In support of this, rotating art exhibitions are displayed throughout the library. The Fayetteville Public Library Art Committee accepts exhibition proposals year-round. Click here to submit an art proposal.
Art Ventures presents Life on Earth Over Time, a student exhibition from their K–12 Gallery Initiative program. This exhibiiton features work by ten hemoschooled students from NWA, ranging from 5th-9th grades.
The Fay Jones Collection in Special Collections at the University of Arkansas Libraries contains thousands of photographs from Jones's nearly half-century practice. The photographs on exhibition here depict finished projects in more formal conditions.
The piece shown here is titled "Private Residence" and was photographed by Timothy Hursley.
Erin Lea Lorenzen's multimedia artwork explores the space where inner experience meets outer environment. She utilizes craft techniques and lived with materials to create work that playfully questions which of our daily prayers, practices and prescriptions are doing us good and which are not.
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.
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