OPINION | POP NOTES: New artists, veterans offer recordings worth remembering
Nothing ventured, nothing new heard.
Nothing ventured, nothing new heard.
One of the real pleasures in art this year has been learning about Arkansas-born quilter/artist Rosie Lee Tompkins.
Beauty calls in the form of a return of longtime vets Paul Winter and Keith Jarrett and singer Melody Gardot, a relative newcomer, and a cool guitarist from Wa…
"Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy"
Some known, some not so known musicians have at least one thing in common: They have released albums this year that deserve to be heard.
The voice coming over the radio circa 1980 mesmerized a then barely teen-aged Grayson Dantzic, who grew up an only child in Brooklyn, N.Y.
A sense of serenity and calm is highly valued in these stressful days and, at times, it seems so elusive as to almost be nonexistent.
HOT SPRINGS -- Elizabeth Weber's first solo show since starting a new direction with sculptural works made from materials found in nature opened with a recepti…
Voices like Amelia Baker's, who records as Cinder Well, don't come along very often.
Two of Arkansas' biggest art shows were exhibitions interrupted, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Aaron Calvert’s colorful, whimsical stoneware, underglaze and gold ceramic enamel sculpture took top honors and a $2,500 prize at the “62nd Annual Delta Exhib…
LITTLE ROCK -- Aaron Calvert's colorful, whimsical stoneware, underglaze and gold ceramic enamel sculpture took top honors and a $2,500 prize at the "62nd Annu…
"Rocket Rabbit," Aaron Calvert's colorful, whimsical stoneware, underglaze and gold ceramic enamel sculpture, took top honors and a $2,500 prize Thursday at th…
“The 62nd Annual Delta Exhibition” When: Friday-Aug. 23
It has been seven years since Marshall Chapman's last album, and the Nashville-based singer-songwriter makes up for lost time with Songs I Can't Live Without (…
During times of social upheaval and great change, the arts often reflect the turmoil, the fear, the hope and even the joy that arises.
Little Rock photographer Ashley Murphy's latest project started with a question:
More than half of the 63 works accepted into the Arkansas Arts Center's "62nd Annual Delta Exhibition" were made by the state's resident artists. The exhibitio…
Stoll Vaughan's warm, inviting voice wraps around a listener like the presence of a much-loved, cherished friend and confidant. Its tone is imbued and worn by …
It may not be the Pulitzer Prize for fiction or a National Book Award, but for Little Rock novelist Mark Barr, the David J. Langum Sr. Prize in American Histor…
Jim Harper attended his first virtual book club meeting in mid-March.
Mac and Ashley Murphy decided to put some of their free time to good use — clean out the garage.
The Allman Brothers Band released a number of singles, but just 10 made it to Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart. Of those, one of their best-known and most-lo…
The ongoing tragedy of Syria, torn apart by nearly a decade of warfare, keeps growing.
Few words strike more fear and apprehension in the hearts of many of us than one five-letter word: death.
Something's burning. Lots of somethings.
Marcus McAllister, a Little Rock-born artist who has lived in Paris for more than two decades, is a man of seemingly unbounded energy and enthusiasm.
Melissa Emily Gill's skill and talent continue to grow and evolve, as her current show hanging at South Main Creative's monthly pop-up art gallery reveals.
Shape-shifting, undulating clouds that glow, or spaceships heading our way? Is that a relative of Jabba the Hutt or The Blob looming over us, leaning forward w…
El Dorado's Murphy Art District has embarked on a bold new adventure.
2020 looks to be an intriguing year for art exhibitions in Arkansas.
The songs of Brandi Carlile and Rhiannon Giddens stand among the best of the decade. Both are artists of substance and depth. In 2019, they created more vital …
Many love the classic Christmas recordings of Nat "King" Cole, Bing Crosby, Brenda Lee and the Philadelphia Orchestra; others look forward to a new set by the …
Artists have an advantage over the rest of us. We get riled about something -- often political, these days -- and we talk. And talk. Maybe even argue. Artists …
Meikel Church was more than a little surprised when he was invited to participate in Compassion Works for All's "Prison Portrait Art Project." "I told them,…
The intriguing title of the five-person show at Hearne Fine Art -- "Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are" -- needs a little explanation.
Arkansas artist V.L. Cox's powerful exhibition "Break Glass: A Conversation to End Hate," returns to Arkansas after stops at museums in Virginia, Alabama, Wash…
She's back. She is "SHE," the biennial exhibition of works by female artists hosted by M2 Gallery and curated by owners Mac and Ashley Murphy.
Few experiences in art are more thrilling than the emergence of new talent.
Kae Barron, artist and lace/embroidery designer, has a new art exhibit that shows off her love of different media. "I like variety," she says. "I don't like…
Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock art teachers tap mystery and whimsy for an engaging exhibition of painting and sculpture at Boswell Mourot Fine Art.
James Matthews has been walking and biking around Little Rock for about a decade, getting to know the city as he documents and photographs houses of worship an…
James Matthews loves wild clay and urban walks.
The past and the present, processes organic and digital, manifest in the artworks of Melissa Cowper-Smith.
Eleven years ago, Newport made the arts part of the Jackson County city's economic development plan. "We started an arts festival in the old train station,"…
It can be a challenge to describe or even understand the experience of art. We might get caught up in the various scenarios depicted, swept away by the emot…
Greg Thompson is closing his namesake art gallery Greg Thompson Fine Art, which opened 10 years ago at 429 Main St. in North Little Rock's Argenta district.
Kevin Cole was 8 years old when he made his first visit to the Arkansas Arts Center. It would not be Cole's last visit; the Pine Bluff native returned many …
It's about time. Some 34 years after his last solo exhibition in the state, Little Rock-born artist and sculptor Patrick McFarlin returns for "50 Years of M…
Mabry Turner of Little Rock has won the Grand Award in the 61st annual Delta Exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center.