics Jane Baldwin, glass – fused Shep Miers, woodworking Lauren Bellomy, ceramics Jean Mross, ceramics Nick Blain, ceramics – youth Melissa Orsini, jewelry & small metals Tony Bockhold, ceramics Suzzette Patterson, painting – watermedia Merri Chandler, glass – fused Debbie Poe, painting – acrylics Nancy Conley, ceramics; sculpture Laurie Smith Prud’homme, jewelry & small metals Dain Couch, ceramics Adrian Quintanar, resident artist – ceramics Jacqueline Currie, ceramics – youth Catherine Rodgers, new & other media – epoxy Vijay Gondhalekar, ceramics resin Brenda Gossett, ceramics Michael Shaeffer, painting Sandra Graham, glass – fused Sigrun Simons-Rank, jewelry & small metals Wade Hankins, museum school general – Dominique Simmons, drawing – pastels delivers & distributes class schedules Celia Storey, ceramics Judy Henderson, ceramics Allie Thompson, printmaking Elaine Luber, ceramics Alecia Walls-Barton, photography Angel Mays, ceramics Donnell Williams, glass – fused – department chair; George McIlvaine, glass – fused jewelry & small metals and metal sculpture Barbara Middleton, ceramics workshops Dave O’Brien, ceramics Nancy Wilson, jewelry & small metals Emily Parker, ceramics Jenn Perren, ceramics Cheryl Pride, ceramics
Staff 13 Ray Schott, ceramics MUSEUM SHOP Sigrun Simons-Rank, jewelry & small metals Kathryn “Katie” Wilson, museum shop manager Francine Skotko, ceramics (FEBRUARY 2017) Terje Stoneman, ceramics
Chris Swasta, ceramics D Wharton, ceramics STATEWIDE ARTSREACH senior education specialist Kasozi Wilson, ceramics Jessica Wright, (MARCH 2013 – JANUARY 2019) Michael Lauderdale, artmobile driver (OCTOBER 2005) Lauren Hall, education specialist – artmobile (JULY 2018 – JUNE 2019)
Staff 14 Attendance
Attendance* 18-19
July 11,564 August 9,767 September 14,241 October 13,298 November 15,132 December 13,505 January 10,062 February 15,290 March 24,152 April 10,677 May 17,941 June 15,075 Total Attendance 170,704
*Attendance figures include visitors to the Arkansas Arts Center including Children’s Theatre, Museum School, Elizabeth Prewitt Taylor Library, and the Terry House.
State Services and Outreach** Artmobile 11,518 Traveling Exhibitions 201,875 Airport Exhibition 1,454,293 Children’s Theatre on Tour 35,200
**In an effort to gauge the impact of Statewide ArtsReach Programs, the Arts Center is continually working closely with organizations to report actual attendance numbers for all programs rather than gross estimations.
Total Number of People Impacted 1,875,292
Attendance 15 Exhibitions *Paul Signac Watercolors and Drawings: Selections *Reveal/Conceal: Exploring Identity in from the James T. Dyke Collection, Arkansas Arts Contemporary Art Center Foundation Collection Sam Strauss, Sr. Gallery Paul Signac Gallery AUGUST 14 – OCTOBER 28, 2018 Ongoing installation, revised: JUNE 19, 2018; *Independent Vision: Modern and Contemporary Closed SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 – APRIL 21, 2019, due Art from the Martin Muller Collection to collection processing Organized by the Arkansas Arts Center and *Selections from the Arkansas Arts Center Modernism, Inc., San Francisco, California Foundation Collection Jeannette Edris Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe Jackson T. Stephens Gallery Galleries Ongoing installation, revised MAY 4, 2018 (East) and SEPTEMBER 28 – DECEMBER 30, 2018 MAY 15, 2018 (West); through OCTOBER 14, 2018 *50th Collectors Show and Sale (East) and OCTOBER 28, 2018 (West); NOVEMBER Alice Pratt Brown Atrium, Sam Strauss, Sr., and 6, 2018 – FEBRUARY 3, 2019 Stella Boyle Smith Galleries Stella Boyle Smith Gallery NOVEMBER 16, 2018 – JANUARY 6, 2019 MAY 15, 2018 – OCTOBER 21, 2018 *Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo/ Virginia and Ted Bailey Gallery Fotografiando Frida: Retratos de Frida Kahlo JULY 1, 2018: Closed due to collection processing Organized by the Arkansas Arts Center and Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, New York *57th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition Jeanette Edris Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe Alice Pratt Brown Atrium and Sam Strauss, Sr., Galleries Gallery FEBRUARY 1 – APRIL 14, 2019 MAY 8 – JULY 22, 2018 *Off the Table and Onto the Wall: Wall-Mounted *60th Annual Delta Exhibition Ceramics from the Collection Jurors: Leslie Ann (Les) Christensen, Director, Alice Pratt Brown Atrium Bradbury Art Museum at Arkansas State University, FEBRUARY 8 – APRIL 14, 2019 Jonesboro, Arkansas; Shea Hembrey, Artist, Hickory Grove, Arkansas; and Brian K. Young, *POP! Out of the Vault: Andy Warhol’s Little Director, Baum Gallery at University of Central Red Book Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas Jackson T. Stephens and Stella Boyle Smith Galleries Jeannette Edris Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe FEBRUARY 19 – JUNE 30, 2019 Galleries *Then, Now, Next: Reimagining the Arkansas MAY 25 – AUGUST 26, 2018 Arts Center Robert Baines: Living Treasure and Fabulous Follies Winthrop Rockefeller Gallery and Foyer Organized by the Arkansas Arts Center and Gallery MARCH 19 – JUNE 30, 2019 Loupe for Contemporary Art Jewelry, Montclair, *58th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition New Jersey Sam Strauss, Sr., and Paul Signac Galleries Winthrop Rockefeller Gallery APRIL 30 – JUNE 30, 2019 JULY 20 – OCTOBER 7, 2018 *61st Annual Delta Exhibition *Delta Through the Decades Deux: Selections Juror: Kevin E. Cole, Painter/Sculptor, Atlanta, from the Collection Georgia Alice Pratt Brown Atrium Alice Pratt Brown Atrium, Jeannette Edris AUGUST 7 – NOVEMBER 4, 2018 Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe Galleries MAY 3 – JUNE 30, 2019
*Exhibitions organized by the Arkansas Arts Center
Exhibitions & Publications 16 Museum School Gallery Exhibitions *Turning Around: Wood Art by John Chapman and *Behind the Seams: The Children’s Theatre Kim Fifer Costume Shop MAY 8 – JULY 29, 2018 NOVEMBER 20, 2018 – FEBRUARY 24, 2019 *Through Our Eyes: Museum School Students *Blue Porcelain: Artist-in-Residence Ages 2 - 18 Adrian Quintanar AUGUST 7 – NOVEMBER 11, 2018 MARCH 5 – JUNE 30, 2019
*Exhibitions organized by the Arkansas Arts Center
All drawing exhibitions are projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Drawing Research and Education at the Arkansas Arts Center. Arkansas Arts Center programs are supported in part by the City of Little Rock, the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City of North Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center Board of Trustees, and the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and The National Endowment for the Arts.
Publications
58th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition 61st Annual Delta Exhibition Arkansas Arts Center, 2019 Arkansas Arts Center, 2019 (Exhibition brochure) (Exhibition brochure) 60th Annual Delta Exhibition Arkansas Arts Center, 2018 (Exhibition brochure)
Exhibitions & Publications 17 Curatorial ______LOANS TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Linda Sikora, Covered Jar, 2005, salt-glazed Connie Mississippi: Circle of Time porcelain, wood- and oil-fired MAY 4 – JULY 21, 2018 Jesse Small, Medium Flower Ghost III, 2006, glazed Connie Mississippi, The Black Hole, 1992, lathe- porcelain turned, stack-laminated plywood, embossed and Jesse Small, Small Flower Ghost VI, 2006, porcelain cut rubber, black paint, and nails with overglaze polychrome enamels Connie Mississippi, Maquette for The Black Hole, Robert Willson, Western Moonscape, circa 1984, cast 1992, lathe-turned, stack-laminated plywood, glass, silver leaf, and gold leaf embossed and cut rubber, black paint, and nails Mary Ann ("Toots") Zynsky, Roboante, 2009, kiln- fused and thermo-formed glass threads (filet de The Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, verre) Arkansas, 25 Years of American Craft (Executive Suite) The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, JULY 5, 2018 – JUNE 2022 Arkansas, Wendy Maruyama: The Tag Project Jeanette Marie Ahlgren, Hear the Colors, See the JULY 9, 2018 – FEBRUARY 1, 2020 Music, 1996, stainless steel, polyester, and glass Wendy Maruyama, Jerome (The Tag Project), 2011, beads tea and coffee-stained cut paper, ink, string, thread, Joan Bankemper, The Blue Fountain, 2007, vintage and metal teapot, vintage milk glass compote, earthenware Wendy Maruyama, Rohwer (The Tag Project), 2011, vase, slip-cast earthenware bird figures, porcelain tea and coffee-stained cut paper, ink, string, thread, shards, and plaster and metal Bennett Bean, Untitled (Triple Series), 1996, glazed, painted, and gilded pit-fired earthenware on a The Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, Master graphite coated wood base Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick Sonja Blomdahl, B3006 – Aqua / Red Yellow, 2006, SEPTEMBER 2 – DECEMBER 9, 2018 blown glass, incalmo technique Lisa Gralnick, Grand Illusion, 1994, oxidized sterling Ken Carlson, Untitled, 1990, patinated copper, silver, 18k gold dust, gold wire, ashes, fingernails, plaited and porcupine stitched and hair Dale Chihuly, Geranium Lake Basket Set with Black Wraps, 1986, blown glass The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, Rosemary Fisher, Spirit's Echo, 1977, sgraffito and Arkansas, Arkansas Blues slip-decorated stoneware SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 – JANUARY 26, 2019 John G. Garrett, Slipper Basket, 1989, plastic-covered Cheryl Cohen, Larry "Totsy" Davis with Dancers; computer wire, plastic beads, sequins, and painted Cavalier's Club, Little Rock, 1976, gelatin silver print hardware cloth Cheryl Cohen, Waiter and Ticket Man; Cavalier's Wayne Higby, Tower Bridges Canyon, 1982, glazed Club, Little Rock, 1976, gelatin silver print earthenware, raku-fired Cheryl Cohen, Club Photographer and Audience; Robyn Horn, Myrtlewood Millstone, 1995, lathe- Cavalier's Club, Little Rock, 1976, gelatin silver print turned and routered myrtlewood on bloodwood Cheryl Cohen, Marshall Darrough (Piano) and stand Friends; Jungle Hutt Club, Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin Harvey Littleton, Cut Ruby Ellipsoid, 1985, blown silver print glass Cheryl Cohen, Jackie Wimbley of Warren, Drummer; Michael Lucero, Anthropomorphic Vessel with Bow Outside Jungle Hutt Club, Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin Tie (New World Series), 1992, glazed and slip- silver print decorated clay Cheryl Cohen, Dancer, Audience, and Duke Bradley Leon Niehues, Chan Juan #63, 2001, white oak, Band (Background); Jungle Hutt Club, Pine Bluff, emery cloth, and brass bolts 1976, gelatin silver print Betty Scarpino, Brave Heart, 2005, stained curly ash Cheryl Cohen, Dancer and Onlooker; Jungle Hutt with lime wax, bleached maple on stained poplar or Club, Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin silver print ash base
Curatorial 18 Cheryl Cohen, Dancers and Audience; Jungle Hutt San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, Club, Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin silver print Becoming John Marin: Modernist at Work Cheryl Cohen, Dancer and Woman; Jungle Hutt Club, OCTOBER 27, 2018 – JANUARY 20, 2019 Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin silver print Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Cheryl Cohen, Naomi Wimbley, Owner (House Lady), Brunswick, New Jersey, Becoming John Marin: Part-time Drummer and Organ Player Behind Bar; Modernist at Work Jungle Hutt, Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin silver print FEBRUARY 25 – MAY 26, 2019 Cheryl Cohen, Calvin Leavy, Guitar; Party Lounge, John Marin, Woolworth Building under Construction, North Little Rock, 1976, gelatin silver print 1912, watercolor and graphite on textured Cheryl Cohen, "Sweet Sue" and Cecil Parker, watercolor paper Drummer; Party Lounge, North Little Rock, 1976, John Marin, Woolworth Building under Construction, gelatin silver print 1912, graphite on paper Cheryl Cohen, Woman with Calvin Leavy John Marin, Woolworth Building, Manhattan, 1912- (Background); Party Lounge, North Little Rock, from 1914, graphite on paper Old Roots, New Directions: Arkansas Blues Today, John Marin, Untitled (Woolworth Building), 1912- 1976, gelatin silver print 1913, graphite on paper Cheryl Cohen, CeDell "Big G." Davis, Guitar, and John Marin, Woolworth Building, Manhattan, 1912- Neighbor; in Davis' Living Room, Pine Bluff, 1976, 1915, graphite on paper with linen surface texture gelatin silver print John Marin, Woolworth Building, Manhattan, circa Cheryl Cohen, Nathaniel Brown, Owner; Outside 1921, graphite on paper White Swan Café, 1976, gelatin silver print John Marin, Manhattan Skyline from the River, 1909- Louis Guida, Duke Bradley Band. Left to Right: 1912, watercolor over graphite on textured Onlooker; Duke Bradley, Guitar; J.C. Haynie, Bass; watercolor paper Naomi Wimbley, Organ; Jungle Hutt Club, Pine John Marin, Municipal Building, Manhattan, 1912, Bluff, 1976, gelatin silver print graphite on paper Louis Guida, W.C. Clay, Guitar; on a Friend's Front John Marin, Municipal Building, Manhattan, 1912, Porch, Elaine, 1976, gelatin silver print graphite on paper Louis Guida, Left to Right: Nelson Carson, Guitar; John Marin, Trinity Church, Manhattan, circa 1911, John Walton, Bass; Frank Howard, Drums; and graphite on paper Travis Matthews, Rhythm Guitar; Outside Shelter John Marin, Buildings, Lower Manhattan, circa 1926, Club, Texarkana, 1976, gelatin silver print black colored pencil and graphite on paper Louis Guida, "Goosey" Willie Moore, Guitarist; on His John Marin, Saint Paul's Chapel, Manhattan, circa Front Porch, Near Swan Lake, 1976, gelatin silver 1910, graphite on paper print John Marin, Saint Paul's Chapel, Manhattan, 1936, Louis Guida, Jack Cannon, Drummer, and Wife graphite on paper Cedelia on Swing (Background); Outside His Home, John Marin, Wall Street, Manhattan, January 10, Hope, 1976, gelatin silver print 1936, graphite on paper Louis Guida, Willie Bailey, Drummer, of Gould; in John Marin, Telephone Building, Manhattan, circa CeDell Davis' Living Room, Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin 1927, black colored pencil on paper silver print John Marin, Telephone Building, Manhattan, circa Louis Guida, Willie Bailey, Drummer; CeDell "Big G." 1927, black colored pencil on paper Davis, Guitarist (Background); in Davis' Living John Marin, Mount Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Room, Pine Bluff, 1976, gelatin silver print Philadelphia, circa 1900, graphite on paper Louis Guida, Mack White, Songster and Guitarist; on John Marin, White Lake, Sullivan County, New York, His Front Porch, Winchester, 1976, gelatin silver 1888, watercolor on textured watercolor paper print John Marin, White Lake, Sullivan County, New York, No. 3, 1888, watercolor with graphite and ink on textured watercolor paper John Marin, Saint Paul's Chapel, Manhattan, circa 1910, graphite with rubbing on paper John Marin, Buildings, Downtown New York, circa 1925, watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Curatorial 19 John Marin, On the Brooklyn Bridge, 1909-1912, John Marin, Ramapo Mountains, 1945, watercolor graphite and watercolor on paper and graphite on textured watercolor paper John Marin, Blue Shark, 1922, watercolor and John Marin, Two Figures in a Restaurant, circa 1942, charcoal on heavy textured watercolor paper watercolor with graphite on paper board John Marin, Independence Hall Clocktower, John Marin, Street Movement, New York City, 1932, Philadelphia, circa 1900, graphite and pastel on graphite on tracing paper paper John Marin, River Movement, Manhattan Skyline, John Marin, Brooklyn Bridge - On the Bridge, 1944, 1910-1912, graphite and watercolor on textured graphite on tracing paper watercolor paper John Marin, Dead Bear, 1946, watercolor and John Marin, Lower Manhattan Skyline, 1924, graphite on textured watercolor paper graphite on paper John Marin, Walking Bear, 1903-1905, graphite on John Marin, Woolworth Building under Construction, paper with rubbing 1912, graphite on paper John Marin, Bear, 1903-1905, graphite on textured John Marin, Nymphs and Sea, 1941, watercolor and watercolor paper charcoal over graphite on hot-pressed light rag John Marin, Goats and Cart; View of the William paper Tecumseh Sherman Monument (double-sided), John Marin, Small Point, Maine, White Mountains in 1903-1905, graphite on gray paper with blue fiber the Distance, 1915, watercolor over graphite on inclusions heavy textured watercolor paper John Marin, Reclining Lions (double-sided), 1903- John Marin, Portrait, Susie Thompson, 1951, 1905, graphite on paper watercolor and graphite on heavy textured paper John Marin, Sleeping Lion, 1903-1905, graphite on John Marin, Portrait, Susie Thompson, 1951, paper watercolor and graphite on heavy textured paper John Marin, Dock Activity, Hudson River, 1891, John Marin, Susquehanna at Wilkes Barre, graphite on pale brown paper Pennsylvania, April 29, 1942, watercolor and John Marin, Boat House, circa 1900, ink wash and charcoal over graphite on textured watercolor graphite on paper paper John Marin, Palisades, Hudson River, New Jersey, John Marin, Trapeze Performers, circa 1950, graphite 1923, watercolor and charcoal on textured and red colored pencil on paper with linen surface watercolor paper texture John Marin, Meaux on the Marne, 1909, watercolor John Marin, Trapeze Performers, circa 1948, red and and charcoal on textured watercolor paper black colored pencil on paper with linen surface John Marin, Place Vendome, Paris, 1905, graphite texture and pastel on brown paper John Marin, Trapeze Artists, circa 1944, graphite and John Marin, Horse and Hansom Cab, 1895-1905, watercolor on paper with linen surface texture black ink and graphite on paper John Marin, Trapeze Movements, circa 1950, black John Marin, Palisades Series, New Jersey, 1923, colored pencil on paper with linen surface texture watercolor and charcoal on heavy textured John Marin, Horse and Rider Entering the Ring, circa watercolor paper 1950, graphite on heavy weight Bristol board John Marin, Street Movement, New York City, 1932, John Marin, New York Harbor, circa 1900, graphite graphite on tracing paper with rubbing on pale grey-green paper John Marin, On Mount Desert, Maine, 1920, John Marin, City Hall Park, Manhattan, circa 1912, watercolor over graphite on textured watercolor watercolor and graphite on textured watercolor paper paper John Marin, Ramapo Landscape, circa 1942, John Marin, On the Brooklyn Bridge, 1911, watercolor and graphite on paper with linen watercolor over graphite on light textured surface texture watercolor paper John Marin, Ramapo Landscape, 1942, watercolor John Marin, On the Brooklyn Bridge, circa 1920, and graphite on paper with linen surface texture graphite on paper John Marin, Landscape, Ramapo Mountains, New John Marin, Manhattan Movement, New York City, Jersey, 1942, watercolor over graphite on textured circa 1920, transferred graphite on tracing paper watercolor paper
Curatorial 20 John Marin, Movement, From New York Hospital, Benny Andrews, Portrait of a Model, Study #2, 1987, 1951, watercolor and graphite on textured ink, watercolor, gouache, paper collage and linen watercolor paper canvas collage on paper John Marin, Movement, New York City, 1953, Bisa Butler, Basin Street Blues, 2013, quilted and graphite on tracing paper appliquéd cotton denim John Marin, River Movement, Weehawken, circa Elizabeth Catlett, Newspaper Vendor (Study for the 1912, watercolor over graphite on textured lithograph, "Vendedora de Periódicos"), 1955, watercolor paper graphite on paper John Marin, Tree, Stonington, Deer Isle, 1926, Zoë Charlton, Les Demoiselles, 2016, graphite, charcoal and watercolor on textured watercolor gouache, acrylic, and paper collage on Lanaquarelle paper paper John Marin, The Three Pines, Blueberry Barrens, David H. Clemons, The Trees We Construct to Washington County, Maine, 1952, graphite and Conceal Our Strange Fruit, 2006, mild steel, sterling crayon or colored pencil on tracing paper silver, and fine silver John Marin, Boats, Water and Islands, Maine, 1948, David C. Driskell, Down by the Brook, 2005, paper watercolor and charcoal on textured watercolor collage and encaustic on paper paper Sam Gilliam, Black Frost, 1993, acrylic and John Marin, Stonington, Maine, 1921, watercolor polypropylene on canvas mounted on wood and graphite on tracing paper Whitfield Lovell, Coin VII, 2002, charcoal on wood John Marin, Small Point, Maine, 1920, watercolor Whitfield Lovell, Dress with Tree, 1992, oil stick and and charcoal on heavy textured watercolor paper charcoal on paper John Marin, Cape Split in a Smokey Sou'-Wester, Kerry James Marshall, Study for Supermodel #2, 1937, watercolor and charcoal over graphite on 1994, crayon and charcoal on paper textured watercolor paper Robert Pruitt, Black Jesus, 2016, Conté and charcoal John Marin, Wet Greens, By the Sea, Maine, 1917, on tea-stained, hand-made paper watercolor over graphite on textured watercolor Aminah Robinson, Marian Anderson, 1987, mixed paper fabric, buttons, thread, and found objects John Marin, Small Point, Maine, 1921, watercolor Joyce J. Scott, Jar Woman VI, 1992-1997, leather, and charcoal on textured watercolor paper beads, glass jar, crab legs and claws, bones, John Marin, Edgewater on Hudson, New Jersey, threads, wire, and fabric 1892, watercolor with graphite on textured James C. Watkins, Sleeping Posture Double-Walled watercolor paper Caldron (Guardian Series), 1995, glazed, raku-fired John Marin, Near Closter, New Jersey, 1925, earthenware watercolor and charcoal over graphite on textured Marjorie Williams-Smith, Illumination, 2012, watercolor paper silverpoint on paper prepared with black acrylic John Marin, Middle Atlantic, 1909, watercolor over gesso graphite on textured watercolor paper John Marin, In the Ring, at the Circus, 1943, colored Sidney S. McMath Library – Central Arkansas pencil, colored crayon, and oil stick on cream wove Library System, Little Rock, Arkansas paper MARCH 24, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 William Bernstein, Couple, 1984, hot-cane drawn Garvey|Simon, New York, New York, David into blown glass Morrison: Nature’s Ephemera William Bernstein, Dancers, 1981, hot-cane drawn NOVEMBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2018 into blown glass David Morrison, Paper Wasp, 2016, colored pencil Fritz Dreisbach, Pair of Champagne Goblets, 1976, on paper blown and flame-worked glass Mark S. Ferguson, Torch 2, 1999, cast glass and Windgate Center for Art and Design at the aluminum University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Dick Huss, Untitled Vessel, 1984, sandblasted glass Arkansas, On Their Own Terms and gold luster JANUARY 17 – MARCH 10, 2019 Kreg Kallenberger, Bowl, 1981, sandblasted, cut, and Ron Adams, Mulatto, 1992, quill and ink, ink wash, polished blown glass and crayon on paper
Curatorial 21 Kreg Kallenberger, Bowl #111: Invasion, 1981, Katherine Westphal, Pagoda, 1988, knotted and sandblasted, cut, and polished blown glass coiled plastic ribbon Richard Marquis, Teapot Goblet #129, 1989, blown Katherine Westphal, Tiananmen Square, 1989, Zanfirico glass photo-transfer paper collage, raffia, paint, ribbon, Benjamin Moore, Interior Fold Platter, 1988, blown and gourd glass William Morris, Shard Patterns, 1981, blown glass The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Amy Rueffert, Log (Big Cats), 2008, blown, fused, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Playing Around: Toys hot-sculpted glass, Vitrolite, and transfer-printed Designed by Artists decals APRIL 11, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 Lino Tagliapietra, Red Dinosaur, 2006, blown glass Jonathan Bar-Or, Lorento-2, 1992, mixed media with multiple incalmi, cut on turned axis Jim Bartz, Smiling Crawdad, 1998, wood and paint George Thiewes, Oval Form, 1985, blown and Fred Best, Aeroplane, 2000, metal, wood and paint sandblasted glass David Bettinger, Panda Band, 1979, wood and acrylic George Thiewes, Vase, 1981, blown and sandblasted paint glass Miles Carpenter, Frog, 1975, wood and acrylic paint Louis Comfort Tiffany, "Cypriote" Vase, circa 1920, Frank R. Cheatham, Jack-a-Roo Choo, 1986-1987, blown favrile glass hardwood and string Louis Comfort Tiffany, Flower-Form Vase, circa 1890, Carole Alden Doubek, Basiliscus Plumifrons, 1993, blown glass painted canvas Louis Comfort Tiffany, Trumpet-Shaped Vase, circa Robert Ebendorf, Fantasy Auto, 1971, copper, silver, 1920, favrile glass on enameled copper base brass, plexiglass, and photograph Louis Comfort Tiffany, Trumpet-Shaped Vase, circa D. Clifford Field, 024, 1990, found metal objects and 1900, blown favrile glass rubber wheels Rosemary and George Fisher, The Tattooed Amy Sanders Library – Central Arkansas Library Strongman, 1975, painted wood System, Sherwood, Arkansas Cheryl Frances, Three Bears Playhouse, 1999, MARCH 24, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 recycled silver plate flatware and found objects David Bacharach, Tea Bowl, circa 1990, plaited Robly Glover, V2 Rat, 1993, brass and paint copper colored with heat, patina, tinted lacquers, Richard M. Graham, Fish, 1974, wood and brass Maurice E. Hamburger, Bi-Plane, 2000, forged steel Mark Burns, Iron Man, 1995, glazed clay and found Rick Heller, Giraffe on Wheels, 1987-1988, wood and objects acrylic paint John G. Garrett, Beaded Pod Basket, 1989, plastic- Audry Herber, Insect-O-Nator, 1995, copper and coated wire, sequins, plastic beads, and painted colored pencil hardware cloth January Knoop, Goose on Grass, 1992, mixed media, John G. Garrett, War Games Basket, 2000, parachute found objects, paint, and string cord, plastic army men, copper wire, camouflage- Earl Krentzin, Balancing Robot, 1988, sterling silver printed fabric, and shell casings and wood Ed Rossbach, Chest Tied Rags, 1985, woven ash Dee J. Lafon, Rocking Woman, 1986-1987, laminated splints, folded and plaited newspaper, paint, and pine, brass brads, string, and bells knotted fabric Georgia Lane, Fire Lady, 1979, wood and cord Ed Rossbach, Yellow Monument, 1984, folded and Min Lindsey, Jonah and His Whale, 1983, wood and plaited newspaper, rice paper, and clear lacquer acrylic paint Ed Rossbach, Coil Basket Fern, 1970, coiled plastic David Lundahl, Any Flow, 1989, found objects, sheeting, Styrofoam packing material, plastic ferns, welded and painted and ribbon Robert Maker, The Politician, 1989, steel Karyl Sisson, Askew (#1), 1987, wooden clothespins, Mary Ann McKellar-Schwarcz, Child's Spotted and plastic-coated wire Platypus Mask, 1988, handmade paper Karen S. Turnidge, Jittery, All Tied Up in Knots, 1985, Andre Monceret, The Armored Elephant, 1993, lathe-turned and felted brass, and stainless-steel metal, wood, rubber, and string shavings Darryl L. Moody, Service Truck, 1984, machined aluminum and brass
Curatorial 22 John S. Morgan, The Last Cuckoo, 1998, maple, Maggie Barnes, Porcelain Discus, 1982, unglazed walnut, brass brads, and acrylic paint porcelain, slab-built, pierced and carved, inlaid and Ronnie A. Nichols, Blue Racer, 1986-1987, mixed spray-stained media Alan Barrett-Danes, Cabbage Villa, 1974-1975, Sean O'Meallie, Shark Fin Pull Toy, 2000, wood, lustre-glazed clay paint, and nylon cord Val Barry, Bowl, 1978, bronze-glazed porcelain Sheryl Haler Owens, Where the Wild Things Live, Glenys Barton, Self-Portrait, 1980, slip-cast bone 1987, mixed media china Emi Ozawa, Take a Walk?, 1991, wood, paint, metal Alan Caiger-Smith, Pedestal Form, circa 1985, luster- fittings, and string glazed earthenware M. T. Peters, Space Gun, 1974, metal, found objects, John Chalke, Slump Iron, 1996-1998, multiple-fired and mixed media glazed stoneware Michael Peyton, Surreal Movement of Motion, 2001, Joanna Constantinidis, Vessel, 1974, glazed porcelain wood Joanna Constantinidis, Vessel, 1985, bronze-glazed Bill Reid, Ark du Dark, 1998, painted steel porcelain Michael B. Riegel, Toy Dragon with High Heels, 1974, Gordon Cooke, Untitled, 1985, porcelain, hand-built, steel slab construction, oxidized, stained, and unglazed Larry Shillcutt, Red-Winged Blackbird, 1982, wire and Emmanuel Cooper, Bowl, circa 1970, glazed paint stoneware Robert Glen Strobridge, A Prophet without Honor, Dorothy Feibleman, Monumental Bowl (#10), 1978- 1986-1987, basswood and maple 1981, marbleized colorized porcelain (nerikomi) Dan Torpey, The Flying Man, 1999, wood, feathers, Dorothy Feibleman, Untitled, circa 1975-1976, and nylon monofilament carved marbleized porcelain (nerikomi) Meg Whitney, Honky Tonk, 2001, wood, fiber, and Robert Fournier, Pond Dish, 1970, stoneware paint Sheila Fournier, Bowl, 1970, glazed stoneware Ann Wood and Dean Lucker, Butterfly and Flower, Marion Gaunce, Untitled, 1985, glazed and slip- 1999, carved wood and tempera paint decorated porcelain Ann Wood and Dean Lucker, Miss Emma and the Ian Godfrey, Moon Disc, 1973-1974, stoneware, Butterfly, 1996, paint, paper, metal, cloth, and resin hand-built, glazed Bev Yokley, Circus Toy, 1980, sterling silver, copper, Peter Hayes, Untitled, 1985, medium-fire, burnished, enamels, brass, horsehair, mica, and niello and slip-decorated earthenware Ewen Henderson, Untitled (Vase), 1972, stoneware, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas hand-built, ash-glazed APRIL 11, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 Sue John, Pitcher, 1985, glazed earthenware Louis L. Betts, Oranges, 1889, oil on canvas Nicole Johns, Upright Folded Porcelain Shape, 1982, Marvin Warren, Woman with Spinning Wheel and slip-decorated porcelain Man with Banjo, circa 1960, carved wood figures, Dan Kelly, Vessel, 1989, glazed stoneware wood, paint, and cloth Katherine Lawrence, Vessel, 1981, hand-built (nerikomi) and colored porcelain Windgate Center for Art and Design at the David Leach, Untitled, 1973, glazed porcelain University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Janet Darnell Leach, Vessel, 1972-1973, glazed Arkansas, British Studio Ceramics stoneware MAY 2019 – JANUARY 2022 Mal Magson, Bowl, 1980, stoneware, porcelain, Gordon Baldwin, Untitled, 1985, hand-built, glazed, hand-built (nerikomi), unglazed and slip-decorated earthenware Ursula Morley Price, White Tower, Textured Glaze, Gordon Baldwin, Untitled, 1984, hand-built, incised, 2004, stoneware, hand-built, and natural ash- and painted earthenware glazed Maggie Barnes, Porcelain Discus, 1982, unglazed Siddig el Nigoumi, Fish Dish, 1985, earthenware, porcelain, slab-built, pierced and carved, inlaid and hand-built (coil construction, press-molded), spray-stained burnished, incised, and smoked Maggie Barnes, Porcelain Discus, 1982, unglazed Eileen Nisbet, White Propeller Form, circa 1984, porcelain, slab-built, pierced and carved, inlaid and inlaid and painted porcelain spray-stained
Curatorial 23 Magdalene Odundo, Carbonised Vessel, 1984, hand- Esther DeWitt Nixon Library – Central Arkansas built, burnished and carbonized terracotta Library System, Jacksonville, Arkansas Jane Osborne-Smith, Fritillaria (Three Sisters), 1978, MAY 14, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 slip-decorated porcelain Terry Lee Dill, Homage To J. Smith - World War I Henry Pim, Vessel, 1983, glazed stoneware Tank, 1976, cast iron and bronze Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Bowl, 1975, glazed Larry Page, Captain Sky Teapot, 1987-1988, clay, stoneware, wheel-thrown, carved high-fire glazes, and metallic lusters Jacqueline Poncelet, Bowl, 1973-1974, slip- decorated porcelain Millie Brooks Library – Central Arkansas Library Sarah Radstone, Untitled, 1985, slip-stained incised System, Wrightsville, Arkansas stoneware MAY 14, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 Mary Rich, Vessel, 1979, gold lustre glazed porcelain Ritzi Jacobi, Intersections, 1997, coconut fiber, Mary Rich, Teapot, 1984, lustre decorated glazed cotton webbing, twine, and paint porcelain, wicker handle Leon Niehues and Sharon Niehues, Peake, 1993, Fiona Salazar, Vessel, 1985, terra sigillata decorated, white oak, coralberry, and waxed linen thread burnished earthenware Neil Prince, Megalix I, 1987, coiled and dyed pine Karl Scheid, Bowl, 1985, reduction-fired, celadon needles glazed porcelain Ursula Scheid, Vessel, 1985, terra sigillata decorated Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library – Central Arkansas porcelain Library System, Little Rock, Arkansas, Women Irene Sims, Monumental Landscape, 1981, slip- Ceramicists decorated porcelain MAY 15, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 Julian Stair, Vase, 1985, slip-decorated porcelain Rosemary Fisher, Untitled, circa 1977, sgraffito and Julian Stair, Bowl, circa 1986, slip-decorated slip-decorated, wheel-thrown stoneware porcelain Anne Hirondelle, Dance Diptych, 1993, glazed Julian Stair, Dark Blue Ribbed Pot, circa 1986, slip- stoneware decorated porcelain Karen Karnes, Blue/Brown/Gray Boulder with Three Maria Stewart, Untitled, 1982, slip-decorated Openings, 1992, wood-fired stoneware, wheel- porcelain thrown, hand-built, glazed Maria Stewart, Untitled, 1985, slip-decorated Laurie Spencer, Pinus Sonorous (Whistle), 1994, slip- porcelain cast and hand-built terra sigillata-decorated low- Maria Stewart, Untitled, 1985, slip-decorated fire clay porcelain Betty Woodman, Etruscan Pillow Pitcher, 1980, low- Angus Suttie, Bottle, 1985, glazed and slip-decorated fire glazed earthenware, wheel-thrown, altered and whiteware assembled Geoffrey Swindell, Organic Form 2, circa 1985, glazed porcelain Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Sutton Taylor, Bowl, 1985, lustre-glazed Learning Center - Central Arkansas Library System, earthenware Little Rock, Arkansas Judith Trim, Untitled, 1985, burnished slip decorated MAY 17, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 clay Chris Cunningham, Ol' Red, 2001, glazed ceramic, John Ward, Vessel, 1979, matt-glazed, hand-built, lusters, metal, and rubber burnished stoneware Karla Edwards, Roto-Rodent Reptile, 1978, sterling John Ward, Bowl, 1985, multiple-fired, matt-glazed, silver hand-built, burnished clay Ellen Rae Kaufman, Dreidel, 1979, cloisonné enamel Robin Welch, Tall Doge's Form, 1980, segmented on copper colored porcelain Karen B. Lehman, Parody for R. G., 1981, porcelain Mary White, Teapot, 1986, glazed porcelain Robert Maker, Cowboy Toy, 1992, spray enamel on Mary White, Bowl, 1984, glazed porcelain metal Bill Norris, Rocking Cow, 1987-1988, wood Judy Onofrio, Just Pretending, 1995, mixed media and assembled found objects
Curatorial 24 Keith Owens, My Pet Sparkey, 1986-1987, pine and William Edmondson, Rabbit, circa 1940-1950, carved acrylic paint limestone Harold E. Poth, Turtle, 1989, mixed media Michael Ferris, Jr., Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2005, Harold E. Poth, Rockin' Frog, 1994, mixed media recycled segmented wood and acrylic-tinted grout Richard Prillaman, Steam Powered U.F.O., 1973, Michael Gross, Be Smart, Buy Art, 1986, sgraffito and bronze and brass slip-decorated stoneware, elm base Daren Puckett, Locomotive, 2001, copper Robyn Horn, Pierced Geode, 1989, redwood burl, William Roan, Steam Roller, 2001, forged steel and multi-axis lathe-turned, inlaid with Gaboon ebony wood Jun Kaneko, Untitled (Oval), 1994, hand-built, slab Bill Reid, RATS (Retired Astronaut Transfiguration constructed, and glazed ceramic Station), 2000, painted steel Curt LaCross, Untitled #2, 2008, ceramic and airbrush William H. Strickland, Cracker Jack Bank, 1977, silver, paint enamel, and brass Mark Lindquist, Returning Prodigal - Monument to Lee Wilson Tiffany, Swell Smells Pull Toy, 1993, the Unknown Potter, #2, 1991, American black mixed media walnut, lathe-turned, lathe-chainsawn, robotically Jane Dauchy Wiemer, Toy Top, 1980, sterling silver carved and machined and moonstone Henry Moore, Two Seated Figures against Wall, Ann Wood and Dean Lucker, Memory Tree, 1994, 1960, bronze with brown patina painted metal and, wood Louise Nevelson, Tide Garden IV, 1964, wood Ann Wood and Dean Lucker, Wheel of Fortune, 1993, construction painted black paint, paper, wood, and string Auguste Rodin, Buste de Balzac jeune (Bust of Young Ann Wood and Dean Lucker, Bell Ringer, 1995, mixed Balzac), 1891-1895, cast 1988, bronze media Joyce J. Scott, Jar Woman VI, 1992-1997, leather, Brad Woodcock, Teddy's Dragon, 1984, acrylic paint beads, glass jar, crab legs and claws, bones, on balsa wood, plywood, and string threads, wire, and fabric Akio Takamori, Bust of Dr. F., 1986, salt-glazed Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, porcelain, underglazes Jonesboro, Arkansas, Height x Width x Depth: Peter VandenBerge, Courtesan, 1988, stained and Selections from the Arkansas Arts Center glazed clay Foundation Collection Peter Voulkos, Cruciform Vase, 1958, glazed and JUNE 19, 2019 – JANUARY 2022 underglaze-painted stoneware Jerry Casebier, My Father, W. H. Casebier, 1968, stack-laminated and carved white maple
ACQUISITIONS PURCHASES (artist, title, date, medium, designated fund)
Contemporary Craft Paintings Aaron Calvert, Always Facing South Bear, 2017, Mattie Thweatt Dubé, Les Illusiones Perdues (Lost glazed stoneware, General Acquisition Fund and Illusions), 1890, oil on canvas, Purchased with a gift with funds donated by the AAC Board and staff in from Rush Harding honor of Todd A. Herman, Executive Director, 2011- 2018 Drawings Andrew Hayes, Mantle, 2014, fabricated steel and Lisa Krannichfeld, New Skin, 2018, Chinese ink, book paper, Tabriz Fund watercolor, acrylic, paper collage, and toned cyanotype on paper mounted to board and covered with resin, Tabriz Fund
Curatorial 25 Sam Middleton, Social Realism, 1964, mixed media Susan Schwalb, Orchid Transformation #2, 1978, and collage on paper, William H. Bowen Family silver and copperpoint on clay-coated paper, Tabriz Foundation Fund Fund Stephen Pace, Untitled (53-W36A), 1953, watercolor Jean-Lubin Vauzelle, A View of the Tuileries Garden, on paper, William H. Bowen Family Foundation circa 1805-1810, watercolor, pen, and brown ink Fund over black chalk on paper, Collectors Group Fund Daniel Zeller, Modified Placement, 2016, ink and acrylic on paper, Contemporaries Fund
GIFTS (artist, title, date, medium, donor)
Contemporary Craft Robert Baines, Brooch Kangaroo circa 1620 Flemish, Carroll Cloar, Flower Pickers, 1954, graphite on 2010, silver brooch, Gift of Dr. Michele Cottler-Fox paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, Jem Freyaldenhoven, Brooch, n.d., Formica the widow of Carroll Cloar Colorcore (plastic laminate), Gift of the Susan Grant Carroll Cloar, Postcard, 1963, graphite on paper, Gift Lewin Collection of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow Jem Freyaldenhoven, Brooch, n.d., Formica of Carroll Cloar Colorcore (plastic laminate), Gift of the Susan Grant Carroll Cloar, Charlie Mae and the Panther, 1965, Lewin Collection graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory Jem Freyaldenhoven, Pair of Earrings, n.d., Formica of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar Colorcore (plastic laminate), Gift of the Susan Grant Carroll Cloar, The New Swing, 1966, graphite on Lewin Collection paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, Jem Freyaldenhoven, Pair of Earrings, n.d., Formica the widow of Carroll Cloar Colorcore (plastic laminate), Gift of the Susan Grant Carroll Cloar, Waiting for the Queen Elberta, 1989, Lewin Collection graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory Hal Painter, Wool Tapestry, n.d., natural and natural- of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar dyed single-ply wool, weft-faced tapestry woven, Carroll Cloar, Alien Child, 1955, graphite on paper, Gift of The Joan Pearson Watkins Revocable Trust Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the Thomas Spleth, Vase, circa 1978, porcelain, slip-cast widow of Carroll Cloar with copper, cobalt, and manganese underglaze Carroll Cloar, Paul Peterson's Conversion, 1965, (clear glaze), Gift of Thomas Hudson Spleth and graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory Jean McLaughlin of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar Thomas Spleth, Vase, circa 1982-1984, porcelain, Carroll Cloar, Circus Poster, 1972, graphite on paper, slip-cast with copper and manganese underglaze Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the (clear glaze), Gift of Thomas Hudson Spleth and widow of Carroll Cloar Jean McLaughlin Carroll Cloar, Highway 7, 1967, graphite on paper, Thomas Spleth, Vase, 2011, Kohler vitrified china Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the porcelain, slip-cast with white overglaze, Gift of widow of Carroll Cloar Thomas Hudson Spleth and Jean McLaughlin Carroll Cloar, The Draught of Fishes, 1965, graphite Thomas Spleth, Vase, 2011, Kohler vitrified china on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat porcelain, slip-cast with inlaid decoration in mold, Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar Gift of Thomas Hudson Spleth and Jean McLaughlin Carroll Cloar, Sunday Afternoon in Evening Shade, Arkansas, 1958, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Drawings Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll David Ambrose, Footprints in Amber, 2011, Cloar watercolor and gouache on pierced paper, Gift of Carroll Cloar, The Folk Singer, 1971, graphite on William and Tammy O'Shaughnessy paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar
Curatorial 26 Carroll Cloar, Blue Racers, 1971, graphite on paper, Carroll Cloar, McLeod, The Happy Hollow Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the Photographer, 1971, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann widow of Carroll Cloar H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar, McLeod, The Happy Hollow Carroll Cloar Photographer, 1971, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann Carroll Cloar, McLeod, The Happy Hollow H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Photographer, 1971, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann Carroll Cloar H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar, Softball Game Between the Jet Oils and Carroll Cloar the Griffin All-Whites, 1972, graphite on paper, Gift Carroll Cloar, Studies, 1957, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar of Carroll Cloar Carroll Cloar, The Tree that Fell on John Perry, 1955, Carroll Cloar, Bobcat that Came to Town, 1970, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar Carroll Cloar, Clarence, 1966, graphite on paper, Gift Carroll Cloar, Highway 7, 1967, graphite on paper, of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the of Carroll Cloar widow of Carroll Cloar Carroll Cloar, The Forgotten Cemetery, 1958, Kenji Nakahashi, Untitled Sketch Book, circa 1965, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory ink and colored pencil on paper, Anonymous gift in of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar memory of Kenji Nakahashi Carroll Cloar, Gibson Bayou Anthology, 1956, Kenji Nakahashi, Nakiri Sketch Book, 1965, graphite, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory colored pencil, and ink on paper, Anonymous gift in of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar memory of Kenji Nakahashi Carroll Cloar, What Charlie Mae Dreamt, 1988, Kenji Nakahashi, Untitled (Possibly Related to graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory Meditation), circa 1980, colored pencil on paper, of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi Carroll Cloar, Waiting for Queen Elberta, 1989, Kenji Nakahashi, Untitled Drawing of Abstract Forms, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory circa 1977, ink on paper, Anonymous gift in of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar memory of Kenji Nakahashi Carroll Cloar, The Redhaw Tree, 1959, graphite on Kenji Nakahashi, Two Untitled Drawings of Abstract paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, Forms, 1977, ink and colored pencil on paper, the widow of Carroll Cloar Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi Carroll Cloar, The Draught of Fishes, 1977, graphite Kenji Nakahashi, Life, Street, Living, People, circa on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat 1977, colored pencil on paper, Anonymous gift in Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar memory of Kenji Nakahashi Carroll Cloar, Marvin Bird's Team, 1984, graphite on Mary Reilly, Wildflower, Jamaica Bay, 2011, graphite paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, on paper, Gift of the artist, courtesy of the widow of Carroll Cloar Garvey|Simon Carroll Cloar, Henrietta Leaving for the North, 1969, Beverly Ress, Study for Animal, 2017, colored pencil graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory and graphite on paper, Gift of the artist of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar Susan Schwalb, Headdress #2, 1979, copperpoint, Carroll Cloar, The Weeping Willow, 1967, graphite on fire, and smoke on clay-coated paper, Gift of the paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, artist, courtesy of Garvey|Simon the widow of Carroll Cloar Peri Schwartz, Wrapped Object #29, 1990, pastel on Carroll Cloar, The Day Arkansas Won, 1988, graphite paper, Gift of the artist on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Peri Schwartz, Wrapped Object #11, 1990, pastel on Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar paper, Gift of the artist Carroll Cloar, Kinfolk Gathering, 1972, graphite on paper, Gift of Ann H. Miller in memory of Pat Cloar, the widow of Carroll Cloar
Curatorial 27 Paintings Charles Demuth, A Bouquet, 1928, watercolor and Dennis Kent Helm, Pears and Crabapples, 1981, graphite on paper, Gift of the Winthrop Rockefeller lithograph on paper, Gift of Robert A. Hiller Charitable Trust David Hockney, Two Vases in the Louvre, 1974, Ida Kohlmeyer, Untitled, circa 1970, acrylic on hardground etching, softground etching, and Masonite, Gift of Jeane M. Hamilton aquatint printed in color from 3 copper plates on Kenji Nakahashi, Life, Street, Living, People, circa Inveresk mold-made paper, Gift of MaryRoss Taylor 1977, oil on canvas, Anonymous gift in memory of Elizabeth Layton, Cinderella, 1986, color lithograph Kenji Nakahashi on paper, Gift of Robert A. Hiller in honor of Susan Jacqueline Pearson-Corbin, Untitled, circa 1975, Sudduth Dodson Hiller acrylic on paperboard, Gift of Jeane M. Hamilton Elizabeth Layton, Shave and a Haircut, 1989, color George Romney, Lady Willoughby de Broke, 1779- lithograph on paper, Gift of Robert A. Hiller in 1781, oil on canvas, Gift of the Winthrop honor of Susan Sudduth Dodson Hiller Rockefeller Charitable Trust Andre Minaux, Interieur, circa 1967, color lithograph Peri Schwartz, Studio Self-Portrait, 1996, oil on on paper, Gift of Jeane M. Hamilton canvas, Gift of the artist Kenji Nakahashi, Bull Head (Caltrop, or Water Mark Stock, Light and Wallpaper, 1983, oil on Chestnut), 1991, gelatin silver print on paper, canvas, Bequest of Jane McGehee Wilson Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi Kenji Nakahashi, Pecan, 1987, gelatin silver print on Prints and Photographs paper, Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Georges Braque, Still Life with Fruit (from Derriere Le Nakahashi Miroir), circa 1955, color lithograph on paper, Gift Marguerite M. Nellis, Indian Woman and Child, 1934, of Jeane M. Hamilton etching on paper, Gift of Robert A. Hiller Hans Friedrich Grohs, Low Tide After the Flood, 1964, Beverly Ress, Animal, 2018, four-color lithograph on woodcut on paper, Gift of Maureen Ann Donnelly paper, Gift of the artist and Daniel Piersol in memory of Frayken Grohs Beverly Ress, Study for Animal, 2017, xerox, circle- Collinson cut and reattached on paper, Gift of the artist Hans Friedrich Grohs, Wellentanz und Birger Sandzén, White Rocks, 1942, lithograph on Sonnenaufgang (Dance of the Waves and Sunrise), cream laid paper, Gift of Robert A. Hiller in honor of 1962, woodcut on paper, Gift of Maureen Ann F. Charles Hiller II Donnelly and Daniel Piersol in memory of Frayken Roger Shimomura, O.M. #24, 1976, color screen Grohs Collinson print on paper, Gift of Robert A. Hiller Hans Friedrich Grohs, Der Morgenruf (The Morning Robert N. Sudlow, Spring, Pioneer Bluffs (Artist Call), 1964, woodcut on paper, Gift of Maureen Ann Proof), 1982, color lithograph on paper, Gift of Donnelly and Daniel Piersol in memory of Frayken Robert A. Hiller Grohs Collinson John Talleur, Over and Under Gallery K, 1988, color lithograph on grey paper, Gift of Robert A. Hiller
Curatorial 28 Children’s Theatre
The Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre exists to provide high quality theatre experiences for young people and their families. Each year, Children’s Theatre produces well-loved contemporary stories and classic tales for the stage. The Children’s Theatre presented six Main Stage productions and three touring productions.
2018-19 PRODUCTIONS PUBLIC SHOWS ATTENDANCE SCHOOL SHOWS ATTENDANCE
Curious George: The Golden Meatball 10 3,717 7 1,590
Hansel & Gretel’s Gingerbread Games 10 2,100 8 2,089
Jack Frost in Santa Land 10 3,040 13 4,170
This Little Piggy Went to Market 10 2,008 7 1,987
Charlotte’s Web 17 5,110 18 6,496
The Hobbit 10 2,563 14 4,491
Subtotal 67 18,538 67 20,823
Total Shows 134 Total Attendance 39,361 Children’s Theatre offers school matinee performances to all Main Stage productions with subsidized ticket prices for any size school group. School Matinees run throughout the school year. Children’s Theatre served the following schools during 2018-2019:
Abundant Life School, Sherwood Boone Park Elementary, North Little Rock Academics Plus, Maumelle Brady Elementary School, Little Rock ACCESS Academy, Little Rock Bryant Elementary School, Bryant Adventurous Learning Academy Bryant High School, Bryant Anne Watson Elementary School, Bigelow Bucher Home School, Little Rock Arkansas School for the Blind, Little Rock Cabot Area Home School Educators, Cabot Atkins Elementary, Atkins Cabot Middle School North, Cabot Avilla Christian Academy, Alexander Caddo Hills School, Norman Baker Elementary School, Little Rock Calvary Academy, North Little Rock Bale Elementary, Little Rock Capital City Lighthouse Charter School, North Little Rock Baseline Elementary, Little Rock Carver Magnet Elementary School, Little Rock Bayou Meto Elementary School, Jacksonville Cash Home School (Kelly Cash), Warren Beebe Early Childhood, Beebe Cedar Heights Christian Academy, North Little Rock Beebe Elementary School, Beebe Central Arkansas Christian School, North Little Rock Beth Hiaumet Home School, Cabot Central Elementary School, Cabot Bingham Road Baptist, Little Rock Central Primary School, Arkadelphia Bismarck Elementary School, Bismarck Chenal Elementary School, Little Rock Bobby G Lester, Jacksonville Cherokee Elementary School, Hardy Booker Arts Magnet Elementary, Little Rock Chicot Elementary, Mabelvale
Children's Theatre 29 Childcare Network 186, Benton Lakeside Flex, Hot Springs Childcare Network 238, Bryant Lakeside Primary School, Hot Springs Children’s Corner Preschool, Benton Landmark Elementary School, Little Rock Christ Lutheran School, Little Rock Langston Magnet, Hot Springs National Park Christian Ministries Academy, Hot Springs Lil’ Motivators Academy, Jacksonville CiCi Academy, North Little Rock LISA Academy North, North Little Rock Clarendon ABC Prekindergarten School, Clarendon Lisa Bailey Home School Group, Cabot Classical Conversations of Little Rock, Little Rock Little Life Academy, North Little Rock Classical Conversations or Saline County, Benton Little Rock Athletic Club, Little Rock Clinton Elementary School, Clinton Little Rock Christian Academy, Little Rock Collegeville Elementary School, Bryant Little Scholars Academy of Maumelle, Maumelle Crecy Ragan Home School, Sherwood London Bridges Childcare, North Little Rock Crestwood Elementary, North Little Rock Lonoke Primary School, Lonoke Crystal Hill Elementary School, North Little Rock Magnet Cove Elementary, Malvern Cutter Morning Elementary, Hot Springs Malvern Elementary School, Malvern Daisy Bates Elementary, Little Rock Marguerite Vann Elementary School, Conway Danville Middle School, Danville Martin Luther King Magnet Elementary School, Little Rock Davis Elementary, Bryant Maumelle Middle School, Maumelle Des Arc Elementary , Des Arc McClellan Magnet High School, Little Rock Don Roberts Elementary, Little Rock McDermott Elementary, Little Rock Drew County Consortium, Monticello McRae Elementary, Searcy East End Intermediate School , Little Rock Meadow Park Elementary, North Little Rock Easter Seals Arkansas-Dev Office, Little Rock Messick Homeschool, Sherwood Eastside Elementary School, Cabot Michelle Shellabarger Home School, North Little Rock Elementary School, Little Rock Miss Selma’s School, Little Rock Elizabeth Messick Homeschool, Sherwood Morrilton Elementary, Morrilton England Elementary School, England Morrilton Intermediate School, Morrilton Episcopal Collegiate School, Little Rock Mountain Pine Elementary, Mountain Pine Estem East Village Elementary, Little Rock Mountain Springs Elementary School, Cabot First Baptist Church of Benton, Benton NEMO Vista Elementary School, Center Ridge Forest Heights Stem Academy, Little Rock New Life Christian Academy, North Little Rock Frank Mitchell Intermediate School, Vilonia North Little Rock Homeschool Group, North Little Rock Fulbright Elementary School, Little Rock Northside Elementary School, Cabot FUMC Children’s Enrichment Center, North Little Rock Oakbrooke Elementary, Sherwood Gina Sowles Home School, Arkadelphia Oaklawn Visual and Performing Arts Magnet, Hot Springs Glenview Elementary School, North Little Rock Our House, Little Rock Glenwood Christian School, Glenwood Our Lady of Fatima School, Benton Greenbrier Eastside Elementary, Little Rock Our Lady of Holy Souls Catholic School, Little Rock Guy-Perkins Elementary School, Guy Park Magnet School, Hot Springs Hardin Elementary School, Redfield Perryville Elementary School, Perryville Harding Academy, Searcy Pikeview Elementary School, North Little Rock Harmony Grove Elementary, Benton Pine Forest Elementary School, Maumelle Harris Elementary, North Little Rock Pinnacle Classical Academy, Little Rock Hazen School District Pre-K, Hazen Pulaski Academy, Little Rock Heber Springs High School, Heber Springs Pulaski Heights Baptist Church Day School, Little Rock HL Lubker Elementary School, Bald Knob Pulaski Heights Elementary, Little Rock Homeschool CLUB, Malvern Pulaski Heights UMC – CLC, Little Rock Hurricane Creek Elementary School, Bryant Quality Child Care, Inc., Little Rock Immaculate Heart of Mary, North Little Rock Rhodes Home School, Paron Jacksonville Christian Academy, Jacksonville Ringgold Elementary School, Benton Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter, Jacksonville Rison Elementary School, Rison Jefferson Elementary School, Little Rock Riverside Academy, Mayflower Jolly Time Preschool, Benton Rockefeller Incentive Elementary, Little Rock Julia Lee Moore Elementary School, Conway Rose Bud Elementary School, Rose Bud Kathy Short Home School, Stuttgart Sacred Heart Catholic School, Morrilton Kayla Roberts Home School, Guy Shannon Townsend Home School, Sherwood Kiddie Academy of Little Rock, Little Rock Sheridan Elementary School, Sheridan Lake Hamilton Elementary, Pearcy Sheridan Intermediate School, Sheridan
Children's Theatre 30 Sherwood Elementary, Sherwood The Baptist Preparatory Lower School, Little Rock Sidney Deener Elementary School, Searcy Thirty Fourth Avenue Elementary School, Pine Bluff Small Home School, Little Rock Timbo Elementary School, Timbo Solid Rock Christian Academy, Alexander UAMS MLK Headstart, Little Rock Southside Middle School, Batesville United Cerebral Palsy, North Little Rock Southwest Middle School, Searcy Veronica Ali Wild + Free AR Home School Group, Cabot Springhill Elementary School, Greenbrier Wakefield Elementary School, Little Rock Springhill Elementary, Alexander Walnut Ridge Elementary, Walnut Ridge St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Little Rock Warren Dupree Elementary, Warren St. Edward School, Little Rock Warren High School, Warren St. John’s Catholic School, Hot Springs Washington Magnet Elementary School, Little Rock St. John’s Lutheran School, Stuttgart Watson Chapel High School, Pine Bluff Stagecoach Elementary, Cabot Westside Elementary School, Cabot Stephens Elementary, Little Rock White County Central School, Judsonia Sylvan Hills Elementary, Sherwood White Hall Elementary School, White Hall Tammi Cassidy Home School, Jacksonville William Jefferson Clinton Elementary School, Sherwood Terry Elementary School, Little Rock Woodrow Cummins Elementary School, Conway The Anthony School, Little Rock Wooster Elementary School, Greenbrier
Children’s Theatre sponsors for 2018-2019 included Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Arvest Bank; Dr. Loren Bartole, Family Foot Care; Meredith and Graham Catlett; Centennial Bank; Crow- Burlingame/Bumper to Bumper; Edafio Technology Partners; Cindy and Greg Feltus; Junior League of Little Rock; Landmark PLC, Certified Public Accountants; Little Rock Family; Martha Logue; Julie and Lynn Marshall; Morris Foundation, Inc.; and Rebsamen Fund.
Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre is supported in part by the City of Little Rock; the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau; the City of North Little Rock; The Shubert Foundation; and the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Educational Theatre Programs
2018-2019 Summer Theatre Academy enrollment: Session #1 48 students Session #2 31 students
Total 84* *5 students were enrolled in both sessions
Children’s Theatre staff and actors conduct interactive question and answer sessions and educational demonstrations following each performance at the Arkansas Arts Center – 23,107 students participated.
NUMBER OF EVENTS TOTAL PARTICIPANTS Fall Quarter 2018 Theatre/Children’s Classes & Workshops 4 26 Winter Quarter 2019 Theatre/Children’s Classes & Workshops 3 24 *Included 1 Adult Class Spring Quarter 2019 Theatre/Children’s Classes & Workshop* 1 6
TOTAL 8 56 *Adult Workshop
Children's Theatre 31 Development
The Arkansas Arts Center wishes to thank all those who supported the AAC this past year with an exemplary commitment to the arts. Generous annual contributions ensure that learning, inspiration and creative expression in the arts flourish throughout Arkansas, for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Arkansas Arts Center programs are supported in part by the City of Little Rock; the City of North Little Rock; the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau; and the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and The National Endowment for the Arts.
$50,000 and above Anne and Merritt Dyke National Endowment for the Arts Robyn and John Horn Harriet and Warren Stephens, Stephens Inc. The Walton Family Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Isabel and John Ed Anthony Lisenne Rockefeller Bank OZK The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable & Boyette Strategic Advisors, LLC Educational Trust The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston Judy and Randy Wilbourn Elaine and Claiborne Deming
$10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Ben and Walter Hussman Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield The Philip R. Jonsson Foundation Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Julie and The Very Reverend Christoph Keller Bank of America Ces and Drew Kelso Dr. Loren Bartole, Family Foot Care Ginanne Graves Long Sara and Jimmy Batcheller Meredith Ward Fine Art Herbert Blair Trust Brenda Mize Chucki and Curt Bradbury Moon Distributors Inc. Centennial Bank Helen Porter and Jim Dyke East Harding Construction Dale and Lee Ronnel Entergy Arkansas, Inc. The Shubert Foundation Terri and Chuck Erwin Belinda Shults Judy Fletcher Terri and David Snowden Maribeth and John Frazer Harriet and Warren Stephens Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP Charles M. & Joan R. Taylor Foundation, Inc. Marion Fulk and Jeff Rosenzweig LaRand Thomas Diane Suitt Gilleland JC Thompson Trust Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Trinity Foundation HoganTaylor LLP Dianne and Bobby Tucker Barbara Rogers Hoover Union Pacific Foundation Barbara House Pat Wilson
$5,000 - $9,999 Amcor Company Foundation Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries Cindy and Greg Feltus Arkansas Business Publishing Group Jackye and Curtis Finch Arkansas Children's Hospital First Security Bank Bailey Foundation June and Edmond Freeman Phyllis and Michael Barrier Laura Harden and Lon Clark Central Arkansas Library System Linda and Rush Harding Robert Chandler Michelle and Stan Hastings Christie's, Inc. Mimi and Jim Hugg Sandra and Bob Connor W. W. and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Development 32 Rhonda and Tim Jordan Ellen and Shep Russell Kum & Go Martha and Warren Stephenson Martha Logue Stifel Donna and Mack McLarty Don Tilton Sarah and Walter Nunnelly U.S. Bank Eva and Dr. Jim Pappas Jane McGehee Wilson Rebsamen Fund Jolene and Louis Wilson Riggs Benevolent Fund Sherry Worthen Rose Law Firm
$1,000 - $4,999 107 Liquor Nan Ellen and Jack East 3M Edafio Technology Partners Lee Abel and Eleanor Kennedy Kelly and Brad Eichler ACE Glass Co., Inc. Dr. Martin Eisele Annette and Philip Anderson Fassler Hall - LR. Gaye and Dr. Bob Anderson Joyce and Jim Faulkner Elizabeth Andreoli and Joseph Goellner Caroline and Bud Finley Anonymous Dr. Erin Finzer Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation First Community Bank Arkansas Humanities Council Kelly and Dr. Shannon Fleming Arvest Bank Sue Gaskin Arvest Foundation Jane Gillespie Paul Bash and Tony Owens Henry Goodspeed Lisa and Sam Baxter Priscilla Green Maritza and Terry Bean Greg Thompson Fine Art BKD, LLP Judy Grundfest Gloria and Gary Blakney Jeane Hamilton Pam and Rick Blank Laine Harber Kyle Boswell and Dr. Jon Mourot Linda and David Hargis Barbara and Steve Bova Harrison Energy Partners Del Boyette Helen and Fred Harrison Mary Clare and Bill Brierley Sarah Henry Kim and Mark Brockinton Dr. Todd Herman and Harry Gerard Nancy Brusenhan Susan and Herren Hickingbotham Vicki and Robert Burnett Kim Hillis C. Louis and Mary C. Cabe Foundation Dr. Jay Holland Scott Whiteley Carter Mimi and Joe Hurst Catfish Farmers of Arkansas Innerplan Office Interiors Meredith and Graham Catlett Lucy and Dorsey Jackson Roxanne and Leon Catlett The Janet Jones Company Donna and Dr. Donald Cave JenByRo Charitable Fund at ACF CenterPoint Energy Judy and Kelley Johnson Dr. Christopher Cifarelli Kathy and Jim Johnson Gert and General Wesley Clark, Ret. Linda and Dr. Gerald Johnson Katy and Ralph Cloar Gail Reede Jones, MD and Jesse Mason Stuart Cobb Junior League of Little Rock Jennie and Dr. Chuck Cole Sharon Kemp Susan Conley, M.D. Kroger Community Rewards Consulate of Mexico in Little Rock Lexicon, Inc. Cathy and Kevin Crass Lauriann Lines Mary Lou and Bill Cravens Dr. Daniel Littlefield Crow-Burlingame/Bumper to Bumper Ann and Wally Loveless D & B Janitorial Service Mangan Holcomb Partners Irene and George Davis Julie and Lynn Marshall Maggie and Dick Dearnley Cathy and Mike Mayton Peggy and Haskell Dickinson Michelle and Hugh McDonald Drennan Insurance Marketing, Inc. Mary Ann and Bob McKuin
Development 33 McLarty Consulting Regions Bank Carolyn and George McLeod Carolyn and Rog Rogers Larry Middleton Rebecca Slaven Mid-Southern Watercolorists The Smith Holloway Patton Foundation Carl Miller Rebecca and Gary Smith Stephanie and Virgil Miller Patty and Michael Smith Blanche and Beadle Moore Martha and Bob Snider Susie and Charles Morgan Sol Alman Company Anne Bradford Mourning Martha Sowell Barbara and Don Munro Judi and Gray Standridge Munro Foundation Grace and John Steuri Murphy Oil Corporation Stone Ward Sydney and Michael Murphy Sarah and Jeff Teague Allison and Dr. Gary Nash Betty Terry Debbie and Stewart Noland Marti and Dr. Henry Thomas Ellis and Briant Noland Jane and John Thompson Lynn and George O'Connor Virgil Trotter Robin Orsi Becky and Rett Tucker Eileen and Patrick O'Sullivan Meredith and Dr. Stephen Tucker Dr. Shanna Palmer and Tommy Hammond John Tyson Nikki and Paul Parnell Verizon Wireless Party City of Arkansas Betty Jo Ward Valerie Pearsall and Rich Roy Whelan Security Janice and Dr. Phillip Peters Cappy and Charlie Whiteside Anna Louise Phillips Gladys and Haynes Whitney Nancy and Tad Phillips Laura and Kyle Winning Poe Travel Patti and Jim Womble Mary and Dr. Robert Powers Alison and Dr. Terry Yamauchi Quality Video Services Jan Zimmerman Stephen Ragland and Kent Armstrong
*This list does not include gifts designated for special event tickets, auction items, art donations, honorariums, memorials, acquisitions, capital campaign, or gifts made to the endowment of the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation.
Exhibition, Program and Special Event Sponsors
EXHIBITIONS Isabel and John Ed Anthony Judy Fletcher Arkansas Arts Center Board of Trustees June and Edmond W. Freeman Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries Maribeth and John Frazer Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP Arkansas Children's Hospital Marion W. Fulk Arkansas Humanities Council Laura Sandage Harden and Lon Clark Bank of America HoganTaylor LLP Bank OZK Holleman & Associates, P.A. Phyllis and Michael Barrier Barbara Rogers Hoover The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston Barbara House Catfish Farmers of Arkansas JC Thompson Trust Robert Chandler Philip R. Jonsson Foundation Sandra and Bob Connor Rhonda and Tim Jordan Consulate of Mexico in Little Rock Ces and Drew Kelso Alan DuBois Contemporary Craft Fund The John William Linn Endowment Fund Anne and Merritt Dyke Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield East Harding Construction Little Rock Soirée Terri and Chuck Erwin Ginanne Graves Long
Development 34 Mid-Southern Watercolorists Stifel Brenda Mize Don A. Tilton, The Capitol Group Lisenne Rockefeller Trinity Foundation Dale and Lee Ronnel Dianne and Bobby Tucker Rose Law Firm Jane McGehee Wilson Belinda Shults Pat Wilson Andre Simon Memorial Trust
MUSEUM SCHOOL, EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH Blue Bell Creameries Ruth Kretchmar Neighborhood Arts Program Central Arkansas Library System Rebsamen Fund First Community Bank Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation, Inc. First Security Bank LaRand Thomas The Dorothea Lawrence Gilbert Fund for Art Enrichment and Outreach
CHILDREN’S THEATRE Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield Cindy and Greg Feltus Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Junior League of Little Rock Arvest Bank Landmark PLC, Certified Public Accountants Dr. Loren Bartole, Family Foot Care Little Rock Family Blue Bell Creameries Martha Logue Meredith and Graham Catlett Julie and Lynn Marshall Centennial Bank Morris Foundation, Inc. Crow-Burlingame/Bumper to Bumper Rebsamen Fund Edafio Technology Partners The Shubert Foundation
ARTSREACH PROGRAMS 3M Foundation, Inc. Kum & Go Amcor Company Foundation The Shubert Foundation Anthony Timberlands, Inc. Target Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Union Pacific Foundation Entergy Arkansas, Inc. U.S. Bank Foundation Diane Suitt Gilleland
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS 3M Brian Lang Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Mangan Holcomb Partners Blue Bell Creameries, LP Moon Distributors Inc. Boulevard Bread Co. Quality Video Services Boyette Strategic Advisors, LLC Roe Painting Company, Inc. Bylites STAGEWORKS, INC. Christie’s, Inc. Verizon Wireless Community Bakery Ann Prentice Wagner, PhD Kay Kundahl
FOUNTAIN FEST SPONSORS CenterPoint Energy McLarty Consulting Family of Carrie Remmel Dickinson Party City of Arkansas Henry Goodspeed Peckham + Smith Architects, Inc.
FOUNTAIN FEST IN-KIND 107 Liquor O’Connor Distributing Argenta Downtown Council Roxor Gin Fassler Hall Stone’s Throw Brewing Flyway Brewing Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe Moon Distributors Inc.
Development 35 FAUXBRIZ DONORS Renee and John Bethel Cindy Scott-Huisman and Clarke Huisman Del Boyette Kathy and Jim Johnson Christy and William Clark Tricia and Joseph Luzzi Stuart Cobb Shannon McQuiston Lois and Phil Cox Susie and Charles Morgan Mary Anne and Dr. Cecil Cupp Frank Newell Anne and Merritt Dyke Belinda Shults Maribeth and John Frazer Martha Sowell Diane Suitt Gilleland Harriet and Warren Stephens, Stephens Inc. Jeane Hamilton Sarah and Jeff Teague Maggie Hogan and Don Pfeifer Pat Wilson Barbara Rogers Hoover
Memorials and Honorary Gifts
MEMORIALS KATHLEEN ATKINS HENRY G. “FRITZ” HOLLENBERG, JR. Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Nancy and Tad Phillips
BEN AUBURN GILBERT KORENBLAT David Andrew Auburn Nancy and Tad Phillips Mary Elizabeth Auburn ROBERT LEACH FRANCES BAGGETT Tracy Norwood Karol Zoeller MORRIS MATSON DR. H. A. TED BAILEY Janet Aronson Jeane M. Hamilton Martha S. Campbell Barbara R. Hoover Betsy and Cyril Hollingsworth Dale and Lee Ronnel CHARLES BATSON Mitchell L. Jansonius WALTER MOSLEY Kelly Fleming JAN ELLIS BOLTON Nancy and Tad Phillips KENJI NAKAHASHI Gratia Williams Nakahashi NANCY LOU NICOL BOYD Terry and Jean Landrum JOHN PAGAN Beth and Ted Rice John Gill Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger ROY BOYD Beatrice M. Magers Greg Phillips and Stephanie Sikora Barbara and John Rhodes Heather Rhodes-Pagan CAMERON BRADBURY Belinda Shults Debbie S. Rogers Andrea M. Tompkins and Joe Harvey
BETTY BUMPERS DAN PHILLIPS Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Helen and Fred Harrison Sheila and Mike Mehaffy CARRIE DICKINSON Isabelle Monroe Nan Ellen and Jack East Barbara and Don Munro Alison Peck AUGUSTUS “GUS” FULK Gus M. Vratsinas Kelly Fleming Dale and Lee Ronnel
Development 36 PETER PHILLIPS TED C. TREADWAY Jan Zimmerman Nancy and Tad Phillips Dale and Lee Ronnel DENA RAE REYNOLDS Belinda H. Shults Mary Blackmon Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger JOHN JAMES TRUEMPER, JR. Julie Truemper ROBERT LUTHER “BOB” SHULTS Holleman & Associates, P.A. IRENE VRATSINAS Betsy and Cyril Hollingsworth Nancy and Tad Phillips Sandy and Dan Phillips WALTER WALKER AVA JANE STEVENS Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries Teresa Stevens JANE McGEHEE WILSON MICHAEL STOREY Arkansas Womens Action for New Direction Janet Armour Paul Bash Jennifer Freeman and Daniel Schutte Anncha Briggs Kathy Freeman Linda W. Brown Binnie Owings Chris Cranford Frances and Wayne Cranford ELLEN FLETCHER TERRY Ross Cranford Jane Harris Ash Irene and George Davis Janice and Donald Botner Merritt P. Dyke Ronald Cameron and Margot Cameron Kelly Fleming M. Gayle Corley Jeane M. and Martha Hamilton Frances and Wayne Cranford Laine Harber Donna Davis and Joan Rorex Helen and Fred Harrison Nancy E. Dickins Jo Clair Hays Laura and Mark Doramus Susan J. Hestir Susan Elder Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Kelly Fleming Carol and Tommy Hodges Fletcher Foti Barbara R. Hoover Marie Hurst Gunti Mimi and Joe Hurst, Jr. Helen and Fred Harrison Ruth Ann and Jim Johnson Jo Clair Hays Janet and Bud Jones Howland & Norris Susan May Lucia H. Jones Jane Moses Nancy and Drew Kumpuris Alan Patteson, Jr. Dayle McCune Don Pfeifer and Maggie Hogan Martha Morton Nancy and Tad Phillips Jane K. Moses Mary Lou and Terry Rasco Pat Reed Eva Park Riley Heather Rhodes-Pagan Dale and Lee Ronnel James Robinson Martha Sowell Billie and Skip Rutherford Betty Ruth Stuckey Doris Sarver Dianne and Bobby Tucker Angela and Scott Simon Margaret M. Whillock Sarah M. Spencer and Fred Oswald Carolyn Winburn Dr. Blake H. Weber and Staff Gary and Rebecca Wheeler GEORGE WORTHEN Gay White Sigler Sherry L. Worthen
SANDRA TRANUM DON ZIMMERMAN Dale and Lee Ronnel Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
Development 37 HONORARIUMS
THE AAC STAFF David and Terri Snowden Jeane M. Hamilton Don Tilton Pat Wilson KEM AND HARRY ABURROW Beatrice “Bea” Magers MR. AND MRS. JOHN P. GILL (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton LEIGHANNE ALFORD Brenda K. Mize DR. AND MRS. AUSTIN GRIMES Lee B. Davis PAUL BASH Kelly Fleming MRS. MARILYN HALL (CHRISTMAS) Brenda K. Mize Jeane M. Hamilton
ANTHONY BLACK DON F. HAMILTON AND FAMILY (CHRISTMAS) Lee B. Davis Jeane M. Hamilton
STEVE AND BARBARA BOVA JEANE M. HAMILTON Jo Clair Hays Scott Whiteley Carter
SISSI BRANDON (CHRISTMAS) LAINE HARBER Jeane M. Hamilton Scott Whiteley Carter Jeane M. Hamilton ALYSIA CARTER Angela Stroud DR. TODD HERMAN Lauren Bellomy MARY LOU CRAVENS (BIRTHDAY) Alysia Carter Cary C. Wilson Merritt P. Dyke Rana Edgar MERRITT DYKE Kelly Fleming Mark P. Massey Angel Galloway Laine Harber JOSIE FELTON Heather Hignite Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Sharon L. Howell Spencer R. Jansen JACKYE AND CURTIS FINCH, JR. Beth Lambert Gay and Bill Sigler Brian Lang Bea Plant KELLY FLEMING Shannon Speer Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Angela Stroud Tracye and Larry Townley Andrea M. Tompkins Pat Ulrich KELLY FLEMING (AFP OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING Ann Prentice Wagner, PhD PROFESSIONAL 2018) Denise Woods Paul Bash Jessica Wright Stuart Cobb Terri and Chuck Erwin JAY HILL (CHRISTMAS) Barbara R. Hoover Jeane M. Hamilton Sharon Kemp Brenda K. Mize SUSAN SUDDUTH DODSON HILLER Dorothy Morris Robert A. Hiller Anne Bradford Mourning Barbara and Don Munro Jennifer O’Brien BARBARA HOOVER Poe Travel Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Dale and Lee Ronnel Barbi Rushing Interiors, Inc. Belinda H. Shults
Development 38 BARBARA HOOVER (BIRTHDAY) HAVEN ROBERTS Ann Lewis John and Kathy Roberts
JIM AND KATHY JOHNSON EUGENIE ROGNRUD (BIRTHDAY) Gay and Bill Sigler Irene and George Davis
BETH LAMBERT DALE RONNEL (BIRTHDAY) Carl Clemmons Karen Ronnel Pear
LAURA LANDREAUX PAYTON SCHAFFER Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger John and Kathy Roberts
BRIAN LANG SKYLER SCHAFFER Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger John and Kathy Roberts
LITTLE ROCK GARDEN CLUB LARETHA SCOTT The Arkansas Arts Center Kelly Fleming
JEAN LYNN (CHRISTMAS) MAYOR MARK STODOLA Jeane M. Hamilton Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
MARTIN MULLER / MODERNISM VAN TILBURY Anncha Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Loveless, Jr. Leigh Rinearson MRS. JULIE TRUEMPER (CHRISTMAS) JOE NICHOLS Jeane M. Hamilton Evergreen Garden Club Margaret Hatchett
ELLISON POE (CHRISTMAS) JANE McGEHEE WILSON Jeane M. Hamilton Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
CARREY REYNOLDS John Reynolds
Development 39 Membership General and FAB Members
Individual: 733 Individual Monthly: 27 Dual: 735 Dual Monthly: 10 Family: 976 Family Monthly: 16 Friend: 571 Friend Monthly: 7 Advocate: 148 Advocate Monthly: 3 Benefactor: 41 Benefactor Monthly: 1
Individual and Corporate Circle Members
Museum Circle: 88
Curators' Circle: 19
Director's Circle: 24
President's Circle: 20
Rockefeller Society: 8
Corporate Museum Circle: 21
Corporate Curators' Circle: 9
Corporate Director's Circle: 14
Corporate President's Circle: 8
Corporate Rockefeller Society: 13
Total Memberships: 3,492 New Memberships: 596 Rejoin Memberships: 545
Membership 40 Member Exhibition Previews Independent Vision: Modern and Contemporary 61st Annual Delta Exhibition Art from the Martin Muller Collection MAY 2, 2019 SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 Film Screening of Delta 60 and Closing Party 50th Collectors Show and Sale for the 61st Annual Delta Exhibition NOVEMBER 15, 2018 JUNE 28, 2019 Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo/ Fotografiando Frida: Retratos de Frida Kahlo JANUARY 31, 2019
Member Events New Member Reception Museum School Sale Member Preview JULY 10, 2018 NOVEMBER 16, 2018 New Member Reception New Member Reception NOVEMBER 7, 2018 FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Contemporaries Events Private Tour of the 60th Annual Delta “How Do I Start Collecting?” with AAC Drawing Exhibition and Painting Department Chair Robert Bean AUGUST 2, 2018 MARCH 27, 2019 7th Annual Fountain Fest Selection of Contemporaries Award Winner for the OCTOBER 25, 2018 61st Annual Delta Exhibition MARCH 27, 2019 50th Collectors Show and Sale Preview with the Collectors Group Home Tour of the Henry Goodspeed Collection NOVEMBER 14, 2018 APRIL 11, 2019 Christmas Party Home Tour with Jennifer O’Brien DECEMBER 7, 2018 JUNE 5, 2019 Private Tour of Photographing Frida: Portraits Private Tour of the 61st Annual Delta Exhibition of Frida Kahlo/Fotografiando Frida: Retratos JUNE 20, 2019 de Frida Kahlo with Inez Valdes, photographer
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Friends of Contemporary Craft Events “Conversation with Akira Satake” (ceramics) Annual Meeting, Silent Auction and “Conversation MARCH 10, 2019 with Glenn Adamson: The Future of Craft” (curator, author, and craft theorist)
JUNE 9, 2019
Membership 41 Museum School
The Museum School offers classes for children, teens and adults, providing instruction for art enthusiasts of every skill level. Classes are offered on a quarterly basis with day, evening and weekend classes. Museum School disciplines include Ceramics, Drawing, Fused Glass, Jewelry and Small Metals, Mixed Media, New & Other, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Woodworking, and Children’s Theatre. Special topics have included Batik, Pysanky (Ukrainian eggs), Encaustic Painting, Silk Shibori Scarves, and Mosaics – to name a few. Beginning, intermediate and advanced level classes are scheduled to focus on the fundamentals important to progressive development of artistic technique.
Adult Classes Enrollment NUMBER OF CLASSES TOTAL PARTICIPANTS Fall Quarter 2018 Adult Classes and Workshops 86 817 Winter Quarter 2019 Adult Classes and Workshops 84 805 Spring Quarter 2019 Adult Classes and Workshops 90 639 Summer Quarter 2019 Adult Classes and Workshops 68 545 Total (FY18-19) 328 2,806
Children/Youth Classes Enrollment NUMBER OF CLASSES TOTAL PARTICIPANTS Fall Quarter 2018 Art/Youth Classes 16 97 Winter Quarter 2019 Art/Youth Classes 19 178 Harry Potter Holiday Wonderland 1 38
Spring Quarter 2019 Art/Youth Classes 14 34 Spring Break Program 1 26 Summer Quarter 2019 Art/Youth Half-Day Studio Series 22 253 Junior Arts Academy 1 111 Total (FY18-19) 74 737
Grand Total (FY18-19) 402 3,543
Comparative Total (FY 17-18) 339 2,845 Comparative Total (FY 16-17) 348 2,742 Comparative Total (FY 15-16) 417 2,837 Comparative Total (FY 14-15) 351 2,026 Comparative Total (FY 13-14) 351 2,284 Comparative Total (FY 12-13) 321 2,000
Museum School 42 Museum School Adult Workshops The Museum School offers specialized workshops for teachers and for artists, often led by nationally recognized figures whose work is in the permanent collection of the Arts Center or in conjunction with a special exhibition or program of one of the AAC auxiliary groups, such as, Friends of Contemporary Craft.
“Characters from Found Objects” with “Exploring Resin Art” with Catherine Rodgers AAC Jewelry & Small Metals Department Chair JANUARY 12 & 13, 2019 Jann Greenland “Leather Tote Bag” with Guest Instructor JULY 13, 20 & 27, 2018 Jack Lloyd “Painting Inside the Lines” with Guest Instructor JANUARY 19, 2019 Kirkman Montgomery “Draw Anyway! Mixed Media and the JULY 14, 2018 Drawn Line” with Guest Instructor “Soda Workshop” with Guest Instructor Laura Raborn Dain Couch JANUARY 26 & 27, 2019 JULY 14 & 28, 2018 “Paint Like Frida” with AAC Drawing & “Electric Kiln Basics Workshop” with AAC Ceramics Painting Department Chair Robert Bean Department Chair Beth Lambert and Michael Shaeffer JULY 14 & 28, 2018 FEBRUARY 16, 2019 “Leather Tote Bag” with Guest Instructor “Ceramics Workshop” with Visiting Artist Jack Lloyd Akira Satake JULY 28, 2018 MARCH 9 & 10, 2019 “Leather Tote Bag” with Guest Instructor “Making Ceramic Tools” with AAC Ceramics Jack Lloyd Department Chair Beth Lambert and SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Instructors Kendal Carter and Hannah May “Electric Kiln Basics Workshop” with AAC Ceramics APRIL 6 & 20, 2019 Department Chair Beth Lambert SEPTEMBER 16 & 23, 2018 “Leather Tote Bag” with Guest Instructor Jack Lloyd “Introduction to the World of Smartphone APRIL 8, 2019 Photography” with Guest Instructor Tommy Wallace “Drawing the Figure in Conté Crayon” with SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 Guest Instructor Ricky Sykes APRIL 20, 2019 “Introduction to Lamp Construction” with Guest Instructor D Wharton “Springing into Smartphone Photography” SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 with Guest Instructor Tommy Wallace APRIL 22 & 29, 2019 “In Living Color: The Power of Color Theory” with Guest Instructor Diane Harper “Soda Workshop” with Guest Instructor OCTOBER 6, 2018 Dain Couch MAY 4 & 5, 2019 “Abstracting the Archetype” with Visiting Artist Mike Helke “Tonality and the Portrait” with Guest NOVEMBER 10 & 11, 2018 Instructor Cary Smith MAY 18, 2019 “Electric Kiln Basics Workshop” with AAC Ceramics Department Chair Beth Lambert Full Court Press: A Printmaking Intensive: DECEMBER 2 & 9, 2018 “Printmaking on Fabric” with Guest Instructor Melissa Gill “Exploring Resin Art” with Catherine Rodgers JANUARY 3, 2019 JANUARY 8 & 9, 2019
Museum School 43 “Embossing with the Printing Press” with “Photographing Your Artwork” with Guest Instructor Neal Harrington Alecia Walls-Barton JANUARY 4, 2019 APRIL 7, 2019 “The Mokuhanga Printmaking Method” “Understanding Your Artwork” with with Guest Instructor David Warren AAC Drawing & Painting Department JANUARY 5, 2019 Chair Robert Bean APRIL 7, 2019 “Gelli Pad Printing” with AAC Youth and Community Engagement Manager and First Friday Feedback Series: Printmaking Instructor Miranda Young AAC Drawing & Painting Department JANUARY 6, 2019 Chair Robert Bean APRIL 5, 2019 Business of Art Series: “Photographing Your Artwork” with AAC Ceramics Department Chair Alecia Walls-Barton Beth Lambert OCTOBER 13, 2018 MAY 3, 2019
Special Programs
Annual Museum School Sale: Harry Pottery Holiday Wonderland for Adults:
Member Preview Party Number of Participants 50 Arkansas State Fairgrounds Hall of Industry DECEMBER 8, 2018 NOVEMBER 16, 2018
Sale Day State Fairgrounds Hall of Industry NOVEMBER 17, 2018 Number of Artists Participating – 112 Friday Members 605 Friday Artists, Staff, Volunteers 181 Saturday Visitors 888 Saturday Artists, Staff, Volunteers 160 TOTAL 1,834
Museum School 44 Museum School Youth Workshops The Museum School offers specialized workshops for youth and families, often in conjunction with a special exhibition or in the spirit of the season.
Making Together Workshops for Families: “Make a Clay Vase” (all ages) with Youth & “Original Selfie: Portraits in Watercolor” (ages Community Engagement Manager 15-18) with Guest Instructor Michael Miranda Young Shaeffer Participating: 15 families Participants: 9 NOVEMBER 10, 2018 NOVEMBER 10, 2018 “Clay Ornaments” (all ages) with Youth & “Winter Fairies” (ages 6-9) with Youth & Community Engagement Manager Community Engagement Manager Miranda Young Miranda Young Participating: 11 families Participants: 8 DECEMBER 1, 2018 DECEMBER 1, 2018 “Build a Fairy Garden House” (all ages) with “Holiday Art Party” (ages 6-9) with Guest Youth & Community Engagement Manager Instructor Michael Shaeffer Miranda Young Participants: 16 Participating: 6 families DECEMBER 20, 2018 MAY 25, 2019
Educational Outreach Connect AFC (after school program) Boy Scout Merit Badge University: Number of Participants: 27 Pottery Badge 10 DECEMBER 3, 2018 Sculpture Badge 10 Art Badge 10 Girl Scouts Merit Badge Day MAY 11, 2019 Number of Participants: 11 Pottery Badge 11 School Outreach: MARCH 23, 2019 Chenal Elementary Gifted & Talented 3rd Grade Silk Screen Project at the Arts Center Whole Foods Kids Club Craft Project and Number of Participants: 13 Book Reading DECEMBER 11, 2018 Number of Participants: 26 MAY 3, 2019 Holy Souls 7th & 8th Grade Printmaking Project Number of Participants: 90 Girl Scout Super Troop 6008 Pottery Project FEBRUARY 19, 2019 Number of Participants: 6 Pottery Badge 6 Sidney Deener Elementary School Pottery Project MAY 6, 2019 Number of Participants: 28 MARCH 8, 2019 Girl Scout Super Troop 6010 Pottery Project Number of Participants: 15 Pottery Badge 15 Parkway Village Senior Living Community MAY 7, 2019 Now in its 4th year Painting Instructor: Tom Herrin Girl Scout Super Troop 6007 Pottery Project Number of participants varies each month, Number of Participants: 11 usually 8 to 10 Pottery Badge 11 MAY 9, 2019
Museum School 45 EDUCATION Lectures, Gallery Talks, Films & Panel Discussion
Art After Hours Lecture and Late Night Opening Night Lecture and Member Preview “Living Treasure and Fabulous Follies” Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo Robert Baines, artist and Australia Living “Her Own Muse: Fashioning Frida” Treasure, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Raissa Bretaña, fashion scholar, Metropolitan JULY 19, 2018 Museum of Art, New York, New York JANUARY 31, 2019 Art of Fashion Lecture and Book Signing “The Way She Wears It: The Ultimate Art of Motion and Music Lecture and Late Night Insider’s Guide to Revealing Your Personal “Artifact Dance Project – Movement and Frida” Style” Ashley Bowman, Artistic and Managing Director, Dallas Shaw, fashion illustrator, luxury product and founding member, Artifact Dance designer, author, and style influencer, Project, Tucson, Arizona Nashville, Tennessee FEBRUARY 21, 2019 Pop-Up Shop in collaboration with Dillard’s Art After Hours Lecture and Late Night Park Plaza Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo AUGUST 9, 2018 “Frida Kahlo: Unbound” Opening Night Lecture and Member Preview Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Director, DePaul Independent Vision: Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, DePaul University, Chicago, Art from the Martin Muller Collection Illinois Panel Conversation with collector Martin Muller, MARCH 14, 2019 San Francisco, California; scholar Robert Flynn Art After Hours Lecture and Late Night Johnson, San Francisco, California; and Brian Lang, Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo AAC Chief Curator and Windgate Foundation “Materiality, Geography, and Identity Curator of Contemporary Craft Construction in the Work and Life of SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 Frida Kahlo” Art of Motion and Music Lecture Lis Pankl, scholar, University of Utah, Salt “Mamma Don’t Let Your Daughter Grow Up Lake City, Utah to Sing Wagner” APRIL 4, 2019 Diane Kesling, mezzo-soprano, Department of Opening Night Lecture and Member Preview Music, University of Arkansas Little Rock, 61st Annual Delta Exhibition Little Rock, Arkansas Discussion of the exhibition and Award OCTOBER 11, 2018 Winners presentation Kevin Cole, artist, juror for the 61st Annual Delta Exhibition MAY 2, 2019
FEED YOUR MIND FRIDAYS
60th Annual Delta Exhibition 60th Annual Delta Exhibition Gallery Talk Gallery Talk Lisa Krannichfeld, Grand Award-winning artist Tim Hursley, artist featured in the featured in the 60th Annual Delta Exhibition 60th Annual Delta Exhibition JULY 27, 2018 AUGUST 10, 2018
Education & Library 46 Through Our Eyes (Youth Department Exhibition) Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo Gallery Talk Film Screening Miranda Young, AAC Youth & Community The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo Engagement Manager In collaboration with AETN SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 FEBRUARY 8, 2019 Gallery Talk Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo Beth Lambert, AAC Museum School Ceramics Gallery Talk Department Chair University of Arkansas Little Rock photography OCTOBER 12, 2018 students MARCH 8, 2019 Independent Vision: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Martin Muller Collection Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo Gallery Talk Film Screening Paul Bash, AAC Docent Roma NOVEMBER 2, 2018 In collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico MARCH 29, 2019 Independent Vision: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Martin Muller Collection Blue Porcelain: Artist-in-Residence Adrian Quintanar Gallery Talk Gallery Talk Robert Bean, AAC Museum School Drawing, Painting Adrian Quintanar, artist and Printmaking Department Chair MAY 2, 2019 DECEMBER 6, 2018 The Arkansas Arts Center Collection Behind the Seams: Children’s Theatre Costume Shop Lecture Gallery Talk Ann Wagner, PhD, AAC Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr., Erin Larkin and Nikki Gray, AAC Children’s Theatre Curator of Drawings Costume Designers JUNE 21, 2019 JANUARY 4, 2019
JUNE FREEMAN ART OF ARCHITECTURE LECTURE SERIES/ ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN NETWORK
"City Leaders as Urban Designers: Planning for “New Perspectives in Architecture Education” Rapid Change” Emily Baker, AIA, Jessica Colangelo, and Brian Trinity Simons, Executive Director of the Mayors Holland, Assistant Professors of Architecture, Institute of City Design, Washington, D.C. Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas NOVEMBER 13, 2018 "Sasa Radulovic” Sasa Radulovic, architect and founding partner “The Unexpected Modernism of Frank Doughty” with 5468796 Architecture, Inc., Winnipeg, Mason Toms, architectural historian and Manitoba, Canada preservation designer, Arkansas Historic OCTOBER 9, 2018 Preservation Program, Little Rock, Arkansas JANUARY 8, 2019 “Made, Modern, Make-Believe: Starting a Critical Design Practice in the South” "Landscape Architecture Now! Case Studies in Erin Lewis, AIA, and Matthew Griffith, AIA, Mexico and Latin America" Principals of In Situ Studio, Raleigh, Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, Assistant Professor of North Carolina Landscape Architecture, University of Texas, OCTOBER 16, 2018 Austin, Texas, and Founder of LABOR Studio, Chihuahua, Mexico
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Education & Library 47 “Taking the Time” “Weathering It Together: Designing for the Rick Joy, FAIA, Principal of Studio Rick Joy, Anthropocene” Tucson, Arizona Dr. Victoria Herrmann, President and Managing MARCH 12, 2019 Director of the Arctic Institute, Washington, D.C. APRIL 23, 2019 “Collective Creative Actions: Project Row Houses at 25” “Placemaking: A Love Story” Eureka Gilkey, Executive Director of Daniel Hintz, Principal & CEO, Velocity Group, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas Bentonville, Arkansas APRIL 9, 2019 MAY 14, 2019
YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS FAMILY FESTIVALS: “Super Sunday Free Family Fundays” “Little Rock Portfolio Day” Drop-in art making experiences on the second Arkansas high school students interested in pursuing Sunday of each month from noon to 3:00 p.m. an art-related post-secondary education met with which allow youth and their families to create a representatives from colleges and universities with take-away project that is connected to a work in art programs throughout the state and region. the permanent collection, performance, or special Representatives from Arkansas State University exhibition. Lyon College, Arkansas Tech University, Harding JULY 8, 2018 University, Henderson State University, Hendrix AUGUST 12, 2018 College, Pulaski Technical College, University of SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 Central Arkansas, University of Arkansas Little OCTOBER 14, 2018 Rock, and University of the Ozarks were in NOVEMBER 11, 2018 attendance. DECEMBER 9, 2018 JANUARY 16, 2019 OCTOBER 6, 2018 FEBRUARY 20, 2019 “Booseum” MARCH 10, 2019 The Arts Center participated in a city-wide Booseum APRIL 13, 2019 which invited youth and their families to create a JUNE 9, 2019 “make and take” art project, and to “trick or treat” “Young Arkansas Artists Family Festival and at the various participating museums. 400 visited Awards Presentation” the Arts Center during this year’s event. Celebrating art and young artists, this family festival OCTOBER 25, 2018 engaged families and rewarded artists chosen for the 58th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition. This “Artoberfest” year the AAC had three activities – a visit to the The Arts Center hosted a Fall Family Festival, an Artmobile, pinwheel making, and an exquisite evening of autumn activities for the family, corpse drawing activity. Also featured in the including a Haunted House in the Terry Mansion. program was an awards ceremony for the winners 175 attended the event. of the 58th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition OCTOBER 27, 2018 hosted by 2019 Grand Juror Garbo Hearne, Garbo “Booker Arts Magnet School Partnership” Hearne Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas The AAC Education Department continued a MAY 11, 2019 formalized Partner in Education with Booker Arts Magnet School. The Arts Center works closely with the elementary school on multi visits to AAC, as well as Artmobile visits to the school.
Education & Library 48 “Art Start!” Art Start! invites parents, grandparents, and SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 caregivers and their toddler through preschool OCTOBER 17, 2018 aged child to learn in a museum. The program DECEMBER 19, 2018 includes age-appropriate stories, gallery play JANUARY 16, 2019 activities, and a “make and take” art project. This FEBRUARY 20, 2019 program is in collaboration with CALS (Central MARCH 20, 2019 Arkansas Library System). APRIL 17, 2019 JULY 18, 2018 MAY 15, 2019 AUGUST 15, 2018
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ART TOGETHER Museum School Ceramics Department Chair. This program engages families who are JUNE 6, 2019 affected by Dementia-spectrum illnesses and their LEARNING TO LOOK caregivers. The event is offered the 3rd Monday of In 2018, the AAC formed a partnership with the each month when the museum is closed to regular University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) museum visitors. Consisting of a gallery tour which allows medical students who are enrolled followed by a hands-on art project in the Museum in the Art and Medicine course to have learning School, AAC’s Art Together partners with experiences in the galleries and in the Museum Alzheimer’s Arkansas to facilitate the program. School. This type of collaboration is a growing SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 national trend. Through guided tours of the OCTOBER 14, 2018 temporary exhibitions and the permanent NOVEMBER 19, 2018 collection galleries, as well as hands-on FEBRUARY 18, 2019 experiences in the studios, students increase MARCH 18, 2019 observational skills in the museum which can be APRIL 15, 2019 translated directly into their medical practice. MAY 20, 2019 Participants can enhance descriptive language DRAWING IN THE GALLERY skills, practice teamwork, and increase cultural Sunday sketch sessions with Robert Bean, AAC literacy. Museum School Drawing, Painting, and SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 Printmaking Department Chair. Sessions OCTOBER 2, 2018 were held in the galleries in conjunction with WILLIAM J. CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY the Arts Center’s permanent collection. COLLABORATION OCTOBER 7, 2018 In partnership with the Clinton Library during the CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR EDUCATORS White House Collection of American Crafts 25th Electric Kiln Basics Workshop Anniversary Exhibition on view at the library JULY 14 & 28, 2018 September 17, 2018, through March 31, 2019, DECEMBER 2 & 9, 2018 Education Departments of both institutions hosted two events that celebrated the arts, an opportunity Professional Development lecture on supplies and for families to create a take-home craft item and kilns with Little Rock School District and Pulaski take part in a scavenger hunt in the galleries. County School District middle school teachers JANUARY 20, 2019 with Beth Lambert, AAC Museum School Ceramics Department Chair. AAC Ceramics Department Chair Beth Lambert JANUARY 31, 2019 participated in a demonstration of ceramics to students at the Clinton Library. Professional Development lecture on supplies and FEBRUARY 15, 2019 kilns with Arkansas Art Educators at University of Arkansas Little Rock with Beth Lambert, AAC
Education & Library 49 ART FROM THE HEART Nicklas Muray, displayed in the exhibition. This pilot event in collaboration with the UAMS FEBRUARY 3, 2019 Interprofessional Education Department consisted MARCH 3, 2019 of a call for entries from UAMS medical APRIL 7, 2019 administrators, students, and physicians to use DOCENT TOURS their artistic talents in a wide range of media. Docents gave a total of 75 tours in FY18-19, After works and artist statements were submitted, along with 115 Weekend Drop-in Tour a panel of art professionals from UAMS and the opportunities. AAC selected ten works to be presented, with all By exhibition: works to be displayed at the AAC. Along with Independent Vision: Modern and Contemporary presenting and discussing their works, the artists Art from the Martin Muller Collection: 5 tours selected also toured the galleries and the Museum Photographing Frida: Portraits of Frida Kahlo: School. 41 tours APRIL 6, 2019 58th Young Arkansas Artists: 10 tours FAMILY PHOTO DAYS 61st Annual Delta Exhibition: 3 tours In conjunction with the Photographing Frida: Permanent Collection: 19 tours Portraits of Frida Kahlo / Fotografiando Frida: General tours of all exhibition galleries: 91 tours Retratos de Frida Kahlo exhibition on view at the *Please note that one tour can encompass up to AAC February 1 through April 14, 2019, on the first three exhibitions. Sunday of the months of the exhibit, individuals By theme: and families were encouraged to pose for “Docent’s Choice”: 25 tours take-home professional photographs in a setting “Learning to Look”: 28 tours very similar to the one in the famous portrait of “The Art of Making Art”: 17 tours the artist, Frida on White Bench, 1939, by “Art in Narrative Form”: 5 tours
LIBRARY
The Elizabeth Prewitt Taylor Memorial Library continued to grow through purchases, donations and exchanges with other museums. Catalogers in the Technical Services Department of the Central Arkansas Library System entered 107 new books into the online catalog this year. There are 6813 cataloged books in the Arkansas Arts Center’s Library, viewable from the CALS online website. There were also another 1,016 new books in queue to be cataloged.
The collection of materials pertaining to artists in the Arts Center’s permanent collection was expanded. The materials consist of postcards, pamphlets and small catalogs from artists, galleries and other museums and are filed in the library’s Stacks Room.
The annual book sale was held in November 2018 in conjunction with the Museum School Sale. $364.00 from the sale of items that were no longer needed was used to purchase relevant materials for the library.
ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG Ongoing cooperative partnership with expansion due to technical support of the Central Arkansas Library System, Nate Coulter, Director; Tracy Hamby, Department Head, Technical Services; Patrice O’Donoghue; and Lilianna Czerniawska.
Education & Library 50 STATEWIDE ARTSREACH
Statewide ArtsReach touring programs were delivered to 50 Arkansas communities in 44 counties during the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
Total Attendance for all touring programs: 1,702,886.* *Includes 1,454,293 at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport as reported by airport staff. Artmobile The exhibition aboard the Artmobile for the 2018-19 touring year was Who, What, Wear. This exhibition presented a tailored collection of original artworks from the Arkansas Arts Center’s permanent collection. While engaging with these diverse representations of clothing, viewers were invited to try on the idea that who they are is reflected in what they wear. The exhibition catalog and educational materials were available online through the Arts Center’s website. We continued providing venues with a mailed packet which includes a hard copy of the curriculum guide, high-resolution reproductions of the artworks featured in the exhibition, press materials, and tour scheduling forms. We continued to offer “community nights,” the after-hours events implemented during the 2014-2015 season. Communities and organizations served by the Artmobile during the season included 28 visits, 27 venues, 17 communities, and 15 counties, with 452 guided tours, including:
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Artoberfest, Batesville Hurricane Creek Elementary School, Bryant Artoberfest at Terry Mansion, Little Rock Junior Arts Academy at Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Lakewood Elementary School, North Little Rock Pine Bluff Magnolia Arts Festival, Magnolia Baseline Academy, Little Rock Mayflower Elementary School, Mayflower Booker Arts and Science Magnet Elementary School, McRae Elementary School, Searcy* Little Rock Mountain View High School, Mountain View Cherokee Village, Fulton/Sharp AAC Museum School Sale at Arkansas State Fairgrounds, Conway Arts Fest, Conway Little Rock De Queen Elementary School, De Queen Parkway Elementary School, Bryant Eastside Elementary School, Magnolia Pottsville Elementary, Pottsville Faulkner County Fair, Conway Pyron Elementary School, Clarksville Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith Spring Break Program at Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Fountain Fest at the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Theodore Jones Elementary School, Conway* Glenn Duffy Elementary, Gravette Upper Elementary, Ward Central Elementary School, Ward Gravette Woodrow Cummins Elementary School, Conway
*New Venue
Artmobile program sponsors for 2018-2019 included Anthony Timberlands, Inc.; Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation; Entergy Arkansas, Inc; Kum & Go; and Union Pacific Foundation.
Traveling Exhibitions
Three touring components of the Arkansas Arts Center’s 57th Annual Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition visited 7 schools and community organizations, including the following locations: Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock Rialto Gallery, Morrilton Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, Little Rock Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Texarkana Bradley County Historical Museum, Warren Western Hills Elementary School, Little Rock Lakeside School District, Hot Springs
Children’s Theatre on Tour Children’s Theatre on Tour, a division of the Arts Center’s resident Children’s Theatre, toured three professional theatre productions during the fiscal year. The touring troupe presented 99 performances and 2 theatre workshops at 59 venues, including public and private schools, community performing arts centers, festivals, and libraries, serving 43 communities in 35 counties. Each venue was provided with marketing materials, a digital playbill, and an online activity guide. The season’s performances were:
Snow White NOVEMBER 13 – DECEMBER 19, 2018 The Tortoise & the Hare (and Other Turtle Tales) JANUARY 15 – FEBRUARY 10, 2019 The Emperor’s New Clothes APRIL 2 – MAY 12, 2019 Children’s Theatre on Tour sponsors in 2018-2019 included: 3M Foundation, Inc.; Amcor Company Foundation; Diane Suitt Gilleland; The Shubert Foundation; Target; and U. S. Bank Foundation.
Statewide ArtsReach 52 The season performance and workshop locations included: Academies of West Memphis, West Memphis Johnson County Westside Elementary School, Hartman Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock Kipp Delta, West Helena Arkansas Literary Festival at Central Arkansas Library, Kirby Elementary School, Kirby Little Rock Lakeside Public Schools, Lake Village Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff Lakewood Elementary School, North Little Rock Baseline Academy, Little Rock* Landmark Elementary, Little Rock Barling Elementary School, Fort Smith* Marguerite Vann Elementary School, Conway* Bismarck Elementary School, Bismarck* Marvin Primary School, Mulberry C. Louis & Mary C. Cabe Auditorium, Gurdon* Marked Tree Elementary, Marked Tree (2 visits and performances) Marshall Elementary School at Ozark Heritage Arts Center, Carlisle Elementary School, Carlisle* Leslie Carver Magnet Elementary School, Little Rock Ouachita Elementary School, Donaldson* Central Elementary School, Corning Park Elementary School, Corning Christ the King Catholic School, Little Rock Paris Elementary School, Paris College Station Elementary School, Little Rock Portland Elementary School, Portland Darby Junior High School, Fort Smith Pulaski Academy, Little Rock De Queen Elementary School, De Queen Rialto Community Arts Center, Morrilton De Queen Public Schools, De Queen Romine Elementary School, Little Rock De Witt Elementary School, De Witt Saint Michael Catholic Church, West Memphis Donald W. Reynolds Library, Mountain Home Scranton Elementary School, Scranton Dunbar Auditorium, Mountain Home Sheridan Elementary School, Sheridan Dumas Area Art Center, Dumas Star City Public Schools, Star City East Side Elementary School, Magnolia Stephens Elementary School, Little Rock Elkins Primary School, Elkins Taylor Elementary School, Taylor Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville The Center for the Arts, Russellville Gandy Elementary School, White Hall Two Rivers Elementary School, Ola Garland County Library, Hot Springs UACC Batesville Independence Hall, Batesville Gentry Primary School, Gentry Vandergriff Elementary School, Fayetteville Grand Prairie Center, Stuttgart Waldron Elementary School, Waldron Hempstead Hall at UACC Hope, Hope Western Hills Elementary School, Little Rock Independence Hall at UACC Batesville, Batesville
*New venue
ArtsReach Touring Programs (outreach totals) Variance 2016-17* 2017-18* 2018-19 * between last 2 years* Artmobile 11,470 16,098 11,518 -4,580 Traveling Exhibitions 889,767 203,793 201,875 -1,918 Airport Exhibition N/A 1,026,252 1,454,293 +428,041 Children’s Theatre on Tour 38,006 36,863 35,200 -1,163 Total Attendance 939,243 1,283,006 1,498,593 +419,880 *In an effort to better gauge the impact of State Services, the Arkansas Arts Center is working more closely with organizations to report actual attendance numbers for all programs.
ArtsReach program sponsors for 2018-2019 included Anthony Timberlands, Inc.; Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corporation; Entergy Arkansas, Inc.; Kum & Go; and Union Pacific Foundation.
ArtsReach programs were also funded, in part, by the City of Little Rock; the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau; the City of North Little Rock; and Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. ArtsReach programs remain extremely indebted to the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and Pat Salmon & Sons for their support.
Statewide ArtsReach 53 Volunteers Volunteers donated over 6,000 hours to the Arkansas Arts Center this year serving as docents; Museum Shop sales clerks; Fine Arts Club and Contemporaries; Little Rock Garden Club gardeners who maintain the Butterfly Garden and grounds at the Terry Mansion; Pulaski County Master Gardeners who help beautify the grounds of the Arts Center; woodworkers; staff aides; Children’s Theatre performers and technical aides; the Board of Trustees; and the Foundation Board of Directors members. Volunteer Hours
Volunteer Area # of Volunteers # of Hours AAC Board of Trustees, AAC Foundation Board of Directors and Board Committees 50 2,053.5 Children’s Theatre Ushers 69 276.75 Children’s Theatre Performers and Technical Aides 32 4,713.25 Contemporaries Advisory Committee 16 91.25 Staff Aides 45 1,512.25 Docents 21 2,026.25 Educational Programs and Special Events 96 583.75 Friends of Contemporary Craft Advisory Committee 8 112.25 Gardens/Florals 55 693.50 Museum Shop Assistants 12 34.00 Tabriz 2019 6 50.00 Total 410* 12,146.75
*Total number of volunteers reflects the number of volunteers at the Arkansas Arts Center; some volunteers assist in more than one area of service.
Outstanding Volunteer Achievements for 2018-2019
1000 Hours Billy Treece Ealy Reese von Storch Adam Sheppard Terri Erwin Walt Wenger Madison C. Fleck Ann West 750 Hours Simon P. Gess Merritt P. Dyke 60 Hours Isabella R. Gonzales Gaye Anderson 250 Hours Sophia C. Gonzales Evanee Dokes James Gorman Darby K. Haddock Via B. Gahl Hazel Ragsdell Margaret G. Henning Emily H. Gardner Beck Hudelson 150 Hours Corey T. Hignite Harper Keith Paul Bash Destin S. Hill Mary Linda Kennedy Angelina Bearden Madilyn Hufford Rachel Lara Bonnie B. Clinton Sharon Kemp Kennedy Laster Susan Day Katherine Kuli Rachel Laster Paula Furlough Abigail Payne Moussa Patricia C. Luzzi Morgan Jones George O’Connor Stephanie Lyle Bella R. Kerby Amalachukwu F. Okanume Anna Mammarelli Harriett C. Stephens Clarke Preston Isabelle Marchese Madison Stolzer Camilla Ricaurte Madeline Reyes Dylan Sykes Pete A. Roth Jack E. Schnedler Kayla Taul 100 Hours Rebecca Slaven Noah Warford Sela E. Booher Grace W. Stacks Annaleah Witsell Elliette Burris Warren A. Stephens Sarah Worthington Matthew Cantone Robert W. Tucker
Volunteers 54 Volunteer Awards Each year the volunteers of the Arkansas Arts Center are honored for their contribution to the Arts Center. Those volunteers attaining new levels of service (cumulative) were:
2500 Hours Harriett C. Stephens Morgan Jones Rebecca Slaven Madison Stolzer Harper Keith Bella R. Kerby 2000 Hours 150 Hours Hazel Ragsdell Merritt P. Dyke Angelina Bearden Pete A. Roth Bonnie B. Clinton 1000 Hours Jack E. Schnedler Madison C. Fleck Adam Sheppard Dylan W. Sykes Margaret G. Henning Walt Wenger 500 Hours Destin S. Hill Sarah Worthington James Gorman Madilyn Hufford Mary Zehr
Auxiliary Groups
Docents conduct gallery tours of the Arts Center’s Mary Ann McKuin permanent collection and special exhibitions to Avery Rudolph both youth and adult audiences. They introduce Jack Schnedler our visitors to the richness and diversity of the Rebecca Slaven Lynn Sudderth visual arts. The docents utilize several teaching Ann West techniques to engage visitors and create entry points for visitors to understand the works of art Docent Class of 2019 they are viewing. Through their tours, they initiate Linda Kennedy and foster individual learning, social responsibility and creative thinking, thus stimulating creativity, Friends of Contemporary Craft (FOCC) is an auxiliary critical thinking and judgment skills in students. membership group of the Arkansas Arts Center Docent tours place visual arts in context with whose members share an interest in learning about history, social studies and science. and promoting an appreciation of contemporary 2018-2019 Docent Executive Committee artworks in craft-based media – clay, glass, fiber, Chair, Susan Day metal and wood – and the artists who create them. Rising Chair, Jim Gorman Through exhibitions, tours, and the highly acclaimed Secretary, Paula Furlough and popular “Conversation” series, FOCC members Docent Representative, Gaye Anderson enjoy numerous opportunities throughout the year Art Together Representative, Sharon Kemp to develop a more informed appreciation of the Docent Activity Liaison, Patricia Luzzi studio craft movement. Equally important, FOCC Past Chair, Paul Bash members actively assist in the acquisition of objects 2018-2019 Docents for the Arts Center’s world-renowned craft Gaye Anderson collection. Paul Bash Douglas Bassler 2018-2019 Friends of Contemporary Craft Bonnie Clinton Advisory Committee Jennie Cole Chair, Neil Gillespie Susan Day Vice Chair, Donnell Williams Judy Fletcher Secretary, Patricia Holifield Paula Furlough Paula Furlough James Gorman Gail Gerard Mary Nancy Henry Shep Miers Sharon Kemp Julieanna Taylor Rhonda Lewis Bruce Wesson Ginanne Long Ex-Officio Brian J. Lang, AAC Chief Curator/Windgate Patricia Luzzi Foundation Curator of Contemporary Craft
Volunteers 55 The Collectors Group is an auxiliary group of the The Terry House grounds are maintained by Arkansas Arts Center whose members share an volunteers from the Little Rock Garden Club. These interest in promoting and learning more about the volunteers have taken the responsibility for the process of collecting art. design, planting and maintenance of the flower beds and grounds. Through exhibitions, behind-the-scenes tours, exclusive dealer show-and-sales, as well as travel 2018-2019 Little Rock Garden Club Board opportunities, Collectors Group members enjoy President, Cathy Mayton numerous opportunities throughout the year to 1st Vice President, Mary Ann Gammill develop a more informed appreciation of the art of 2nd Vice President, Becky Scott collecting. Equally important, Collectors Group Recording Secretary, Cindy Pugh members actively assist in the acquisition of objects Corresponding Secretary, Sarah Hopkins for the Arts Center’s world-renowned collection. Treasurer, Chucki Bradbury Historian, Ben Hussman Terry House Garden Co-Chairs, The Contemporaries are ages 21-45(ish) who enjoy Jan Murphy and Terry Quinn accessible and entertaining programs centered around the arts. They participate in monthly events aimed at fun and social art education, including Members of the Pulaski County Master Gardeners studio visits, private collection tours and special are assigned to the Arkansas Arts Center courtyards. events. These master gardeners are responsible for the design and maintenance of the beds within the 2018-2019 Contemporaries Advisory Committee courtyards and for the container gardening. President, Jessie McLarty Volunteers work throughout the year to add to the President-Elect, Heather Wardle beauty and enjoyment of the Arts Center courtyards. Melanie Buchanan Note: The project was suspended as of December Michael Cook 31, 2018, due to the AAC renovation and expansion John Crow project. Laura Curtner Bobby Cushman 2018-2019 Pulaski County Master Gardeners Stacy Grobmyer Arkansas Arts Center Project Committee Clarke Huisman Chair , Lorene Wright Henry Jonsson Co-Chair, Susan Meador Neill Linebarier Shirley Acchione (Lifetime) Molly McNulty Amanda Cameron Tabatha Perry Liz Edwards (Lifetime) Catherine Robben Kay Hunter Elizabeth Sellars Dena Peckham (Lifetime) Chris Smith Charlotte Black Perdue Christina Phelps Jenny Smith (Lifetime) Jennifer Van Norman Terry Wright Mary Zehr
Volunteers 56 FAUXBRIZ
Due to the enormity of the Reimagining the Arkansas Arts Center: Campaign for our Cultural Future, the AAC renovation and expansion building project, the identification and remodeling of our temporary space, the relocation, and the campaign itself, the decision was made to cancel Tabriz XXVI, originally scheduled for April 25 and 27, 2019. Instead, we developed Fauxbriz, a direct mail and digital appeal that asked potential Tabriz patrons to make a gift commensurate to what they might have spent on tickets, auction items, etc. The Fauxbriz appeal had raised $90,125.00 as of June 30, 2019, for the programs of the Arts Center.
Volunteers 57 Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Awards
The Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Award is presented each year to honor those who serve and support the arts and the Arkansas Arts Center beyond the normal call of duty, a duty so well demonstrated by the late Winthrop Rockefeller for whom the award is named. The awardees are selected by a committee of past recipients, who are by definition the experts in public service through the arts.
PAST RECIPIENTS 2017-18 J. Shepherd “Shep” Russell, III 2016-17 George O’Connor 2015-16 Terri Erwin 2014-15 Paul Bash 2013-14 Charlotte “Chucki” Bradbury 2012-13 Windgate Charitable Foundation 2011-12 Robert W. “Bobby” Tucker 2010-11 No Award Presented 2009-10 Arkansas Arts Center Staff 2008-09 Louise and Fred Dierks 2007-08 Anne Hickman Phyllis Brandon 2006-07 Maurice Mitchell 2005-06 Sandra Connor 2004-05 Harriet and Warren Stephens 2003-04 Bradley Anderson 2002-03 Elsie and Howard Stebbins Lee A. Davis 2001-02 Robyn and John Horn 2000-01 Carrie and Tyndall Dickinson 1999-2000 William E. Clark Thom Hall 1998-99 Junior League of Little Rock Fine Arts Club of Arkansas Community Center of Arts and Sciences 1997-98 John C. Pagan 1996-97 Jackson T. Stephens
Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Awards 58 1995-96 Iris Cantor 1994-95 Andre Simon 1993-94 Curt Bradbury 1992-93 No Award Presented 1991-92 Will Barnet 1990-91 Curtis Finch 1989-90 Jane Faust 1988-89 Ben Hussman 1987-88 Virginia Bailey 1986-87 Jane Lee Wolfe Winthrop Rockefeller Special Awards to: City of Little Rock City Board of Directors Mayor Lottie Shackelford J.W. “Buddy” Benafield Charles Bussey Tom Milton Sharon Priest Tom Prince F.G. “Buddy” Villines 1985-86 Sandy Besser Winthrop Rockefeller Special Awards to: Max Milam, Marion Burton, Donal O’Brien, Richardson Dilworth 1984-85 Finley Vinson 1983-84 Manolo Agullo 1982-83 Raida Cohn Pfeifer 1981-82 ALCOA 1980-81 Missy Anderson 1979-80 John Truemper 1978-79 72nd General Assembly – State of Arkansas 1977-78 Jim Dyke 1976-77 Evelyn McCoy 1975-76 Sam Strauss, Sr. 1974-75 Jeane Hamilton 1973-74 Jane McGehee Wilson 1972-73 Townsend Wolfe
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