In support of this, rotating art exhibitions are displayed throughout the library. The Fayetteville Public Library Art Committee accepts exhibition proposals year-round.
Banned Books Week is a yearly event celebrating the freedom to read and diversity in storytelling. It emphasizes the importance of free and public access to knowledge for everyone.
In honor of Banned Books Week, FPL asked for art representing challenged or banned books. These five art pieces represent ideas across time, reading level and subject matter that have contributed to censorship in our society.
A graduate of the University of Arkansas with a degree in Fine Art, Corrinnia Brigg’s influences range from drawing, poetry and printmaking to music, film, and photography. She draws inspiration from literature, particularly contemporary Southern works. She works in the digital format using Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to create original artwork output to giclee prints.
Chomesthesia : synesthesia in which color is perceived in response to stimuli (as word or numbers) that contain no element of color.
This art was created with wood glue, coffee, salt, walnuts, sawdust and acrylic paint, alternately burning and sanding between layers on wooden panels.
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.”
"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.
"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.
Fayetteville Public Library welcomes artists and makers to share their craft with the community through the Visiting Artist Program. During their residency, selected artists and makers are featured at the library, host public programs for all ages, have scheduled time for personal projects in library spaces, and receive a stipend.
Interested in becoming an FPL Visiting Artist? Apply for the 2023 program here!
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