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Providing access to art, ideas, stories, culture and creative talent is core to Fayetteville Public Library’s role as a community center. In support of this, rotating art exhibitions are displayed throughout the library. The Fayetteville Public Library Art Committee accepts exhibition proposals year-round.
Looking for a display location? See our map here →
Artists: Jane Keen & FPS Middle School Gifted and Talented Students
On Display until August 29
Location: 1st floor Staircase
This sculpture, an ancient gar fish native to Arkansas, was constructed entirely from discarded plastic materials collected from Lake Fayetteville. The artists hope that when people see the art, they’ll think twice before using single-use plastics and be inspired to take better care of the environment we all share.
Artist: Sarah Spence
On Display until September 2
Location: Reading Room Gallery
Sarah Spence is a 29-year-old self-taught artist who moved to Fayetteville from Texarkana, TX for school and decided to stay once she discovered the Greenway. She primarily paints acrylic on canvas, but she has created illustrations, zines, and is close to completing a quilt.
Provided by: Photographic Society of NWA
On Display until August 1
Location: Lucky Day Gallery
These 26 photographs are the winning works from two PSNWA competitions – Yellow & 2024 Fall Fair – which were blindly judged by three members.
FPL welcomes artists of all mediums to share their craft with the community while activating library spaces for personal projects. Selected artists will be featured at the library, host public programs for all ages, have scheduled time for personal projects in library studios, performance spaces, quiet focus rooms and/or the Center for Innovation while receiving a stipend. Through this program, the library welcomes artists to share their craft with the community while activating these spaces for personal projects.
Looking for a display location? See our map here →
Artists: Life Styles students
Location: Reading Room Entrance
Mixed media wall sculpture using found objects and placed in birch cradles. In Louise Nevelson fashion, we chose to paint it white, as we were coming out of the Covid pandemic and white represents a new beginning. Quoting Louise Nevelson: “white summoned the early morning and emotional promise.”
Artists: Bianca Burciaga, Haley Clanton, Leigh Davis, Land Gadberry, Joselyn McCall, Aubree McWhorter, and Cooper Tidwell
Location: 2nd floor walkway headed towards the Children's Library
"We Are the Difference" is a mural made by Farmington Junior High ninth grade art club students. The students were mentored by their art educator Gretchen Wilkes and internationally known mural artist Octavio Logo.
Artists: Aimée Papazian
Location: 2nd floor staircase
"When I was growing up, there was a small plaque with an old key on the wall of my grandmother's house in Flushing, New York. That key was the only thing left of my grandfather's house after the entire Armenian quarter of his hometown in Turkey was burned down. He fled for his life that day, along with most of the Armenians in the country. He was 18 years old. After the fire, a friend went back to where his house had been, found that key in the ashes, and sent it to my grandfather's family.
I built a larger version of the key to my grandfather's house out of clay, then cast it in plaster as a model. This was the first key I made for this piece. "Voyage of Lost Keys" is a way to imagine a mass migration — a way to think about people who have lost their homes and their place in the world as still being somehow connected to each other."
— Aimée Papazian
Artists: Anita Huffington
Location: 4th floor ellipse
"Undine" is a water spirit. This mixed media sculpture represents the power and mystery of water, as well as the myths and legends surrounding it.
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