News & Events
Welcome to the Butler Center’s News & Events page. From here, you can view upcoming events, review our news archive, and find back copies of our newsletter, the Butler Banner.
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Oct
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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
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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
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12
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Jan
29
The Arkansas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries, Mezzanine Gallery
The Genealogist's Camera
The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, in conjunction with the Arkansas Genealogical Society, will host the ninth annual genealogy workshop on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The featured speaker will be Desmond Walls Allen, author of First Steps in Genealogy: A Beginner's Guide to Researching Your Family History (1998). For more information, click here »
posted June 19, 2010
Lecture Series To Focus on Arkansas Korean War Veterans
The Butler Center's Legacies & Lunch series will host Brian Robertson as he discusses "FORGOTTEN: The Arkansas Korean War Project," on May 5 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Darragh Center at the Main Library. For more information, click here »
posted April 20, 2010
Tom Dillard to Discuss Latest Book
The Butler Center's Legacies & Lunch series will host Tom W. Dillard, head of Special Collections for the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, who will discuss his new book "Statesmen, Scoundrels, and Eccentrics: A Gallery of Amazing Arkansans." Join us for Legacies & Lunch on April 7 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Darragh Center at the Main Library. Read more »
posted March 30, 2010
African American Cemetery Preservation
The Butler Center's Legacies & Lunch series will host Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis, co-founder and president of Preserving African American Cemeteries Inc.(PAAC), as she presents "Preserving the Black Family through Oral History, Death Records, Obituaries, and Tombstone Inscriptions." on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, noon to 1 p.m. in the Darragh Center at the Main Library (100 S. Rock St.). Read more »
posted January 25, 2010
War on the Homefront
The Butler Center's Legacies & Lunch series will host Encyclopedia of Arkansas staff member Steven Teske as he discusses the ways Arkansans contributed to the national effort in both the Spanish-American War and World War I on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, noon to 1 p.m. in the Darragh Center at the Main Library (100 S. Rock St.). Read more »
posted January 1, 2010
Two of Arkansas's Oldest Structures to be Restored
The Butler Center's Legacies & Lunch program will present Project REACH (Restoring Early Arkansas Culture and History), a project of Black River Technical College on November 4, from noon to 1pm at the Main Library in the Darragh Center (100 S. Rock St.). Read more »
posted October 22, 2009
Author Billy D. Higgins Appearing with Baseball Legend Hal Smith
The Butler Center's Legacies & Lunch lecture series presents Billy D. Higgins, author of The Barling Darling: Hal Smith in American Baseball. Higgins, accompanied by baseball legend Hal Smith, will discuss Smith's career on October 7, from noon to 1pm at the Main Library in the Darragh Center (100 S. Rock St.). Read more »
posted October 1, 2009
Materials on the 40th Anniversary of the Women's Emergency Committee Donated to the Butler Center
The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) and its Butler Center for Arkansas Studies have received a donation of materials related to three momentous occasions in Arkansas history: the 40th anniversary of the Women's Emergency Committee (WEC), the 40th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School and the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. The collection was given by Skip Rutherford, Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and his son Blake Rutherford, Director of Public Communications at Stone Ward, a Little Rock advertising agency. The donated materials include sets of planning notes and publicity materials from the three events. Read more »
posted October 1, 2009
The Butler Center Discusses Arkansas black baseball teams and their contributions to society and the civil rights movement
Join us at the Butler Center's Legacies & Lunch, Monday, August 3, when Bob Kendrick of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City discusses the history of Arkansas black baseball teams, the national leagues, and their contributions to society and the civil rights movement. Read more »