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Sculptures and Portraits on exhibit at Arkansas Arts Center this month

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Open now through January 18, 2015, Winthrop Rockefeller Gallery
The Sculpture of Stoney Lamar

This exhibition presents work from 1987 to the present. Uninspired by traditional turned wood vessel forms, Stoney Lamar embarked on a personal exploration of the lathe and other tools of turners and woodworkers. This spirit of experimentation has firmly placed his work in the avant-garde of the wood turning world. Not only was he one of the first to use multi-axial turning, but eventually he added steel, color and distressed surface treatments.

Open now through February 1, 2015, Jeannette Edris Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe Galleries
William Beckman: Drawings, 1967-2013

This exhibition includes intimate portraits of friends and family members, alongside arresting nudes of the artist and his wife. Some of the most attention-demanding works are massive portrayals of bulls. Accompanying the exhibition is a 112-page, full-color catalogue of Beckman’s work, which includes a revealing interview with the artist by exhibition curator Tom Butler and also illustrates archival photos from his childhood and college days. The catalogue is published by D Giles, Ltd., London. The exhibition was originated by the Columbus Museum in response to the ideas of Townsend Wolfe, the long-time director of the Arkansas Arts Center.

Open now through February 15, 2015, Museum School Gallery
Color, An Artist’s Tale: Paintings by Virmarie DePoyster

As a child, DePoyster absorbed the brilliant colors of her birth country, Puerto Rico, which now dominate her art, as featured in the Color, An Artist’s Tale: Paintings by Virmarie DePoyster exhibition. She first started painting at the Arkansas Art Center Museum School where she quickly fell in love with the bright pigments of soft pastels and developed a true passion for painting with pastels on surfaces she created

Portraits and Sculptures focus of new exhibits at Arkansas Arts Center

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arkartsThursday, October 23, 6 p.m., Lower Lobby Lecture Hall

Member Lecture and Reception
“Making Beckman” by Tom Butler, Director of the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia

Learn more about William Beckman’s gripping drawings in the first major retrospective of this great realists artist’s work on paper. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Alice Pratt Brown Atrium. Tickets are required to attend the lecture and are $15 for non-members and free for members. For more information or to reserve your ticket, call (501) 372-4000.

 

Friday, October 24, 2014 through February 1, 2015, Jeannette Edris Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe Galleries

William Beckman: Drawings, 1967-2013

This exhibition includes intimate portraits of friends and family members, alongside arresting nudes of the artist and his wife. Some of the most attention-demanding works are massive portrayals of bulls. Accompanying the exhibition is a 112-page, full-color catalogue of Beckman’s work, which includes a revealing interview with the artist by exhibition curator Tom Butler and also illustrates archival photos from his childhood and college days. The catalogue is published by D Giles, Ltd., London. The exhibition was originated by the Columbus Museum in response to the ideas of Townsend Wolfe, the long-time director of the Arkansas Arts Center.

 

Friday, October 24, 2014 through January 18, 2015, Winthrop Rockefeller Gallery

The Sculpture of Stoney Lamar

This exhibition presents work from 1987 to the present. Uninspired by traditional turned wood vessel forms, Stoney Lamar embarked on a personal exploration of the lathe and other tools of turners and woodworkers. This spirit of experimentation has firmly placed his work in the avant-garde of the wood turning world. Not only was he one of the first to use multi-axial turning, but eventually he added steel, color and distressed surface treatments.

 

Friday, October 24, 12 – 1 p.m., Jeannette Edris Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe Galleries
Feed Your Mind Friday with Artist William Beckman

Take an hour to feed your mind and learn more about William Beckman’s work in William Beckman: Drawings, 1967-2013. While Beckman’s paintings depict landscapes, figures, and still lifes, his most celebrated drawings are those of the human figure. Sign up at the Stephens Inc. Visitors Center to attend this free event. For more information, visit ArkansasArtsCenter.org or call (501) 372-4000.