2nd Friday Art Night
Fri., September 10, 2010, 5 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries
401 President Clinton Ave.
Join us for the opening of Arkansas League of Artists Juried Exhibition and Making Pictures: Three for a Dime by Maxine Payne. Plus, the Arkansas Symphony String Quartet will be performing throughout the event!
Butler Center Celebrates
Mexico 2010
Mexico will commemorate two momentous events in fall 2010: the 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. Arkansas, along with the rest of the United States, is celebrating this occasion by hosting art exhibits, lectures, and dance performances, as well as other programs and events.
The Butler Center will present an art exhibit by a local Mexican artist and a Legacies & Lunch program on Arkansas and Mexico’s historical relationship. Visit www.butlercenter.org/news for more information.
Featured Artist: Diana Taylor
Fiber artist Diana Taylor, inventor of Ficklesticks, has been an architecture aficionado since early childhood. She returned to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 2008 after spending the previous five years in the San Francisco Bay area, trying to become a California girl, but mostly hanging out with her children and grandchildren, who all lived there. Her designs were sold in artisan galleries, boutiques, and museum gift shops, such as the Museum of Arts and Design and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City; the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco; the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Taylor has lived in the Netherlands, Spain, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, California, and, for most of her adult life, Arkansas.
Check out our website, blog, and Facebook page for more in our Featured Artist and Collections series.
The Butler Center
Welcome to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies website! Here, you'll find information on our events, links to our digital collections, research tools, and much more.
Our collections and offices have recently moved to the Arkansas Studies Institute (ASI), located at 401 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock's River Market District. At the ASI, you can visit with our knowledgeable staff, peruse our collections, view art in four galleries, and learn about Arkansas history by viewing the image panels throughout the ASI, as well as the historic buildings that comprise the ASI itself. Please take a moment to browse our website and plan a trip to the ASI and downtown Little Rock.
The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, a department of the Central Arkansas Library System, was created in 1997 through an endowment by Richard C. Butler Sr. of Little Rock for the purpose of promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of Arkansas history, literature, art, and culture. The Butler Center operates a book-publishing program, an oral history project, workshops and other training programs, and a number of initiatives to assist teachers with curricular materials. Throughout the year, we host many public lectures and events that cover various Arkansas topics. We also sponsor the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, the premier one-stop reference work on the state.
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The Butler Center
Central Arkansas Library System
100 Rock St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
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Jul
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Oct
9
Luke Anguhadluq: Inuit Artist
From the collection of Dr. J.W. Wiggins, Sequoyah National Research Center, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Arkansas Studies Institute, Mezzanine Gallery
Aug
13
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Nov
30
Raices
In the collection titled Raices, or "roots," artist x3mex compares the issues surrounding Mexican independence with the issues of today. In Mexico's bicentennial year, x3mex examines the history of Mexico to learn from the example of those who gave their lives for the cause of independence. His works are mixed media, including acrylic, spray paint, markers, and screen printing.
Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries, Atrium Gallery
Sep
10
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Nov
27
Arkansas League of Artists Juried Exhibition
The Arkansas Studies Institute is hosting the Arkansas League of Artists’ first annual juried exhibition. The Arkansas League of Artists (ALA) is an organization formed to promote fine arts in Arkansas. The ALA provides workshops for members and awards scholarships to high school students. Townsend Wolfe, the former director of the Arkansas Arts Center, was selected as the judge for this exhibition.
The Arkansas Symphony Quartet will perform at the opening of this exhibition, as a part of 2nd Friday Art Night, September 10, from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries, Main Gallery
Sep
10
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Dec
10
Making Pictures: Three for a Dime
By Maxine Payne
An installation of photographs and texts based on Maxine Payne’s limited-edition artist’s book, "Making Pictures: Three for a Dime" documents the artistic and entrepreneurial spirit of the Massengills—an Almond, Arkansas, family of itinerant photographers who traveled the state in a homemade trailer and took pictures with a homemade camera (selling them three for a dime) between 1937 and 1941.
The Arkansas Symphony Quartet will perform at the opening of this exhibition, as a part of 2nd Friday Art Night, September 10, from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries, Concordia Hall Gallery
Nov
12
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Jan
29
The Arkansas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries, Mezzanine Gallery