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Small Works on Paper Exhibition in Fayetteville March 3-29

Congratulations again to Fayetteville Underground Studio Artists, Sabine Schmidt, Duane Gardner and Don House for their acceptance in the Small Works on Paper Exhibition!

Small Works on Paper touring art exhibition is currently on display in Fayetteville through the end of March. Presented by the Arkansas Arts Council, the juried exhibition will be on display till March 29 at the University of Arkansas's Mullins Library on 365 N. McIlroy Avenue. The exhibition will temporarily close March 19-22 for spring break. Gallery hours vary; for details: http://libinfo.uark.edu/hours/ Admission is free.

Now in its 24th year, the annual Small Works on Paper exhibition showcases artwork no larger than 24 x 24 inches by Arkansas artists who are members of the Arkansas Artist Registry, an online art gallery coordinated by the Arts Council. The selected work is chosen by an out-of-state juror, who also selects pieces for purchase awards. Purchase award winners receive the cash amount equivalent to the value of their selected works. Funded by entry fees, the purchase award pieces become part of the exhibition’s permanent collection.

The art will be on display in 10 galleries throughout the state in a year-long touring show. The 2011 show features 39 works and was juried by Patter Hellstrom, a partner in Hellstrom+Zirnis LLC, a bicoastal artist/curator team based in San Francisco and New York. Hellstrom has served as a guest lecturer and panelist for numerous national organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

There were 275 entries submitted; seven artists were selected to receive purchase awards totaling nearly $2,000: William R. Detmers of Pine Bluff, Jennifer Hackworth of Jonesboro, Temple Skelton Moore of Prairie Grove, John Harlan Norris of Jonesboro, Sabine Schmidt of Fayetteville, Mitchell Skinner of Tucker and Keri Young of Little Rock.

In other news, Don House also has two photographs accepted in the Spiva Arts Center's Photospiva exhibition. It is the oldest continuing international photography competition in the nation, and this year's juror is Dr. Anthony Bannon, director of the George Eastman House Museum of Photography in Rochester. The exhibition runs through the end of April. For more information visit : www.spivaarts.org.