

The celebration will include student exhibitions and art sales, a tour of the facility and refreshments. The 154,000-square-foot center, which opened in January, houses studio art program areas in ceramics, drawing, painting, photography and printmaking, and the school's graphic design program.

The University of Arkansas School of Art hosts a celebration marking the grand opening of its new Studio and Design Center, 696 Praxis Lane, Fayetteville, in the Windgate Art and Design District, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The center is also partnering with the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks for a flowerpot-and-plant-sale fundraiser. Vendors, including the Clay Bank and Dickson Street Bookstore, will have booths. Friday David Gifford, author of "The Collectors Encyclopedia of Niloak Pottery," detailing the history of pottery production in Northeast Arkansas, will give the keynote talk with a question-and-answer session and book signing at 5 p.m. Wes Brown, ceramics professor at the University of Dayton (Ohio), will offer demonstrations on Friday and Saturday and a lecture at 5 p.m. More than 50 potters and artists are expected to participate. May 7 at the Walton Arts Center's Nadine Baum Studio, 505 W. Tickets are $25, $10 for students using the promo code "STUDENTS," $20 for veterans with the promo code "VETERANS." Visit /teendadinfo.Ĭommunity Creative Center in Fayetteville will host its second annual Arkansas Pottery Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The play follows an Emo Goth teenager as she attempts to reconcile her turbulent past by bringing her mother and birth father together for a surprise reunion.

May 7 at the Clapp Auditorium at Mount Sequoyah, 150 N. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)Īrts One Presents stages "Teen Dad" by Adrienne Dawes, a University of Arkansas graduate student, 7 p.m. Call (479) 631-8988 or visit .Īdrienne Dawes' "Teen Dad" is onstage Wednesday-Friday and May 7 in Fayetteville. Doors and concessions open one hour before curtain time. Matthew Etris (from left), Jacob Madore and Sara Patterson spar in "The Shadow Box." (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)Īrkansas Public Theatre stages "The Shadow Box" by Michael Cristofer, 8 p.m. It's part of the center's Family Fun Series. Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:Ī touring company brings the musical "Annie" (book and score written by Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin) to Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center, 7:30 p.m.
