2nd Friday Art Night
Friday, May 11, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Butler Center Galleries
401 President Clinton Avenue
This month, at 2nd Friday Art Night, join us for The Arkansas Art Educators State Youth Art Show 2012 and Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America.
On the second Friday of each month, the Butler Center Galleries participate in 2nd Friday Art Night, when galleries, museums, and businesses in downtown Little Rock are open from 5 to 8 p.m. for an after-hours gallery walk.
Legacies & Lunch
Wednesday, June 13, 12 to 1 p.m.
Darragh Center, Main Library
100 Rock St.
James Willis will discuss the history of Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia.
Legacies & Lunch is sponsored in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council. Bring a sack lunch; drinks and dessert are provided.
Finding Family Facts
Every second Monday
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Arkansas Studies Institute, Room 204
401 President Clinton Ave.
The Butler Center offers a beginner's genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past.
For more information, contact the Butler Center at 501-320-5700.
The Butler Center
The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, a department of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), was created in 1997 through an endowment by the late Richard C. Butler Sr. for the purpose of promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of Arkansas history, literature, art, and culture.
The research collections and offices are located in the Arkansas Studies Institute (ASI) at 401 President Clinton Ave, located on the Main Library campus in the River Market. The ASI is a partnership between CALS and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, through which the two institutions have made more than 10 million documents and photographs on Arkansas history available for public use.
Research Room
Mon.-Sat.: 9am-6pm
Phone: 501.320.5700
Email: arkinfo@cals.org
Art Galleries
Mon.-Sat.: 9am-6pm
Phone: 501.320.5790
Fax: 501.537.4559
Butler Center Offices
Mon.-Fri.: 9am-5pm
Phone: 501.320.5754
Fax: 501.537.4559
Mailing Address
The Butler Center
Central Arkansas Library System
100 Rock St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
Street Address
The Butler Center
401 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Every
2nd
Mon.
Finding Family Facts
The Butler Center offers a beginner's genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center's local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past. For more information, contact the Butler Center at 501-320-5700.
Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries, Room 204
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Mar
9
—
Jun
23
2012
Making a Place: Jewish Experience in Arkansas
Making a Place: Jewish Experience in Arkansas will explore the development of the Jewish community in Arkansas, focusing on immigration, isolation and assimilation, businesses, and culture. Making a Place is part of the Butler Center's larger effort to create interactive historical exhibitions that visually tell the story of Arkansas's history and culture, past and present.
Arkansas Studies Institute Building, Concordia Hall
Apr
1
—
May
25
2012
Rockefeller Elementary celebrates Governor Rockefeller
Arkansas Studies Institute Building, Mezzanine Gallery
May
11
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Jul
28
2012
Arkansas Arts Educators State Youth Art Show 2012
The Arkansas Art Educators State Youth Art Show 2012 is comprised of the Best of Show winners from art competitions held in seven different regions in the state: Northwest, Northeast, Central, Eastern, Southwest, Southeastern and Western. The artwork was created by talented students from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
The Arkansas Art Educators is comprised of art teachers from all over the state who work with the Arkansas Department of Education to provide teachers with high quality in-service training and to promote student art in the state.
The AAE State Youth Art Show 2012 exhibition is a partnership between the Arkansas Art Educators and the Arkansas Department of Education.
Arkansas Studies Institute Building, Butler Center Main Gallery
May
11
—
Aug
25
2012
Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America
A photographic exhibition of Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Arkansas Studies Institute Building, Butler Center Atrium Gallery
May
11
2012
2nd Friday Art Night
This month, at 2nd Friday Art Night, join us for The Arkansas Art Educators State Youth Art Show 2012 and Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America.
On the second Friday of each month, the Butler Center Galleries participate in 2nd Friday Art Night, when galleries, museums, and businesses in downtown Little Rock are open from 5 to 8 p.m. for an after-hours gallery walk.
Butler Center Galleries
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Jun
8
2012
2nd Friday Art Night
This month, at 2nd Friday Art Night, join us for Pattern in Perspective: Recent work by Carly Dahl and Dustyn Bork.
On the second Friday of each month, the Butler Center Galleries participate in 2nd Friday Art Night, when galleries, museums, and businesses in downtown Little Rock are open from 5 to 8 p.m. for an after-hours gallery walk.
Butler Center Galleries
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Jun
13
2012
Legacies & Lunch
James Willis will discuss the history of Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia
Legacies & Lunch is sponsored in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council. Bring a sack lunch; drinks and dessert are provided. lk. Please note that Legacies & Lunch in June and July will take place the second Wednesday of those months instead of the first.
Darragh Center, Main Library
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Jun
11
2012
Legacies & Lunch
Ruth Hawkins will discuss her latest book, Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage
Legacies & Lunch is sponsored in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council. Bring a sack lunch; drinks and dessert are provided. lk. Please note that Legacies & Lunch in June and July will take place the second Wednesday of those months instead of the first.
Darragh Center, Main Library
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Jul
13
—
Oct
27
2012
Invasion or Liberation? The Civil War in Arkansas
A Civil War exhibit built around the theme of "occupied Arkansas" will open in the Butler Center's Concordia Hall on Friday, July 13, 2012, during 2nd Friday Art Night. Invasion or Liberation? The Civil War in Arkansas will provide a provocative look at the war in Arkansas. Through the use of letters, diaries, photographs, and artifacts, the exhibit will examine the multi-faceted history of Arkansans caught up in the conflict. For example, contrary to popular opinion, not all Arkansans supported the Confederacy. Considerable attention will also be devoted to the perceptions and experiences of outsiders who found themselves in Arkansas during the war.
Concordia Hall Gallery
Jul
13
2012
2nd Friday Art Night
This month, at 2nd Friday Art Night, join us for The Civil War in Arkansas.
On the second Friday of each month, the Butler Center Galleries participate in 2nd Friday Art Night, when galleries, museums, and businesses in downtown Little Rock are open from 5 to 8 p.m. for an after-hours gallery walk.
Butler Center Galleries
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.