Hot Springs Gallery Walk: Eye Candy, Arkansas Times

Fonssagrives at Taylor's Contemporanea

Leslie Newell Peacock — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:05:52 -0500

When I met Fernand Fonssagrives, the famed fashion photographer, some years ago after he had moved from New York to Little Rock, he could lift his leg straight up and beside his head. He'd been a dancer in his youth, but injured his back in a dive into a swimming pool, and took up the camera instead. As a dancer, he appreciated the fluidity of the human form and his photographs of his first wife, Lisa, a Swedish model, are classic.

Taylor's Contemporanea in Hot Springs is opening "The Photography Show," featuring work by Fonssagrives and living artists Thomas Petillo (of Nashville, Tenn.), Chuck Dodson and Marcus Menefee, on Friday for the Hot Springs Gallery Walk, 5-9 p.m.

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Robyn Horn, Tracee Gentry-Matthews, Randall Good

Leslie Newell Peacock — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:56:04 -0500

Art lovers will be walking the streets of the Spa tonight and here's some of the work they'll see:

At Artchurch Studio, Christopher Baber, Michael Bradley, Nicole Briscoe, Susan Julie Gonzales, Dan Grissom, Jeri Hillis, Marc Menefee, Sarah Jo Moore, Alex Oberste, Robynn and Morgan Sheets, Terri Taylor and John Williams will have work on exhibit. And on Saturday, Artchurch will host Second Saturday Seminar: Build Your Own Sketchbook, for high-school aged teen-agers to adults.

At Blue Moon Gallery, religious sketches by Randall Good are on exhibit through November; Good will meet individually with people interested in his work and technique between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Reserve for Saturday by calling 501-318-2787.

At Gallery Central, exhibiting artist Tracee Gentry-Matthews will give a painting demonstration.

At Justus Fine Art, sculptor Robyn Horn is the featured artist; she'll be showing new work. Also, Justus will feature figurative sketches on wood by Emily Wood, painted paper on canvas by Donnie Copeland and new landscapes by Dolores Justus.

The 2012 "Diamond National Art Competition" is at the Fine Arts Center. There's an excellent article on the show on the Hot Springs Art Scene website.

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Suzi Dennis at Blue Moon

Leslie Newell Peacock — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:20:01 -0500

Suzi Dennis, who works with paper and fabric to make whimsical textured art quilts, is the featured artist in July and August at Blue Moon Gallery, which will hold a reception for her tomorrow night, July 6, from 5-9 p.m. for the monthly gallery walk. Her exhibit, "sUZI mADE," can be previewed here. You can also see her work at the Butler Galleries in the Arkansas Studies Institute.

Blue Moon is at 718 Central Ave.

Dennis alerted me to her website with a message to me on my Eye Candy Facebook page. This is a site where artists can share their news directly or send me a message, or you can e-mail me at lesliepeacock@arktimes.com with exhibit news. Art exhibits are posted here on the Eye Candy blog, on our online calendar, in the newspaper, on Twitter and on the Eye Candy Facebook page. Comments welcome!

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David Rackley, Michael Ethridge, Jerri Hillis, Robert Zunick, Rene Hein

Leslie Newell Peacock — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:22:04 -0500

Hot Springs monthly Gallery Walk is tonight's Spa City big event. Galleries on and off Central Avenue will be open 5-9 p.m. so art lovers and artists can mingle. Some high points: Blue Moon Gallery, 718 Central Ave., is featuring "Vision Re-Visited: Ten Years After," hand-tinted photographs by David Rackley; Gallery Central, 800 Central Ave., is featuring the abstract paintings of Michael Ethridge, and the Hot Springs Fine Arts Center, 626 Central, hosts an exhibition of oils and mixed media by Jeri Hillis, "This is not a window. This is not a door." At Justus Fine Art, 827 A Central, the show "Kindred Spirits" highlights Native American-inspired carved fetishes by Robert Zunick and paintings by Rene Hein.

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Oskar in the Spa

Leslie Newell Peacock — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:44:46 -0500

It's Gallery Walk night tonight between 5 and 9 p.m. in Hot Springs. New: work by Lee Oskar at Blue Moon Fine Art Gallery, 718 Central Ave. Oskar is known both as a musician (with the band War, which recorded "Why Can't We Be Friends" among other hits) and a painter. On exhibit are his acrylics inspired by his travels through the Pacific Northwest. Oskar will be at the reception; maybe he'll play harmonica for everyone. That's worth a trip over from LR; folks in Hot Springs have no excuse to miss it.

Also catch work by Alison Parsons (Alison Parsons Gallery, 802 Central Ave.); Dolores Justus, Cynthia Bowers, Robyn Horn (Justus Fine Art, 827 A Central); Houston Llew (Gallery Central, 800 Central) and the regulars at American Art Gallery and Gallery 726.

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Gallery walking, in Hot Springs

Leslie Newell Peacock — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:28:28 -0500

Tonight's the night for strolling down Central Avenue and taking in the art, and there's lots to see. Here's a rundown of what I know is going on at four galleries:'

The Artchurch Studio, 301 Whittington Ave., is showing new work by Katherine Strause. I don't know exactly what will be there, but on her website she's showing a lot of work having to do with the civil rights movement (see below).

Justus Fine Art , 827 Central Ave., is showing abstract paintings and prints by Tony Saladino, a Texan abstractionist. Also there, paintings by Robin Hazard-Bishop, Robert Frank and Elizabeth Borne.

Blue Moon Gallery's (718 Central) new show for September is raku pottery by Kelly Edwards, who teaches ceramics at the Arkansas Arts Center.

The Gallery@404B on Central Avenue is showing photographs by Kat Ryals and Thomas Petillo. Ryals is a SCAD grad who has been living in Little Rock but is en route to Nashville, according to her website. Petillo is a Nashville photographer (hmmm) who is also showing his work now in Fayetteville.

Quite a line-up. These and other galleries on and off Central Avenue will be open 5-9 p.m.

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