April 2022 Arts & The Park Guide

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS INSIDE! The Hot Springs Area DISFARMER
www.hotspringsarts.org Cultural Alliance will once EXHIBIT &
again produce a celebration of PHOTOGRAPHY
ART SPRINGS the arts with the 9th annual Arts WORKSHOP
& The Park festival in Downtown
Saturday, April 30 | 10 AM – 6 PM Hot Springs. The 10-day festival, which Mike Disfarmer, a native of Heber
Sunday, May 1 | 10 AM – 4 PM takes place from April 29 – May 8, will offer a Springs, AR, is iconic for his notable and
wide variety of events at multiple locations around town. profound use of light to capture the raw
GALLERY WALK intensity of his subjects through studio
Arts & The Park 2022 Creative Roots, celebrates the portraiture. The exhibit, showcasing 30
Friday, May 6 varied cultural backgrounds from which all Arkansans come notable images captured by Disfarmer,
and will emphasize art and culture’s historic roots and is free and open to the public at the Hot
STUDIO TOURS traditional forms. Springs Convention Center.

Sat–Sun, May 7–8 | 10 AM–4 PM The festival kicks off on Friday, April 29, with a jam- The exhibit opens at 6 PM, Friday,
packed weekend featuring the opening of Art Moves: April 29, with an opening reception
Presenting Sponsor Creative Roots at the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail, sponsored in partnership with Visit Hot
and the opening of the Disfarmer exhibit at the Hot Springs Springs. The reception will feature live
Convention Center. The following day, art lovers and party- music by Charlie Mink that encapsulates
goers alike will head down to Hill Wheatley Plaza for the Art the Disfarmer era in style. The exhibit
Springs’ 2-day open-air arts festival. will remain free and open to the public
throughout the summer.
The monotony of the workweek can be broken up
with several exciting events at the Garland County Library, In addition to the Disfarmer exhibit,
including Coil Basket Making, with artist Donna Dunnahoe, on April 24, photographer Don House
and Virtual Cooking with chef Andrew Disney. will lead a workshop for photographers
of all levels, covering the methods used
The festival closes with another event-filled weekend by Disfarmer.  The portraits taken by
that includes a mural workshop by renowned artist Danae workshop participants will also be on
Brissonnet, Gallery Walk, and the wildly popular Artist video display for the duration of the
Studio Tours May 7 – May 8. exhibit at the convention center.

Arts & The Park is an opportunity to not only showcase To sign up for the workshop, visit
the talent of local artists from multiple genres but to also www.hotspringsarts.org.
uplift the creative economy of various local businesses.

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DAILY EVENT
SCHEDULE
Visit HotSpringsArts.org for more information about all the events FINE ARTISTS APR 30
Sat 10 AM–6 PM
SAT | 4/23 MON | 5/2
& ARTISANS MAY1
6:00 PM Adirondack Chair Event 8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit  Sun 10 AM–4 PM

Mid-America Museum   Art Moves: Creative Roots Hill Wheatley Plaza

500 Mid America Blvd 9:00 AM  Coiled Basket 2-DAY Workshop

SUN | 4/24 Garland Cty Library Alison Parsons Linda Fletcher
5:30 PM  Congressional Art Competition Acrylic and watercolor painting Glass
[email protected] [email protected]
12:30 PM Don House Photography Workshop  Awards | HS Convention Center
Barb Biggerstaff Demonstrating Lisa Garcia
HS Convention Center Mixed media, gemstones, leather, and fabric Candles
[email protected] [email protected]
FRI | 4/29 TUES | 5/3
4:00 PM Art Moves: Creative Roots - 8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit Carla Carlton Demonstrating Lori Arnold Demonstrating
  Art Moves: Creative Roots Jewelry with precious and semi-precious Acrylic painting and sculpture
Opening Ceremony  9:00 AM  Coiled Basket 2-DAY Workshop gemstones [email protected]
HS Creek Greenway Trail [email protected]
6:00 PM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit - Garland Cty Library Marjorie Lambert
Carol Klingbeil Jewelry
Opening Ceremony WED | 5/4 Jewelry [email protected]
HS Convention Center 8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit [email protected]
Matthew Reynolds Demonstrating
SAT | 4/30   Art Moves: Creative Roots Caroline Bowler Musical instrument artist
8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit 6:30 PM  Wednesday Night Poetry Jewelry, canvas [email protected]
Art Moves: Creative Roots [email protected]
Kollective Coffee + Tea Mijhal Daisy Poler Demonstrating
Carolynn Shultz Jewelry
8:30 AM  Chalk Walk | Hill Wheatley Plaza THUR | 5/5 Melted wax art [email protected]
10:00 AM Hill Wheatley Plaza [email protected]
8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit  Mother Earth’s Treasures AR
Art Springs  Chris McHenry Demonstrating Mixed media
  Art Moves: Creative Roots Watercolor painting [email protected]
A.S.M.S.A Jazz Band [email protected]
10:00 AM Trunk Show and History of Quilts
11:00 AM Hill Wheatley Plaza
Garland Cty Library
Philander Smith College Dance Prfm
1:00 PM  Inspirations In Wearable Art
Swap Meet
Garland Cty Library
12:00 PM  Zinse Agginie | Hill Wheatley Plaza
12:00 PM  Professional-Led Open Jam Sessions  2:00 PM  The Progression & Tools of Quilting
(hands-on experience)
Adair Park
Emergent Arts
1:00 PM  I CAN! Dance Garland County Craig’s Uncontrolled Creations Nancy Nichols
6:00 PM  Arkansas Wildflower Resin Jewelry Wood Fractal Burns Jewelry with semi-precious gemstones, lampwork
& Chalk Walk Awards [email protected] beads and Swarovski crystals
Workshop [email protected]
Hill Wheatley Plaza David McCracken
Emergent Arts Acrylic painting Pamela Burns
2:00 PM  Meemaw & The Squirrel Chasers  [email protected] Jewelry
[email protected]
Hill Wheatley Plaza FRI | 5/6 Don Watson Demonstrating
3:30 PM  Henry Glover Songwriting 8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit Painter, oil on canvas, and watercolor Pat Langewis Demonstrating
Art Moves: Creative Roots [email protected] Silk painting
Competition  5:00 PM  Gallery Walk | Downtown Hot Springs [email protected]
Hill Wheatley Plaza 6:00 PM  Swap Meet Donna Dunnahoe Demonstrating
5:00 PM Tony Stampley | Hill Wheatley Plaza Fiber artist Patricia Collins
5:45 PM Songwriting Competition Awards Emergent Arts [email protected] Mixed media painting, pottery, mosaic, fused
Hill Wheatley Plaza glass, and leather purses
Donna Lawrence [email protected]
6:00 PM  Arkansas Highlands String Band SAT | 5/7 Jewelry
[email protected] Pinturas Helguera Demonstrating
Hill Wheatley Plaza 8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit Oil on canvas
Gigi Buhrow Demonstrating [email protected]
7:00 PM  Sad Daddy Art Springs Stage   Art Moves: Creative Roots Jewelry
[email protected] Rob and Cathy Feather
Hill Wheatley Plaza 10:00 AM Watercolor: Your Next Level Copper Jewelry
Hugh Dunnahoe Demonstrating [email protected]
SUN | 5/1 Whittington Gallery Oil on linen
8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit 10:00 AM Studio Tours Local Studio Tours [email protected] Stoneman and Diane Demonstrating
Art Moves: Creative Roots Alabaster sculpture, jewelry, yard art,
11:00 AM Art Springs | Hill Wheatley Plaza See Studio Tour Guide pgs 6-7 Jennifer Hogue dreamcatchers
6:00 PM  IBLA International Performance Simply Charming Soap Co. [email protected]
Professional-Led Open Jam Sessions [email protected]
428 Orange St The Sustainable Dragonfly
John Faginkrantz Demonstrating Woodworker
11:00 AM  Adair Park SUN | 5/8 Acrylic collage peppersmithconsulting.com
Ricko Donovan | Hill Wheatley Plz 8:00 AM  Mike Disfarmer Photography Exhibit [email protected]
12:00 PM  Hill Wheatley Plaza Art Moves: Creative Roots  Taylor Beebe Fedosky
10:00 AM Studio Tours Local Studio Tours Justin Warrick Demonstrating Stained Glass
Rough and Ready Stringband  See Studio Tour Guide pgs 6-7 Prismacolor markers, pencils, and acrylic [email protected]
Swap Meet 2:00 PM  The First Annual Mother’s Day [email protected]
1:00 PM  Quapaw Tribe Dancers Storyfest  Virgeen Healey/Ray Schott
Hill Wheatley Plaza Kate Beebe Clay
2:30 PM  Jacob Flores Music Garland Cty Library Photographer [email protected]
Hill Wheatley Plaza [email protected]

EVENT LOCATION KEY Linda Bush Demonstrating
Adair Park - 354 Central Avenue Mixed media
Emergent Arts - 341 Whittington [email protected]
Garland County Library - 1427 Malvern
Hill Wheatley Plaza & the Art Springs Entrance - 605 Central Ave.
Hot Springs Convention Center - 134 Convention Blvd.
Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail is located - corner of Hollywood Ave. & Bayard St.
Kollective Coffee + Tea - 354 Central Ave
Whittington Gallery - 307 Whittington

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2ND ANNUAL HENRY GLOVER

SONGWRITING COMPETITION

A FREE two-day, outdoor arts festival In honor of music industry trailblazer, songwriter, and
Hot Springs native, Henry Glover, HSACA created the
Hill Wheatley Plaza • 629 Central Avenue Henry Glover songwriting competition.

Sat • APR 30 • 10 AM – 6 PM Sun • May 1 • 10 AM – 4 PM Art Springs will host the
2nd annual Henry Glover
The free, 2-day, outdoor, juried, festival is bursting Faire, a free children’s book-giveaway, and a live Songwriting Competition
with talented, fine artists, artisans, kids’ events, and performance by I CAN! Dance Garland County, a paint with returning celebrity
the Art Springs Stage featuring a multitude of live wall, and plenty of arts and crafts. Bring your appetite, judge, Tony Stampley.
performances. Art Springs is held at Hill Wheatley as there will be plenty of food and drinks to purchase Pre-selected finalists will
Plaza in downtown historic Hot Springs from 10 AM from some of Hot Springs’ best food trucks. perform live, on stage,
to 6 PM, Sat., April 30, and Sun., May 1, 10 AM – 4 PM. starting at 3:30 PM on
Arts Springs is a partnership with Cutwell 4 Kids, Saturday, April 30.
Art Springs will celebrate our “Creative Roots” on the Emergent Arts, Garland County Library, Hot Springs
Art Springs Stage with performances from Philander Renaissance Faire, HSACA, and the Arkansas Highlands Celebrity judge, Tony Stampley, is
Smith College students, Keith Symanowitz & Meemaw Folk Project. a singer-songwriter with dozens of major tracks in his
and the Squirrel Chasers, the Arkansas Highlands catalog, including 17 songs chosen by Hank Williams
String Band, Ruff and Ready String Band, Quapaw Art Springs is sponsored by Arvest Bank, and Jr. Stampley will choose the best song based on “the
Tribe Dancers, Jacob Flores, and headliner, Sad Daddy. A.S.M.S.A. and is made possible in part by a grant from power of the music and lyrics.”
the Division of Arkansas Heritage, funded by your 1/8 Viewers can look forward to a live performance by
The event also includes a sidewalk chalk competition, cent conservation tax, Amendment 75, and from the Stampley immediately following the contest.
live art by the Chalk Twins, the Hot Springs Renaissance Hot Springs Area Community Foundation.
The winner will be awarded a Glover, a handcrafted
ART SPRINGS - EVENT HIGHLIGHTS trophy constructed by artist Brad Wreyford using
locally sourced materials, and donated by A.S.M.S.A.
CHALK WALK
2021
A FREE & FUN SIDEWALK CHALK EVENT
WINNER
Saturday, April 30 from 8:30 AM to 12 PM, the Cultural Alliance will SOPHIE
host the 5th Annual Sidewalk Chalk Event during Arts & The Park – FLEISCHNER
Art Springs. This is a free, judged sidewalk chalk event for students in
kindergarten through twelfth grades. There will be a creative expression Children’s Crafts presented by:
area for children Pre-K and under. Adult supervision is required. The Garland County Library
event will take place on the sidewalks adjacent to Hill Wheatley Plaza and Emergent Arts
on Central Avenue in downtown Hot Springs.
Saturday, Apr 30 • 11 AM—4 PM
Judging will take place from 12 – 12:45 PM. Winners will be announced Sunday, May 1 • NOON —4 PM
at the Art Springs stage at 1 PM. Students will be divided into the
following divisions: K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12. Registration is required. SAVE THE DATE FOR 2023
Prizes will be given to the winner selected from each division, along
with one prize for the overall People’s Choice Award. Arts & The Park

SPONSORED BY April 28–May 7, 2023

CHALK TWINS

Devon and Lexi are the Chalk Twins, 17-time award-
winning identical twin chalk artists. Self-proclaimed
lovers of all things geeky, the Chalk Twins consider
themselves performing artists who interact with their
audience while creating their chalk art live.

Having performed at over 100 events across the country, the
Chalk Twins will be at Art Springs on Saturday, April 30 from 10 AM
to 6 PM, and Sunday, May 1 from noon to 4 PM.

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E VENTS & HIGHLIGHTS

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE

The IBLA Foundation in New York City organizes an annual music competition for pianists, singers,
instrumentalists, and composers which takes place in Ragusa Ibla, Italy. Winners have been presented
in such venues as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Opera City Hall in Japan, the Tchaikovsky
Bolshoi Hall in Moscow as well as other iconic venues around the world.
This year, this prestigious group of musicians will be performing in Hot Springs thanks to a partnership
between The Muses Creative Artistry Project and The Hot Springs Music Festival, two Hot Springs
organizations with long histories of excellent classical performances. The public is invited to this free
performance on May 7 at 6 PM at The Muses Cultural Arts Center located at 428 Orange Street, followed
by a reception and opportunity to meet these talented musicians from around the world.

ARTS & THE LIBRARY

The Garland County Library, located at 1427 Malvern Avenue, is helping
to celebrate the arts by opening its doors to house multiple arts-based
programs and workshops, including a 2-day Coiled Basket Workshop by
Donna Dunnahoe, History and Fundamentals of Quilting with Amy Hoyt of
Hickory Hill Quilts, Inspirations In Wearable Art with Holly Siemert, and a
tribute to all moms on Mother’s Day hosted by Jerry Butler. Also, be sure
to check out Local Author’s Day on Wednesday, May 4, featuring dozens of
local authors. Check out www.hotspringsarts.org to register for workshops
and for a full schedule of events.

SAD DADDY

Sad Daddy, a Hot Springs favorite, best described as a genre of their
own, plays a unique mix of early blues, jazz, and jug bands from early
country, folk, old-time and bluegrass, to soul and funk. The four-member
group, Brian Martin, Joe Sundell, Rebecca Patek, and Melissa Carper, are
the headliners on the Art Springs Stage, Saturday, April 30, at 7 PM.

HOT SPRINGS
RENAISSANCE FAIRE

Escape to the merriment of the faire when you glimpse the Hot
Springs Renaissance Faire at Art Springs. Play with the pirates, frolic
with the fae, visit with the townsfolk, and even meet the Queen
herself. Play games and listen to stories that come alive as you watch.
Play the quest of the Dragon’s Tears and win a chance to become a knight
of the realm. All this, and so much more, only at the “glimpse” of the Hot
Springs Renaissance Faire at Art Springs!

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PRESENTING SPONSOR

Arvest Bank, named by Forbes magazine as one of “America’s Best Large Employers” for 2018, operates more
than 270 bank branches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.  The bank supports local communities
through numerous sponsorships and Arvest associates volunteer thousands of hours of their personal time with
various organizations.

“The Arvest culture inspires us to invest in our communities, both personally and professionally,” said Don Gooch,
community bank president of Arvest Bank in southwest Arkansas. “Our involvement goes well beyond donating to
organizations, we’re striving for long-term positive change in the communities in which we work.”

Arvest provides a wide range of banking services including loans, deposits, treasury management, credit cards,
mortgage loans and mortgage servicing. Arvest is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. www.arvest.com.

Additionally, the Arvest Foundation seeks to provide funding to grantees who are actively working to create
positive change for others. Major areas of focus include: K-12 education, economic development, and enhancing
the quality of life throughout the Arvest footprint. For more information, visit www.arvestfoundation.org.

THANKS TO ALL OUR HELPERS

The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance would like to recognize our dedicated volunteers, financial
sponsors, community partners, and grantors. The events listed in this program would not be
possible without their continued generosity and support.

Our mission to celebrate, advocate, and promote the arts in and around Hot Springs not
only affects our arts community but also gives a huge boost to our business community.

Our event attendees patronize local businesses, and it has been estimated that our arts
festival generates over $300,000 in revenue or the equivalent of 7 full-time jobs.

In addition to our 10-day Arts & The Park festival, HSACA hosts a wide variety of arts-
related events year-round. The production and successful implementation of these
events would be impossible without our sponsors, community partners, grantors, and
volunteers.

HSACA has volunteer opportunities whereby students can fulfill graduation community
service requirements and, additionally, has internship opportunities. Email volunteer@
hotspringsarts.org for more information.

SWAP MEET

What is the value of a life story? What would you trade for your tale? What is the
value of being truly listened to? What makes an object valuable, the thing itself
or the memory attached to it?

Swap Meet is an interactive art experience that explores these questions.
Arts & The Park guests can participate in free improvisational performances
by finding the SWAP MEET cart and sharing a story with the "vendor."

Swap Meet will pop up during Art Springs at Hill Wheatley Plaza from
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 30, Sunday, May 1 from 12 Noon
to 3:00 PM, and again at Emergent Arts during Gallery Walk, May 6 from
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Pai Yin Mros, Michelle Crandell, Steve Bonner, and
Jaylene Gonsalves will be creating performances with anyone who wishes to
explore the nature of interpersonal exchanges. Come one, come all!

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Whittington 11
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Glenwood

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VISIT HOTSPRINGSARTS.ORG FOR DETAILS ABOUT EACH STUDIO

Studio Tours, sponsored by Riser Auto, are free, self-guided tours offering the opportunity to meet and visit artists in their creative spaces and see their artistic
process in action. Studios are open Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and 8, 10 am to 4 pm. Get more details about each studio at HotSpringsArts.org.

Start your Saturday off at Riser Ford located at 4201 Central Avenue for art, music, and a drawing to win a piece of original Vapor Valley artwork, and to pick up a
Studio Tours map. Artist John Faginkrantz will have his studio set up and will be creating a piece from his “Vapor Valley” series featuring some of Hot Springs’ iconic
structures and businesses. The talented Dean Agus will be performing live.

Unless otherwise noted, all studios are in Hot Springs.

Alison Parsons Studio — #4 Don Watson Studio Gallery — #15 Jeri Hillis Studio #6
Alison Parsons Don Watson ● 870-681-0563
Painting in Acrylic with Gold Leaf and Oil Painting, Watercolor, and Mix Media Jeri Hillis
Watercolor with Pen & Ink. 438 Gilmer Ave, Glenwood 71913
1017 Lakeshore Dr, HS ● 501-655-0604 Take HWY 70W to Glenwood. Once in Paintings, Printmaking, Watercolor, Collage,
From Higdon Ferry Road, take Lakeshore Glenwood, veer right on 70 Business
Drive 2 miles past Sam’s Club. Turn left at (Broadway) for about a mile. Turn right Pottery, Ceramic Tiles, Jewelry, Education
the pink mailbox on Lakeshore Drive past on Clay Street and the first left on Gilmer.
Seabreeze Ln. — [email protected] Studio is 2nd house/studio on the left. 125 Pullman Avenue, HS ● 501-538-8572
— [email protected]
Baker’s Fabrication & Welding, Inc. — #14 North on Central Ave to Park Ave-HWY 7
J. M. Baker ● 870-210-0075 Dryden Pottery — #7
Sculpture Zack Dryden for 1 mile past fountain. Go left on Pullman
326 Hwy. 70 East, Glenwood 71913 Travel Art and Pottery
west on Airport Rd. / Hwy. 70 to Glenwood 341 Whittington Ave, HS ● 501-282-8328 Avenue, corner at “Coffee House 2 Blocks
for 40 minutes. After you pass the Glenwood Turn onto Whittington from Central Ave
Country Club, Baker’s Metals will be the first (Hwy7), travel two blocks and our Studio Down” across from Shell Gas Station, second
business on the left. is on the left side of the street. It is a large
— [email protected] building with colorful murals on it and a large block of Pullman Avenue at 125. Dusty
parking lot. — [email protected]
yellow house set back from road. Swing
around in front of Pullman Heights Church Summerhill Studio — #12
and park on street . — [email protected] Wayne Summerhill

Metal Studio

Justus Fine Art Gallery / Dolores Justus 110 Vasseur Alley, HS ● 501-276-4854
Studio — #10 Albert Pike Road, close to Walmart across
Dolores Justus the street, turn on Vasseur Alley.

Painting

827A Central Ave, HS ● 501-321-2335

The studio is located in the back of Justus Vapor Valley Studio at Riser Ford featuring
Fine Art Gallery at 827 A Central Avenue in John Faginkrantz — #1
downtown Hot Springs. — [email protected] John Faginkrantz

Multimedia and Painting

4201 Central Avenue, HS ● 501-607-2685

Artist John Faginkrantz will have his studio

set up at Studio Tour sponsor, Riser Ford

which is located at 4201 Central Avenue.

— [email protected]

Crooked Little Studio — #13 (2 Studios) Emergent Arts #8 Riley Art Glass Studio — #11
Diana Garrison ● 501-781-7271 Kara Gunter
Visual: Printmaking, Painting, Education Painting, Drawing, Sculpture Charles Riley & Michael Riley
318 Arrowhead Dr, HS 71913 341 A Whittington, HS ● 501- 613-0352
Turn left off Hwy 270 (Albert Pike) onto Located in the front part of the Dryden Blown Glass and Sculpted Glass
Thornton Ferry Rd. til it dead ends into Pottery, across from Whittington Park.
Arrowhead Dr, turn left. Take Arrowhead — [email protected] 710 W. Grand Ave, HS ● 501-318-6193 Whittington Gallery and Studios — #9
Dr around the cove (keep lake to your left) Just 1 mile from Bathhouse Row. Coming Multiple artists
to 318 Arrowhead-on the hill on your right. Fairy Gourdmother #2 from downtown, take a right onto W. Grand
There is room for parking at top of the Sammie Crawford Avenue and go until you see the Dairy Painting, Sculpture, Stained Glass, and Jewelry
driveway. — [email protected] Decorative Painting Queen (right side of street). Our driveway 307 Whittington Ave, HS ● 501-607-0214
100 Brighton Place, HS ● 501-525-8558 is just past the Dairy Queen entrance with From Central/Park Avenue, go 1/3 mile west
The Dungeon — #13 (2 Studios) From downtown: South on Central Avenue parking in the front and rear of our building. on Whittington Avenue. Studio is on the left,
Daniel Cassity (past where Higdon Ferry intersects) to Our studio is located in an old firehouse that just past Walnut Street.
Painting and Recording Birchwood Bay. Go up Birchwood one block sits just below the historic Quapaw/Prospect — [email protected]
318 Arrowhead Drive, HS ● 318-268-2454 and turn right on Brighton Terrace, located
Turn onto Thornton Ferry Rd. and follow til on the corner of Brighton Terrace and neighborhood. — [email protected]
it T-bones onto Arrowhead Rd. Turn left and Brighton Place across from Quapaw Rehab.
keep the lake to the left as you curve right Brick house on the corner with the flag Studio 404 #3 STUDIO TOUR
and then left around the cove. House/Studio and a yard full of flowers. Park in the 2nd Suzie Burch ● 501-538-3165
on the right. — [email protected] driveway and enter through the gate in the Mosaic and Mixed Media SPONSORED BY
white fence. The studio is on the right in the 404 Burchwood Bay Rd, HS From 7 south,
courtyard. — [email protected]
take right on Burchwood Bay Road (after
Forest Path Gallery #5
Gene Sparling Pirate’s Cove Mini Golf). Follow to Sam’s
Turned Wood and Sculpture
107 Stillmeadow Lane, HS ● 501-617-0594 Pizza (on left). Studio is log cabin #404
Hwy 7 south, to hwy 290 east, go 1 1/2
miles, turn right, (south) on Meadowlark Tr. across the street from Sam’s Pizza. From
Take the second right and follow signs to
Forest Path Gallery. — [email protected] Lakeshore Drive, turn left on Burchwood

Bay Road. Follow to Sam’s Pizza (on right).

Studio is log cabin #404 across from Sam’s

Pizza. — [email protected]

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SATURDAY • APRIL 23, 2022 • 6 PM - 9 PM • MID-AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM

Hot Seats in Hot Springs is a grand celebration
of the arts fundraising event for the Hot Springs
Area Cultural Alliance, and the commencement
of our annual 10-day Arts & The Park festival. 

In support of our mission to celebrate, advocate,
and promote the arts and culture in the Hot
Springs area, HSACA has commissioned the
creation of 15 one-of-a-kind pieces of Arkansas
art history. Beautifully hand-crafted from
Arkansas Cypress, these Adirondack chairs,
individually and uniquely painted by talented
local artists, will be auctioned off at Hot Seats
in Hot Springs, on Saturday, April 23 at the Mid-
America Science Museum.

The event’s emcees, Maxwell Blade and Davis
Tillman, will host a live auction of the chairs to
benefit HSACA programming. The fundraiser
will also debut the 2022 installation of the Art
Moves outdoor art exhibition, titled Art Moves:
Creative Roots, and offer participants a chance
to purchase the works from the 2021 Art
Moves: Griots installation.

In addition to the chair and art auctions, the
event will offer a bountiful selection of silent
auction items, raffles, food, drinks (including a
signature cocktail), and more.

TICKETS

Tickets are available at www.hotspringsarts.org. 

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SATURDAY • APRIL 23, 2022 • 6 PM - 9 PM • MID-AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM

PRIZES

For a chance to win great prizes, post a selfie
with one of the chairs on display around town
then post it to Facebook with #HSHotSeats.

Each chair has a scannable QR code that links
to purchase tickets for the Hot Seats in Hot
Springs 2022 Adirondack Chair Auction. 

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Debuting Friday, April 29, 2022

Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail

Art exhibit from Hollywood Park to Majestic Park
Hollywood Ave to Belding St along Shady Grove Rd
Walk, skate, or ride a bike on this 0.75-mile art trail!

Open through the end of summer

What a perfect way to start 10 days of arts events! The first event of this year’s Arts & The Park will be the opening of the 2022 Art Moves outdoor art exhibition.
Art Moves features 15 images reproduced on 30” x 40” panels, inspired by the theme for the exhibition, “Creative Roots” which celebrates the varied cultural

backgrounds from which Arkansans come. Visitors can meet the artists, enjoy “Old Time” music by Hot Springs’ musician Ken Tillery and then walk
along the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail between Hollywood Avenue and Belding Street to experience
the exhibition. Attached to each of the pieces is a scannable QR code that links to exhibition
details, the artists’ statement, and artists’ biographical information.

Longhua Xu Sarah Riley Katherine Strause
American Dancers Gurdon Light Archer, After Gordon
Acrylic, 48” x 60” Painted paper collage, 9” x 12” Park Photograph
xuinternational@ [email protected] Oil on canvas, 48” x 36”
sbcglobal.net
The Gurdon Light is a [email protected]
These lands have mysterious light believed
been visited by Native Americans for millennia. to briefly glow above the My current works come
These paintings depict their spiritual way of life and railroad tracks in the rural
connection to nature. area of Gurdon, Arkansas. from found snapshots
Numerous ghost stories
Hugh Dunnahoe explain its origin. In of women that are
Arkansas Delta Gold “Gurdon Light”, I tried to convey the sense of the
Oil, 24” x 18” place through a restrained use of color, line, and transformed into
hugh.dunnahoe@dunnahoe. shape.
com paintings. I look for a
Bethannie Newsom Steelman
Machines turned the harvest into money Hot Springs quality of liberty and
After first passing through many hands Mixed media on panel
Now machines on wheels do the work Instagram @beansart, #roadkill series rebellion in the attitude
Once done through blisters and sweat
For your ribbons and bows and your new blue jeans Our creative roots are often of the women. I love the expressive nature of paint
centered around places and
Gary Simmons people that hold special and using color to create dynamic, energetic pieces.
Generations meaning forus.This painting
Acrylic ink and watercolor, series showcases beautiful This work addresses the idea of transcendence,
39” x 28” women superimposed over
[email protected] a map of a city. When I think hope, and transformation. They are about women
of certain cities I think of
“Generations” is based travel, home, adventures, who are breaking free and energetically strutting
upon my interest in and the people you will
mythology and folklore. find there. Some cities will their way past any limitations.
Our creative roots spring bring a strong image of a
from and perpetuate our mother, a lover, a child, John Goodwin
artistic efforts as they are a friend, or something Levon’s Delta Roots
handed down through the generations. The thread special that happened there that is burned into your Acrylic, 18” x 24”
that connects them is time and community. It’s an memory and always comes back to mind when you [email protected]
old, old story. see or hear that name. Travel often takes me back to johngoodwinsartworld.com
my roots and those memories, and sometimes travel
creates new experiences that will be remembered This painting shows
for many years. Arkansas’s native son and
multi-Grammy winner
Levon Helm, internationally
known for his work in The
Band, connected to his
“Creative Roots” in the rural delta community of
Turkey Scratch, Arkansas.

ARTS & THE PARK 2022 • A 10–DAY CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS The Springs 11

Marcus Vasquez RayShaun McNary Eli Vega
Like Father, Like Son Rooted in Christ The Banjo Lesson
Digital painting, 15” x 20” Digital, 18” x 24” Photography, 18” x 24”
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www.elivega.net
This digital painting is “Rooted in Christ“ was planned traditionally, but
of me as a young boy, created digitally in January 2022. This is not just a This photographic image
watching my dad work religion-based piece, but a reassuring-based piece, is part of my 2-year
on an art piece. The because of everything project, “Renditions of
image was taken from a we may go through, it’s Famous Paintings.” It’s
home video. In all parts important to understand my rendition of Henry
of life, he has continued that our “Christly” Ossawa Tanner’s painting,
to be the kind of father, meaning, perfection, and “The Banjo Lesson.” It depicts/represents the historic
husband, and person I strive to be. endurance, is what we racial culture of Arkansas and the south—a way to
hope will succeed. make life feel just a little easier, through music. I take
an artistic approach to my photography. I don’t see
with my eyes; I see with my imagination. By doing
so, I can see something before I see it, which helps
me to make the common, uncommon; the mundane,
insane. I translate feelings and moods into
my photo images.

Marietta Tucker Jamie Craddock-Johnson Longhua Xu
Chief Soaring Eagle Standing Together Year of the Tiger
Watercolor, 8 ½” x 11” Mixed media, collage, and acrylic Acrylic, 30” x 48”

The inspiration for this This is a mixed media piece [email protected]
work came the moment that is collage, acrylics, and
I saw this elderly some metallics, and it’s a The Chinese
Native American in full great symbol of women
Ceremonial Regalia. The supporting and lifting up zodiac contains 12
stoic expression on his women. When I paint, the
weathered face was in world around me goes animals. The fierce
direct contrast to the soft away and I am totally at
white feathers on his headdress. I chose to paint peace with myself - this is tiger represents
his portrait in watercolor in order to achieve the why I paint. I love to look at
softness of the feathers and applied several layers a photograph of a person strength and
of watercolor to produce the deep, more vibrant and try to interpret and tell their story through my
colors. painting. I also want to push the boundaries of what bravery; qualities
people consider beautiful and show that we all are
beautiful in our own light. that I hope we

embrace in 2022 in order to rise out of the pandemic

stronger than ever.

Kimiara Johnson Jasmine Miller
New Orleans Matrimony En Arkansas Summer of Youth
Acrylic & oil marker on paper, 9’’ x 12” Digital, 20” x 15”
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“New Orleans Matrimony En Arkansas” celebrates
the wedding traditions of Creole culture, second “Summer of Youth”
line dancing at
weddings, and captures the
embracing our
Afro-Creole roots joyous feeling of
in Arkansas. It
was inspired by an endless summer
my family, cultural
roots of my of fun. In this piece,
upbringing, as well
as adopting and Miller captures her
adapting to our
New Orleans way favorite parts of
of life in Arkansas.
her heritage and

culture. Coming

from a multicultural background, she explores and

shares the joys she finds from a childhood of living

amongst the greens and mountains of Arkansas. Artist, Julie Williams, discusses her work,
“Godmother of Rock and Roll”, at the 2021 Art
Moves Grand Opening. Visit this year’s exhibit
along the Greenway Trail.

12 The Springs ARTS & THE PARK 2022 • A 10–DAY CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS

ARTS AMBASSADOR AWARD 2022 SUNNY EVANS
family and friends, play bridge, and watch member of the Hot Springs Area Community Foundation
The Arts Ambassador award is presented annually by the the Razorbacks. Board, The Giving Circle, The Jazz Society, Garvan
HSACA to a person who embodies the organization’s Gardens Advisory Committee, The Music Festival, and
mission to celebrate, advocate, and promote the arts. Sunny’s name is familiar to many as was an original member of the Muses Guild of The Muses
Jazz Society’s Mardi Gras Queen Creative Artistry Project, and has also opened her home
This year HSACA’s Board of Directors has selected and from the Evan’s Treehouse at on multiple occasions to host visiting musicians.
Sunny Evans. Sunny will be honored at Hot Seats
in Hot Springs on April 23, at Mid-America Garvan Gardens. The Treehouse, Visitors to Sunny’s home will immediately notice another
Science Museum. an architectural asset to Garvan way she supports the arts, her walls are filled with the
Gardens Children’s Garden, was treasured artwork of many Arkansas artists.
Sunny loves the arts, especially music. She recalls made possible by Sunny and her
singing publicly for the first time at just 5 years late husband Bob Evans. The 2022 Arts AmbassadorAward is an original watercolor
old during a musical program where they put her painting by Hot Springs artist Richard Stephens. In
up on a table and she sang. She grew up playing Since Sunny arrived in Hot addition to being an incredibly successful artist and the
the guitar, singing, and entertaining. She obtained Springs over 20 years ago, she recipient of the 2018 Governor’s Arts Awards recipient,
her degree in Science and Home Economics from has been an avid supporter of he was Sunny Evans’ Jazz Society Mardi Gras King.
UCA and taught those subjects for many years Hot Springs’ arts community. She
in Pine Bluff. Sunny loves to entertain, cook for her has served the arts community as a

CHEF ANDREW DISNEY KIDS CREATION STATION

The Arts & The Park Virtual Cooking Class will take place on Saturday, April 30 • Sunday, May 1
Monday evening, May 2 at 6 PM via Zoom. The class will be
led by Arkansas native, Andrew Disney, who for the past ~FREE BOOK GIVE AWAY
four years, has been preparing delicious, timeless, classics
with a modern twist at The Vault in downtown Hot Springs. ~ Hourly storytime for kids
He began as a prep cook and worked his way up, cooking ~ Cutwell 4 Kids Graffiti Wall
alongside some incredibly talented chefs, and has learned ~ Hot Springs Renaissance Faire show and games
much from studying the recipes of renowned southern chefs ~ Garland County Library arts & crafts
Sean Brock and Jeremy Fox. ~ Emergent Arts arts & crafts
Staying with the festival theme, Andrew will draw inspiration Visit www.hotspringsarts.org
from traditional southern fare as they prepare a cocktail and for full list of activities and times
entree. Additional details and registration information can be

found at www.hotspringsarts.org.
The week prior to the class, those registered will be emailed an ingredient list and
Zoom link. On the evening of the class, participants will join Andrew via Zoom from
the comfort of their home kitchen to prepare a delicious southern cocktail and entree.

Thank You For A Fabulous 2022 Arts Celebration! MAY 6, 2022
— Presenting Sponsor —
Held the first Friday of
every month since 1989
in its scenic and historic
downtown, Hot Springs'
monthly Gallery Walk
features the opening
of new art exhibitions
showcased in fine art
galleries and studio spaces.
Visit the HSACA Facebook
page for full event details.

2022 Board Of Directors Advisory Board

Ashley Campbell, President Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris • Don Munro • C. Louis & Mary C. Cabe Foundation • A.S.M.S.A Mary Zunick, Executive Director Don Munro

Alliance Rubber • Chambers Bank • Flowers & Home • Gross Funeral Home JoAnn Mangione, Treasurer Robert Zunick
Mid-America Science Museum • Parth Patel, VIPA Hospitality • Wells Fargo Foundation
Tiffany Rogers, Secretary Linda Palmer
LaRue’s Custom Framing • Suzanne Tucker • Wehco
Lori Arnold Kate Schaffer
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Charlie Moore, Arkansas Highlands Folk Project • Cutwell 4 Kids • Emergent Arts Tina Barker Gary Simmons

Garland County Library • Hickory Hill Quilts • Holly Siemert, All Things Fiber Wayne Bryan
Hot Springs Arts Advisory Committee • Hot Springs Music Festival • Hot Springs Parks and Trails
Kim Everhart Elizabeth Colgrove,
I CAN! Dance Garland County • Jerry Butler, Audubon Society • Leadership Hot Springs
The Muses Cultural Arts Center • Philander Smith College • Sentinel Record • Theta Pi Sherry Glover-Thompson Festival & Program Coordinator

Support for these programs is funded in part through the generous support of: Martha Jane Murray
American Rescue Plan Grants (AAC & M-AAA) • Arkansas Arts Council • Elisabeth D. Wagner Foundation
Gina Rockwell
Hot Springs Area Community Foundation • Mid-America Arts Alliance
Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust Kayla Rogers

Division of Arkansas Heritage, funded by your 1/8 cent conservation tax, Amendment 75. Ashley Thompson

Ashley Williams

Photo Credits
Liz Colgrove
Eli Vega

JoAnn Mangione

Arts & The Park Guide
Design/Production/Publishing: The Springs Magazine

Special Thanks to Kim Everhart & Liz Colgrove